FaceTime, Skype, Loom, and the various other video-chat apps have been critical pieces of technology for connecting with friends and having more meaningful professional conversations. Honestly, I have more face-to-face meetings on Loom in a day than I have physical interactions. However, what’s the evolution of video conferencing apps? Are we even in need of… Continue reading Will Microsoft’s Holoportation replace FaceTime and allow you to teleport anywhere?
Category: Quick Theories
Microsoft helps Kroger, Albertsons, & Walmart create the future OS of grocery stores
At first glance, it’s difficult to understand why established behemoths like Amazon (and recently Microsoft) would get into the grocery business. It’s a notoriously low margin industry. In fact, it’s one of the Top Ten Least Profitable Industries, clocking in at an average of 2.2% net profit margin, which for the leading national grocer, Kroger,… Continue reading Microsoft helps Kroger, Albertsons, & Walmart create the future OS of grocery stores
23andMe brings huge promise to the Future of Medicine, but not without a little pain
23andMe, and all of its DNA sequencing competitors, have been a source of absolute unpredictability over the past decade – consistently showing us new ways that DNA data can impact the world around us. With over $786 million in funding and more than 5 million users, 23andMe is a cultural force that won’t slow down.… Continue reading 23andMe brings huge promise to the Future of Medicine, but not without a little pain
Samsung and Instagram preview the future of app stores for the camera
The number of ways we use our smartphone cameras is absolutely unthinkable. From cataloging the meal we’re about to devour to searching for Amazon products via a photo and even taking pictures of receipts and memos to remember later, our cameras have evolved past a memory aid and into a full-fledged behavioral enabler. While most… Continue reading Samsung and Instagram preview the future of app stores for the camera
The complicated history and frightful future of the Internet comment section
Why is your comment so important that thousands of strangers need to see it? This is the question I asked myself the other day after realizing I was one of the top comments on a YouTube video with over 300,000 views. It’s popular opinion to believe the Internet would be better off without comments sections.… Continue reading The complicated history and frightful future of the Internet comment section
Domino’s will trade Pizza for Your Data in its latest marketing trick
There isn’t a single company in 2019 that isn’t thinking about making branded content. If Oxford Dictionary had a Business Word of the Year, “content” would undoubtedly be the frontrunner (maybe with some competition from “influencer”). Because every company is producing its own content, the caliber that it takes to stand out is ever-increasing. Companies… Continue reading Domino’s will trade Pizza for Your Data in its latest marketing trick
What it’ll take for Alexa to become the next $46 Billion App Store
The relationship between inventors and consumers has always been a touchy one. The zipper didn’t get any respect for 30 years before it became a cultural phenomenon. The creators of RFID technology are probably sitting around wondering why consumers never started using their technology in droves. Innovators and consumers cannot exist without one another. It’s… Continue reading What it’ll take for Alexa to become the next $46 Billion App Store
Millions of dollars will be made on digital forgeries that can’t be detected
The dynamics of our economy, the caliber of our relationships, and the future of our own lives depend on influence. It’s why getting a cosign from Mark Cuban can jetset an entrepreneur on a million-dollar path. It’s why upcoming rappers want a feature from Drake – knowing that will be enough to take them to… Continue reading Millions of dollars will be made on digital forgeries that can’t be detected
Digital Humans are taking over the customer experience in healthcare, banking, and film
When you spend every day analyzing technology and theorizing the future of said technology, you’ll occasionally devise some theories so powerful that you feel as though you’ve literally prophesied the future. That feeling becomes even more powerful when the emerging companies in the space begin making progress on those theories – bringing speculation into reality.… Continue reading Digital Humans are taking over the customer experience in healthcare, banking, and film