Will Apple TV+ become a major force in video content? Interesting question, but maybe not the right question. Think about this… Apple is in the hardware business, and this will help them sell more hardware.

Are we about to hit streaming service overload? It's possible, but Netflix welcomed the competition in a letter to shareholders, as a rising tide floats all boats, etc. What do you think?

The good news: the TRACED Act is expected to pass in the Senate, and then carriers will have 18 months to install the required tech and offer the service free of charge. The bad news: this holiday season, robocallers are armed with more than your phone number. …see more

Want to talk about brand loyalty? In the face of criticism over recent seasons, Fortnite took itself offline (intentionally) and fans are glued to their screens, wondering what's coming next.

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Waymo, to its earliest ride-hailing customers: completely driverless cars are on the way. Are you ready?

As the way we view (and expect to view) new release movies continues to change, companies are trying desperately to figure out what works. Amazon has a new plan and a new vision for the future of its releases.

A new type of ad experience for Roku has arrived in the form of pop-up ads. The good news for viewers: these ads only show up during commercial breaks and on commercials that have partnered with Roku to display them.

We’ve been running a data science experiment over the past few months. Here's what we've learned... and what we'd still like to learn.

Instagram's "Restrict" tool, which makes it easy for you to quietly filter out people who may be harassing you in the app, is now rolling out to everyone. Here's how it works.

Think about this... Did you know October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month? I’m inspired! Apparently, so is Alphabet. Google began its observance of Cybersecurity Awareness Month with new privacy tools for Google, YouTube, and Google Assistant. …see more

Tinder is getting into the scripted/original content biz, and has an idea for your first date: spend it on the app.

“You can always tell who the pioneers are. They’re the ones with the arrows in their backs.” — Anonymous Politically Incorrect Person AR (augmented reality) has been put to good use in handsets with apps such as Google Translate, Snapchat, and Pokemon Go (not really AR, but AR-ish). Headsets have struggled to find customers. It’s easy to understand why. Just ask me and my fellow Google Glassholes how it feels to wear geeky eyewear in public. We may need to wait for eyewear where the technology is truly invisible to others, or until it becomes socially acceptable to wear Darth Vader or Stormtrooper helmets in public. Some may want to wait for implants or digital cataract replacements. Regardless of what’s coming, one thing is clear: this is a idea whose time has not yet come. That said, I am super excited about the possibilities of MR (mixed reality) and I truly believe it’s the next new, new thing. How will it work? Which application will capture consumers’ imaginations? That’s yet to be seen. …see more

If you are thinking about a set smaller than 75″, there is absolutely no reason to think about 8K, but if you’re thinking big… this is the year. Think about this...

We are neither digital products nor possessors of a fungible currency that represents the marginal value of our data; we are underpaid digital workers whose labor (behaviors) generates raw data which is used in the manufacture of digital products. Think about this... …see more

An invitation to walk in the Labor Day Parade got me thinking about labor law as an alternative path to meaningful data privacy regulation. Think about this…

The following is a step-by-step, how-to tutorial for would-be cord cutters. Need more help? I'm happy to chat.

Think outside the bun with the latest episode of Think About This with Shelly Palmer & Ross Martin , as we talk with Jennifer Arnoldt and Rob Poetsch , the marketing and communications geniuses behind the Taco Bell Hotel & Resort in Palm Springs. https://lnkd.in/e2wwRdC …see more

Didn't make it to the Innovation Series Summit at #CES2020 ? I had a fireside chat about data-driven storytelling with Mark Pedowitz and Rick Haskins of The CW Network . Catch our conversation here.

While it would usually take around four and a half years to get a drug to this stage of development, Exscientia says that by using the AI tools it's taken less than 12 months.