With recent data privacy scandals (especially Facebook and Google who were respectively fined by Great Britain and France), GDPR burdens tech giants’ business model which relies majorly upon data trading. Whilst Facebook, Google, and Amazon might see a threat in the launch of the Regulation, other companies such as Apple might take advantage of the…
Category: Futurism
There is a new member in the family; how voice assistants enter our homes.
Technology has evolved with humans. Cavemen could already build weapons, sow clothes and paint their stories on their caverns’ wall. A couple thousands of years later, Ancient Egypt saw some of the first writing patterns: hieroglyphs. Writing went from small pictures on a rock to ink on a piece of paper, and from that was…
Eight Ways Commercial Space Travel Will Change Things
Space travel for everyone can be a little difficult to image with our current technology levels. However, companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin are working to make it happen. Read the full article on Forbes.
Consultants? Your days are numbered: the chatbots are coming!
The headline at CNET said it all: All hail Mark Zuckerberg, king of the bots. “Zuckerberg,” they wrote, “is betting on chatbots, software powered by artificial intelligence that can perform simple tasks: compose an email, book travel plans or figure out why your cable just went out. Send a text to a chatbot in a…
Why the future of Work is not Work
I was recently chatting with a good friend of mine, who happens to be a successful entrepreneur in the fashion industry. He called me from work late on a Sunday, and frankly I was surprised he was still working. I wouldn’t have been surprised if it was coming from “a Web Entrepreneur”, since they can…
1 Billion Reasons to Stop Doing What You Do…
While Facebook just announced it’s acquiring Instagram (the picture take&share app) for $1 Billion (yes you read it right ONE BILLION DOLLARS), hundreds of entrepreneurs may just ask themselves : “how much worth what I’m doing?” Good question to ask yourself. To summarize here is why Instagram worths $1B. : +30 millions active users Available…
Download the Facebook IPO details in PDF (S1 Form)
Download the Facebook IPO details in PDF (S1 Form) It’s a kind of (big) Business Plan of Facebook IPO. It contains really interesting insights such as a letter from Zuckerberg about his vision on the future of Facebook. We can learn about the exact equity distribution… the 26 years old CEO still owns 28,4% which…
Marathon Stay in the Silicon Valley
Je suis arrivé mercredi dernier dans cette belle Silicon Valley, berceau non pas de l’humanité, mais des technologies ! Déjà plein de choses vues et faites, des gens venant de tous horizons rencontrés que ce soit lors d’un concours de start-up à San Francisco ou un match de foot à San Jose. L’impression générale est…