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#Android and #iOS grabs 99% of #smartphone market share. But I still won’t bet against #Microsoft just yet. http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3415117
If they strip #UsainBolt of his #Beijing2008 relay gold, I hope will he come back in #Tokyo2020 to claim it back. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-3624138/Usain-Bolt-team-mate-Nesta-Carter-named-athlete-failed-Beijing-drugs-test.html
#AI is saving #Google $16m+ electricity bill a year. When we get it to save 15% global energy use? http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-19/google-cuts-its-giant-electricity-bill-with-deepmind-powered-ai
$99.99 #Office365 Family of 5 users with 1TB each user, is already cheaper than 1TB #iCloud for just 1 user, and you get Office with it too!
$69.99 for #Evernote? Good value? $69.99 #Office365 Personal or $99.99 Office Family of 5 users with 1TB each user. https://blogs.office.com/2016/08/18/now-mac-users-can-make-the-move-from-evernote-to-onenote/
Life moves on. #Gawker has inspired enough sites to keep alternative media sector interesting. Won’t be missed. http://gawker.com/gawker-com-to-end-operations-next-week-1785455712
How many years before we get comfortable with #robots roaming around the city? http://www.smh.com.au/business/retail/dominos-to-roll-out-robots-for-pizza-delivery-within-six-months-20160816-gqttqs.html
Anyone want to bet on how long will #GoogleDuo be around for? #Google, why can’t you just buy #Snapchat already? https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/08/meet-google-duo-simple-1-to-1-video.html
Big #layoffs at tech giants: #Microsoft 18k, #HP 33k, #Intel 12k now #Cisco 14k. Don’t think #FAANG can create enough jobs. More startups?
#Cisco to cut 14000 staff, about 20% and shift towards software. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cisco-systems-layoffs-idUSKCN10S05D
Maybe you don’t need to focus if you are immortal! #UsainBolt #IMMORTAL http://sports.yahoo.com/news/this-is-the-best-usain-bolt-picture-thats-ever-been-taken-010845855.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw
Nice! #Apple bought this a year ago. Mobile can’t easily have bigger lens, but more lenses. http://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-buys-israeli-camera-technology-company-linx-1429037790 https://x.com/TheNextWeb/status/764710971617271809