Category Archives: Good reads
Inspired and interesting text online … things worth reading.
Telkom network split may happen soon
How Technology Is Destroying Jobs
“That robots, automation, and software can replace people might seem obvious to anyone who’s worked in automotive manufacturing or as a travel agent. But Brynjolfsson and McAfee’s claim is more troubling and controversial. They believe that rapid technological change has been destroying jobs faster than it is creating them, contributing to the stagnation of median income and the growth of inequality in the United States. And, they suspect, something similar is happening in other technologically advanced countries.”
http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/515926/how-technology-is-destroying-jobs/
My Startup has 30 Days to Live
Pressure mounts on Japan’s largest carrier as it still refuses to carry Apple’s iPhone
“NTT DoCoMo Inc., the largest wireless carrier in Japan, has lost 3.2 million users over the last 4 and a half years without carrying the iPhone, yet the carrier remains steadfast in refusing to make a deal with Apple.”
This MIT Project Lets You ‘Spy’ On Your Own Email Metadata, Just Like the NSA
“A lot of people are freaked out by the idea that the NSA has for years been collecting data from ordinary Americans’ email accounts. Nobody likes the idea of the feds combing through their email.”
Douglas Engelbart, Developer of the Early Computer Mouse, Dead at 88
Build It, But They Won’t Come
“Why is it, then, that marketing is so undervalued? You don’t have to look far. There’s plenty of products that won without great marketers (initially); Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin. These are an anomaly, not the rule. Just like Facebook, they’re one in a billion. They hit the right market, at the right time, with just the right product, typically with a viral component built in to pick up the marketing slack. For the rest of us, we have to grow our startup the old fashioned way.”
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