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What I shared on Twitter, and a bit more…
#Uber taking on taxi sector is proving difficult enough to not lose billions of dollars, now they take on transit? http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/25/technology/uber-plus/index.html?iid=SF_River
#AppleMusic had 15m paid subscribers less than #Spotify back in June. #EE added 14m subscribers in 2015. Go figure. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/08/25/ee-launches-first-uk-mobile-phone-contract-bundled-with-apple-mu/
A 200MB #iBrain in #iOS devices to positively balance #AI, #BigData, #Privacy and user experience. https://backchannel.com/an-exclusive-look-at-how-ai-and-machine-learning-work-at-apple-8dbfb131932b#.gne31nrbu
#Apple already have great video editing apps like #iMovie and #FinalCut, just need to add #iCloud and many users! http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-25/apple-weighs-iphone-video-editing-app-in-renewed-push-on-social-isa5rhlu
Obvious why #Uber had to quit #China, they are trying so hard to keep the losses under 2015’s record of $2B a year. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-25/uber-loses-at-least-1-2-billion-in-first-half-of-2016
I like how #WhatsApp said they have a partnership with #Facebook. You don’t have a partnership with your owner. https://blog.whatsapp.com/529/Setting-the-record-straight
#Facebook paid $16B for #WhatsApp, anyone silly enough to believe they won’t rip value (users and data) out of it. https://blog.whatsapp.com/529/Setting-the-record-straight
Hard to say if #Alphabet is good for shareholders, to chase after short term P&L or drive industry changes with projects like #GoogleFiber.
#Alphabet will be much leaner and meaner, all the moonshot projects can’t hide behind #Google’s growth easily now. http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/25/12652734/google-fiber-access-alphabet-layoffs-wireless-internet
Yes, even #iOS can be hacked. But also glad that #Apple patched it quickly. http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/25/technology/apple-iphone-hack/index.html?iid=hp-stack-dom
If #AppleMusic wanted to hurt #Spotify, just need a $10.99 plan like #Amazon and include unlimited photo sync or extra #iCloud storage.
Matter of time before #AppleMusic will catch up with #Spotify paid subscriber size. #Amazon, #GooglePlay, #Groove will grow nicely too.