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Today's guest is Ben Narasin, a seasoned entrepreneur turned venture capitalist with over 25 years of entrepreneurial experience and a decade in early-stage investing. Ben is the Founder and General Partner of Tenacity Venture Capital, a firm dedicated to high-conviction investments in early-stage technology companies. His portfolio boasts early investments in notable companies like Dropcam,…

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On this week's show: Z-Wave LR may be soon coming to DIY systems, Ubiquiti's product and software preview, Dropcam is now gone, Lifx launches some bight lights, a few questions from the mailbag, project updates and probably the best pick of the week yet.Probably.

Google announced the discontinuation of support for early Dropcam, Dropcam Pro, and Nest Secure models, rendering these devices largely inoperable on April 8. To assist users in transitioning, Google offers a complimentary Nest camera for Nest Aware subscribers or a 50% discount on a new Nest camera for non-subscribers. Dropcam and Dropcam Pro users will … Continue reading Google Phases Out Early Nest and Dropcam Models #1734 → The post Google Phases Out Early Nest and Dropcam Models #1734 appeared first on Geek News Central.

Google announced the discontinuation of support for early Dropcam, Dropcam Pro, and Nest Secure models, rendering these devices largely inoperable on April 8. To assist users in transitioning, Google offers a complimentary Nest camera for Nest Aware subscribers or a 50% discount on a new Nest camera for non-subscribers. Dropcam and Dropcam Pro users will … Continue reading Google Phases Out Early Nest and Dropcam Models #1734 → The post Google Phases Out Early Nest and Dropcam Models #1734 appeared first on Geek News Central.

Before you dive into our archives or the next episode, learn about First Funders and its hosts, Shaherose Charania and Aamir Virani.  You'll hear about Shaherose's background as a startup builder turned VC who started as a product marketer and how she started Women 2.0, a startup ecosystem, and Founder Labs, a tech incubator.  She also reviews her time at Nike, where she built their first incubator, and her role as an angel investor and now Venture Partner at Cake Ventures.Aamir then shares his experience as an engineer turned product management leader at Dropcam, which was acquired by Google/Nest, and then his turn as a venture capitalist at Felicis Ventures.  Why did he end up back as an angel investor and operator?  What types of investments does he look for now?This is for information purposes only. This is not investment advice.Topics(00:00) - About the Hosts and their Angel and Seed Investing backgrounds (01:13) - How Shaherose went from operating to building Women 2.0 to funding startups (03:26) - Aamir's Journey from Founder to VC to Angel Investor (06:06) - Outro Connect with UsFollow the First Funders PodcastNewsletter with behind-the-scenes access and key takeawaysTwitter/X @shaheroseTwitter/X @aviraniEmail us with feedback and suggestions on topics and guests

Liz Hamren has been CEO of Amazon's Ring business for almost a year, as the successor in the role to Ring founder Jamie Siminoff. Hamren previously held technology and business leadership positions at companies including Dropcam, Microsoft, Oculus, and Discord, and was involved in product launches including Xbox consoles and Meta VR headsets. In addition to Ring, she leads Blink, Amazon Key, and Amazon Sidewalk in her current role. She spoke with us recently in her first public interview since becoming Ring CEO last year. With GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop; Audio editing by Curt Milton.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Best of Tech 2023 - Part 1 from Smart Homes & VC Funding, to Tracking & Robots in Factories   - AZ TRT S04 EP35 (198) 9-3-2023                 Clips of past Guests on Tech on BRT What We Learned This Week Kenmore is Home Electricity Made Easy - Modernize the Smart Home from Appliances to the Electric Grid w/ CEO Sri Solur How do Startup Founders Raise Capital w Chris Smurthwaite Factory Automation + Robots w/ Brett Dooley of Bosch Rexroth Track What Matters Most by Pebblebee w/ Founder Daniel Daoura & CEO Doug Bieter       Seg. 1 Clips from:  Kenmore is Home Electricity Made Easy - Modernize the Smart Home from Appliances to the Electric Grid w/ CEO Sri Solur - BRT S04 EP19 (181) 5-7-2023     Full Show: HERE       What We Learned This Week ·    Kenmore is home electricity made easy.  Kenmore is on a mission to modernize the home. Live More & Live Better. Also need to make it Affordable. ·    Clean Tech goes w/ the smart home, smart appliances (that connect to the home) and the electrical power grid for better living        Electrical Grid needs to be modernized – cannot handle the current & future power demands ·    Homes built Pre-1990 run on Electric Panels that are outdated – costs of $40K + to modernize to handle charging EVs at home ·    Design of the Future House would have a Battery in it that could recharge your appliances and electronics during down hours. ·    Solving problems in electricity and energy also have the same issues with working on better water and clean food. It is more than just an energy and electric issue.     Guest: Sri Solur, CEO, Kenmore / Brands  https://www.linkedin.com/in/solur https://www.kenmore.com/   Sri Solur, CEO, Brands  Sri Solur is chief executive officer of brands for Kenmore at Transformco. An industry veteran with 25+ years of experience, Sri has a rich history of success leading high tech products and businesses. He previously served as CPO and GM at Berkshire Grey, a leader in industrial robotics, and was a member of the leadership team that took the company public. Sri also served as CPO at SharkNinja, and was instrumental in bringing the Shark IQ Robot vacuum and NinjaFoodi products to market, while also holding a leadership role to take the company public. Sri spent 20 years at Hewlett Packard, serving as founder and CPO of CloudPrint, the company's wearables and IOT business. In his career, Sri has created products for world-renowned brands including Hugo Boss, Movado, Ferrari, Juicy Couture, and more. Sri holds a bachelor's degree in Engineering from NIT and an MBA from Boston University.   As Earth Day approaches (April 22), Kenmore is empowering greener homes and people.    The trusted appliance maker recently unveiled a new “Home Electrification Made Easy” program that looks to simplify the electrification process and reduce overall costs in transitioning to electric appliances.    Kenmore has set an ambitious goal with the program to electrify one million homes that will ultimately save homeowners one billion dollars over the next decade.    Kenmore's innovation and energy programs are driving a new generation of electrification for today's home ecosystem. Some of the company's core innovations include:    Expansion of electrification and smart products for every room in the home.  Addition of electrification enablers, such as smart electrical panels and dynamic Level 2 EV chargers, that help eliminate roadblocks many homeowners have in wanting to electrify their entire home.  Simplifying rebate and savings programs, such as Congress' Inflation Reduction Act, to help customers cut costs by taking advantage of available local and national funding and discounts.  Building relationships with industry leaders in product, service and consumer education to supplement and amplify their mission to electrify American homes.    This electric push comes as a new generation of homeowners seek to invest in smarter, greener home solutions and previous generations are coming up against new government standards making accessibility to like-for-like replacement equipment for their home obsolete.    With Kenmore's electrification program delivering a quick onramp to affordable green energy homes, homeowners of all backgrounds and budgets have a more attainable path to smart, green home adoption.        Seg. 2   Clips from: How do Startup Founders Raise Venture Capital? w/ Chris Smurthwaite of VC Insider - BRT S04 EP05 (167) 1-29-2023                    FULL Show: HERE   What We Learned This Week EX VC or ‘Recovering' VC who now works with Startup Founders to help them raise $ money & build their business. Startup Founders need to research VCs to understand what type of fund they have, do some research on the fund, industry & and who they work with What VCs do not appreciate - How to Contact a VC, do not spam, make the email personalized, this is a commitment, build a relationship Startup Founders need to learn how to Tell Their Story, then work on the Pitch Deck with Problem / Solution Model What is the Exit Strategy? Exit by Acquisition, or by IPO (go public)   Guest: Chris Smurthwaite of VC Insider https://www.linkedin.com/in/csmurthwaite/ https://vcinsider.net/ Chris Smurthwaite is an ex-venture capitalist. He consults with & advises Startups on navigating the complex world of Venture Capital. He spent the last decade in corporate strategy, business development and growth operations on both the investor and innovator sides of the table. At age 30, was hired to run a corporate venture capital fund for a $1.4 billion company.   Among other accomplishments, the fund made: A Seed level investment in a health tech company in 2018 which sold for $425M in 2021 An early stage investment in a company that was acquired for $106M — 7x valuation gain over initial investment. Since 2013, I have: Advised ambitious Founders whose companies are valued from $500K to $250M Established multi-million dollar business development partnerships with emerging companies Made early stage, on-and-off balance sheet investments         Seg. 3   Clips from: Factory Automation + Robots w/ Brett Dooley of Bosch Rexroth    BRT S04 EP24 (187) 6-18-2023     Full Show: HERE     What We Learned This Week Rexroth does factory automation, assembly lines, and robotic manufacturing – they setup the whole process + software Factories in recent years have gone more and more to automation and robotics. The idea being zero people on the factory floor or ‘lights out'. There are also transport robots, AI or autonomous robot transports. They deliver goods and parts around the factory floor.    ·     Brad Dooley has a background as an engineer (post           career in the Navy) he is the only Rexroth employee in                  Arizona. His job is to create business relationships with                 EV, battery and chip industries.    ·    Factory Automation - The planning cycle could be several years. These big factories could be making millions of parts for example - spark plugs in the auto industry.    ·     Modern factories are a collaborative workspace, people     in machines in the same space in a safe manner. Guest: Brett Dooley - Senior Technical Sales Engineer, Bosch Rexroth  https://www.linkedin.com/in/dooleybrett/  Brett Dooley is a mechanical engineer at Bosch-Rexroth. He collaborates with business owners as well as engineers to develop targeted solutions for motion control and automation challenges. Brett uses his wide experience in business development, industrial repair, and a decade as an electronics tech in the US Navy submarine force to ensure delivery of an effective and robust automation system.    Bosch Rexroth  https://www.boschrexroth.com/en/us YOUR PARTNER FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF MOBILE MACHINES Whether driving or working, hydraulic, hybrid or fully electric, Bosch Rexroth offers highly efficient, low noise and powerful electric motors, generators, inverters and hydraulics combined with modular software modules.   2017 -  Today: Bosch Rexroth drives the digital transformation of the Factory of the Future, exceeds the limits with Connected Hydraulics and sets the stage for Transforming Mobile Machines. All products and solutions contribute to a more sustainable development of machines, manufacturing and daily life.   2001 – 2016: Move to one brand for software driven and interconnectible Drive & Control solutions The merger of Mannesmann Rexroth with Bosch Automationstechnik establishes a global leader for Drive & Control solutions. They reach new levels of seamless integration of all relevant technologies for improved energy efficiency and safety.   Seg. 4   Clips from:   Track What Matters Most by Pebblebee w/ Founder Daniel Daoura & CEO Doug Bieter - BRT S04 EP20 (182) 5-14-2023     Full Show: HERE       What We Learned This Week Pebblebee has small lite weight trackers with long battery life + rechargeable, & eco-friendly Has global range, so you rest easy knowing your items are always within reach - GPS + Bluetooth Ease, Efficiency & Expandable - Choose the size tracker to suit your specific needs AI + Safety - prevent miss-use of tech Market Size of $4 Bil & growing   Daniel Daoura https://pebblebee.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-daoura-3b363a7/ Pebblebee – Founder / CTO Pebblebee is a multifaceted trackables company giving people peace of mind with our patented tracking solutions. We've engineered best in class, feature rich solutions that help you keep track of what matters most. Our Pebblebee product line caters to both consumers and businesses alike. We help connect consumers to their valuables and loved ones with wireless technologies such as LTE cellular and bluetooth. Learn more at www.pebblebee.com. We work to give you Peace of Mind. Daniel Daoura, Founder & CTO, Pebblebee Daniel Daoura is founder and chief technology officer of Pebblebee. A serial entrepreneur with over two decades of experience, Daniel has emerged as a visionary leader in the trackables industry. Daniel's journey to Pebblebee began at the University of Washington, with his thesis focused on predicting satellite communication traffic for military asset tracking systems. This would lead him to Boeing, where he spent over 10 years in lead engineering roles developing global software and hardware systems for military asset tracking communication systems. Leveraging this experience, Daniel ventured into the finder space, creating Pebblebee to help people track what matters most to them. To date, Daniel has more than 30 patents in the trackable and finder market. Daniel holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington, as well as an MBA in Finance from Seattle University.     Doug Bieter, CEO, Pebblebee https://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-bieter-18643a/   Doug Bieter is chief executive officer of Pebblebee. In his role, Doug oversees business direction and operational plans to ultimately drive company growth. This includes managing corporate, financial, go-to-market strategy/execution and ultimately performance of the overall business. Doug is a Silicon Valley veteran with over 20 years of experience launching innovative new consumer products both domestically and internationally, and working with many early-stage companies from inception to exit. In his career, Doug has been responsible for strategy and go-to-market development in brands such as TiVo, Dropcam, Nest, eero, Owlcam, and more. Most recently, Doug has been Managing Director of Sourcenext US, driving corporate investments and partnerships in early to mid-stage companies looking for capital to drive international growth. Doug studied Economics, Marketing and Finance from the University of Minnesota.             Tech Topic: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/category/Tech   More - BRT Best of Tech   Best of AZ Tech Council: HERE Best of Biotech from AZ Bio & Life Sciences to Jellatech: HERE The Founders – How Tech Impacts All Areas of Business from Clean Energy to Smartwatches, E Bikes, Data & Investing - BRT Best of Tech 2022 Part 2: HERE   Thanks for Listening Please Subscribe to the Podcast   AZ Tech Roundtable 2.0 with Matt Battaglia The show where Entrepreneurs, Top Executives, Founders, and Investors come to share insights about the future of business.  AZ TRT 2.0 looks at the new trends in business, & how classic industries are evolving.  Common Topics Discussed: Startups, Founders, Funds & Venture Capital, Business, Entrepreneurship, Biotech, Blockchain / Crypto, Executive Comp, Investing, Stocks, Real Estate + Alternative Investments, and more…    AZ TRT Podcast Home Page: http://aztrtshow.com/ ‘Best Of' AZ TRT Podcast: Click Here Podcast on Google: Click Here Podcast on Spotify: Click Here                    More Info: https://www.economicknight.com/azpodcast/ KFNX Info: https://1100kfnx.com/weekend-featured-shows/   Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the Hosts, Guests and Speakers, and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent (or affiliates, members, managers, employees or partners), or any Station, Podcast Platform, Website or Social Media that this show may air on. All information provided is for educational and entertainment purposes. Nothing said on this program should be considered advice or recommendations in: business, legal, real estate, crypto, tax accounting, investment, etc. Always seek the advice of a professional in all business ventures, including but not limited to: investments, tax, loans, legal, accounting, real estate, crypto, contracts, sales, marketing, other business arrangements, etc.

  Track What Matters Most by Pebblebee w/ Founder Daniel Daoura & CEO Doug Bieter - BRT S04 EP20 (182) 5-14-2023     What We Learned This Week Pebblebee has small lite weight trackers with long battery life + rechargeable, & eco-friendly Has global range, so you rest easy knowing your items are always within reach - GPS + Bluetooth Ease, Efficiency & Expandable - Choose the size tracker to suit your specific needs AI + Safety - prevent miss-use of tech Market Size of $4 Bil & growing       Daniel Daoura https://pebblebee.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-daoura-3b363a7/ Pebblebee – Founder / CTO Pebblebee is a multifaceted trackables company giving people peace of mind with our patented tracking solutions. We've engineered best in class, feature rich solutions that help you keep track of what matters most. Our Pebblebee product line caters to both consumers and businesses alike. We help connect consumers to their valuables and loved ones with wireless technologies such as LTE cellular and bluetooth. Learn more at www.pebblebee.com. We work to give you Peace of Mind. Daniel Daoura, Founder & CTO, Pebblebee Daniel Daoura is founder and chief technology officer of Pebblebee. A serial entrepreneur with over two decades of experience, Daniel has emerged as a visionary leader in the trackables industry. Daniel's journey to Pebblebee began at the University of Washington, with his thesis focused on predicting satellite communication traffic for military asset tracking systems. This would lead him to Boeing, where he spent over 10 years in lead engineering roles developing global software and hardware systems for military asset tracking communication systems. Leveraging this experience, Daniel ventured into the finder space, creating Pebblebee to help people track what matters most to them. To date, Daniel has more than 30 patents in the trackable and finder market. Daniel holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington, as well as an MBA in Finance from Seattle University.     Doug Bieter, CEO, Pebblebee https://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-bieter-18643a/   Doug Bieter is chief executive officer of Pebblebee. In his role, Doug oversees business direction and operational plans to ultimately drive company growth. This includes managing corporate, financial, go-to-market strategy/execution and ultimately performance of the overall business. Doug is a Silicon Valley veteran with over 20 years of experience launching innovative new consumer products both domestically and internationally, and working with many early-stage companies from inception to exit. In his career, Doug has been responsible for strategy and go-to-market development in brands such as TiVo, Dropcam, Nest, eero, Owlcam, and more. Most recently, Doug has been Managing Director of Sourcenext US, driving corporate investments and partnerships in early to mid-stage companies looking for capital to drive international growth. Doug studied Economics, Marketing and Finance from the University of Minnesota.       Traditionally, tracking devices are best known as gadgets to help find your keys. But as the technology has evolved, it has grown beyond stocking stuffers into a $4B industry with limitless uses for consumers and businesses alike.   Pebblebee is at the forefront of Tracking 3.0 and is creating a connected global tracking ecosystem for all.    A major complaint against digital tracking solutions such as AirTag, SmartTag, Tile, etc. is that they either only work exclusively for iOS or Android, or you have to  use it with a specific app. Pebblebee is the first tracking solution that is cross platform compatible and works natively on iOS or Android.    Pebblebee includes both B2B and B2C offerings. The company has announced new partnerships in 2023 with sports brands including Peak Ski Company and Henry-Griffitts golf clubs.   On May 10, Pebblebee will be part of a major global announcement and will be introducing three new devices that will further the company's mission to create its global tracking ecosystem.     Pebbelbee – Track What Matters Most   Notes: Meet the next generation rechargeable item trackers for Android   3 New Tracking Products in 2023 Tag for Android Our smallest rechargeable item tracker ever! 8-month battery life, loud buzzer, bright LED, and compatibility with Find My Device. Perfect for tracking your remote, luggage and more.   Clip for Android The Ultimate item tracker for keys! Built in key ring attachment, bright LED and loud buzzer, with an improved rechargeable battery that last up to 12 months on a single charge.   Card for Android Keep track of your wallet with this credit card sized item tracker! Our latest version for Android last up to 18 months on a single charge. Bright LED & loud buzzer.   Your phone, your app, your tracker. Stay connected to what matters most with Pebblebee's versatile range of trackers no matter which phone you have. Whether you choose Apple Find My or Google Find My Device network compatible trackers, you get the benefit of global range, so you can rest easy knowing your items are always within reach. Choose the size tracker to suit your specific needs so you can keep track of everything that matters to you.     Seg. 1  Tracking – GPS, sensory information & location Products are clips for key chains, phones and wallets & can expand to laptops, bags, & more  Find your car, dog (tracker on collar), or bike.  Safety Help – put a tracker in your kid's backpack.  Have a deal in place with a Peak Ski Company and golf club maker, Henry Griffitts  The integration of Pebblebee's advanced technology will give golfers the ability to keep tabs on their Henry-Griffitts clubs and accessories and also gives golfers the ability to find their clubs quickly and conveniently with reminders when they are left behind. This enhanced tracking system will make it easier to identify clubs when they are left behind, lost or stolen.   Golfers now have access to the latest technology to help them stay one step ahead in the game. Henry-Griffitts customers will be able to simply look up the location of their clubs and accessories using the Pebblebee app, which will help them save time and money. Peak Ski Company and its strategic partner Pebblebee® unveiled PEAK Lôc8™, a first-of-its-kind locating and tracking device that will be embedded within certain models of Peak Ski Company's 2023/24 line of innovative skis. PEAK Lôc8 provides users with the ability to locate their Peak skis using their mobile device once connected to the PEAK Lôc8 device integrated within each Peak ski. PEAK Lôc8 devices are wirelessly rechargeable, and the technology is compatible with both iOS and Android platforms. The licensing of this new technology is a result of Peak's extensive development work with Pebblebee, a leader in the technology associated with fully integrated tracking and locating solutions.     Seg. 2 Dan has a background in aerospace. Worked at Boeing, and University of Washigton on satellite traffic, & military tracking worldwide.  Doug has a tech background with stops at TiVo, Direct TV, and nest working on both hardware and software + subscription products. Pebblebee has services for Bluetooth, BT Lite & Zoom Card – subscription model.  Devices connect to your phone, or thru home devices like Google or Alexa.  Ease, Efficiency and Expandable – must be easy to use, cross platform, compatible with Andorid or Apple devices, and NO APP!   Seg. 3 Need more connected devices, large and growing market.  AI + Safety – How do we choose to use this technology? Prevent the miss-use of this tech.  Smart Device with unwanted tracking.  How to develop and design safeguards? There are ways around safeguards.   https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/05/apple-google-partner-on-an-industry-specification-to-address-unwanted-tracking/   UPDATE - May 2, 2023 Apple and Google lead initiative for an industry specification to address unwanted tracking Companies welcome input from industry participants and advocacy groups on a draft specification to alert users in the event of suspected unwanted tracking   Excerpt from article: Apple & Google have adjusted their operating systems to combat unwanted tracking. Today Apple and Google jointly submitted a proposed industry specification to help combat the misuse of Bluetooth location-tracking devices for unwanted tracking. The first-of-its-kind specification will allow Bluetooth location-tracking devices to be compatible with unauthorized tracking detection and alerts across iOS and Android platforms. Samsung, Tile, Chipolo, eufy Security, and Pebblebee have expressed support for the draft specification, which offers best practices and instructions for manufacturers, should they choose to build these capabilities into their products.   “Apple launched AirTag to give users the peace of mind knowing where to find their most important items,” said Ron Huang, Apple's vice president of Sensing and Connectivity. “We built AirTag and the Find My network with a set of proactive features to discourage unwanted tracking — a first in the industry — and we continue to make improvements to help ensure the technology is being used as intended. This new industry specification builds upon the AirTag protections, and through collaboration with Google results in a critical step forward to help combat unwanted tracking across iOS and Android.”   “Bluetooth trackers have created tremendous user benefits, but they also bring the potential of unwanted tracking, which requires industrywide action to solve,” said Dave Burke, Google's vice president of Engineering for Android. “Android has an unwavering commitment to protecting users, and will continue to develop strong safeguards and collaborate with the industry to help combat the misuse of Bluetooth tracking devices.”     Seg. 4 RFID – tracking tech with badges Safety – tech tracking to find people in remote places like ski mountains or hiking trails Long Range tracking thru radar tech like walkie talkie  Satellite connectivity w/ smart phone – track people with little to no cell coverage, using direct line of sight to the sky for a satellite  Safety on college campus – ie – Georgia Tech implemented safety alert system Other industries can use this type of tech also – Hospitals with nurses, or Hotel staff  Crowd GPS – can pick up tracking device via other cell devices in close area, if person with tracker lost their phone     Tech Topic: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/category/Tech   More - BRT Best of Tech: Best of AZ Tech Council BRT of Tech 2022 BRT S02 EP52 (99) 12-26-2021 – Tech for the Holidays – BRT    Thanks for Listening Please Subscribe to the Podcast   Business Roundtable with Matt Battaglia The show where Entrepreneurs, High Level Executives, Business Owners, and Investors come to share insight and ideas about the future of business. BRT 2.0 looks at the new trends in business, and how classic industries are evolving.  Common Topics Discussed: Business, Entrepreneurship, Investing, Stocks, Cannabis, Tech, Blockchain / Crypto, Real Estate, Legal, Sales, Charity, and more…  BRT Podcast Home Page: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/ ‘Best Of' BRT Podcast: Click Here BRT Podcast on Google: Click Here BRT Podcast on Spotify: Click Here                    More Info: https://www.economicknight.com/podcast-brt-home/ KFNX Info: https://1100kfnx.com/weekend-featured-shows/   Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the Hosts, Guests and Speakers, and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent (or affiliates, members, managers, employees or partners), or any Station, Podcast Platform, Website or Social Media that this show may air on. All information provided is for educational and entertainment purposes. Nothing said on this program should be considered advice or recommendations in: business, legal, real estate, crypto, tax accounting, investment, etc. Always seek the advice of a professional in all business ventures, including but not limited to: investments, tax, loans, legal, accounting, real estate, crypto, contracts, sales, marketing, other business arrangements, etc.    

Serina and Callie join Jeff in the Blind Abilities Studio for another Tech Abilities episode. Seyoon will be back next episode as his Bandwidth has nearly overloaded. It's nice to get back into the studio and the Crew did not skip a beat. From Drone deliveries to HBO going to the Max and lots and lots more. Here are some links from this episode:   ·      heading level 1 Flyby Drones Deliver Smoothies, Salads, Sushi for $3 a Flight ·      Amazon will charge customers a fee for some UPS returns ·      NLS Braille on Demand Request Form ·      Google Offers Upgrades as It Drops Support for Dropcam and Nest Secure ·      Warner Bros. Discovery unveils super-streamer ‘Max' ·      Apple introduces Apple Pay Later to allow consumers to pay for purchases over time ·      Forget about Twitter. You can get a LinkedIn check mark, thanks to new partnerships ·      Blindy Girl Blindy Girl on Facebook   Thanks for listening!  

Help us drive the experience. It's been another week, and we have another new hardware launch to talk about! Yes, it's the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, and we looked at the Founders Edition card beforehand to find out just how much like an RTX 3080 it really is.Jeremy continues to review things, and this time he has an update to the surprisingly good Fosi Audio amp he reviewed last year - and this BT20A Pro is apparently the real deal. We also discussed news and various other topics, found in the list below.00:00 Intro01:10 Burger of the Week03:03 The GeForce RTX 4070 review17:02 PC sales are down 30 percent20:06 Mac sales are down 40 percent22:22 AMD wants to know: are you an enthusiast? (16 plus GB VRAM flex)28:34 Google is killing off more stuff (Dropcam and Nest Secure)30:50 Intel stops selling prebuilt servers and discontinues a datacenter GPU33:48 Stunning Revelation: Last-gen laptops are nearly as good and much less expensive35:20 Podcast sponsor - Bloomberg Careers36:32 Security Corner42:56 Gaming Quick Hits48:27 Fosi Audio BT20A Pro amp review59:48 Picks of the Week1:10:45 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Google is No Longer Supporting These Five-Year-Old Devices. Google ending Works with Nest & Dropcam support, Nest Secure owners getting free ADT system. The Fitbit-to-Google account migration will start this summer. Google Home's latest update provides more control over your smart appliances. Google confirms pricing plans for NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV. Discover more than 800 free TV channels with Google TV. The Unintended Consequences of Internet Regulation. The importance of disclosure in generative AI. 'We have to move fast': US looks to establish rules for artificial intelligence. Create AI by describing it. Use AI to create short-form video. Get Your Kids to Love Reading with Choose-Your-Own Adventures, powered by GPT-4! Substack unveils the product that got it banned from Twitter. Instagram Founders' News App Artifact Adds 'Reputation Scores' and Comments. Why progressive lawmakers are fighting against a TikTok ban. TikTok sister app Lemon8 surges in U.S. Samsung to cut chip production as profits plunge by 96%. PC market faces another inflection point. Mass Layoffs and Absentee Bosses Create a Morale Crisis at Meta. Twitter reveals some of its source code, including its recommendation algorithm. Google rolling out Android 14 Beta 1 for Pixel phones. Pixel 7 April update fixes Bluetooth unpairing, and improves Macro Focus. Google is working on 'Find My Device' feature even when the phone is turned off. Google Will Require Android Developers to Make It Easier to Delete Your Account Data. Android devices can now automatically archive little-used apps. Google releases 'Cross-Device Services' on Play Store, which will power Chromebook app streaming. Google prohibits personal loan apps from accessing user photos and contacts. Picks: Stacey - Homey Hub. Jeff - Why are news outlets putting their podcasts on YouTube? Ant - I'm Jealous of #Hardhead. Jason - A deck of cards. Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Melissa.com/twit meraki.cisco.com/twit

Google is No Longer Supporting These Five-Year-Old Devices. Google ending Works with Nest & Dropcam support, Nest Secure owners getting free ADT system. The Fitbit-to-Google account migration will start this summer. Google Home's latest update provides more control over your smart appliances. Google confirms pricing plans for NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV. Discover more than 800 free TV channels with Google TV. The Unintended Consequences of Internet Regulation. The importance of disclosure in generative AI. 'We have to move fast': US looks to establish rules for artificial intelligence. Create AI by describing it. Use AI to create short-form video. Get Your Kids to Love Reading with Choose-Your-Own Adventures, powered by GPT-4! Substack unveils the product that got it banned from Twitter. Instagram Founders' News App Artifact Adds 'Reputation Scores' and Comments. Why progressive lawmakers are fighting against a TikTok ban. TikTok sister app Lemon8 surges in U.S. Samsung to cut chip production as profits plunge by 96%. PC market faces another inflection point. Mass Layoffs and Absentee Bosses Create a Morale Crisis at Meta. Twitter reveals some of its source code, including its recommendation algorithm. Google rolling out Android 14 Beta 1 for Pixel phones. Pixel 7 April update fixes Bluetooth unpairing, and improves Macro Focus. Google is working on 'Find My Device' feature even when the phone is turned off. Google Will Require Android Developers to Make It Easier to Delete Your Account Data. Android devices can now automatically archive little-used apps. Google releases 'Cross-Device Services' on Play Store, which will power Chromebook app streaming. Google prohibits personal loan apps from accessing user photos and contacts. Picks: Stacey - Homey Hub. Jeff - Why are news outlets putting their podcasts on YouTube? Ant - I'm Jealous of #Hardhead. Jason - A deck of cards. Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Melissa.com/twit meraki.cisco.com/twit

Google is No Longer Supporting These Five-Year-Old Devices. Google ending Works with Nest & Dropcam support, Nest Secure owners getting free ADT system. The Fitbit-to-Google account migration will start this summer. Google Home's latest update provides more control over your smart appliances. Google confirms pricing plans for NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV. Discover more than 800 free TV channels with Google TV. The Unintended Consequences of Internet Regulation. The importance of disclosure in generative AI. 'We have to move fast': US looks to establish rules for artificial intelligence. Create AI by describing it. Use AI to create short-form video. Get Your Kids to Love Reading with Choose-Your-Own Adventures, powered by GPT-4! Substack unveils the product that got it banned from Twitter. Instagram Founders' News App Artifact Adds 'Reputation Scores' and Comments. Why progressive lawmakers are fighting against a TikTok ban. TikTok sister app Lemon8 surges in U.S. Samsung to cut chip production as profits plunge by 96%. PC market faces another inflection point. Mass Layoffs and Absentee Bosses Create a Morale Crisis at Meta. Twitter reveals some of its source code, including its recommendation algorithm. Google rolling out Android 14 Beta 1 for Pixel phones. Pixel 7 April update fixes Bluetooth unpairing, and improves Macro Focus. Google is working on 'Find My Device' feature even when the phone is turned off. Google Will Require Android Developers to Make It Easier to Delete Your Account Data. Android devices can now automatically archive little-used apps. Google releases 'Cross-Device Services' on Play Store, which will power Chromebook app streaming. Google prohibits personal loan apps from accessing user photos and contacts. Picks: Stacey - Homey Hub. Jeff - Why are news outlets putting their podcasts on YouTube? Ant - I'm Jealous of #Hardhead. Jason - A deck of cards. Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Melissa.com/twit meraki.cisco.com/twit

Google is No Longer Supporting These Five-Year-Old Devices. Google ending Works with Nest & Dropcam support, Nest Secure owners getting free ADT system. The Fitbit-to-Google account migration will start this summer. Google Home's latest update provides more control over your smart appliances. Google confirms pricing plans for NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV. Discover more than 800 free TV channels with Google TV. The Unintended Consequences of Internet Regulation. The importance of disclosure in generative AI. 'We have to move fast': US looks to establish rules for artificial intelligence. Create AI by describing it. Use AI to create short-form video. Get Your Kids to Love Reading with Choose-Your-Own Adventures, powered by GPT-4! Substack unveils the product that got it banned from Twitter. Instagram Founders' News App Artifact Adds 'Reputation Scores' and Comments. Why progressive lawmakers are fighting against a TikTok ban. TikTok sister app Lemon8 surges in U.S. Samsung to cut chip production as profits plunge by 96%. PC market faces another inflection point. Mass Layoffs and Absentee Bosses Create a Morale Crisis at Meta. Twitter reveals some of its source code, including its recommendation algorithm. Google rolling out Android 14 Beta 1 for Pixel phones. Pixel 7 April update fixes Bluetooth unpairing, and improves Macro Focus. Google is working on 'Find My Device' feature even when the phone is turned off. Google Will Require Android Developers to Make It Easier to Delete Your Account Data. Android devices can now automatically archive little-used apps. Google releases 'Cross-Device Services' on Play Store, which will power Chromebook app streaming. Google prohibits personal loan apps from accessing user photos and contacts. Picks: Stacey - Homey Hub. Jeff - Why are news outlets putting their podcasts on YouTube? Ant - I'm Jealous of #Hardhead. Jason - A deck of cards. Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Melissa.com/twit meraki.cisco.com/twit

Rich talked about his trip to Hawaii. You can see the highlights on his Instagram here.Rich mentioned the Nintendo Game and Watch as a good alternative to phones and tablets for kids on vacation. Also, if they want iPad, Apple Arcade games are great since they don't require an internet connection and there are no in-app purchases. You can usually find a deal for a few free months in the Target app or through Best Buy.Rich noticed a lot of restaurants in Hawaii are using the Toast handheld tablet to take orders and process payment at the table, which is good for efficiency and security. Some restaurants are also printing QR codes on the bill which you can scan with your phone and pay via Apple Pay and Google Pay, which is also great when you just want to finalize your bill and be on your way fast.Rich mentioned a few methods for finding things to do on your trip, including Yelp. He sorts by Most Reviewed to find the most popular places nearby but consider going to the second most popular place since the first might be slammed. On Google Maps, he likes to sort by top rated and narrow down by filters.Instagram has a hidden feature for finding cool things to do. To find it, type in the city you're visiting, then hit Search. Next hit Places, then tap the city name. Finally, hit the X and you can now see the most Instagrammed spots and sort by Restaurants, Cafes, Sights, Hotels, Parks and more.Shirl called in and asked about how to improve her router security. Rich recommended being aware of the links she's clicking on and watching out for phishing emails. If you really want hardware protection between you and the internet at large, look into a device like Firewalla.John Simmons of Hyundai joined Rich to talk about the Ioniq 6 EV.Eileen called in to ask if you can port landline numbers to a cellular service.Rich talked about Google dropping support for Dropcam and Nest Secure in 2024. Rich recommended going with a service like SimpliSafe or Ring.Rich mentioned that Disney+ with Ads is now available on Roku.Kevin called in to ask how to get data off of old cell phones that he wants to donate or recycle.Rich talked about the Western Digital MyCloud outage due to potential hacking… and explained how you might be able to use a feature called Local Access to enable local, direct access to files stored on the drive in the meantime.Max called in and asked about how to go completely streaming but wants someone to do it for them. Rich recommended looking up in Yelp for a local tech support person.Danny Mizrahi of Sunbird Messaging called in to explain how they're building an app that lets you iMessage on Android phones.Ron called in and asked about CRM software for his small legal business. Rich recommended looking at offerings from Salesforce, Zoho, HubSpot and more. Rich mentioned his “vs” trick for Google searches. If you know one company and want to see the competitors start typing COMPANY NAME vs into Google and see what autocomplete brings up.Best Buy is now offering gadget recycling boxes. Just order a small or medium box for $23 or $30, load it up with old gadgets, tablets, cords, keyboards and more and send it in. Rich also recommended Gizmogo.com to recycle old gadgets and Staples where you can bring items in for recycling.Doug called in to vent about his internet service constantly being down. Rich recommended checking service outage pages and services including Down for Everyone or Just Me and Down Detector.Rich talked about Walmart adding EV charging stations at locations nationwide by 2030.Dan Ackerman, author of Tetris Effect, joined to talk Tetris movie on Apple TV +!If you love Tetris, Dan recommended Lumines and Candy Crush.Rich ran down some tips from the Better Business Bureau about how to do some digital spring cleaning.Rich talked about how Google Flights now has a price protection guarantee. If the price of your booked flight goes lower, Google will pay you the difference. The catch is that the flight you book has to have the price protection badge.Ruth wrote in and asked about how to protect her credit card from being hacked. Rich recommended using Tap to Pay when possible, protecting her card number by using one time virtual card numbers from her bank or a third party service like Privacy.com.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Joining us this week to explore this topic is Aamir Virani, Advisor, Explorer, and President of VSHAD Holdings. He is a co-founder of Dropcam, a company that established home monitoring cameras and cloud video analysis and which was later acquired by Google Nest and rebranded as Nest Cam and the Nest Aware service. Before that, he was a software engineer at PowerReviews and the Lead Software engineer at Xobni. He was also a member of the Presidential Innovation Fellowship, 2021 and an angel and venture investor.

Holiday cheers with a visionary on Drinks With A VC featuring Ben Narasin of Tenacity Venture Capital. Tracing back to his roots as an e-commerce pioneer with Fashionmall.com, Ben shares tales of early-stage triumphs, from DropCam to Kabbage. Vik and Bree tap into his love for comic books, his recent puppy adoption, and why Dungeons & Dragons aligns with venture strategy. Tune in for an episode filled with insights and Ben's philosophy: "Life is not about having what you want, it's about wanting what you have."Links:www.tenacity.vcwww.twitter.com/BNarasinFoster puppies here.www.nikubutchershop.com/ (Restaurant!)

James & Amber are investors at Bloomberg Beta. Find their bios below.James Cham is a Partner at Bloomberg Beta, a firm focused on investing in the future of work. James invests in companies working on applying machine intelligence to businesses and society. He's currently invested in companies like Orbital Insight (satellite imaging), Primer (analyst tools), Domino Data Labs (AI model management), and AppZen (expense management). James speaks and writes on the implications of AI for companies, including a landscape of machine intelligence companies (https://t.co/jnBX6Wdr5R). In the past, he's been involved in investments with companies like LifeLock, LinkedIn, Twilio, DropCam (now Nest), and Skybox Imaging. James was previously an investor at Bessemer Venture Partners and Trinity Venture Partners, a management consultant at The Boston Consulting Group, and a software developer. He has an M.B.A. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was an undergraduate in computer science at Harvard College. He currently resides in Palo Alto with his family and children.Amber Yang is an investor at Bloomberg Beta, where she invests in companies at the pre-seed and seed stages working on machine intelligence, robotics, data infrastructure, and developer tools. In the past, she founded Seer Tracking, a startup working on creating a sustainable space environment by predicting satellite collisions with space debris, which led her to be named Forbes 30 Under 30. She did her master's and undergraduate degree in computer science from Stanford University and spent a quarter abroad studying philosophy at Oxford University. While she was in college, she was an investment partner at Dorm Room Fund and a fellow at 8VC. She is based in San Francisco and writes about tech and philosophy on Twitter and Substack. ★ Support this podcast ★

Paula Judge, VP Talent at Accel, joins us this week to explore this topic. Accel is a leading venture capital firm that invests in people and their companies from the earliest days through all phases of private company growth. Atlassian, Braintree, Cloudera, CrowdStrike, DJI, Dropbox, Dropcam, Etsy, Facebook, Flipkart, FreshWorks, Jet, Qualtrics, Slack, Spotify, Supercell, UiPath, and Vox Media are among the companies the firm has backed over the past 35 years.

This episode was originally published on May 3rd, 2022. Tony Fadell was instrumental in the development of the iPod and iPhone at Apple and then co-founded Nest Labs, which kicked off the consumer smart home market with its smart thermostat in 2011. Tony sold Nest to Google for $3.2 billion in 2014 and eventually left Google. He now runs an investment company called Future Shape.  Links: Inside the Nest: iPod creator Tony Fadell wants to reinvent the thermostat General Magic - Trailer Inside Facebook's metaverse for work Silicon Graphics Google is reorganizing and Sundar Pichai will become new CEO Fire drill: can Tony Fadell and Nest build a better smoke detector? Google purchases Nest for $3.2 billion Twitter accepts buyout, giving Elon Musk total control of the company Nest is rejoining Google to better compete with Amazon and Apple Apple Music Event 2005 - Motorola Rokr E1 / iTunes Phone Activision Blizzard hit with another sexual harassment lawsuit Nest buying video-monitoring startup Dropcam for $555 million What matters about Matter, the new smart home standard ZIGBEE ON MARS! Directory: Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel Pat Gelsinger, current CEO of Intel Sundar Pichai, current CEO of Alphabet Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and The Boring Company Jeff Williams, COO of Apple Matt Rogers, Nest co-founder Jeff Robbin, VP of consumer applications at Apple Steve Hoteling, former CEO gesture recognition company Finger Works Jon Rubinstein, senior VP of the iPod division at Apple Steve Sakomen, hardware engineer and executive at Apple  Avie Tavanian, chief software technology officer at Apple Scott Forstall, senior VP of iOS software, Apple Jony Ive, chief design officer, Apple Transcript: https://www.theverge.com/e/22817673 Credits: Decoder is a production of The Verge, and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Today's episode was produced by Creighton DeSimone and Jackie McDermott and it was edited by Callie Wright. The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Our Sr Audio Director is Andrew Marino and our Executive Producer is Eleanor Donovan.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tony Fadell was instrumental in the development of the iPod and iPhone at Apple and then co-founded Nest Labs, which kicked off the consumer smart home market with its smart thermostat in 2011. Tony sold Nest to Google for $3.2 billion in 2014 and eventually left Google. He now runs an investment company called Future Shape.  Links: Inside the Nest: iPod creator Tony Fadell wants to reinvent the thermostat General Magic - Trailer Inside Facebook's metaverse for work Silicon Graphics Google is reorganizing and Sundar Pichai will become new CEO Fire drill: can Tony Fadell and Nest build a better smoke detector? Google purchases Nest for $3.2 billion Twitter accepts buyout, giving Elon Musk total control of the company Nest is rejoining Google to better compete with Amazon and Apple Apple Music Event 2005 - Motorola Rokr E1 / iTunes Phone Activision Blizzard hit with another sexual harassment lawsuit Nest buying video-monitoring startup Dropcam for $555 million What matters about Matter, the new smart home standard ZIGBEE ON MARS! Directory: Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel Pat Gelsinger, current CEO of Intel Sundar Pichai, current CEO of Alphabet Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and The Boring Company Jeff Williams, COO of Apple Matt Rogers, Nest co-founder Jeff Robbin, VP of consumer applications at Apple Steve Hoteling, former CEO gesture recognition company Finger Works Jon Rubinstein, senior VP of the iPod division at Apple Steve Sakomen, hardware engineer and executive at Apple  Avie Tavanian, chief software technology officer at Apple Scott Forstall, senior VP of iOS software, Apple Jony Ive, chief design officer, Apple Transcript: https://www.theverge.com/e/22817673 Credits: Decoder is a production of The Verge, and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Today's episode was produced by Creighton DeSimone and Jackie McDermott and it was edited by Callie Wright. The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Our Sr Audio Director is Andrew Marino and our Executive Producer is Eleanor Donovan.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Closing candidates is an art & science. It's one of the biggest-leverage activities in recruiting - get better at closing and everything else just falls into place. Less sourcing, less interviewing time, and better internal satisfaction. So I brought in the best expert on the topic I could find! Jose has been doing recruiting for 15 years, working for startups like Nebula, Edmodo, Dropcam, or large companies like Google and Cisco. Jose has also worked at Andreessen Horowitz (helping on recruiting executive talent) - one of the most prestigious VC firm in the world, and then coached Y Combinator founders. He knows his stuff. There's one reason why I picked Jose to talk about closing: his impressive 92% closing rate at BuildTalent. See, that's an agency dirty little secret: when a search firm works on a mandate, they're only ~40% to actually find someone for the role (hence the reason why companies tend to use several agencies at the same time). Jose is at 92%. That's twice the industry standard. In our discussion, Jose shares his closing techniques, his numbers, and his secret sauce. We used Jose's learning and then more to write our chapter “Closing” in our Definitive Guide To Sourcing, check it out here. Follow Jose on Linkedin here. Follow me on Linkedin here

I finished a book on tape called the Happiness Advantage I was so enthralled with it that I bought a dozen copies for our staff, and need to buy more, as it turned out not to be enough for all who were interested in it.   Part of the exercise is to write down three things that I'm grateful for each day.  I do it mentally, because I'm so busy, but I'm going to try and make a habit of daily posts here for things that I am grateful for.   I am grateful to Nest.com for creating Internet based camera feeds.  We have used them for a couple of years, back when they were called DropCam.com for keeping an eye on our cats in the recovery hospital, etc.  Last night I put one on The Great Pretender, a 24 year old bobcat who had to have 8 rotten molars removed.  I was able to go home, eat dinner and watch him on my iPhone 6 + which has a huge screen.  Pulling up the camera on my computer will be the very next thing I do.   The company is donating a bunch of cameras.  They think we are interesting and want to use us as an example of ways to use their products.   I am grateful for mapping technology.  I'm trying to install a 3000 square foot 48 x 72 modular building adjacent to our current gift shop to expand the shopping space.  I will be able to save tens of thousands of dollars, thanks to google maps, Kinko's Printers and my ability to draw and measure a straight line.  Before, I'd have to hire a surveyor to meet the county's demands.   I am grateful for being surrounded by the best and brightest.  I've said this before, in my head and in Facebook posts, but it's such an over arching part of what makes me happy.  Of our 14 staff, 80 volunteers and 26 interns, only two of them give me any real pause, and yesterday both of them brought something good into my life by sharing their experiences about health and the benefits of a healthy vegan diet. One is a new vegan and the healthiest she's ever been and the other is about the most unhealthy meat eater, who thinks she's dying.   Here is the good news, I guess, from today.  We petitioned USDA in 2012 to stop cub petting schemes.  They got about 15,000 letters in support of our position, but seemed to think that AZA zoos didn't have enough time to object, so they opened the comment period back up again in 2013.  Now, 4 years later, they still haven't taken action, but rather seem to want to get more of the bad guys to object, so they are opening up the comment period again through August of this year.   We will continue to rally animal lovers to let USDA know that cub handling is cruel, dangerous and downright evil.   Here is USDA's letter:   This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 06/24/2016 and available online at http://federalregister.gov/a/2016-14976, and on FDsys.gov   BILLING CODE: 3410-34-P   DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 9 CFR Parts 2 and 3 [Docket No. APHIS-2012-0107]   Petition to Amend Animal Welfare Act Regulations to Prohibit Public Contact with Big Cats, Bears, and Nonhuman Primates   AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.   ACTION: Notice; reopening of comment period.   SUMMARY: We are reopening the comment period for a petition requesting amendments to the Animal Welfare Act regulations and standards pertaining to physical contact with dangerous animals. We are especially interested in receiving public comments on the additional questions included in this notice. We are providing information about upcoming virtual stakeholder listening sessions and other efforts intended to gather additional public comment. This action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments and further inform our thinking on the handling of dangerous animals.   DATES: The comment period for the notice published on August 5, 2013 (78 FR 47215) and reopened on October 24, 2013 (78 FR 63408) is reopened. We will consider all comments that we receive on or before August 31, 2016. The virtual listening sessions described in this notice will be held on Wednesday, June 29, 2016, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. eastern time (ET); Wednesday, July 6, 2016, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET; and Thursday, August 4, 2016, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET. 2 Registration is required to participate in the listening sessions. Links for registering to participate in the virtual listening sessions are included in the Web site in footnote below.   ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0107.   Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to Docket No. APHIS-2012- 0107, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238.   Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may be viewed at http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0107 or in our reading room, which is located in room 1141 of the USDA South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is there to help you, please call (202) 799-7039 before coming.   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Barbara Kohn, Senior Staff Veterinarian, Animal Care, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 84, Riverdale, MD 20737-1234; (301) 851-3751.   SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 5, 2013, we published in the Federal Register (78 FR 47215-47217, Docket No. APHIS-2012-0107) a notice making available for comment a petition requesting amendments to the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) regulations and standards, including amendments to prohibit licensees from allowing individuals, with certain exceptions, from coming into direct or physical contact with big cats, bears, or nonhuman primates of any age, to define the term “sufficient distance,” and to prohibit the public handling of young or immature big cats, bears, and nonhuman primates.   Comments were required to be received on or before October 4, 2013. In a subsequent notice published October 24, 2013 (78 FR 63408), we reopened the comment period for an additional 45 days to November 18, 2013. We received 15,379 comments.   We are again reopening the comment period and will accept all comments we receive on or before August 31, 2016. We are especially interested in receiving public comments on the questions presented below. Responses to these questions will help further inform our thinking on the handling of dangerous animals:   1. What factors and characteristics should determine if a type of animal is suitable for public contact? When the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) describes an animal as dangerous, there are certain characteristics we use to classify the animals, such as the size, strength, and instinctual behavior of an animal, risk of disease transmission between animals and humans (i.e., zoonoses such as Herpes B), and ability to safely and humanely handle (or control) the animal in all situations. 2. What animals should APHIS consider including under the definition of dangerous animals? For example, are all nonhuman primates dangerous? We currently identify some animals as dangerous, including, but not limited to, nondomestic felids (such as lions, tigers, jaguars, mountain lions, cheetahs, and any hybrids thereof), wolves, bears, certain nonhuman primates (such as gorillas, chimps, and macaques), elephants, hippopotamuses, rhinoceroses, moose, bison, camels, and common animals known to carry rabies. 3. What animals may pose a public health risk and why? What risks does public contact with dangerous animals present to the individual animal and the species and why? 4. What are the best methods of permanent, usable animal identification for dangerous animals? 5. What are the most humane training techniques to use with dangerous animals? 6. What scientific information (peer-reviewed journals preferred) is available that identifies the appropriate weaning ages for nondomestic felids, bears, elephants, wolves, nonhuman primates, and other dangerous animals? 7. What industry, organizational, or governmental standards have been published for the handling and care of dangerous animals? 8. What constitutes sufficient barriers for enclosures around dangerous animals to keep members of the public away from the animals? What methods (structures, distance, attendants, etc.) are needed to prevent entry of the public into an enclosure and keep the animal safe while still allowing for meaningful viewing? In addition to inviting the public to comment on these questions, we are making available for the public a Web site containing background information on the topics explained in this notice. We also plan to convene three virtual listening sessions during the summer, allowing stakeholders to participate regardless of their location before the close of the public comment period. The dates of each virtual listening session are as follows:   June 29, 2016, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. eastern time (ET); July 6, 2016, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET; and August 4, 2016, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET.   Persons wishing to participate in the virtual listening sessions are required to register prior to the session. Links for registering to participate in each listening session are included in the Web site in footnote 2. Upon registration, participants will be provided with a call-in number and access code. The virtual listening sessions will provide the public with opportunities to share their views on the handling of dangerous animals and provide us with additional material to inform our thinking on this topic.   Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2131-2159; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.7. Done in Washington, DC, this 21st day of June 2016. William H. Clay, Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. [FR Doc. 2016-14976 Filed: 6/23/2016 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/24/2016]   Hi, I'm Carole Baskin and I've been writing my story since I was able to write, but when the media goes to share it, they only choose the parts that fit their idea of what will generate views.  If I'm going to share my story, it should be the whole story.  The titles are the dates things happened. If you have any interest in who I really am please start at the beginning of this playlist: http://savethecats.org/   I know there will be people who take things out of context and try to use them to validate their own misconception, but you have access to the whole story.  My hope is that others will recognize themselves in my words and have the strength to do what is right for themselves and our shared planet.     You can help feed the cats at no cost to you using Amazon Smile! Visit BigCatRescue.org/Amazon-smile   You can see photos, videos and more, updated daily at BigCatRescue.org   Check out our main channel at YouTube.com/BigCatRescue   Music (if any) from Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com) This video is for entertainment purposes only and is my opinion.  Closing graphic with permission from https://youtu.be/F_AtgWMfwrk

Ben Narasin is the Founder and General Partner of Tenacity Venture Capital, a pre-Series A venture fund. Immediately previously, Narasin wes a full time investor and Venture Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA), one of the worlds largest and oldest traditional venture firms. A prolific entrepreneur and highly regarded early-stage investor with three decades of company-building expertise, Narasin has focused on emerging technologies and new markets throughout his investment career. With a portfolio comprising key early successes in some of today's fastest growing sectors, such as fintech, digital marketplaces, mobile and connected devices. His overarching focus in seeking new investments is, in his words, “to find founders whho make me say wow.” Narasin is a 25-year entrepreneur and 10-year early-stage investor. His knack for spotting emerging trends led him to make seed investments in companies like Dropcam, Lending Club, TellApart, Kabbage and Zenefits. Before NEA, Narasin served as a General Partner at Canvas Ventures, and was prior to that was President of TriplePoint Ventures, the equity arm of TriplePoint Capital, where he oversaw the firm's seed funding investment activities. Narasin's path to investing is rooted in entrepreneurship. He founded several consumer companies before launching his investing career, including Fashionmall.com, one of the first e-commerce companies, which he founded in 1993 and led to a successful IPO in 1999. Narasin frequently writes and speaks about technology and investing, as well as food and wine, a lifelong passion. He holds a B.A. in Entrepreneurial Studies from Babson College. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bennarasin/ Website: https://pitch-ben.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BNarasin --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/geeksofthevalley/support

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Today,  Shimon and Alex welcome famed entrepreneur and star VC – Ben Narasin of NEA. We discuss what founders should look for in VCs, where pockets of opportunity are in the market, how to think about innovation, the Biden proposed Capital Gains Tax increases, and even Bitcoin and crypto. -------------------NEA is a global venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs build transformational businesses with nearly $24 billion in cumulative committed capital. NEA focuses on tech and healthcare companies. Ben is a prolific entrepreneur and a highly regarded early-stage investor with mega hits such as: Dropcam, Lending Club, TellApart, Kabbage and Zenefits. And his own IPO of Fashionmall.com in 1999. http://hardcorefinance.com@ShimonLazarov@MrEBITDA@BNarasinPitch-ben.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/bennarasin/Support the show (https://www.hardcorefinance.com/donate)

On Wednesday, May 5th, on the Hardcore Finance Show (http://hardcorefinance.com), Shimon and Alex welcome famed entrepreneur and star VC – Ben Narasin of NEA. We discuss what founders should look for in VCs, where pockets of opportunity are in the market, how to think about innovation, the Biden proposed Capital Gains Tax increases, and even Bitcoin and crypto. -------------------NEA is a global venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs build transformational businesses with nearly $24 billion in cumulative committed capital. NEA focuses on tech and healthcare companies. Ben is a prolific entrepreneur and a highly regarded early-stage investor with mega hits such as: Dropcam, Lending Club, TellApart, Kabbage and Zenefits. And his own IPO of Fashionmall.com in 1999. http://hardcorefinance.com@ShimonLazarov@MrEBITDA@BNarasinPitch-ben.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/bennarasin/Support the show (https://www.hardcorefinance.com/donate)

Garage to Global – Pitch Your Startup: Highly regarded early-stage investor Ben Narasin, a Venture Partner at NEA, a global venture capital firm, joins co-hosts Richard Levick of LEVICK and Louis Lehot, a partner with Foley & Lardner, on the latest episode of Garage to Global. Ben, who successfully spotted trends leading him to make seed investments in companies such as Dropcam, Lending Club, TellApart, Kabbage and Zenefits, discusses what moves him to invest and why he is looking for “founders who make me say wow.” Pitch Ben: https://pitch-ben.com/

Ben Narasin is a Venture Partner at NEA. A prolific entrepreneur and highly regarded early-stage investor with three decades of company-building expertise, Narasin has focused on emerging technologies and new markets throughout his investment career. With a portfolio comprising key early successes in some of today’s fastest growing sectors, such as fintech, digital marketplaces, mobile and connected devices. His overarching focus in seeking new investments is, in his words, “to find founders who make me say wow.” Narasin is a 25-year entrepreneur and 10-year early-stage investor. His knack for spotting emerging trends led him to make seed investments in companies like Dropcam, Lending Club, TellApart, Kabbage and Zenefits. Before NEA, Narasin most recently served as a General Partner at Canvas Ventures, and was previously with TriplePoint Capital, where he oversaw the firm’s seed funding investment activities. Like many of NEA’s partners, Narasin’s path to investing is rooted in entrepreneurship. He founded several consumer companies before launching his investing career, including Fashionmall.com, one of the first e-commerce companies, which he founded in 1993 and led to a successful IPO in 1999. Narasin frequently writes and speaks about technology and investing, as well as food and wine, a lifelong passion. He holds a B.A. in Entrepreneurial Studies from Babson College. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bennarasin/ Website: https://pitch-ben.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BNarasin

Miguel Armaza sits down with the fascinating Ben Narasin, Venture Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA), a global venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs build transformational businesses across multiple stages, sectors, and geographies. Founded in 1977, NEA has received nearly $24 billion in cumulative committed capital since day one. Ben is not only a prolific investor but also a celebrated founder who launched fashionmall.com in 1993 and took the company public six years later. We talked about - Ben’s journey and entrepreneurial ambitions - A deep dive into his experience taking FashionMall public via IPO and the challenges it entails - The transition from entrepreneur to investor - The elements he looks for in every founder and how COVID has influenced his investment process - And plenty of stories and anecdotes from his exciting journey! Ben Narasin Ben Narasin is a Venture Partner at NEA. A prolific entrepreneur and highly regarded early-stage investor with three decades of company-building expertise, Narasin has focused on emerging technologies and new markets throughout his investment career. With a portfolio comprising key early successes in some of today’s fastest-growing sectors, such as fintech, digital marketplaces, mobile and connected devices. His overarching focus in seeking new investments is, in his words, “to find founders who make me say wow.” Narasin is a 25-year entrepreneur and 10-year early-stage investor. His knack for spotting emerging trends led him to make seed investments in companies like Dropcam, Lending Club, TellApart, Kabbage and Zenefits. Before NEA, Narasin most recently served as a General Partner at Canvas Ventures, and was previously with TriplePoint Capital, where he oversaw the firm’s seed funding investment activities. Like many of NEA’s partners, Narasin’s path to investing is rooted in entrepreneurship. He founded several consumer companies before launching his investing career, including Fashionmall.com, one of the first e-commerce companies, which he founded in 1993 and led to a successful IPO in 1999. Narasin frequently writes and speaks about technology and investing, as well as food and wine, a lifelong passion. He holds a B.A. in Entrepreneurial Studies from Babson College. About NEA New Enterprise Associates, Inc. (NEA) is a global venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs build transformational businesses across multiple stages, sectors and geographies. With nearly $24 billion in cumulative committed capital since the firm's founding in 1977, NEA invests in technology and healthcare companies at all stages in a company's lifecycle, from seed stage through IPO. The firm's long track record of successful investing includes more than 230 portfolio company IPOs and more than 390 mergers and acquisitions. www.nea.com.

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Larry Chu is one of the most accomplished tech M&A lawyers in Silicon Valley, where he has advised on over 200 transactions with a total value of over $125B. Along the way, Larry has cultivated one of the best technology networks of anyone I know. In this episode, he reveals how painfully shy he was as a child, but decided early in his career to be a good listener, and used that skill to develop lasting and valuable business relationships.Listen to Larry's stories about panicking on a large conference call while at Davis Polk, getting grilled by a legendary Sequoia Capital investor, and working with entrepreneurs like Ryan Smith at Qualtrics, Greg Duffy at Dropcam, Martha Lane Fox and Brent Hoberman at LastMinute.com, and Trevor Healy. We also discuss Larry's angel investing career during which he recommends Jason Calacanis' book Angel.Currently head of the West Coast Technology M&A practice at Goodwin Proctor, Larry has worked on some of the most notable deals, including (deep breath) Zoox’s $1.3B sale to Amazon, Qualtrics’ $8B sale to SAP, The Climate Corp's $1.1B sale to Monsanto, Nest's $3.2B sale to Google, Maker Studios' $500M sale to Disney, and Oculus'​ $2B sale to Facebook, Dropcam's $555M sale to Nest, and Lynda.com's $1.5B sale to LinkedIn. His list of clients includes such investment firms such as Silver Lake, Accel, a16z and Kleiner Perkins. More about Larry Chu at: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lawrencechuattorneyEmail: lawchu8@gmail.comTwitter: lawchu2More about the host, Dave Ingraham, at:Website: https://www.teleportgroup.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsingraham/

Ben Narasin is a prolific entrepreneur and early-stage investor with three decades of company-building expertise. His portfolio comprises of key early successes in fintech, digital marketplaces, mobile and connected devices. His seed investments include Dropcam, Lending Club, TellApart, Kabbage and Zenefits. Before NEA, Narasin most recently served as a General Partner at Canvas Ventures, and was previously with TriplePoint Capital, where he oversaw the firm’s seed funding investment activities. He founded several consumer companies before launching his investing career, including Fashionmall.com which led to a successful IPO. He holds a B.A. in Entrepreneurial Studies from Babson College.

Ring, Nest, Dropcam, smart cameras are everywhere. Enhance your physical security space without compromising your network on this week's episode!

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Ring, Nest, Dropcam, smart cameras are everywhere. Enhance your physical security space without compromising your network on this week's episode!

In this Week's TechtalkRadio Show, Justin is out and Andy Taylor talks with Andy Hodge, CEO and Founder of Owl Cameras Inc. Mr. Hodge has an extensive background in technology as part of the team at Apple putting together the first iPod and iPhone. He was also on the development team of Dropcam which became Nest/Google. With Mr. Hodge's vast experience, himself and a team of developers and engineers put together in a garage in Palo Alto, the Owlcam. Andy Taylor recently featured the Owlcam on the KMSB Fox 11 Segment after Andy viewed a video from his home security of an attempted break in on his vehicles. Andy Taylor and Andy Hodge talk about the development of this product, hurdles to overcome, the testing phase and how the public has responded to this great idea in vehicle security as well as video dash cam. They talk about the ease of installation and difference between dash cams on the market. Andy Taylor shares some info on the reported Nintendo Switch Light and how many are glad for this option. A giant project for 3D printing between Father and Son has some impressive results. Andy shares a link to take a look at this very special vehicle? Connect with us on our Social Media sites. Facebook @techtalkers Twitter @TechtalkRadio Instagram techtalkradio Web: TechtalkRadio.Com

采访 制作丨徐涛 校对丨秘丛丛 （以下文字只是音频节目的少许补充。「硅谷早知道」每周周五中午12点准时更新，敬请期待。） 贸易战没有停下的意思，坏消息不断。所以对于中国企业而言，现在出海还有戏吗？ 风险自然存在，但在另外一些方面也存在着机会。今天的两位嘉宾就详细阐述了他们看到了哪些机会，并且给出了一些有趣的案例。 例如，一些企业已将这次增加关税的逆境看作为自己品牌升级的背水一战；而一些已在海外建立起品牌的公司看起来并没有受到太多冲击。 除此之外，两三年前很多硅谷创业者折戟的 IoT 和硬件创业领域，对于中国制造商而言却有很多优势。 所以具体机会在哪里，请听这次的节目。 Enjoy！ 本期嘉宾 丁教 （Diane Ding），远迹资本 Ding Ventures 创始人，一支专注于早期工业自动化、智能制造的基金。曾担任知名孵化器硅谷创业者学院合伙人, 硬件孵化器深创谷合伙人。 左虓，众筹平台 Indiegogo 亚洲市场总裁 本期提到名词 Nest：是美国智能家居产品制造商，产品包括恒温器、烟雾探测器和安全系统。在2014年收购Dropcam后，该公司于2015年6月开始推出其Nest Cam品牌的安全摄像头。 Dropcam：是一家总部位于旧金山的美国科技公司。 该公司以其Wi-Fi视频流媒体摄像机Dropcam和Dropcam Pro而闻名，它们允许人们通过Dropcam的基于云的服务查看实时信息。 2014年谷歌的Nest Labs宣布以5.55亿美元收购Dropcam。 BOM：(全称 Bill Of Material)，是制造业管理的重点之一，简单的定义就是“记载产品组成所需使用材料的表”。 Pebble：(全称：Pebble Technology Corp.)是美国的智能手表研制企业，成立于2012年4月，于2016年12月7日被Fitbit并购，现已停止运作，并不再生产任何设备与服务。 万国邮政联盟：(全称：Universal Postal Union—UPU)，简称“万国邮联”或“邮联”，是商定国际邮政事务的政府间国际组织。万国邮联自1978年7月1日起成为联合国一个关于国际邮政事务的专门机构。2018年10月17日，美国白宫宣布，美国即日起启动退出万国邮政联盟的程序。 Wish：是一家在线电子商务公司。2017年，Wish移动购物应用程序在 iOS 和 Android 平台上拥有超过1亿用户。与 eBay 类似，支持小企业和制造商向消费者直接销售商品。 F2C：Factory to Customers 从工厂到消费者 Indiegogo：2009年在美国纽约成立的众筹网站 微笑曲线：宏基集团创始人施振荣先生，在1992年提出的理论。微笑嘴型的一条曲线,两端朝上，在产业链中，附加值更多体现在两端，设计和销售，处于中间环节的制造附加值最低。微笑曲线中间是制造；左边是研发，属于全球性的竞争；右边是营销，主要是当地性的竞争。 延展阅读 硅谷早知道丨创业中的一百万种选择 (https://36kr.com/p/5123986) 硅谷早知道丨专访出门问问李志飞：鲨鱼池中的创业者 (https://36kr.com/p/5146389)

Nick is the CEO and co-founder of eero. Prior to eero, Nick worked at McKinsey & Company and then Menlo Ventures, where he sourced investments in startups such as Betterment, Periscope, and Ansible and worked with portfolio companies like Uber, Dropcam, and Roku. Frustrated by the WiFi solutions on the market and unable to find a better solution, he set out to build eero with his co-founders Amos Schallich and Nate Hardison. Nick is originally from Chicago, graduated from Stanford with a BS in Management Science & Engineering, and currently lives in San Francisco with his wife.

Owl, the two-way dash cam founded by a team of ex-Apple and Dropcam executives, has secured a $10 million Series A1 round led by Canvas Ventures. This brings Owl's total funding to $28 million. “We've seen a lot of pent-up demand for car security, and Owl is tapping into that demand with a product that's easy to install and use,” Canvas Ventures General Partner Rebecca Lynn said in a statement.

Trae Vassallo is the Co-Founder and Managing Director @ Defy.VC, one of Silicon Valley's newest and most exciting Series A funds with the announcement of their debut $151m fund in Sept 2017. Prior to co-founding Defy, Trae was a general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers where she invested in a number of leading companies including eero, Nest Labs, Dropcam, Aggregate Knowledge, and Opower. Before Kleiner, Trae founded Kleiner portfolio company, Good Technology which was ultimately acquired by Blackberry in 2015 for $425m. Trae is also the co-author of the incredible study, “Elephant in the Valley”, highlighting the underlying data around the experiences of women in technology. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Trae made her way into the world of VC and Silicon Valley with a cold reach out to John Doerr and how that led to a role with Kleiner Perkins? 2.) What were Trae's biggest learnings from having John Doerr on her board, as a first-time founder? What were some of the most memorable moments working with him? What was it about him that made him such a special board member? What was the moment that Trae realized what type of board member she is? 3.) What does Trae mean when she says "Kleiner taught me what a great investment looks like"? How does that affect her investing philosophy today? How did Trae's investing learnings differ between John Doerr, Vinod Khosla, and Kevin Compton? 4.) Why does Trae believe that the venture industry is simply "overfunded"? If so, what was her reasoning for the founding of Defy? How does Trae see the expansion of multi-stage funds as presenting a market opportunity? Why are the larger players no longer incentivized to play at the Series A stage? 5.) How did Trae find the fundraising process? What were some of the core challenges in terms of the raise itself? Were there commonalities in the pushbacks that LPs had for Defy? How did Neil and Trae respond to the first time team question? How does Trae think about the infrastructure element of funds? Can it all be outsourced? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Trae’s Fave Book: Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley Trae’s Most Recent Investment: Owl Car Cam: The First Security Camera For Your Car As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Trae on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. Highfive makes meetings better for thousands of organizations with insanely simple video conferencing designed for meeting rooms. It’s the easiest-to-use solution, with all-in-one hardware and intuitive cloud software. Plus, it’s a high-quality experience with industry-leading audio powered by Dolby Voice. It’s so easy to use, that there’s no pin codes or app downloads. Just click a link in your browser, and you’re in the meeting. With customers in over 100 countries, Highfive is already trusted by the likes of Warby Parker, Evernote, Expensify, and Betterment and you can learn more by simply heading over to highfive.com. Culture Amp is the platform that makes it easy to collect, understand and act on employee feedback. From onboarding surveys to company-wide engagement, individual effectiveness and more, the platform manages multiple sources of feedback and connects the dots for you and that is why companies like Slack, Nike, Oracle and Lyft all trust CultureAmp. So put your people and culture first and find out more on cultureamp.com.

This episode catches up on the latest e-commerce news: Upcoming Industry Events Etail west 2/26 – 3/1 Palm Desert Path to Purchase Summit – March 12-14 – Chicago* IBM Think 3/19-22 Las Vegas ShopTalk 3/18-21 Las Vegas* Adobe 3/25-3/29 Las Vegas NPD Idea 5/15-17 Austin* SAP Sapphire June 5-7, Orlando IRCE, June 5-8 Chicago Shop.org, Sept 12-14, Las Vegas* * Denotes shows Scot and Jason will be attending and broadcasting from. Register for the Jason's Webinar on AI in Commerce, Thursday March 1st. Register to join Jason & Scot at the Path to Purchase Summit in Chicago March 12-14 Amazon News Amazon acquires Ring for $1.1B Funny article about clues to the selected city for Amazon HQ2 Amazon Go to expand to 6 more stores Listener Question:  What happens to Fresh when Amazon delivers from Whole Foods? Walmart News Walmart reports slower than anticipated e-commerce growth Gartner blog on Walmart Pricing Walmart new apparel brands Walmart unveils Allswell home brand of mattresses, bedding Specialty Home redesign Walmart in-store mobile app redesign Other News Target CEO Squak-box interview Don't forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. Episode 118 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Tuesday, February 17th 2018. http://jasonandscot.com Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at SapientRazorfish, and Scot Wingo, Founder and Executive Chairman of Channel Advisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing.   Transcript Jason: [0:25] Welcome to the Jason and Scott show this is episode 118 being recorded on Tuesday February 27th 2018 I'm your host Jason retailgeek Goldberg and as usual I'm here with your co-host Scott Wingo. Scot: [0:40] Hey Jason and welcome back Jason and Scott show listeners Jason you have a big webinar coming up this week that I think listeners would love to hear about the also it's live video so listeners will actually get to see you, that's exciting. Jason: [0:55] I know I know I feel like I do have a face for podcast so that you know is not necessarily a good thing but I'm a little disheveled right now I sort of torn apart my office to set up a little, video set up because I'm doing the webinar on artificial intelligence in Commerce, with episerver and I'm doing it on Thursday morning, and the reason we're mentioning it on the show is because the last big webinar that they did I had this author I really like and I am embarrassed to say I don't exactly know how to pronounce his name but I think it's near y'all and he wrote this great book called hooked which is a lot about, how people form habits and and he's a super interesting cognitive psychologist but he did the last webinar and I'm desperate to. Get a better attendance than him so I think I just passed him in pre-registration and you know hopefully I'll bring it home on Thursday morning for the Jason and Scott show. Scot: [1:57] Awesome we're counting on you also it's it's starting to be season here of trade shows and we have I think 3 or 4 we're going to be there together which is pretty exciting going on right now and neither of us were able to attend Izzy tail West so bummer on that one. Jason: [2:12] Yeah but shout out to everyone enjoying the good weather in Palm Springs. Scot: [2:15] Yeah yeah can't can't blame me for one down so once we're going to get together March 12th to 14th in your hometown Chicago we're going to get the path to purchase Summit, and it will be at shop talk in Las Vegas and then in PD ID in Austin March 18th to 21st, and it be the idea is May 15th to 17th so it's going. Jason: [2:37] Exactly and I'm I'm speaking at shoptaw Canton PD but I'm particularly looking forward to Pat the purchase cuz I'm just going to be in the audience heckling you. Scot: [2:45] Yeah yeah I look forward to your heckling it'll be funny usually want to do that no one realizes who you are and it's Robert so it's always good. Jason: [2:53] Even when they know who I am it's generally super awkward. Scot: [2:55] Psych episode of the office but looks stretched out and more painful. So since we're hitting the traits of circuit and we do that we do have a lot of guests lined up we're going to the Sobe we missed last week due to me I was on a little bit of a holiday so this week we're going to catch up on news and then, it'll be a little bit of a news coverage drought so we need to kind of knock this one out and of course when it comes to news it wouldn't be a Jason Scott shows without. Amazon news new your margin is there opportunity. [3:38] Big news today it's been kind of timely that what you were going to do the podcast today which is good we appreciate Amazon working this out for us then else one of their biggest Acquisitions ever they are spending a billion dollars to acquire ring. Rings cool as in October I think Rings kind of classic case study there for other option verse so the CEO the founder went on Shark Tank and was rejected by all the sharks I thought it was, terrible idea admittedly the name wasn't that good was called doorbot. They just kind of her like you know we can't see how or why anyone would use this thing so just goes to show you that sometimes when all these experts and your is reject you that you need to just kind of hang in there then they caught the eye of Richard Branson and he invested some like $38 I guess he really, saw used for the product Amazon was an investor to the Alexa fun and they raised a considerable amount of VC. [4:32] Rivers word that they were out raising Capital at kind of what's called a unicorn valuation or north of a billion dollars and Amazon has picked him up for a billion bucks. What do you think about the new station. Jason: [4:44] Yeah they I really appreciative of Amazon getting all the news in before our go on their deadline I think that's always very considerate of Jeff, number one listener thanks again, and I think it's it it seems like a checks a lot of boxes for Amazon I think Amazon his has had a major push into devices and smart home obviously they have you know this huge put on hold with the, the Alexa but you know they, they bought that camera company not long ago I mean I feel like just as a consumer product space they've been particularly interested in that space and then you add to that that this that ring could be an integral part of, giving Amazon delivery people and Home Service people access to the home like it you know it suddenly is synergistic with their supply chain and reverse Logistics Ambitions and so it seems like. It's pretty it's a pretty clever investment and you know a lot of us were talking about after the big Whole Foods acquisition, then maybe we wouldn't see another big retailer acquisition but that you know didn't necessarily mean that Amazon wasn't going to continue to be aggressive so to me this is. [5:55] Another great example of them. Trying to be in a build or own a consumer brand that has even competitive differentiation in the marketplace. Scot: [6:06] Yeah that really cons pros got let down if you can't think about the other, folks really active in the space you have apple who's really playing catch-up they just kind of came out with their smart speaker and as we discussed on the show it's, not not really clear that's going to be a big hit and it really doesn't do much more than be a speaker and then you have Google and. Google is just kind of frantically also playing catch-up they acquired Nest which gave them the thermostat and they put Dropcam into that cycle of a camera and then they have the Google Home Smart speaker. You pointed out to me that those things actually don't really work well together which is kind of funny you know it's cuz they're all it in the Google House of devices. And then you know they there was talk of Nest coming out with a ring competitor, so no now Amazon has bought the number one doorbell device Irene was working on a cool security camera which I tried the private label ish kind of Amazon home. Cameron is not very good so I'm hoping that the the new ring camera will displace that or or at least have a better offering in that category so it's going to be pretty. [7:14] I agree with you at the cut checks a bunch of boxes for Amazon so you know I get into the. Alexa ecosystem will be great it kind of helps with home automation security which is this huge area that no one's really conquered yet, then you have the delivery you know and and then another area I watch her the clothes that Amazon seems to be encroaching and more and more is home services so imagine some kind of an Amazon either. Either, Marketplace from services with like a cleaning service or Amazon actually does it themselves through employees. You know you could have all this time together and in one seamless experience so you could have it kind of. The Holy Grail experience would be you you order your groceries through you know that your Alexa wish list they are delivered to youth from at Whole Foods. And then you your do all this while you're at work and then you've authorized ring to allow access to your house to certain folks and maybe there's some. [8:11] Maybe they hold up a QR code or some kind of authorization there with the ring device that doesn't even require you to answer your phone and see who it is and they place the items in your house so it really kind of. Thinking through this user experience in connecting the dots and in a really interesting way that is so far ahead of everyone else is getting a little scary to be honest with you. Jason: [8:30] Yeah and you know when when you said I didn't immediately think of but the, you know I think it's another big Synergy for Amazon you know most of these cameras are inside your house right so inside your front door or in your new Nursery or whatever the case is that the primary ring camera is, on your porch and you know of course there's there's this huge problem in e-commerce of porch piracy where where you know bad people are are coming to people's houses and stealing their packages and that that happens frequently enough that it's a it's a major, problem for some consumers that are frayed to buy stuff and have it delivered to their home so it literally is a limiting factor for Amazon and so having a, an army of these devices that you don't have the potential did dissuade porch Pirates you know is even another synergistic thing with Amazon. Scot: [9:20] Yeah you could even do some cool stuff with a I wear a ring on her I don't have one they're telling the there's some neighborhood alert feature and so you can almost see you know if there is a. Porch pirate out there you know a I could, detected and then turn on all the ring cameras within a 3-mile radius and and you sit all the video to the police kind of a little scary there on the Privacy side but you know when you do think about these use cases is pretty interesting Amazon has all the pieces to do something like that, actually relatively easily right so think about all the AI and the face mapping and everything inside of the ghost tour, you're so they could easily apply those out rhythms to detecting hey this package was picked up by someone that's not the owner. [10:01] So it's really interesting to think about all these Lego blocks that they're putting together and all the internet use cases to have. Jason: [10:07] Absolutely. Scot: [10:09] Another kind of kind of more on the Whimsical side hq2 search 220 cities, I'm in is really funny that they kind of went into an in da mood where you know they kind of had this huge hoopla about what's going on in and now all these folks hurt the states there negotiating with her under NDA sermons trying to read the tea leaves and. You know I think some of the funnier ones that you noticed conspiracy theories I guess I would call them that are out there. [10:37] There's one that says that Amazon gave a clue that they're going to Austin and if you remember that Super Bowl spot that you and I both kind of thought really won the Super Bowl you know. It kicks off with the lady asking Alexa what the weather is in Austin so a lot of people have kind of tied into that as a clue and then there's a couple other kind of you know Easter eggs in there that there, Canyon to sellers country music that plays in the in the thing this little bit of a stretch but evidently. Austin is has an affinity with peacocks and at the end Anthony Hopkins is sitting there feeding that peacock so I don't people have kind of used the Super Bowl ad is kind of saying is Amazon sending us a subtle clue. Jason: [11:18] Yeah most of those a lot of people are from Austin for the record but yeah. Scot: [11:26] And then another one I saw it was funny is a lot of people were kind of saying oh they're going to. Los Angeles and what would happen is actually a local reporter here they're able to file an information act kind of thing and they got. At least a cover letter for for how the proposal was sent from of a city in North Carolina and it called it project golden. [11:50] And so then a lot of people said they said there's more evidence was found other other reporters kind of took this q and they were able to file these freedom information act. Request get some information mostly cover letters ricewood was redacted. Okay it's called project golden that's like. The Golden State which is Los Angeles or yeah so then everyone but what happened is the person that's just kind of. Gathering Together The Proposal so their last name is golden, who played around this hq2 so even though it's in super quiet mode and in a way it's actually causing more more kind of strange things going on. Jason: [12:34] Again it's it's evilly brilliant PR and you know they they got all these municipalities to you know, drop their drawers and in demonstrate exactly you know how deep their willing to do in terms of Economic Development incentives to get Amazon there and you know whoever Amazon picks for the hq2 they know how much money is on the table from these other cities and you can imagine they're going to use all that in negotiation when there, opening fulfillment centers are other pieces of infrastructure in those cities do you have a front runner in your mind. Scot: [13:07] For the longest time I thought Austin. [13:11] Is it it for me it has a lot of the the elements are looking for so so I can think of this is Amazon's retail business from a people perspective is really well-built out, so I think hq2 is going to be maybe 5 or 10% what you and I would think of is the retail business and the rest is going to be. AWS mom so that's where you let things growing like 60% year-over-year, maybe you put some add business there but but still it's kind of different footprint than the retail business so and and in the proposal and talk about it being largely engineering, so I think it's going to be kind of these y'all hiring cloud-based engineer types so that really made me think Austin because you have three or four engineering schools right there, I'm cost of living infrastructure all those things get checked and it's close to Whole Foods which you know I think if I'd spent 14 billion dollars being near that would be. Pretty nice wind is well within the one thing that is suede me is Scott Galloway has been meeting up making a pretty. Compelling case for the DC area so three of the 20 are in the DC area Bezos just bought like. Largest residence in the DC area and it goes on the DL and then it leaks somehow. Jason: [14:24] How many owns the Washington Post to. Scot: [14:26] News Washington Post is like a toy project and you know they're if you do think about the only thing I see that could cause any kind of existential crisis for Amazon is the government. And I do think you're having the influence, being there getting some of those key virginia-maryland folks in your pocket is pretty interesting so so. I kind of see it as a race between those two Austin if it's a kind of really leaning towards talent and they don't really worry about the government thing I think Austin wins and if they're at the government thing is kind of looming large with them that I think the DC area makes a lot of sense. Jason: [15:01] Yeah no I am I tend to lead towards the DC area as well like you if you sort of think of them. In many ways like Amazon is the next Generation Walmart you know Walmart said really invest in there a lobbying in there and their government relations and, you know like the guy running the government relations program for Walmart is like Dan Bartlett who's the, with the press secretary for George Bush and you know there was a bunch of political news a couple weeks ago I had the number three person at the Department of Justice resigned and she resigned to take a VP job at Walmart so I Walmart building these, this table is like really credible, Washington folks and if that's important to Walmart like you know odds are it it already is or should be important to Amazon and sew in, the proximity make some sense when they are just from the odds perspective you got you got three sites so that seems logical the one thing that. [15:56] Makes me a little dubious of Professor Galloway's. [16:02] Evaluation is he also throws in New York is the front-runner and is why Jake is because everyone wants to live in New York and I kind of called him out on Twitter he he. Took the high road and then respond that only people that live in New York want to live in New York that's a little it's a little bit of a reality bubble that New Yorkers have. Scot: [16:20] Yeah yeah and you know Newark is on there that's like an no way they. Jason: [16:25] Hey that seems like a non-starter to me. Scot: [16:27] Yeah yeah you just can't get text out and some of the things that I have and then you saw some interesting news around the go store. Jason: [16:35] Yeah I think Jason Del Rey broke this on recode but it appears that they're getting ready to scale that out and open six more of those. Stores in Time Turner member but I think they they even identified or speculated some of the the potential for sites was. Austin one of them if I'm remembering right. Scot: [16:59] Yeah I think that carved out another couple already in the Seattle area at which makes sense that's what they did at the bookstore stay I think they open to in Seattle and then they went like San Diego Chicago New York kind of thing. Jason: [17:10] Yeah if you're really going to Market and try to you know Drive traffic to it it it it's much my door to open multiple sites in the same city because then you can buy. Geographic marketing Vehicles like newspaper ads and radio ads in television ads you know opening one store each in a bunch of different cities is much more expensive for traffic generation. Scot: [17:29] Coon and since this is kind of a clever Segway into the grocery last week in our reader question or listener question segment we did run out of time for one of the ones that came in to Twitter and it was from long-term listener Michelle Grant, and she asked do you think Amazon will close fresh and Charlie what do you think about the moose and so I think what she's referencing there is so Amazon did do a little bit of a layoff a couple hundred folks and I think it was the fresh team you know cuz now Amazon essentially has there's a lot of irons in the fire when it comes to a grocery store they have Prime now, they have even like the what is it Warehouse or the the big box thing they have fresh which was the, jewelry that have go and and the Nets Go curbside thing so it had it in and of course at Whole Foods and now they're doing, same day delivery they're on their own how do you reconcile all those things. Jason: [18:28] So I do think fresh as a standalone fulfillment center, model probably does go waste of you if you think about it like. Amazon Fulfillment centers that they generally ship products from them or do One Day deliveries with their Flex drivers from, they've got these Prime now for filament centers which have a much smaller SKU assortment but you know really optimized for that one and two hour delivery, in the fresh cities they have a separate fulfillment center that has a lot more cold storage and accommodations for perishable in the drivers, deliver out of the limited assortment of the fresh profillment Center which was different than the prime now fulfillment center which is different than a, fulfillment center and now they're announcing that they're going to start delivering inventory straight from Whole Food stores and so what I think is going to happen is that that fresh. Fulfillment center as a standalone entity goes away most of the volume for delivering perishables in groceries is going to come from the, the Whole Foods store the Whole Food store. She has a much larger assortment then then fresh did, and I do think Amazon's continuing to build out there, fulfillment center capabilities for cold and Frozen so you know we wouldn't be surprised if they have cold capabilities, in Prime now fulfillment centers and they continue to fulfill some some. [19:59] Cold items from Prime now but I would imagine that those are mainly items that are synergistic with other, other types of products that people buy from Prime now so maybe you need some like, cables in an emergency router for your office and you can also buy you know a case of soda or water you know it wouldn't surprise me if they had those kind of skews in Prime now that you know if you're going to order bananas and milk, that's more likely going to get fulfilled from a Whole Foods rather than a standalone fresh Depot. Scot: [20:30] On the show you guys talk about curbside wins delivery. Is kind of tougher and probably doesn't win sounds like you just going to reconcile that all down two more like delivery dude do you think Amazon does continue with that curbside I think it's called Amazon go pick up or something. Jason: [20:50] Amazon Fresh curbside is it fresh pick up Amazon Fresh pick up, yeah so there are these two first pick up locations in Seattle I continue to strongly believe, that the majority of digital grocery shopping is going to be pick up right so you're going to order your digital groceries from Walmart or Kroger. Or Amazon and you are going to drive to that store. A surrogate location for that store at a convenient time and have someone to load your groceries in your trunk and that's. The economics of that are just infinitely more favorable than the economics of delivering a fresh and we can get in the all the reasons why we just explore delivering perishables are much uglier than the economics for delivering. [21:41] White goods in general merchandise there are niches we're home delivery of fresh make sense and you know rich people in New York and Chicago and California you know where are certainly going to take advantage of that and you know I think. All of Amazon's offerings at the moment with the exception of those two locations are home delivery in so you know I was kind of answering the Fulfillment question through that lens but I also think I'll be utterly shocked if. After Amazon turns does Whole Foods into home delivery venues they don't also offer a curbside pickup option. For pickup at Whole Foods and what's going to be super interesting to me when they do that is, what and if the pricing difference is between having his groceries delivered and picking them up at the store because at the moment the deliveries free as long as you you know trigger certain thresholds. And you know but the the cost for delivery are much higher than the curbside pickup cost so it seems like. You know there's there's going to be a strong argument for there being some price savings if you're willing to pick him up. Scot: [22:50] Prequel show thanks for the question sorry we couldn't get it to it last episode of a glad we were able to pick it up kind of rolled up inside of this Amazon Go News, I'm just wondering I don't think I wanted to pick your brain on the big news kind of over the last week or so was Walmart really miss their e-commerce growth goals for Q4, I am so I think they came in at a paltry 23% which is kind of fun, because that's not too shabby but you know why she was expecting 50% which is a Dunham Park orders and then it there analyst day which we talked about on the show, they're kind of being in their chest and saying hey in 2018 we're going to get this thing cranked up to 60% of the result of that. Stock have been on quite an upswing since the jet acquisition and a lot of this good e-commerce news and it had a single worst day in history, I'm from up with a percentage in a point bases so that did not go over well with the street then, are there is a flurry of Articles you know is Lori on his way out what's going on what what's your take on what happened there. Jason: [23:58] Yeah so I mean just a brief moment of silence for all that that value that was lost when they announced that they're e-commerce crew at 23% when they're, Industries only growing at 16% and oh by the way, traffic in our stores was up in our stores grew by 3.2% which our store volume is way higher than the, the unlined volume and way more profitable so they actually like reported really good financial news with this this one miss about what, you know economically is kind of a relevant portion of their business and they they got cream for it but of course. You and I are listeners know that that that you know in the long run that that winning e-commerce is is Paramount and so I do think it's fair that investors are. I really nervous about that that Miss. So that being said it's interesting cuz you know Walmart had these three phenomenal quarters where they went 63% growth 60% gross 50% growth, and you know when they are doing those two were a bunch of Acquisitions and everyone's like oh the Acquisitions really paid off. And Walmart really pushed back on that and said no no no the bulk of this growth is organic. You know the boat Boca this girl isn't jet or bonobos or ModCloth are you almost out of those those things and so now year later when they kind of lapped those acquisitions. And the girl that is way down you know people are speculating it's because the the Acquisitions are now. [25:30] You. They've been in there for a year and said the cops are against. Against the business Windows Acquisitions and so that hurt them you know Walmart came out and said that they had some Logistics misses and you know that that holiday really had a different mix and that caused them. Tamisium shipments of missing opportunities but what I haven't seen talked about a lot which to me is really the hidden story of both Walmarts growth and Walmart's Miss. Is the last topic we just talked about which is grocery so what what listeners need to remember. Walmart is first and foremost a grocery store I think between 50 and 60% of the revenue is grocery. And you know a year ago they started rapidly rolling out buy online pickup turn side grocery. Two individual Walmart stores and so about a year ago they announced they had their thousand. Grocery pickup store and you know my contention is a huge part of that e-commerce growth is they went from zero groceries to you know some grocery store sales in a thousand stores. And so now they've lap those thousand stores those those thousand stores are in the comps. Answer now the growth you know doesn't look as spectacular unless you open. Another thousand stores which Walmart actually announced they were going to do, and conspicuously absent in this in these latest announcements was any indication of whether they they hit their goal or didn't hit their goal or they were behind and I really think some of the young to be interested to hear some of the. [27:03] The stock analyst you know you know if if they asked us questions and if they got good answers cuz to me. [27:11] We really need to be thinking about these these e-commerce grocery stores a little bit different than pure e-commerce when when Amazon as a product of their e-commerce catalog it's available in all 50 states simultaneously. The grocery is a store by store basis so you almost need a same-store sales number for e-commerce to really see the true growth. In an Eakin e-commerce Grocery and so I like that that maybe evolution of the retail financial reporting that we we start to see. [27:45] One other thing that caught my eye related to that mess is there was funny to me probably not funny to Walmart. A Blog on gardeners website from a guy Bob head to who's one of the good retail Analyst at Gardner and he was talking about how he seen some substantial price fluctuations at Walmart. In a centrally he tells the story about how I-44 research she tried to get his family to buy all there. Their stuff online from Walmart they were they are Walmart shoppers apparently but he tried to get his wife to use walmart.com and she diligently tried and they actually failed because. [28:23] Walmart online pricing was so much higher than their in-store pricing and so you know Bob speculation is. That you know part up part of this mess is that they have this disparity pricing strategy between e-commerce and in-store, and you know that he seen the shift more recently took two closer to Universal pricing and he thinks that might be something at Walmart suggesting. In response to some of their they're softer e-commerce growth. In that that is potentially interesting there is this you know huge urine everyday low price retail or it's it's part of your. [29:04] All brand proposition knew you'd expect to see the lowest price everywhere and if prices are higher online like you know. [29:11] You can understand why that would alienate the core Walmart Shopper and so that that to me is a interesting part of the story that we haven't heard a lot of Anna's talk about is. Is the pricing part because we have separately seen Walmart make some announcements. That you know I kind of funny announcements to hear a retailer make which is. They're shifting focus of their online inventory to be more profitable and they're actually asking cpgs to make. More expensive bundles and more expensive products for them so they can get the AO Vivo online up to get profitability up and the sort of. You know implication and all of this is, hey we're getting tonight's e-commerce growth e-commerce is going to be meaningful for Walmart but one thing that sucks about it is the economics and you know now Walmart's you know trying to shift to be more more profitable online and so you know when you talk about this growth. You know is it is it profitable growth in his part of the the softness and Walmart's growth because they have shifted. They are trying to shift the next to be more profitable online. You know what I don't know but those are going to be the interesting things to follow. Scot: [30:18] Any other Walmart new phone cover. Jason: [30:24] The couple other interesting things they they they have announced some new brands. So they watch a bunch of new apparel Brands and I think they officially I think we're might have already been out but I think they officially announced them today as well I'm so again props to them for getting on our data Toro schedule but cities are Brands like time and true, Tara and Sky nation and I think I'm one call George, and you know for those that are intimately familiar with Walmart's apparel they've they've had private label apparel for a long time like that you know. [30:58] It doesn't have a particular good reputation for style or quality and yet I think it's a pretty big seller into these new these new brands are. Like we were singing The Marketplace the seems like there's a much bigger effort for them to be real brands that are distinct and not simply private label. And so I think like the shift is yours going to see retailers talk about not their private label but they're owned Brands and so I think Walmart would say the only boats and ModCloth are owned Brands and now time in Fruit owned Branford. For Walmart so it's going to be interesting to see if they're able to kind of move up market and get a better reputation in a peril. You know apparel and everyday will prices haven't historically. You know I've been two things you think I'd together so so I think that's working against them a little bit but they also announced a private label for mattresses that seems like it's directly competing with a Casper's of the world in that that brand is called them. All is well I believe. [32:00] And I think some of the new brands are interesting they also announced a couple of redesign so earlier this month they they did a pretty substantial redesign to their mobile app. And what they did is they put a much more robust what I call in store mode they I think they call it the store system. And so this is the notion that if you have the Walmart app and you run it in your house you get one experience but if you happen to be standing in a Walmart store and you open the Walmart app. You get a very different experience that's tailored to the kinds of things you like to do if you're in the store so when you do a search it. What does the search against that stores local inventory they have maps in the app now for all the stores and they help you find products they connect you with the local customer service and the local service offerings like Walmart pay, and MoneyGrams and all those sorts of things in the in the store and said they're they're making the the in-store experience on the mobile app much more robust which is interesting and then. [32:55] They the automatically redesign the home section and they made it you know much richer and content and you know they have some some new shopping utilities like. Shop for furniture by style for example and things that you know who's more likely Walmart was a pretty straight catalog site so adding this kind of, editorial element to their site was interesting and then they have teased that in the coming months we should expect to see a pretty substantial redesign of the whole walmart.com so I'm, I'm always super interested to follow big retailers when they do design refreshes and and see what some of the new thinking might be there. Scot: [33:32] Yeah when I saw the all's well so an ounce of the witches the mattress and maybe think they probably went and tried to acquire Casper purple there's like six of these things now I can't keep them all straight Lisa, are there several others, and they probably didn't like the prices and then you know that it does seem like they're dime a dozen now so I think they're all coming out of a similar kind of a design studio and tractor in China somewhere and they just kind of said let's just do this ourselves I'm almost in surprise that Amazon hasn't done one hour or maybe Amazon hasn't really realized it. Jason: [34:05] No it wouldn't shock me if we see that in the near future. Scot: [34:08] Quick one. Since we just talked about Casper I did notice they opened a store in New York City which is continue that Trend we talked a lot about on the show with these. Digital native Brands getting a certain scale and then having to open stores are I guess they're more showroom me so the mattress you could understand that we're. You're the only so many people they're going to. Trust in store trial and then home trial in the return policy and it is I've enjoyed seeing them in Target stores and I know you care so much about them and, it is nice to have at least get to see one feel it I lay down on it and see what it's like before you take that did to me it's more the time risk of you know. That's another thing I have to ship it back and all that so that was interesting. Jason: [34:52] Yeah absolutely Anna and as we talked about on the show number times I, brick and mortar stores are a great marketing vehicle for online sales and unlike a lot of other marketing Vehicles which are pure expense you know the store can often pay for itself or be profitable and drive a bunch of traffic. E-commerce business so you know, opening showrooms particularly in high traffic areas like New York City you can make make a lot of sense for bran. Scot: [35:17] Couple quick hits so over on the pier Place side eBay has been pretty quiet on that position front and also in keeping with their timing today they announce who won the first positions in a while another Marketplace and it's pretty interesting so, eBay has a long history of not doing well in Japan they they had their own Japanese offering, end of the exit of Japan in 2000 they also didn't do well in China they really struggled with with Asia and general General, partnership with Yahoo auctions so if you look at the the Japanese Marketplace market today. [35:54] Dominated by rakatan Yahoo auctions in an Amazon does really well in Japan as well and so they actually just acquired a startup called the starts called juices. And the name of the marketplace I don't know how to say it so I'll spell it is qoo. And then one zero I would she so I think you would be cute n. JP that's pretty interesting and I saw a rumor that they paid $700 for that, so you have to kind of thinking a why would you pick 2018 after you've been out of the market for 18 years. And my my reading the tea leaves on this is a really good job on kind of, cross-border trade and enabling people around the world to order from. Order from sellers across the world and then doing some interesting things with reshipping and, Google translate and just make the entire eBay catalog as much of it as possible available in areas where the extra don't have a presence so so I imagine when I read this stairs, there is demand for for you know. Probably cross-border trade product and this gives them a platform to kind of put that on where is before their Pi just doing this kind of localized and I kind of caught up it's kind of a, that's kind of a country page where you'll you'll go to eBay. JP but. The listings are all coming for the US and Europe in and they've been Google translated in that kind of thing so this will I think. [37:21] Their interest must be that they're seeing something in the date of the newest in Russia for example some of the largest countries for them where they do this and Brazil in other countries. [37:30] Another couple quick ones back to omni-channel Macy's was in the news this week because they had an awesome 4th quarter, and I hope you're sitting down Jason but they're same-store sales grew 1.4% year-over-year, so that was a no cause for celebration I think there was a Wall Street expectation that they actually have negative same-store sales for the last three years they have been contracting so it is good to see them having increased it just kind of interesting you know that. [37:57] Walmart gets the snot beating out of them for her for 23% growth and e-commerce Macy's I didn't see what they split it out but you know they grew 1.4% and it's kind of like you know, the through the woods and everything is great. So you know that that is still growing shorter there are smaller than overall retail which I believe was in the high 3% for for offline so that was interesting, what other kind of couple things. take out of that announcement they now say they have a third of their skus are with a call Exclusive which to me means more like private label or if they have work with a brand it's only available at Macy's and that seems to be doing well which is at one of the things you and I buy stale retailers to to focus on. And then they required a beauty product called bluemercury at Sephora. And I'm not an expert on this and it's evidently to doing really really well and you know it is exclusive to them and I think they're starting to really kind of. Push that pretty hard the last one I saw that was pretty interesting kind of in the financial news there's been a lot of rumors are Nordstrom's going private and looks like. Now there's there's all these rumors that that deal is getting done the stock reacted to it so and I noticed that, Jason is added them to code Commerce which will be his little kind of Sideshow that he does array shop talk he added one of the Nordstrom store that so it'll be interesting you know you can imagine. [39:25] Is there something going on that's all Jason's going to ask about so you can imagine hopefully maybe a deal will be done by late March or that you know that they're kind of have some timing setup that they can talk about it then or something maybe read too much into that but I thought that was interesting. Jason: [39:37] Yeah I know for sure because they normally don't do a ton of publicity so far I think it's Eric Nordstrom that's going to the recode dinner it'll be interesting to hear what he has to say and I I'm sure you're right that you would certainly get some questions about the, they going private I would do just just one site week Macy's so bluemercury the Cosmetics company their brand that Macy's bought in it and it's killing it luxury cosmetics in general are doing really well it's one of the fast-growing categories and so I told to and Sephora these, two Standalone Cosmetics retailers are are growing really fast like you're doing much better than then retail in general. For all of our our cosmetic Savvy wesner's I'll point out that Sephora is a retailer that carries a bunch of Brands including some private label so, they're probably not the most direct competitor with bluemercury but you know you can think of like a Revlon or L'Oreal or or those those kind of Brands is competing with blue Mercury but evidently the analyst. I have talked about bluemercury being one of the the crown jewels and one of the great assets assets that Macy's is hat. [40:46] So do you feel more more cosmetic aware now Scott. [40:54] What notes are they both carry a bunch of national Brands they both have their own stuff but the the the real Innovation here is why. Before Sephora. If you are interested in shopping for Cosmetics you probably went to a department store when you are a young girl and you became a certain age your mom probably took you to a department store to get your first cosmetics and, all the Cosmetics were shop and Shop so you had the first and foremost pick a brand with your feet so you walked to the Mac counter or you you walked to the, repair counter or whatever whatever Cosmetics you had an affinity for and you shocked by brand, and so support I had this sort of game-changing notion that like hey people don't want to stop by. Brand necessarily they want to shop I use case so I had to put all the foundations here from all the brands and let's put on the moisturizers over here from all the brands and that, that concept played really well with consumers in and Trigger 2 for on this rapid growth in Ulta is a more recent competitor that is kind of followed in in support his footsteps, and done a really good job of adding Professional Services to the store in a salon and things like that so that's now you really have the whole Cosmetics history. Scot: [42:09] Collective I was thinking we should do a deep that the boom you just did it right in the middle of news awesome the Deep dive delicious nugget inside of some e-commerce news. Jason: [42:18] Exact just wanted to establish my Qualls as knowing more about Cosmetics than any dude should know. Scot: [42:25] You die definitely bouncy. Jason: [42:27] I appreciate it so going back to omni-channel there was also a few interesting news nip it's about Target so one that caught my eye because it validated smart-aleck opinion I had, you know a couple months ago Target acquired this company called shipped and shipped as a. A third-party delivery service that would deliver purchases from a variety of stores to a consumer's home and there. [42:55] Yeah you pay an annual fee of like $99 and then you get free home delivery you know. Over some purchase threshold like 35 bucks or something so Target bought them and at the time I was like Hey that may be a good acquisition that may get Target some good capability for home delivery that they want but. They're likely to have overpaid because. Shipped was this two-sided marketplace where you know they tried to acquire customers that were customers of ship to not Target and they pay $100 to ship to be a member, and the reason that they would get a bunch of customers is that the utility those customers get as they get free home delivery from the bunch of retailers to ship Ted 2, appeal to a bunch of retailers and they had to appeal to a bunch of consumers and when one retailer buys them suddenly it's much less appealing. For for ship to work with all these other retailers in that you know it has this negative Cascade effect on the whole two-sided Marketplace model, and at the time of the announcement that I've no no no we're going to contain around another standing in entity and we're going to continue to. To try to support all those retailers so you know interesting side-note 60 days later shift is no longer delivering goods from Walmart so. [44:12] You may have paid your $99 under the belief that you could get free home delivery from Sam's Club and ship just pulled that that rug out from Target has pulled that rag out from under the ship's customers. You know which in my mind means shipped is at the end of the day going to end up being a convenience delivery tool for Target purchases which. [44:30] Maybe super useful but it's it's a different model than the original ship model so I found that you know interesting or self validating made me feel good about myself. And then there was kind of an interesting interview that we saw with Brian Cornell the CEO of Target I think he was on Squawk Box and you know who's making the point about. [44:52] The value of Target stores and how you know they're very successfully shipping from stores and they're making major investment and remodeling stores and how how important stores are Little Mix, all stuff that I wholeheartedly agree with that I'm glad to see Target doing and if it's I think that the Marquee quote out of this whole thing you know the kind of got the headline was. Brian Cornell says e-commerce is in everything most us Dale Sale still happen in stores. And I have to be honest I don't love quotes like that because in my mind you know half of all Target sales are digitally influenced. And you know dis deciding that a sale is a store sale or an online sale at this point is kind of silly that 70% of all their online orders they ship from the stores and now they have this ship thing to deliver from. From the stores like you know I don't think Brian should be talking about his e-commerce sales versus Is Us sales and the my sort of. Smart aleck metaphor is it's like the old retail Guy saying the only profitable part of our stores the POS because that's where all the sales are driven in the shells don't drive any sale so they're less valuable we should not invest in the shelves. Obviously like it doesn't matter where the sale is consummated like the whole customer experience is super important. Scot: [46:07] Feel like there's a joke in there but I didn't get it some kind of old school retail joke. Jason: [46:14] Yeah I'll put the laugh track in so people will think that everyone else got it even if you didn't. But we are up on time. Because I know we're trying to make the news episodes a bit shorter as a is an amenity to our listeners, I do a reminder when I get in to see some of you in Chicago at the path to purchase Summit Monday March 12th, Scot is going to be part of the Great track on Marketplace in Amazon selling and I I'm going to be. In the audience learning from that one and we'll be podcasting some live shots from there so. Hope to see some of you then as always love to continue the the conversation on Facebook so if you if you have any questions or comments about this episode or 100 out some of the many things. And I got wrong feel free to jump on face. And we'll keep the conversation going and as always if you loved the show we would greatly appreciate that five star review on iTune so this would be a great week. Finally jumped on the website go finder show all you have to do is type e-commerce in the iTunes where the first one they don't show up. Click on that 5-star review and we will be forever indebted to you. Scot: [47:23] Thanks for joining us everyone and also when you're on iTunes hit the Subscribe button to lock people just download each episode which is fine but his subscribe it also helps us on the rankings and we appreciate that. Jason: [47:34] Absolutely so until next time happy commercing.

The David and Goliath story of startups entering an entrenched industry and disrupting its leading players isn’t a new one. Yet within the smart home space, an unlikely development has birthed a particularly startup-friendly environment. Crowdfunding websites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo have provided the right financing dynamics and access to early customers for startups to successfully launch smart home products. In the second episode of a 7-part series on the future of the smart home, Andrew investigates the evolving role of crowdfunding for smart home startups that have been making waves with innovative hardware devices. Interviewees Episode Excerpt Crowdfunding: A Success I Didn't Bet On My personal relationship to Kickstarter is not one that I enjoy repeating. I met Perry Chen in 2007 when I was introduced to him by Sunny Bates, a long-time friend and Kickstarter’s first investor. While Chen’s initial idea was around getting fans of bands to fund the bands’ music, he quickly came up with this idea that people would pay for a product in advance simply because they wanted to see that product created. He offered me the chance to invest and I turned him down. Why would people devote their time offering to buy products that didn’t exist? I’ve done a fairly good job in my career in sizing up entrepreneurs and the opportunities in front of them. But here’s a story of a company that I badly misjudged, and it’s because I didn’t appreciate the dynamic behind the vision and how vital it would become to the future disruption of so many industries. From an entrepreneur’s perspective, it should be obvious why a platform where you can visually or verbally describe a future product would be appealing. Why waste time on building something that people don’t want when you can ask people ahead of time whether they would buy your product? For those of you who haven’t used Kickstarter or aren’t familiar with it, that’s exactly how it works. You can browse products that people want to build. And if you like what you see, you can commit to buy the product if and when it’s ever built. What surprised me was that, in a world where you might think every conceivable product is available on Amazon, there are still lots of products people are willing to pay for that are yet to be conceived. When innovation comes in a form so dramatic that it can disrupt an entire industry, it almost always comes from startups. In the case of technology giants like Amazon, Uber, and Tesla, these companies followed the same path as so many of their predecessors: they relied on venture financing. In all of their cases, the venture capital came from the bluest of blue chip Silicon Valley venture firms. Some of the most well-known startups in the smart home space have followed a similar path. Nest, the smart thermostat, started with two engineers who had considerable experience in building mass market products. Together, they had worked at Apple on the iPod, iPhone, and the iPad. Their Series A round of financing included capital from two of the best-known venture firms in Silicon Valley: Kleiner Perkins and Shasta Ventures. In 2009, Dropcam was formed by two former startup engineers from Google this time: Greg Duffy and Aamir Virani. Dropcam reimagined the way security cameras should operate inside of a home and constructed a hardware device that seamlessly connected to your WiFi network, enabling you to stream video from your home directly over the Web. The company was also backed by a top venture firm in Silicon Valley, Accel Partners. Both Nest and Dropcam eventually sold to Google. These companies aren’t outliers in their financing strategies, but in the smart home vertical (as in others), a new path has emerged for funding this type of company. It’s worth noting that hardware companies are often more expensive to build than their software company counterparts,

Ethan Kurzweil is a Partner @ Bessemer Venture Partners, one of the world leading venture funds with prior investments including the likes of Skype, LinkedIn, Yelp and Pinterest just to name a few. As for Ethan, he focuses on consumer facing technology and developer platforms having made investments in the likes of Twitch, Periscope and Dropcam on the consumer side and Twilio, Intercom and SendGrid on the developer platform side, just to name a few from his outstanding portfolio. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Ethan made his entrance into the world of venture and came to be a partner @ Bessemer? 2.) What was the developer roadmap that Ethan established a couple of years ago? Why was it controversial at the time? How have we seen this play out and come into fruition? What is the next frontier in developer focussed businesses? 3.) Ethan has previously said, 'history does not repeat itself but it does rhyme'. How does Ethan view pattern recognition? How does Ethan look to avoid biases and escape the echo chamber of Silicon Valley? 4.) How does Ethan see the world of eSports evolving? From an investment perspective, where does the equity value creation lie; the brands being built or the core underlying technology? 5.) Bessemer publishes their anti-portfolio, why is this? What does one need to take away when assessing the opportunities they have missed? How can one build a process of self-reflection around the anti-portfolio? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Ethan’s Fave Book: The Namesake Ethan’s Fave Blog: Nuzzel Ethan's Most Recent Investment: Periscope Data As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Ethan on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Snapchat here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. eShares is the No 1 Cap Table Management platform, allowing for equity management, 409A valuations, and liquidity, all in one place. eShares is made for companies of all sizes with over 5,000 trusted customers including the likes of Squarespace, Kickstarter, and DoorDash just to name a few. To try out the must have service of the industry, simply head over to esharesinc.com it is a must. Fond is the employee engagement suite with 3 core products, rewards: a recognition platform for rewarding achievements and milestones, perks: a premium corporate discounts program to show employees you care about them and then finally engagement IQ, a free employee engagement survey that allows you to measure the health of your organization. To check it out head over to fond.co

EP082 - Amazon Earnings, Walmart and Other News Amazon News Amazon earnings call was a clean "beat and raise" exceeding analyst estimates for revenue and earned income.  That drove the stock up 4% (approx 960), putting Amazon in striking distance of the $1000 price (which would also make Jeff Bezos the most wealthy man in the world. Jeff Bezos comments were primarily focused on progress in India. Jeff Bezos 2016 Shareholder letter is another can't miss (and don't forget to reread the 1997 letter posted at the end if you haven't seen it before) Amazon has been profitable for 8 consecutive quarter 3P Marketplace is over 50% of Amazon sales, putting total GMV for the Quarter around $60B AWS continues to grow (47% this quarter) but rate of growth has continued to slow as they get larger Prime estimates are now as high as 80M members Amazon launched the new Echo Look device Walmart News Walmart has a new startup incubator "store 8" and Rent the Runway Founder Jenny Fleiss is the first project with a new personalized shopping concept Walmart is offer new "Jet Style" discounts when you buy online and ship to store (vs. ship to home) Walmart acquired Shoes.com url for $9M Rumors that Walmart is in talks to acquire Bonobos  Petsmart buys Chewy.com for $3.35M (largest e-commerce acquisition ever) Don't forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. Episode 82 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday April 6, 2017. http://jasonandscot.com Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at SapientRazorfish, and Scot Wingo, Founder and Executive Chairman of Channel Advisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing. New beta feature - Amazon Automated Transcription of the show: Transcript Jason: [0:25] Welcome to the Jason and Scott show this is episode 82 being recorded on Thursday April 6th 2017 I'm your host Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg and as usual I'm here Scot Wingo. Scot: [0:40] Hey Jason and hey Jason Scott show listeners Jason think it's been about 2 weeks since we set down to record a podcast and you've been. I've been to Orlando and you've been to Paris New York in Las Vegas Indian nursing the retail visits you can report on or trade shows. Jason: [0:59] Treasures of first I'd like to highlight I got to see both Eiffel towers and both empire state buildings so I feel like that I should get some sort of special badge on Swarm if nothing else for that. Scot: [1:11] Appointment by Venice in between there. Jason: [1:14] I avoided Menace in this particular Las Vegas trip I was over the end of the strip at Mandalay Bay. [1:21] So that that was this weekend that was for oracles modern user experience conference so I got a chance to, to do a keynote for their Commerce track there and that was fun I got to see a lot of colleagues and talk to some customers and see some of the new. New Direction that the Oracle Commerce Tech is going in which is interesting. [1:45] I think the week before that I was in Paris with and clients and we did some store visits. Maybe not the kind of stores that most of the e-commerce folks are interested in we went to a bunch of unique specialty stores in Paris and so. Drive for example El Royale which is like the the world's most famous Taxidermy store and got to check out some of the unique merchandising and unique Merchant. Dice it was available we didn't mention shopping in the Paris Flea Market which is kind of a. When the longer running flea markets are out there and some school stuff so that was fun but maybe not super e-commerce related. [2:29] And then I did not see any new stores in New York although I feel like they're a few under construction that I'm I'm here to check out when they open. [2:40] Abbott used cobbler in Orlando for something much more fun. Scot: [2:46] Yeah this was a spring break and, regular listeners will know I'm a big Star Wars fan so I drugged one of my children to a Star Wars celebration which is the 40th Year big anniversary did lucasfilm put on down in Orlando, it's good to be with $70,000 Starburst answer there's a lot of Star Wars and going on I got my fill for the year. Jason: [3:08] Nice and what percentage of the time when you say you were in costume. Scot: [3:11] I am not a cosplayer but no fair large percent of people are so it's always fun to see all the different costumes things people get pretty into it as you can imagine. Jason: [3:22] Oh yeah I'll bet it's annoying at the airport when everyone tries to go through security in the Stormtrooper outfits. Scot: [3:28] The bestest one year they had they always do like a stormtrooper March and they had that someone was doing like a marathon and they cross each other it was really funny watching the runners like run by a big blind of Stormtroopers. Jason: [3:44] Nice and the the daughter that went with you was she the winter or the loser in the Family Pool. Scot: [3:50] Other she's young enough to believe she was the winner so it was it was good. Jason: [3:54] I just wish she was the winner too but I think what we've been talking about all these trips as an Amazon been reporting earnings today. Scot: [4:04] Yeah just came out tonight so this is hot off the presses so. One pro tip for everyone to is 2 Pro tips every year a must-read for any retailer or person even. Remotely near industry is the Jeff Bezos shareholder letter I don't want to spoil that at all but I will put a link to it in the show notes to go look at that, the one of my favorite thing is to read as you go back to the 97 letter right one Amazon with public which they're celebrating 20 years of going public this year. [4:38] I include this in every years letter so chances are you probably seen this before but it's another thing to go read and it's pretty amazing cuz in that letter. Basically says we believe these three things aren't going to change control of low prices. Fast free shipping in selection and that's were going to focus on for the future it's pretty amazing though. [5:05] Italy nail all that 20 years later that that's a reading it it's almost as if it could be written today so I definitely meant that and then and this year shareholder letter. Luther departure some advice for auctioneers and things that I found really just really. Awesome so that's one pro tip partagas two and then the third would be when Amazon does there police they. I was clueless quote and I was looking to that because that I think you a pretty clear signal what's really important to them. Also there they have highlights there's 90 bullets these days cuz he does something effectively at least two Presley's a day at the space but that. What is always interesting and I'll just give you a little bit of it. R&D team is moving fast and delivering for customers and sellers the teams increase Prime selection by 70 / 75% since launching the program 9 months ago, increase lung capacity resellers by 26% already just this year announced 18 original TV series in India and last week introduced a Fire TV stick. I'm such a Jeff Bezos quote and then he finishes by saying Amazon. It's still day one for e-commerce today and I assure you they will keep investing in technology infrastructure, set that's so you know that. It's reassuring to me that they chose to really focus on India in the Presley's given all the exciting things that going on so that was interesting. Jason: [6:34] Yeah and I India's a hot e-commerce Topic at the moment, I think in the last night you know traditionally there been those kind to indigenous player Snapdeal and flip card and then of course the Amazon has been trying enter the market and even others have had some presents. [6:54] That's I think and last month eBay which she had previously invested in Snapdeal. Sold eBay. I am to Flipkart and made a big investment in Flipkart and I think the Google and maybe Alibaba had already invested in Flipkart so it, it's really starting to feel like, all the Indian players that aren't Amazon or trying to consolidate in the Flipkart and I think there's even rumors that foot card and snap the all-night emerge at some point in the idea being to create a super competitor to try to, fight Amazon for the Indian market so that that really seems like the the epicenter of the e-commerce Battleground in the world right now. Scot: [7:36] So the flip cart razor earlier in April was a 1.4 billion which is not chump change and then, Amazon up to two billion dollars in India and I think he knows we're looking for fullment Center build-out. You're probably already there so this feels like a. Teenage commitment that this is a super important region to them that they want I want to win and to get enough tools reactionary to that. That raise that just came out kind of given the timing and things that it's was hard to tell but they're really big on India which was is coming interesting thing from this earning release. Jason: [8:12] Yep in a super high level that's. White second most populous country in the world next to China they may be a little further along in education of the citizens and better internet access than China in so it's a huge e-commerce market and of course Amazon. Like basically this point already lost China so it's the largest market in the world it's that sort of open to competition. Scot: [8:38] Yeah I agree and I think Dave Dave yeah there's a lot of lessons to be learned from China of not going aggressive enough there and really kind of. Getting in front of the the local competitor so that they seem to be all in on India so if we if we kind of pill the. Onion on the quarter it it when you wake up measured against Wall Street expectations it's what you would call a beat and Rays quarter so exceeded expectations on the top and bottom line and then leave. Forecast for 2 2 came out slightly ahead of Wall Street consensus so that's kind of where that raise and be kind of nerve being raised. Language comes from that 35.7 billion and revenue for the quarter after hours the stock is a. Pretty substantially if so about 5% which ramazan it is a very large cap stocks and that moved it from the effective Lee like. 910 bucks to 954 n last time on the show we talked about. Jeff Bezos became number two richest person after a big move in this. If it gets around $1,000 by my napkin math that would put him over the top which is which is interesting it just, another interesting data point is it looks like it if these numbers hold, it looks like Amazon will have a market cap of about 450 billion and Google will be at 610 so there is this interesting talk about. Facebook salsa in the conversation will one of these tech companies get to other be the first trillion dollar market cap stock so that's kind of where we are positioning Google's a fair amount ahead by 50% ahead. [10:17] Abdul also announced of a pretty strong quarter what do you dig in. [10:24] Every component of Amazon beat Wall Street expectations to the retail business which is their traditional. Retail business which includes the marketplace this new line on them they just recently broke out called retail subs and we will dig into that Amazon web services which is cloud computing and then the other category Now isn't just the ad. Business it did very well at all so it was kind of a little bit. Yep not exceed expectations was International growth a lot of that was due to pre substantial currency. Teachers going on and we take those out and look at a constant currency International itself did pretty well. So with us International through 24% in his Baseline and I was like to remind listeners e-commerce is growing at 15%. To hear you have the largest e-commerce player growing it out easily. Not quite double at this point but you can certainly faster than the Baseline those they're taking sure I had a pretty tremendous clip so it's 9% higher and. [11:24] Equate 20 x the 35 billion no that's like 4 billion that just got sucked out of the other pockets of anyone selling online just in one quarter is one way to think of. So Sienna when is I used to like to look. And I stress treats people that Amazon doesn't get really clear category data but they. Always gave media an egm in EDM is electronics Jerome or should I stop doing that this year they provided a bunch of new disclosures annually and then, going forward it looks like they've stopped with media and AGM set to a bit of a bummer before Shelly I know enough to back into that so I was like to do that because it actually makes the number speaker, Amazon grew 24% looks like media grew at 7% media's books music video video games any digital books those kinds of things an egm is. Inside your obvious Electronics but any general merchandise so Sporting Goods cpg all that stuff has lumped into that category and it grew 26% so getting. Broccoli close to that 30% doubling of e-commerce unit growth was 24%. [12:35] And what reason is the stock is up is why she was expecting a book 13 earnings per share and it came in at a buck 48 so literally 33%. Beats by my math coupler components I like to look at Marketplace this is obviously a big thing I follow the number the. [12:53] Amazon reports is the percent of units that come from third-party and then tipped a little bit it always been taking up literally. Prime last 20 quarters I think and then I'll ask you for a last quarter it went from 50 to 49% units from third-party. Wizard we never seen it take down this quarter stick back up to 50% so that was good to see imagine going forward that will see it take up, car seems to be how it's going inside my bed is too you'll see 51 and then we get up kind of 253 ocean and q42, just the first part of business really get on fire during that timeframe. [13:35] We think we talk show if you tore Amazon deep dive there's this this kind of Amazons. Total sales revenue of 35.7 billion actually mask quite a bit of what's going on in there and what you have to do is take out the Amazon web services and ads and you're left with 24 billion thank you to the first party business, you would think well okay if 50% is units then it will be another 24 for third-party. Actually it's a little bit more because average order value of third-party is substantially higher than first party and. So when you kind of look at gmv versus units by Maya Matthew get about 36 billion for third-party when you had those up Amazon. About twice as big as it seems to be 60 billion for this quarter so you know that that's kind of clothes going on a 250 billion dollar run rate for DMV across 1p and 2p with witches pretty interesting if they, give him a solid Q4 you may start to that I don't think they could crush 304 the year but you will Q4 would be the first hundred billion dollar quarter I think they could do that this year pretty easily unless things really slow down. Jason: [14:51] And but you definitely think of their annual DMV is bigger than than the 60 times for right cuz the Q4 would be so much bigger. Scot: [14:57] Absolute other kind of 260 is coming out pencil and if you just kind of assumed the same mix as last year. Jason: [15:11] Which is a pretty big retailer. Scot: [15:13] Yes that's a very large retailer that's a global number I always get asked that AWS cloud computing grew 47%, I was she was actually expecting a lot bigger so down there's a lot of pricing battles going on here between Google Microsoft and Amazon so that was good and margins held up nicely and that was one of the big treaters to. Earnings beat people expecting the cloud computing margins to be under pressure the biggest surprise in the quarter is. Amazon in their annual report started to break out the revenue from Prime, no some other stuff in there so it's a bit of a noisy number but essentially you can kind of make some assumptions and get close to a nun Amazon prime number so the big surprise they call that retail subscription. And I did that run you jumped 52% year over year, now what's interesting is about a year ago is when they introduce the ability to buy Prime on a monthly basis and then a little bit later they broke out the video so you can just do a video subscription, So currently with this report. Just yesterday consumer intelligence which is the surveying company and you and I are a little skeptical on surveys I think this is directionally interesting they estimated there's no 80 million Prime users and that that number, is up to ex from 2 years ago which would imply 2015 was 40 million and a lot of washing hands when they pick the. Pick through this retail subscription or they get to about the same numbers and it's about 60% us 40% International so that would imply about 45 million homes in the US which is. [16:52] Pretty darn impressive other things that this report highlighted was that they sales that they. Amazon gets from a non Prime user is about $700 a year and Prime user spend about twice that it 14 or 1300 year also interesting Lee the survey picked up that now about 25% of users. I use that new monthly program which is 1099 and I think most of those we knew because if you were in the annual you probably wouldn't downgrade to the monthly useful to Auto renew setting Prime by the fire is. Prime has surged by. Coming out this monthly program generating at least half of that 55% growth I imagine his come from you folks that are joining the program and gets washed you excited is there was some concern that. The way the Census Bureau breaks up. Household incomes you're the stop here that's over a hundred and twenty K and it would have felt like that was it like 80 or 90% saturation so I think what gets people excited is this 1099 monthly plans seems to, pulling people down kind of more towards that Walmart consumer which I think is more of a 67 TK kind of household income so that was pretty interesting. Jason: [18:04] Yeah it's it's fascinating the. I think I was another report earlier in the month that was kind of interesting that was looking at the habits of Prime members and I think there been this assumption, the Prime members were super loyal in the ones you got locked into that $99 that you wanted to get as much value from it as you could so you. Aggregated all your shopping on on Amazon and what this study showed was. They know that Prime customers are more voracious e-commerce Shoppers overall and that well they have a much bigger spin on on Amazon the nun Prime members. They still use multiple other retailers and spend more money over all men so I don't know if that's how accurate that is again like. You know somebody surveys are not very big numbers of consumers that they're making big inferences from. But if that's true that's pretty interesting cuz I feel like a lot of people have felt like the prime is a true walking program. [19:09] You'll just have to take my word for it or read the show notes yeah the. So Scott like one of the things whenever we talk about Amazon picture go to a retailer they like you see their eyes roll in the back of their head and they go yeah yeah yeah but you know Amazon doesn't have to be profitable so it's not fair for us to compete with them because we do. Scot: [19:31] Yeah. [19:34] You and I both work hard to dispel this one so so just kind of put it to bed that's truly faults to Amazon's been profitable, as an entity for the last quarter so that's two years and that you would for Amazon is a preconcerted number, kick some ass kind of conservative accounting treatment that you look at and actually at Amazon if if you start 3D space your letters we don't have time to go into it that's right and what they really look at is free cash flow generated by the business. So another thing that they break apart is this is kind of unique it's their own measure. [20:12] Tom is call CSI and its operating income for a business you could essentially so. So it's call Consolidated segment operating income and she's actually where they say it looked the retail business did this and the non-retail visited that so it's wait for them to come out with a little. Give you some idea of what component is your profit so. You're a lot of folks say well okay yeah sure their probable but it must be Amazon web services this doing it all eight eight of us is quite probable. But the North America retail businesses profitable to it. The generated 1.84 billion in cash this quarter just can't put a number on it now the one thing you can't peel apart from there as the marketplace so you could argue with the marketplaces hearing all that profit I would probably actually, but I don't think it's. [21:04] You can't unfollow the marketplace in retail at this point just say well what's the 1p business making but you know that already we get it its profit the retail part of Amazon's business is Prague. [21:17] Cloud computing possible and you get free cash flow. On a trailing 12-month basis which is what they like to look at they generated 10 billion dollars in free cash flow so so I think these numbers are at a scale that. It's hard Reef you that Amazon's prov1 and doing quite well on the bottom line. Jason: [21:37] Yeah which is crazy of one of the things on the earnings that is that they're there shipping cost went up by a billion dollars so they spent 4.7 billion Justin shipping and to think like. There their profitable and potentially getting more profitable with that come investment is amazing. Scot: [21:56] Yeah and then um. Returning service internet number and with that number you saw is like just the cause it doesn't have the offsetting revenue from Prime that goes against. Set an and fees from sellers actually knocked down by about how this is the actual true net cost. Jason: [22:17] Interesting okay the other thing I heard a lot of a sort of squawking about it. How well a wso doing versus its competitors so obviously it is the 800-pound gorilla in cloud and certainly. Oracle and Google and Microsoft have an IBM of really. Shirt of targeted they're much smaller but at the moment they're growing faster than AWS is because there's so much smaller and I I know. Earlier in the month the Oracle team was like kind of taking some shots at 8 of us and talking about how much it was. It was its growth was slowing down. And I wire you know they thought that they had a better cheaper solution than Amazon and then that I noticed the Amazon sort of took the bait and refuted a lot of that in the. This weekend I think I saw the president of AWS coming out with some quotes talking about how. The the old Oracle model of walking you in the mediocre Services doesn't work anymore and that you talking about enough. An unhappy a lot of Oracle customers probably where that they were locked into this database for all this sort of time. So I always have a good trash talk but it is interesting it does feel like. [23:42] Not only is Amazon winning at 8 of us but they're starting to add more Enterprise type software and kind of higher higher level software to the stack that feels like it's. It's more writing oracles kitchen so let you know they have a very credible database offering news that could help you avoid you having to pay Oracle for a database for example. Scot: [24:01] Yeah one of the things that makes a whole apples and oranges is I know Microsoft. They switched everyone in office over to that Office 365 and they count that is cloud Revenue so it's kind of a little apples oranges where Amazon's cloud is really. The pieces of. Buy at the Lego blocks of cloud in other people putting applications in the bucket so either way so just put a number on it came in 6 billion I'm 16 billion, in a world of software that is a big business and as we mentioned his growing in north of 40% which is not too shabby and it has. [24:45] Amazing margins which is nice. Jason: [24:48] Yeah it's a it's a certainly impressive to have these two huge huge growth engines in one company makes you wonder what which which one of those the investors are investing in. Scot: [25:04] People ask me if I think they'll split it out in and I really don't because eight of us is the operating system Amazon runs on and a lot of. Cool new features they're coming out with have been. Computer Bates internally through it for for Amazon's retail business and they would have come up with those ideas if there were two separate companies so I actually am concerned on that part I think they love having other because, the surgery would not having separate. Other big Amazon used iPad I'd ask you about is the echo look so I want to just grab that for folks that may have missed announced it and I'm curious to hear your thoughts on them. Jason: [25:45] Yeah yeah today announced a new piece of Hardware today which is called the echo book and then start the next Generation Echo it's it's $200 that has all the features of the traditional Echo but it also has a camera in it, inside the the use case that they're touting is that you would put this in your closet or in your bedroom or wherever you get dressed and in addition all the traditional Echo features, you can instructed to take a picture or a video of you and so what this would let you do as I get dressed in the morning try on an outfit. I have Echo take a picture of you and then you can leverage this other service that Amazon launched about a month ago that I think we briefly talked about on the show called style check which is. Where you upload a picture to Amazon and a human stylus that works for Amazon looks it. That picture and give you advice about like give you sent pictures of two outfits will tell you which outfit they think looks better though give you fashion advice like human curated fashion advice and so you know now it seems like, they're making it much easier to use this style check by by putting this camera in your in your closet or in your bedroom. I personally think this is a super interesting Trojan Horse so. [27:07] The more information you have about consumers fashion habits and what they actually use versus Buy, the better recommendations you can make for a close in the better close you can actually design for those customers you know fashion is such a trend based business and so many apparel companies have lived or died by missing trends. If you're a fashion company which Amazon aspires to be and you have a camera in the closet of potentially millions of consumers. [27:39] You're guaranteed to be the the most on Trend you're guaranteed to spot the changes and behaviors and more exciting. You're not getting the stated behaviour you're not getting these like. Like a sort of artificial new trends that that the designers make when they when they go to Fashion Week every year, you're you're seeing the actual clothes that consumers where and that's a big deal because a lot of consumers buy clothes put in their closet and never where I'm so knowing what the real preferences are. A potentially give you a huge leg up in selling and designing fashion and frankly it also potentially has some really utility for consumers to help steer them two words. The gaps in their wardrobe or the things that they gravitate to and you know maybe I buy a lot of colorful shirts that I never wear them in and so you know Amazon could potentially. Remind me of the shirts that I'm more likely to really wear for example so it's it's potentially very interesting and it potentially is a super valuable new data source for Amazon if they get a lot of people that use this. Scot: [28:44] Yes reaction to it is really fascinating because every dude I know. Doesn't get it off then like I thought it was April Fool joke this is crazy why would a man uses every woman. Pirate in women I chatted with about it they're like that's pretty out that work what kind of recommendations would they make you know that's handy I don't have a full length mirror. The factor could do a video of you turning around and see that outfit kind of a let you know the 360 view of Elf it kind of reminds me, when I watch the little promotional video reminds me the magic mirrors you talk a lot about you know where you know they're more touch screens and things with the gym I do the magic mirror is to. [29:29] You see how an outfit looks and then say Oh I drive another top and then your interactive leave by that actually even better in some ways cuz you get the stylus component and the Machine. Jason: [29:40] Absolutely in the magic mirror like that's a really expensive technology and you put it in this dressing room in in a fashion apparel store and it's. It's a real challenge because. You know of a hundred people that walk in that store only 25 of them are going to walk in the dressing room and only five of those are going to actually use the magic mirror so you bought this really expensive piece of Capital Equipment that only touches a small percentage of the consumers in your store whereas, this Amazon solution is 200 bucks in it potentially touches that customer 365 times a year so. Like I think it's it's a similar use case but dramatically more valuable than the in-store stuff that you see people experimenting with. It's funny you mention that the gender divide like you know certainly when you see this you think about things like Stitch fix which is largely focused on women and and you know, that they've always doubted that they have this Advantage from seeing all these women's preferences and their reaction to the outfits that the stylist curate in that they use that data to design their new clothes, well like this is sort of that model on steroids so you know you could have Amazon collecting much more data, I was a much better bigger data science team leveraging that day though so that's super interesting. An agenda divider was funny I think I had a debate on Twitter with our mutual friend David and he was taking the under on this he's not super excited but you heard it here first I've already you know. [31:15] Put in my request to be. To be able to buy one and you know if I do buy one will see if a year from now if if I'm more fashionable than David cuz right now I feel like he has a pretty commanding lead over me. Scot: [31:28] Is going to race to the bottom there I don't know. Jason: [31:31] Yeah it's it's important if it's a reasonable goal post. Scot: [31:36] When I when I first saw just the device and before I saw the video I thought wow that could be really dope. [31:44] I thought it'd be more like a Dropcam competitor are they called the nest camera now because, are the nest cameras nice and I used one but then the thing it's a consoling you learning it I like, some ocean looking like a tree wiggle and is totally useless to the image recognition and the Machine morning on its not very good so when I saw it I thought it came with a voice interface and the motion-capture to be really amazing so I actually have multiple uses for the thing because having it is kind of a monitoring camera, it's also like an actual to me. Jason: [32:18] Yeah and another use case we've heard a lot of talk and chatter about is a. Speaker phone or video conferencing phone so you know this this Hardware you could certainly do either those purposes so you can imagine. You get that same Hardware can be used for a bunch of different uses use cases and they could just add new skills and add new features, to Hardware all the time as as they already do when the echo one thing it was interesting to me about the hardware. And they say has the same feature set as the echo, you know our listeners will remember there's at least there's there's more than two but there to sort of ac-powered Echoes there's the Echo and the echo dot in the big difference between those two is the, the high-fidelity speaker in the Echo and I think the echo was a hundred and eighty bucks when it first launched as that. Am I am I remembering right now. Scot: [33:12] It's still one of the other goes 199 and bumped. Jason: [33:15] Solange the 200 is done a 180 so this device if it has the same audio in it that the echo has in it then they squeeze the camera in there are basically the same price. So I'll be curious if they. If they did any concert options to the audio to help before the camera or or how that all that all worked out what is of Interest. Scot: [33:39] Did you see they did a over the air update for Taps and now you don't have to, press the button for to work so they will somehow saw the battery problem that originally, originally the use case was you'd hold down this button and you had to do that because it was battery operated and because it's listening to the lot of battery that that's kind of what that would do this, weaker so they run out an update to that to be a basic enhance that device so that that's no longer necessary about that was pretty nursing at its Eli news about that. Jason: [34:13] No I didn't hear a lot about it and what was passing it means there's a. That is played out in the phone world right and in so they're there are on it it does take a lot of battery to listen all the time and so for example that the Apple iPhone you can activate Siri without pushing a button that only when you're plugged into AC. [34:34] So like when you're in your doc at night for example there are some Android phones that listen all the time and take up very little battery but the way they do that is they actually have a dedicated ship that's a. In a single purpose chip is designed to be very little power and listen for that activation work and so you go I thought makes perfect sense that they could build a new that I can. [34:59] Can listen all the time because I had a new chip in it but the fact that they were able to add that feature just in software is pretty interesting. [35:08] Exactly and then the other thing and that you know haven't talked about how long they been working on this or any of those things but the one thing that done on me. Almost every apparel manufacturer I've ever worked with we've talked about closet closet analytics and we talked about the benefits of putting a camera in the closet and understanding more about half consumers are using the product in you talk to him about. Like having those devices for focus groups and test markets and panels and things are making it, a widely available consumer product and I probably didn't talking about that idea with a pro manufacturers for 3 or 4 years and it's, it's frankly probably on a lot of the pro manufacturers road maps but I'm guessing that the Amazon decided this was a good idea. In a much shorter cycle and while everyone else just talked about it and kind of put it on the back burner, these guys very quickly just did it and they're putting it out in the market and you know maybe it'll be successful and it'll be a big story we're talking about any year maybe it won't be so it'll be the next fire phone and David will be right and now they'll quickly learn from it and. Did it before they wasted too much money. A sport that's kind of the theme of Jeff Bezos shareholder letter but I do think the fact that they just put something out like this when so many other people have thought about it and talked about and not taking action is, one of the you need to find any characteristics of Amazon to me. Scot: [36:33] No use case I wanted to ask you out cuz I don't know a lot about it is fitment because it seems like if you've got a camera there you should be able to do some body measurements and say to someone, you know since imagine this thing's been watching you try on 10 outfits and then now you say hey order me a small t-shirt that says, hey you know just so you're aware I check the measurements and I don't think this is going to fit you don't you think that they could get smart enough to do measurements. Jason: [36:59] Absolutely interpointe like that apparel returns are very high and returns are super expensive returns are super expensive even for Amazon so anything you can do to, reduce returns by getting that are fitment is is hugely valuable there a couple of vendors out there the try to do fitment with a 2d camera and you know that they can do it but I expect that it's. Pretty and perfect there's really interesting fitment you can do with a 3D cameras and, from and we don't know yet what's really in this this new Echo device but it sounds like it's halfway between a 2D and 3D camera so what it sounds like is it only has a single in single camera but then it has a separate infrared. Rangefinder so that it can measure the distance you are from the camera and that that allows it to get more accurate sizing information about you. [37:58] I'm so potentially it it it absolutely could have a use case in fitment. Scot: [38:02] Yes winterson to see what direction to take this thing. Jason: [38:05] Yep again you know that was a super interesting product. You know I don't think much of people are using it as a high-volume e-commerce ordering machine and so you don't have anything you don't look at that and say hey is, are these kind of cancer my tracks going to be a third a third big business for Amazon in the long run but when they start moving those those things from your kitchen, to your closet that they may have found some real use cases where where this kind of artificial intelligence can really even potentially Drive. Actual e-commerce revenue for Amazon then I think a couple other little news things in the Amazon world. I was actually just sit in a bee last this week in Las Vegas and Amazon had a huge booth at NAB. And the enemy is the National Association of broadcasters so big video production show all the news guys and it reminded me that Amazon had bought this video Processing Company called Elemental in Portland Oregon. I'm inside the booth at NAB is a Elemental AWS and they essentially have him put this this Elemental service on AWS and I sell at the broadcasters to to storm process all their video. And so to me that was just another interesting example of kind of you know Amazon AWS moving from Pure infrastructure to applications or services. [39:39] They also released the The Lex api's this month which are like all the underlying speech and natural language processing. Libraries from the echo or from Alexa you can now use in an Amazon in your own applications. [40:00] And that directly has been competing with like IBM bluemix with the Watson api's and M2 new api's that Google has as well so that was super fascinating. I think we saw this new subscription service from Amazon probably confused most of us subscribe with Amazon it's the. [40:24] Did you read about that at all. Scot: [40:25] Yeah I was I thought it was going to be famous on has subscribe and save wear for loosely, symbols you can buy A110 or need shower you could subscribe and get it coming on a regular basis parties of wanted to be involved in that for a long time so, you say I'm I don't know I'm a, biscuits I want a third-party way of doing that that's not available so I thought that's what it would be but it ended up being really more of an app store kind of things so the bility to manage subscription apps to come like Dropbox or Evernote things that nature so it was underwhelming It's All Digital subscriptions not physical and they're opening up. Jason: [41:09] Accident that's that's potentially a competitor to PayPal I'm in part of. The pay with Amazon Echo System because it turns out one of The Unsung used cases of PayPal is that in our new digital lives we all have these, these digital subscriptions and recurring costs and you know there's a fair amount of what we call breakage in their search subscriptions we subscribe to something forget you subscribe to it and they just keep charging your credit card. On end when consumers to discover that that's super annoying and that you know that they want to save money and be able to manage what they're paying for so what a lot of people do as they use PayPal for all those, does recurring costs so they can go to One dashboard and PayPal and see all the services that they permission for recurring charges, which is something PayPal let you do credit cards don't let you do and then from PayPal you can turn on or off those various subscriptions and so that this this new service from Amazon feels like, a direct competitor with with that PayPal service it feels like it's sort of a centralized portal, for managing all your returning digital subscriptions will hate that's why you have me man. [42:26] I think it was also a new Amazon patent which is pretty interesting and particularly in light of The Deco style we're talking about earlier, are the echo look we're talking about earlier rather they have a new patent on for on demand apparel Manufacturing and. You know that's a technology that the apparel manufacturers are all super interested in Adidas has some pop-up stores where they make your sweater in the store there's a, a store in Boston called Supply Depot that make the light high-performance will Blazers on the man in the store with ease. Today on demand weaving machines and now you know it looks like Amazon is investing some IP in being a leader in that space as well so it just seems like. Another Vector where Amazon is very clearly investing in fashion before the private labels in the Echo look in the photo studios that they've been building and and Union hours to see some interesting patterns in the space as well. Scot: [43:30] The song Come Along the seam I saw that there's rumors that they're going to be coming out with an office competitor so, hosted, young sweet, thing I don't have any idea if that's real or not but sorry about that thinking that was pretty nice it would sit on top of AWS, it's interesting in that. Could you maybe I could so down that. Microsoft cloud growth in your Google's invested really heavily in their their G Suites so maybe it's a meter guy shoot a shot at the by there and then the last piece of Amazon news that is interesting is. Channel measures had an office in Australia for a really long time very active e-commerce Market there there's really no competitor to eBay so you Bay pops up in in Australia they do really well there, and I just rumors that Amazon is going to be there for 3 years, and it looks like it's official there was a newspaper interview with an Amazon head of Australia and he said yeah we're going to become, coming out in the summer so that's exciting for the people down under that they're looking to get involved in the Amazon ecosystem imagine they'll be a third-party offering and that kind of thing so competitive waves going to hit their pretty hard. Jason: [44:45] Yeah it happens that may be a great opportunity for the channel advisor to host a Jason and Scott show in Australia. Scot: [44:54] Yet you say that I've been there and that flight is really really really long so I'm not any love to fly but that wouldn't break you I don't know if it's like a 24-hour flight it's it's brutal. Jason: [45:05] At those lights are the only reason I ever get to the bottom of my inbox. Scot: [45:09] Yeah it's different in boxing her flight and then if you've watched every movie you haven't seen in the last 3 years and then you walked up and down the aisle 80 times and you're looking you're still got another 10 hours. Jason: [45:20] Yeah usually causes Strife with my wife as well because it's all and never to be forced to watch some movies that we had intended to watch together. Scot: [45:29] Yes. Jason: [45:39] So some other exciting news and e-commerce outside of the Amazon Echo System there was an enormous acquisition this month than I think in fact is the largest acquisition ever in the e-commerce space. Scot: [45:54] You can have in the theme of jet Walmart and where. [45:58] Where the incumbents are saying hey we got to acquire something was really going to get dramatic change in the pet category PetSmart acquired chewy.com, that's not shoebacca it's more a chewy for 3.35 billion dollars making it the largest e-commerce acquisition today, interesting there is a lot of these e-commerce Acquisitions of gone for kind of 1 x Revenue so the rumors are that she was closing in on a billion-dollar and rate it so this would put it in over three, Exxon Road him so this is a really good outcome for the industry to have, AOA really quality exit equality buyer and hopefully denigration will work in and this could I'm not familiar with the know what's going on with the pet guys as far as their e-commerce things but it is friends easily zombie Channel guys have been struggling so for this whole your help, the accelerator e-commerce efforts as well. Jason: [46:57] Yeah and you know that we've talked on the show before about this this theoretical Tipping Point in every category where when you get to about, 20% of category sales being on e-commerce that it becomes hugely disruptive to the the Legacy businesses and I haven't seen recent data on the pet category but I have a suspicion that might be one of those categories that the, you know has recently crossed over that 20% threshold in so that, you know that may have made it more of an imperative for one of the big brick-and-mortar players touch to invest in a solid e-commerce offering you know even fact. That that category is really getting disrupted by e-commerce. Scot: [47:40] How about them so we talked a lot about Walmart on the last show they have gone on a kind of acquisition spree any other Walmart news you want you've noticed. Jason: [47:51] Yeah so I think the Acquisitions have continued or at least potentially are continuing the they purchased at URL they purchase shoes.com, and I don't as I sit here I don't remember what the price was I think it was a couple million bucks was it three million bucks so that. [48:10] I will put it in the show notes I apologize for, for not having on the top of my head but that was a pure URL that they purchased and you know one of the first Acquisitions they made in Marco where is here it was this shoe company shoe by and so they they bought shoes.com and they redirect it all the traffic to shoot by, so you know that that was the only true acquisition we've seen, other than we did read on recode a rumor that they are looking at both of us as well and so that that would be a super interesting acquisition of that proves to be true. Scot: [48:48] Yeah be a great brand kind of have an exclusive on and so a lot of interesting things there we have the side benefit of housing Nordstrom doesn't Nordstrom carry bonobos. Jason: [48:59] They do I think it could be one of those good news-bad news things for Nordstrom I believe Nordstrom is a significant investor in bonobos. [49:07] So if the valuation was good you know nor some can make some cash out that acquisition on the one hand and potentially lose the product line on the other hand but not necessarily right like. I don't know what Walmart with Julie about going to go see if they would let Nordstrom keep keep selling it or not yeah. Into speaking Walmart or a couple other interesting things going on at Walmart. Walmart launched this new innovation incubator that they call story which was kind of the original test or for Walmart that Sam Walton ran, what store number 8 in San in San Bruno they're open this new lab and they've called it story. And the big news was that they got a Jenny Flies who was the founder of Rent the Runway to be the 1st. New startup in the incubator and it sounds like she's developing some New Concept around personalized shopping and doing it for Walmart. Scot: [50:10] And then that's what it is it's a Super C. Jason: [50:14] Only the very kind of something focused on personalized shopping in announced a ton of detail about exactly how the incubator will work so is, is it an incubator that Walmart is investing in and they own a piece of the startups and the startups aren't. Exclusive Walmart so it was Walmart just investing in this and, James lunch and company that might not sell through Walmart or is it Building Technology exclusively for Walmart unite I don't think we got we have that level of detail but I will say. It's just kind of an interesting diversion at the moment you see Walmart investing in new innovation capabilities and doing things like, like the store and you know frankly getting a big-name entrepreneur like Jenny involved I'm is all pretty credible and at the same time, you know we're reading about a lot of other retailers and most notably Target like walking away from a lot of their Innovation investments in a day, they have these Concepts stores that they cancelled they had this project goldfish that we were super excited to figure out what that was and that you know they cancelled that and let the. The The Innovation fellow that the that was involved in that project leave and then I think this week we read that, OKC car all who was their Chief Innovation officer is leaving, so you know on the one hand you have had some retailers that are struggling and look like they're really you're tailing their Investments and Innovation and on the other hand it seems like Walmart's really Double Down. Scot: [51:42] Other interesting Walmart stories was just had Mark Lori written all over it that if you for select items if you. Order them online and have them delivered to the store for pickup you actually say if you know somewhere between 5 and $20 so that makes a ton of sense as it's cheaper for them they save on the shipping cost so they should pass that on to the consumer that was one of the Hallmarks of the jet system sale, that'll be interesting doing that's a little weird about it is if the. Is the imagery you're buying online is also in the store then you don't get a disc if it's already in the store that you don't get a discount so that they just feel weird. Is consumer to kind of be like well why are you just coming the stuff that's not in the store at United just to see how it plays out. We'll see how that goes. Jason: [52:31] Yeah I am in very mixed emotions about that offering which I'll get to in a minute but I was also just sort of interested in the industry reaction to this announcement so it was sort of very binary I saw a bunch of Articles from people that are like man this is super smart and Walmart celebrity you know they're there advantages to try to compete with Amazon and and Mark Glory super smart and this is a good aggressive move and then I saw a bunch of other articles that are like, you know this this is rearranging chairs on the deck of the Titanic and you know this is a silly thing that isn't going to move the needle, and you don't why it why are they doing things like this when they need to reinvent the customer experience to compete with Amazon did you, do you like you come down on one side of that other. Scot: [53:19] I can come back to the user experience in just kind of you know how do you explain to people that you're going to save money on this thing cuz it's not in the store but this one it's in the store you're not going to see me on I'm really curious to see how they figure it out. [53:34] Is it from consumer protective it's not too. Jason: [53:36] That's exactly my problem right like you're balancing two things customers want to save money for sure and you want to, it if there are efficiencies in encouraging the customer to one Behavior versus another you you certainly want to encourage them to the more efficient behavior and pass the savings onto that customer right like so I certainly agree with that sentiment and I think that's the, the underlying principle behind jet and I agree with the sentiment on jet as well but the, the user experience that gets manifested as a result of this is. Complicated and I think another big Trend in adoption is consumers are looking for simpler lower friction interfaces, and you know a bunch of the most successful products on the market right now we're out our successful. Largely just because they were a better simpler interface for a service that consumers were already used to so it like I would argue that, you know Hoover's Prime right now he probably the taxi was it's a better user experience for the same same sort of service in lower friction and Shear point. When in every product you put in your shopping cart has a different value prop and a different in a preferred delivery mechanism based on the cost to Walmart and whether or not it happens to be on the Shelf in which, which up for filming Center in happens to be in an all those sorts of things like I think exposing all that complication to The Shopper is potentially problematic and I would argue it was problematic on jet as well and so. [55:09] You know the magic question is. Is there a way to to greatly simplify that not expose all that complication and supply chain ugliness to The Shopper but still like in Courage The Shopper to do what's in the best interest and save money. [55:28] And so I guess time time will tell on that one I think that they had exactly I sent them it but I think there's enough potential to improve the user experience to do it. [55:42] Good deal and Scott with that it is happen again we've we've wasted a perfectly good hour of our listeners time, so I want to thank everyone for tuning in it's been great to catch up with you after a couple weeks and I'll remind everyone to. Subscribe and write a review on iTunes. Scot: [56:04] Yep that's one person that's all the news we have this week. Jason: [56:07] Until next time happy commercing.  

Hoy el tema muy caliente, la privacidad y Uber, algo que en teoría sucedió en el 2015, y estamos en el 2017, el problema parece ser que, aun que te borraras la app de Uber, Uber aun así seguir vigilándote, un tema delicado, y donde Tim Cook amenazo directamente a Uber que si seguía por ahí los sacarían de la App Store. donde ellos se defienden diciendo lo contrario. Como vez el día empieza muy bien con el tema de la privacidad, ahora vamos con el informe donde se habla de unos 70 incidentes ocurridos con los trabajadores de Apple durante las pruebas de los nuevos productos de la compañía. En su mayoría, se trata de accidentes menores, como quemaduras, derrames de líquidos o lesiones leves. n una de estas pruebas llevada a cabo a inicios de este año, al menos tres empleados se habrían quejado de dolores en sus ojos "después de probar el nuevo prototipo", un hecho que según el reporte, "podría estar asociado con su uso". La semana pasada miles de personas sufrieron una importante caída de sus servicios alojados en iCloud. Aunque los datos permanecían en el mismo lugar, recibieron correos por parte de la gran manzana afirmando que su plan de almacenamiento se iba a caducar o iba a ser suspendido. En aquel momento se desconocía el motivo por el que se enviaban esos correos, pero apuntaba claramente a un error por parte de Apple. Hoy, se ha enviado de forma deliberada un nuevo correo a los afectados por el problema en el que el servicio de Apple se disculpa por los problemas. Según un reporte de Bloomberg, Apple podría estar creando un nuevo equipo de hardware enfocado en brindar acceso a Internet vía satélite. La información proviene de las recientes contrataciones de gente proveniente de Alphabet: John Fenwick, quien estuvo encargado de las operaciones aeroespaciales de Google, y Michael Trela, quien estaba a cargo de ingeniería satelital en Google. Ambos formarán parte de un nuevo equipo a cargo de Greg Duffy, fundador de Dropcam. información del episodio : https://www.cnet.com/es/noticias/tim-cook-uber-app-store/ http://es.gizmodo.com/uber-rastreo-a-los-usuarios-de-ios-que-eliminaron-su-ap-1794577595 https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/236622-error-interno-filtrar-datos-dispositivo-nuevo-apple https://www.actualidadiphone.com/apple-envia-disculpas-los-afectados-los-errores-los-almacenamientos-icloud/ http://www.qore.com/noticias/54455/Apple-podria-desarrollar-satelites-para-ofrecer-acceso-a-Internet EN DIRECTO vía http://www.applelianos.com/applelianos-radio/ Cuando acabamos cada episodio, están disponibles en nuestro perfil de SoundCloud ( https://soundcloud.com/applelianos ) y a continuación en vuestros gestores de Podcast. Grupo Oficial Applelianos Telegram : https://telegram.me/ApplelianosPodcast Donde dialogamos de todos los temas las 24 horas del día, también estamos todos los integrantes del podcast, nos podéis preguntar si tenéis alguna duda y compartir experiencias de todo tipo, no tenemos normas, solo respetar la opinan del otro y no faltarnos el respecto. Chat En Directo Telegram : https://telegram.me/ChatEnDirecto Este es el grupo de Telegram donde podéis uniros para los directos para interactuar libremente con nosotros y compartir impresiones y todo lo que os ocurra, podéis dejarnos notas de audios que siempre nos hacen mucha ilusión

Hoy el tema muy caliente, la privacidad y Uber, algo que en teoría sucedió en el 2015, y estamos en el 2017, el problema parece ser que, aun que te borraras la app de Uber, Uber aun así seguir vigilándote, un tema delicado, y donde Tim Cook amenazo directamente a Uber que si seguía por ahí los sacarían de la App Store. donde ellos se defienden diciendo lo contrario. Como vez el día empieza muy bien con el tema de la privacidad, ahora vamos con el informe donde se habla de unos 70 incidentes ocurridos con los trabajadores de Apple durante las pruebas de los nuevos productos de la compañía. En su mayoría, se trata de accidentes menores, como quemaduras, derrames de líquidos o lesiones leves. n una de estas pruebas llevada a cabo a inicios de este año, al menos tres empleados se habrían quejado de dolores en sus ojos "después de probar el nuevo prototipo", un hecho que según el reporte, "podría estar asociado con su uso". La semana pasada miles de personas sufrieron una importante caída de sus servicios alojados en iCloud. Aunque los datos permanecían en el mismo lugar, recibieron correos por parte de la gran manzana afirmando que su plan de almacenamiento se iba a caducar o iba a ser suspendido. En aquel momento se desconocía el motivo por el que se enviaban esos correos, pero apuntaba claramente a un error por parte de Apple. Hoy, se ha enviado de forma deliberada un nuevo correo a los afectados por el problema en el que el servicio de Apple se disculpa por los problemas. Según un reporte de Bloomberg, Apple podría estar creando un nuevo equipo de hardware enfocado en brindar acceso a Internet vía satélite. La información proviene de las recientes contrataciones de gente proveniente de Alphabet: John Fenwick, quien estuvo encargado de las operaciones aeroespaciales de Google, y Michael Trela, quien estaba a cargo de ingeniería satelital en Google. Ambos formarán parte de un nuevo equipo a cargo de Greg Duffy, fundador de Dropcam. información del episodio : https://www.cnet.com/es/noticias/tim-cook-uber-app-store/ http://es.gizmodo.com/uber-rastreo-a-los-usuarios-de-ios-que-eliminaron-su-ap-1794577595 https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/236622-error-interno-filtrar-datos-dispositivo-nuevo-apple https://www.actualidadiphone.com/apple-envia-disculpas-los-afectados-los-errores-los-almacenamientos-icloud/ http://www.qore.com/noticias/54455/Apple-podria-desarrollar-satelites-para-ofrecer-acceso-a-Internet EN DIRECTO vía http://www.applelianos.com/applelianos-radio/ Cuando acabamos cada episodio, están disponibles en nuestro perfil de SoundCloud ( https://soundcloud.com/applelianos ) y a continuación en vuestros gestores de Podcast. Grupo Oficial Applelianos Telegram : https://telegram.me/ApplelianosPodcast Donde dialogamos de todos los temas las 24 horas del día, también estamos todos los integrantes del podcast, nos podéis preguntar si tenéis alguna duda y compartir experiencias de todo tipo, no tenemos normas, solo respetar la opinan del otro y no faltarnos el respecto. Chat En Directo Telegram : https://telegram.me/ChatEnDirecto Este es el grupo de Telegram donde podéis uniros para los directos para interactuar libremente con nosotros y compartir impresiones y todo lo que os ocurra, podéis dejarnos notas de audios que siempre nos hacen mucha ilusión

Snap is looking to spend billions on AWS and Google Cloud over the next five years. We talk about what exactly that could be for, then check in with Google's social strategy and thermostat strategies; meanwhile, the America Fuck Yeah crew wants to start gathering passwords at the boarder. Also, Brandon lays out the case that an open-core monitoring startup is a hard row to hoe. Also, Baltimore is not in Maine. (But Coté is pretty sure it actually is.) Mid-roll Coté: we're a media sponsor for DevOpsDays Baltimore (https://www.devopsdays.org/events/2017-baltimore/welcome/), March 7th to 8th. No discount code yet, but we're getting one. Coté: Come see me talk at the Austin Cloud Meetup, Feb 22nd (https://www.meetup.com/Austin-Cloud-Native-Meetup/events/237172788/) Matt: Microsoft Ignite Australia: Chef will have a booth & a talk (https://events.chef.io/events/microsoft-ignite-australia/) ChefConf ChefConf 2017 Teaser (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhHpt-Xhj84) Coté: check out Pivotal's DIY platform paper (http://softwaredefinedtalk.com/diyplatform). tl;dr: for $7m/year with a two year on-ramp, you could build you own, or just buy Pivotal Cloud Foundry. Many of our customers have gone down this path and ended up not wanting to support the life of their own platform...which doesn't match the pace of innovation that the Cloud Foundry community can follow. Check out softwaredefinedtalk.com/diyplatform (http://softwaredefinedtalk.com/diyplatform). SnapChat's S-1 The S1 (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564408/000119312517029199/d270216ds1.htm) "We had 158 million Daily Active Users on average in the quarter ended December 31, 2016" "We have committed to spend $2 billion with Google Cloud over the next five years." - perhaps 10% of their billing. Also (http://venturebeat.com/2017/02/09/snap-will-spend-1-billion-on-aws-through-2021/): "Snap will spend $1 billion on AWS through 2021." Coté Show interview with former cloud boy, JJ (http://www.cote.show/21). The McLaughlin Group covers Google: What's up with them! Robots opening doors (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeFkrwagYfc&index=5&list=RDYEjQMMhDkjU). Google, Nest, and DropCam (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/06/nests-time-at-alphabet-a-virtually-unlimited-budget-with-no-results/) - despite rocky start, maybe it's just a slow ramp-up, they have 50% y/y growth. People think GCP is the shit. "Purity vs. pragmatism." Corrections "Barra-mundi" (https://twitter.com/owenhollands/status/826326363367837696) Pronunciation tips (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=barramundi+pronunciation) Thing to get angry about this week DHS considering asking foreigners for passwords (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/08/dhs_wants_enhanced_digital_vetting/) I mean, really? A criminal is just gonna let you see their stuff? They'll just delete it, set up fake accounts, etc. It's not like popping the trunk for a thief and finding lock picks and guns in the boot: with digital crime tools and weapons, you can hide and subterfuge. And then the only people getting harmed are innocent people. What the fuck is wrong with these people, and more importantly the shit-for brains who voted for them? (How can we de-shit those brains for 2018?) Tweet about 3D chess of this meaning the government can't hack into your stuff...or can they?!?! CNCF Buys RethinkDB's Code and Donates to the Linux Foundation Not just marketing, but actually "freeing" code (https://www.cncf.io/blog/2017/02/06/cncf-purchases-rethinkdb-source-code-contributes-linux-foundation-apache-license) Switched from AGPLv3 to ASLv2 "Abby," (https://twitter.com/ab415/) head of the Cloud Foundry Foundation. See a recent discussion (https://soundcloud.com/pivotalconversations/filling-the-developer-skills-gap-with-abby-kearns-and-james-governor) with her and RedMonk's James Governor on developer skills in large organizations. $2.5 million VC for Sensu! Nagios replacement!!! (https://sensuapp.org/blog/2017/01/30/introducing-sensu-inc.html) Brandon has some advice (https://sensuapp.org/features#compare). BONUS LINKS! Not covered in episode Microsoft does Azure Patent Indemnification "The system is supposed to help ease the transition to the cloud by giving companies extra peace of mind. Right now, lawsuits over intellectual property relating to open source technology in the cloud are rare" Link (http://www.cio.com/article/3167724/cloud-computing/microsoft-launches-new-azure-intellectual-property-protections.html) "those companies operating in a multi-cloud configuration won't be entirely covered" Attempting to Categorize the Cloud Native Landscape Project in GitHub (https://github.com/cncf/landscape) Cloud native Landscape diagram (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cncf/landscape/master/landscape/CloudNativeLandscape_v0.9.3.jpg) Cloud Displacing Intel's Enterprise Sales "Tectonic shifts in the pattern of Intel's business show the devastating speed at which cloud is displacing traditional enterprise server sales" Link (http://diginomica.com/2017/02/01/tectonic-shifts-at-intel-as-cloud-rips-into-enterprise-server-sales/) Slack Enterprise Grid should make user management easier Link (http://www.itpro.co.uk/collaboration-software/28001/slack-enterprise-grid-should-make-user-management-easier) Uber Steers Away from Trump "More than 200,000 customers had deleted their accounts." (Link (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/technology/uber-ceo-travis-kalanick-trump-advisory-council.html)) "Many employees were not satisfied with his answer. On Wednesday, Uber staff members followed up by circulating a 25-page Google document titled "Letters to Travis" to tell the chief executive how and why his willingness to engage with the administration had affected them." Puppet adds two vice presidents, hiring from Hewlett-Packard and EMC "Puppet replaced nearly its entire executive team in 2016, including its chief executive and chief financial officers. It hired six vice presidents last year." (Link (http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2017/02/puppet_adds_two_vice_president.html)) Rackspace lays off 6% "Since being taken private [by Apollo], Rackspace has been working to trim its annual budget by 7%, or $100 million, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission." (Link (https://therivardreport.com/rackspace-lays-off-200-locals-in-companywide-cuts/)) More figures from Barb Darrow (http://fortune.com/2017/02/08/rackpace-layoffs/). Brief 451 coverage from Al (https://451research.com/report-short?entityId=91609&type=mis&alertid=299&contactid=0033200001wgKCKAA2&utm_source=sendgrid&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=market-insight&utm_content=newsletter&utm_term=91609-Rackspace+lays+off+6%25+of+workforce): "After eight years as a public company, Rackspace went private in August 2016 in $4.3bn leveraged buyout with Apollo Global Management (https://451research.com/report-short?entityId=90092)." "Rackspace just announced a layoff of 6% of its 4,600 employees" "The company is expected to exceed $2bn in revenue and top 33% EBITDA margin for 2016." Meanwhile, AWS at ~$10bn for 2016 with something like 20-23% profit margin (OpInc based on 2016Q4 numbers (http://venturebeat.com/2017/02/02/aws-posts-3-53-billion-in-revenue-in-q4-2016-up-47-from-last-year/)), Azure and GCP catching up (http://www.geekwire.com/2017/cloud-report-card-amazon-web-services-12b-juggernaut-microsoft-google-gaining/): MSFT is probably $5-6bn, depending on how you categorize it. GCP probably $3bn at most (they don't break it out)? Other thing to get worked up about: eliminating remote work IBM on that colo shit (https://twitter.com/cote/status/829739491850022912) Brandon is safe! (He lives in Austin.) Coté: I won't deny that working in smelling range is the best. But, the gains never feel like enough to enforce it. Plus, mega-city congestion and resulting classist systems, cf. The Wealth of Humans (http://thenewstack.io/review-automation-wake-call-fill-vacuum-tech-ethics/). It's a problem that should be solved, not embraced. Recommendations Matt: Manly Daily newspaper, so much unbridled snark. Link (http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/manly-daily/naked-ice-suspect-swings-into-karate-kid-mode/news-story/03245799b7b0a33001c004e96c9765fd) RTJ on NPR (http://uproxx.com/realtalk/run-the-jewels-npr-tiny-desk-concert-video/). I'm not sure I can pull this off (http://uglyxmasrashie.com.au/). Coté: Ezra Klein interview with Kara Swisher (https://overcast.fm/+F_9GoG-WU). She's inspiring is several ways, not least of which in modeling a way to be politely strident and opinionated: the opposite of imposture syndrome (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome). Also, his talk with the Hillbilly Elegy guy (http://www.vox.com/2017/2/2/14404770/jd-vance-trump-hillbilly-elegy-ezra-klein-show). I mean: most of the whole podcast, just skip the ones that look trivial and repetitive, e.g., we get it: Trump is a lunatic (https://twitter.com/TrumpDraws/status/830115871657910272). (See The Weeds (http://www.vox.com/the-weeds) and "The Nate Silver podcast." (https://fivethirtyeight.com/tag/politics-podcast/)) Brandon: Skiing in Solitude, Utah (https://skisolitude.com/). The Daily podcast (https://overcast.fm/itunes1200361736/the-daily), from NYT.

Mike and Charles take on some of the top tech stories this week, but start off with a look at a cool (but pricey) add-on for the Mac (anything with Thunderbolt 2 or later): the Power Colored Devil Box. Beyond that, the pair look at the predictions for Apple's Q1 results, the failure of Samsung's Knox (and Android generally) to be good enough for military security; the Vitality (UK) health incentive, and where it almost fell down; Dropcam founder Greg Duffy's move to Apple; and the MacPaw SetApp subscription service. All this and more on board the Space Javelin, cadets, so climb on board!

This week: Apple’s weirdest, whackiest, and worst products!  Plus: how Michael Scott almost single-handedly destroyed Apple; the cool new features in the iOS and macOS betas; facial recognition is coming to iPhone; and a look at the beautiful prototypes that led to some of Apple’s most iconic products.’   This episode supported by   Build a beautiful, responsive website quick at Squarespace.com.  Enter offer code CultCast at checkout to get 10% off. Squarespace—Build it Beautiful.   BlueApron - a better way to cook! Get your first 3 meals free with free shipping at BlueApron.com/CultCast   We also want to give Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com a  thanks for the great music you hear on today's show.   On the show this week @erfon / @bst3r / @lkahney This week’s intro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ln_CmNtbvQ   Apple hires Dropcam co-founder for special project http://www.cultofmac.com/464072/apple-hires-dropcam-cofounder-special-project/ Apple has added another high-profile hire to its roster of top tech talent by bringing on the co-founder and former CEO of Dropcam, Greg Duffy. Dropcam grew in popularity thanks to its cheap home cameras that connected to Wi-Fi Citing “people who know Mr. Duffy,” the news site suggests he is leading a special project that’s operating like a startup within Apple.   Apple seeds first iOS 10.3 beta with Find My AirPods feature http://www.cultofmac.com/463848/apple-seeds-first-ios-10-3-beta-find-airpods/ Finding your tiny AirPods charging case is about to get a lot easier, thanks to a new iOS 10 beta that adds a Find My AirPods feature to iPhones and iPads. Works via the find my iPhone app Works with Bluetooth  so the range is limited. You can make them chirp, but not while they’re in the case… Map will show you where they were last located.   iOS 11 expected to bring FaceTime group calls http://www.cultofmac.com/463640/ios-11-expected-to-bring-facetime-group-calls/ iOS 11 will finally give users the ability to hold FaceTime group calls with multiple friends, according to a new report. Sources familiar with Apple’s plans claim the feature will support up to five participants, and that users will be able to initiate video calling from within iMessage group chats. It should also be noted, though, that this rumor comes from Israeli site The Verifier, which has no track record when it comes to Apple rumors. It claims to have garnered this information from “several people familiar with iOS development.”   Hartmut Esslinger http://www.designboom.com/technology/hartmut-esslingers-early-apple-computer-and-tablet-designs/ In the mid 1970s, he first worked with Sony on its trinitron and Wega ranges. In the early 1980s, he began working with Apple.

Nick Weaver is the Founder & CEO @ Eero. The company that makes your wifi hyper fast, super simple and brilliantly efficient. Prior to founding Eero, Nick was himself a VC at Menlo Ventures where he worked with companies like Uber, Betterment, Periscope and Dropcam. Before becoming a VC, Nick co-founded StartX, the community for the best Stanford entrepreneurs providing them with the required resources to build the next generation of leading companies.   In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Nick made the move from VC with Menlo to Founder and CEO @ Eero? 2.) How can founders identify nascent and attractive markets that are ripe for disruption? 3.) How did Nick approach the pricing mechanism with Eero? Why do hardware startups need to have a greater margin than software startups? 4.) Why did Nick raise 2 rounds of funding before the product launched? Why did Nick decide he wanted to own all the parts of the production chain with Eero? 5.) How does Nick view the competitive landscape for such products? How does he view large incumbents like Netgear, compared to smaller startups like Luma? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Nick’s Fave Blog and Newsletter: Term Sheet: Dan Primack Nick’s Fave Book: Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Nick on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Snapchat here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. Eve make 1 perfect mattress – made with 3 layer technology and next generation memory foam. It comes packaged in a beautiful box and arrives the day after you order. You get 100 nights to try it with free return pick-up – it really is the perfect mattress for everyone. Just go online to evemattress.co.uk and enter the code 20VC for £50 off. Everybody deserves the perfect start with Eve.   Cooley are the global law firm built around startups and venture capital. Since forming the first venture fund in Silicon Valley, Cooley has formed more venture capital funds than any other law firm in the world, with 50+ years working with VCs. They help VCs form and manage funds, make investments and handle the myriad issues that arise through a fund’s lifetime. So to learn more about the #1 most active law firm representing VC-backed companies going public. Head over to cooley.com and also at cooleygo.com.  

Aydin Senkut is the Founder and Managing Director of Felicis Ventures. An original “super-angel” investor, he was named to Forbes’ 2014 and 2015 Midas List and previously appeared as one of the top 15 tech angels by Businessweek. Aydin is well-known as an early backer of a number of iconic companies including Shopify (NYSE:SHOP), Fitbit (NYSE:FIT), Adyen, Clearslide, Credit Karma, and Rovio. More than 55 Felicis companies such as Brightroll, Climate Corp, Dropcam, Twitch, and Meraki, have been acquired by industry leaders such as Google, Amazon, Cisco, Apple, Microsoft, AT&T, Disney, Yahoo and Ebay.   In Today's Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Aydin made his way into the world of VC from being a Senior Manager @ Google? 2.) What does Aydin suggest to all those looking to make the move into VC who have potentially, an unconventional background?? 3.) What caused Aylin's shift from angel investor to VC ? What was Aydin's investment strategy look like at the beginning and how has that evolved over time? How does Aydin look to differentiate Felicis from the plethora of seed funds? 4.) How does Felicis' stage agnosticity work in practicality for Aydin and the fund itself? How much of a role does valuation play in Felicis' investment decision making? 5.) Question from Rob Hayes @ First Round: How did the Rovio investment come about? Why do you say you are most proud if it? 6.) Question From Hiten Shah: How do you approach the topic of growing the organisation, whilst still supporting founders with the same time and quality? Items Mentioned In Today's Episode: Aydin's Fave Book: Anti-Fragile Aylin's Most Recent Investment: Diffbot As always you can follow The Twenty Minute VC, Harry and Aydin on Twitter here! If you would like to see a more colourful side to Harry with many a mojito session, you can follow him on Instagram here!   The Twenty Minute VC is brought to you by Leesa, the Warby Parker or TOMS shoes of the mattress industry. Lees have done away with the terrible mattress showroom buying experience by creating a luxury premium foam mattress that is order completely online and ships for free to your doorstep. The 10 inch mattress comes in all sizes and is engineered with 3 unique foam layers for a universal, adaptive feel, including 2 inches of memory foam and 2 inches of a really cool latex foam called Avena, design to keep you cool. All Leesa mattresses are 100% US or UK made and for every 10 mattresses they sell, they donate one to a shelter. Go to Leesa.com/VC and enter the promo code VC75 to get $75 off!  

Turmoil, staff exodus and mud-slinging at Nest. Promising robotics unit Boston Dynamics reportedly up for sale, while the rest of the initiative is seemingly on notice. Reports of unrest at Verily Life Sciences. The other bets of Alphabet seem to be making quite a bit of news of late, and not in a good way.  Ars Technica's Ron Amadeo joins me to discuss all of this news, our feelings on what this might mean for future Alphabet bets, as well as rumors of Google's competitor to the Amazon Echo. Follow Ron on Twitter: @ronamadeo. Follow me on Twitter: @chrismlacy. Links: The Information: Inside Tony Fadell's Struggle to Build Nest. Dropcam founder Greg Duffy responds to Tony Fadell's statements. Bloomberg: Google Puts Boston Dynamics Up for Sale in Robotics Retreat. Stat: Google Life Sciences Exodus.

With the launch of its Roomba 980 vacuum in September 2015, iRobot has added cameras, sensors, and Wi-Fi connectivity.  CEO Colin Angle explains why he feels a roving sensor platform aboard the Roomba places iRobot in a unique position to grab leadership in the connected home of the future, and why fixed-point sensor arrangements such as Nest and Dropcam have suddenly fallen from favor. In an analyst day presentation in New York City, CEO Angle unveiled a new corporate strategy that relies on home connectivity as an engine of differentiation and growth.  In this podcast, we discuss how the company’s new empirical approach to marketing may convert millions of skeptics into evangelistic promoters of robotic vacuums, explore a disruptive opportunity to capture share in lawn mowers and related services, and explain why management is deemphasizing defense and remote presence robots  

Ben Nader is Founder and CEO at Butterfleye, the most advanced wireless home monitoring system. In other words, Google Nest meets Dropcam. Butterfleye's investors include some of the biggest and most prominent names in the industry including our friends and past guests Brad Feld and Jason Calacanis. Butterfleye currently have a campaign on Indiegogo, which you can support here!   In Today's Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How did Ben come up with Butterfleye? 2.) How does Butterfleye differentiate itself from other competitors like Dropcam? 3.) How much better does a new product have to be to beat the existing incumbents? 4.) Does Ben prefer mass market testing or small targeted testing with fewer individuals? 5.) How did Ben get his first customers? 6.) What has Ben done to drive the success of his Indiegogo campaign? What tips would he give to founders looking to raise on these platforms? 7.) How did Ben get Jason Calacanis as an angel? How did Ben find the fundraising process?                  Items Mentioned In Today's Show: Ben's Fave Book: The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho Ben's Fave Newsletter or Blog: Brad Feld's Feld.com, Jason Calacanis' Launch Ticker Ben's Fave Productivity Apps: Asana, Sunrise Calendar, Calm Meditation App As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC, Ben and Butterfleye on Twitter here! If you would like to see a more colourful side to Harry with some mojito sessions to come, you can follow him on Instagram here!  

This week A.J. and Mikah share their predictions for iOS and OS X updates at Apple's next press event, the World Wide Developers Conference, Mikah tells A.J. why he's actually kind of excited about Google's new photo service, and the two discuss the sentencing of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht.Integrate TopicsA.J.: MintMikah: Simple--Produced by Katie HilerThis episode of Integrate is not sponsored by UpDoux.Music provided by Eino Toivanen, kongano.com.Follow Integrate on Twitter, and subscribe/rate/review the show on iTunes and Stitcher.Links and Show NotesMelaninThe KernelWWDC, Apple ‘Proactive’, Apple HomeKitGoogle’s NestPhilips HueNest Protect, Dropcam, August Smart LockApple’s San Francisco typefaceForce TouchiPhone 4 AntennagateGoogle I/OGoogle is partnering with Levi’s for its Project Jacquard smart fabricDesigning for Virtual RealityProject Brillo, Android Pay, Google Photos, Google PlusAndroid Developer NanodegreeGoogle’s new Photos may just have won my library away from Apple, 9to5MacRoss Ulbricht, Silk Road founder sentenced to life in prisonTorMikah meant “Square Cash” when he said “Square Pay”WealthfrontMake more money than you spend.™One card to rule them all: Coin, Stratos, Plastc 

Slides Here; https://defcon.org/images/defcon-22/dc-22-presentations/Moore-Wardle/DEFCON-22-Colby-Moore-Patrick-Wardle-Synack-DropCam-Updated.pdf Optical Surgery; Implanting a DropCam Patrick Wardle DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH, SYNACK Colby Moore SECURITY RESEARCH ENGINEER, SYNACK Video Monitoring solutions such as DropCam aim to provide remote monitoring, protection and security. But what if they could be maliciously subverted? This presentation details a reverse-engineering effort that resulted in the full compromise of a DropCam. Specifically, given physical access and some creative hardware and software hacks, any malicious software may be persistently installed upon the device. Implanting a wireless video monitoring solution presents some unique opportunities, such as intercepting the video stream, ‘hot-micing’, or even acting as persistent access/attack point within a network. This presentation will describe such an implant and well as revealing a method of infecting either Windows or OS X hosts that are used to configure a subverted DropCam. Patrick Wardle is Director of Research at Synack, where he leads Research and Development efforts. His current focus is on identifying emerging threats in OSX and mobile malware. In addition, Patrick is an experienced vulnerability and exploitation analyst and has found multiple exploitable 0days in major operating systems and popular client applications. In his limited spare time he writes iOS apps for fun (and hopefully one day, for profit). Patrick’s prior roles include security research work with VRL and the NSA. Colby Moore is Security Research Engineer at Synack where he focuses on identifying critical vulnerabilities in various products and services. Ever since setting eyes on a computer he has had a burning desire to hack anything in sight, but prefers to focus on where hardware and software meet. He has been involved in the computer security community for as long as he can remember and has identified countless 0-day vulnerabilities in embedded systems, major social networks, and consumer devices. Some might say Colby has an unhealthy obsession for spontaneous adventure, things that go fast, and the occasional mischief.

This is the smart home week in review for the week ending September 6, 2014! The week started slow as folks recovered from Labor day weekend and shuttled kids back to school, but it finished strong. You can listen to the podcast where we discuss the week that was in smart home, or if you're the TLDL (Too Long, Didn't Listen) type, just read the wrap up below. I am going to try and do a written flash-analysis of the news every week, so if you want to get notified, subscribe to the NextMarket newsletter and you'll get an email each time we publish a wrapup. This week's guest on the podcast is Aaron Cohen, long-time serial entrepreneur, smart home enthusiast and all around smart guy. We get deep on some of market dynamics and business models, so if that's your thing, enjoy this episode! Topics discussed (see full show notes at http://www.technology.fm/thesmarthomeshow/) -Savant gets some $ (2-3 x revenues, same company that invested in Sonos) -Icontrol partners with Indiegogo to try and get in on some startup goodness -Amazon's top 5 “home automation” best sellers - is Sonos and Dropcam home automation? -Speaking of Sonos - they ditch the bridge. You can connect directly to Wi-Fi. -Nest releases Nest 2.0 for Nest Protect (uses built in humidity sensor - tells difference between steam and smoke) This and some bonus stories at http://www.technology.fm/thesmarthomeshow/ http://knit.audio/podcast-advertising (via Knit)

We've got all your smart home news covered for the week ending August 30th, 2014! Mike's guest is Richard Gunther, host of the Home: On podcast from the Digital Media Zone. Visit http://www.technology.fm/thesmarthomeshow/ for full show notes with links. The topics we discuss on today's show are: - August finally ships it's Wi-Fi smart lock -Simplicam takes on Dropcam - what features really matter with a netcam? -Zuli gets funding for smart plugs - Bluetooth mesh and beacon enabled smart plugs -IFTTT gets a boatload of money too - are they the middleware for IoT? -Apple iWatch with HomeKit & Healthkit - what to expect -GE Link Bulb - on sales at Home Depot You can listen to Richard's show at http://www.thedigitalmediazone.com/podcasts/home-on/ You can subscribe to the Smart Home Show at http://www.technology.fm/thesmarthomeshow/ http://knit.audio/podcast-advertising (via Knit)

This week we talk with Jordan Harbinger from The Art of Charm podcast about creativity, social engineering, and other assorted goodies. We also discuss stuff we like and some Star Trek fanfic. Spoiler alert, there are no furries in space. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/70 Listen or subscribe in iTunes If you like the show please click here and give us a rating or review in iTunes. It helps us out and lets us know people want more episodes! If you’d like to donate to the show please check out our page on TugBoat Hosted by Libsyn Use the coupon code “gog” while signing up & receive up to 2 months free! Show Notes The Art of Charm Podcast The Art of Charm Graft Concepts Leverage i5 Case for the iPhone 5 iOS SDK Release Notes for iOS 8.0 Beta 5 How the Internet, Dopamine and your Brain are Working Together to Screw Your Potential. (and what you can do about it) Communications watchdog OFCOM: ‘Six-year-olds understand digital technology better than adults’ Facebook Messenger Facebook Crosses The Line With New Facebook Messenger App Yes, the Facebook Messenger app requests creepy, invasive permissions. But so does every other app. Latest Online Security Breach Forces Mom To Change Post-It Is your Dropcam live feed being watched by someone else? Hacker shows passenger jets are vulnerable to cyber attack 1.2 billion logins scooped up by CyberVor hacking crew – what you need to do Evidence of another Snowden-like mole is worrying Feds How Google plans to get us all using HTTPS Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns Hardcore History Archives Show 42 – (BLITZ) Logical Insanity According to Scientists, This is The Most Relaxing Tune Ever Recorded pzizz sleep pzizz energizer LinkedIn agrees to pay $6 million (U.S.) for overtime, damages Star Trek: Axanar Star Trek Continues Information about Hearing, Communication, and Understanding

This week Ryan chatted with Michael Wolf, host of The Next Market Podcast. Michael and Ryan discuss the art and science of podcasting, Michael gives the podcast download.  He's somewhat of a podcast historian (even though the industry is very young), and Michael started podcasting in 2006.  He is also a writer and researcher, who has written for GigaOm, CNN, New York Times, Forbes. Michael shares insights into how to start a podcast, and they chat about the Mt. Rushmore of podcast hosts.  Michael talks about some of his favorite podcasters like Bill Simmons, Roman Mars, Ira Glass, The Accidental Tech Podcast (Marc Ament), and Adam Corolla - and what makes them so good. Michael’s start-up podcast network: Technology.fm, which is a collective of tech/media podcasts to help listeners discover great technology shows.   His new podcast is:  Smart Home Show, where talks about home technology (think Nest and Dropcam). Michaels podcast:  The Next Market Podcast, features "conversations with technology and media makers. Topics include digital publishing, web, investing, podcasting, crowdfunding and pretty much anything else on the frontiers of tech innovation.”   If you want to check-out his Next Market Show (which you should), The Next Market Podcast: http://www.technology.fm/nextmarketpodcast/ Technology.FM: http://www.technology.fm Michael on Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelwolf/ Smart Home Show:  http://www.technology.fm/thesmarthomeshow/ What you'll learn in this episode: How to start podcasting How to book guests on a podcast How to build a podcast business The reasons for starting a podcast Who are the podcast leaders What is the ROI of podcasting What is Technology FM What's the Next Market Podcast

Blocked XML attachments, flash drive basics (reliability, lifetime), Google Map mashups (easier than you think, tutorials available), Profiles in IT (Jen-Hsun Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia), Dropcam sold to Nest (%555M, part of Internet of things), FAA says drones are for non-commercial use only, Obama gets 3D-printed portrait (part of Smithonian X 3D collection), denial of services attacks increase (originating in China, targeting the US), Heartbleed vulnerability still unpatched (over 300,000 servers vulnerable), Saudi Arabia uses mobile malware (spying on dissidents, accesses storage, camera, mic), Google offering free coding lesson to women and minorities, and memory lane (my first Internet experience, Internet-in-a-Box). This show originally aired on Saturday, June 28, 2014, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Blocked XML attachments, flash drive basics (reliability, lifetime), Google Map mashups (easier than you think, tutorials available), Profiles in IT (Jen-Hsun Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia), Dropcam sold to Nest (%555M, part of Internet of things), FAA says drones are for non-commercial use only, Obama gets 3D-printed portrait (part of Smithonian X 3D collection), denial of services attacks increase (originating in China, targeting the US), Heartbleed vulnerability still unpatched (over 300,000 servers vulnerable), Saudi Arabia uses mobile malware (spying on dissidents, accesses storage, camera, mic), Google offering free coding lesson to women and minorities, and memory lane (my first Internet experience, Internet-in-a-Box). This show originally aired on Saturday, June 28, 2014, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Jim and Dan discuss Google Glass streaming live video, Google TV, Apple TV, HBO Go and cable companies, Apple's iCloud strategy, The New York Times and Walmart, placing trust in news organizations, Dropcam, Nest and privacy limits, the MacBook Air to Surface Pro 3 upgrade path, Bono's (Red) rant, and more.

Guest: Greenwave Systems Nate Williams. I was going to talk to Nate about Greenwave today, but given the huge amount of news the last few days (Google buying Dropcam, Quirky's Wink spinout), I also figured I'd tap into Nate's smart home brain to talk shop. We talk about Nate's background in connected home, what exactly Greenwave does, and then we dive into the news of Google's acquisition of Dropcam, Quirky's Wink launch and their partnership with Home Depot, and we also talk about what Nate thinks of HomeKit. You can find out more about Greenwave at www.greenwavesystems.com You can listen to and subscribe to the Smart Home Show at http://www.technology.fm/thesmarthomeshow/ http://knit.audio/podcast-advertising (via Knit)

1. Вступление и приветствие; 2. Неделя презентаций в Москве: 2.1. Запуск  продаж LG G3 (ссылка1,ссылка2) ; 2.2. Parallels Access вышел на Android и iPhone; 2.3. Gameloft показал в Москве новые игры; 3. Неделя презентаций в мире: 3.1. Amazon наконец представил долгожданный телефон, собственного производства (промо-видео, первый взгляд)  ; 3.2. BlackBerry оказывается еще дышит и даже показывает новые устройства; 4.Nest/Google покупают Dropcam за $ 555 млн; 5. Nokia опубликовала свой лоунчер в Google Play; 6. Samsung представил новые планшеты. Первые впечатления.  7. Неделя до Google I/O; 8. Ответы на вопросы слушателей; 9. Прощание.  

This week on Awesomecast 197, we talk the latest and most awesome things going on in the world of technology, including: Talk about the Scarehouse's basement in Pittsburgh getting some publicity. Dropcam; which has a facial recognition feature. Sorg talking about items from Intensity and what they can do. Mother's Day tech gifts! Tech products like FitBit that can help your health. Talk about tech gift giving in general. Talk about Windows products. Police using Pinterest. For what reasons? The LG Chrome. Phone protective products. Discussion on security issues with new products. Virtual Reality and how it is not for everyone. Upcoming things in technology. After the show remember to: Eat at Slice on Broadway if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com) Follow this awesome cast on Twitter: @awesomecast, Mike Sorg (@mikesorg), John Chichilla (@chilla) and Katie Dudas (@kdudders). Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.com for more entertainment; and view us livestreaming Tuesdays at 6:30 PM EST!

Dealing With Negative Feedback It's been a long time since I last covered the topic of dealing with negative feedback. Earlier this week, I was listening to the Jillian Michaels Show and she had an episode titled Haters Are Gonna Hate. In this episode, I shared about seven and a half minutes from Jillian's show […] The post 349 Dealing With Negative Feedback – How To Come Back From A Podfade – DropCam Pro Review appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show. I have other podcasts that might be of interest to you. See my list of shows at http://CliffRavenscraft.com/podcast Let's Work Together! Would you like to connect with me through one-on-one coaching or through one of my paid mastermind groups? If so, visit my WORK WITH ME PAGE and submit an application today.

Podcasting continues to grow and 2013 is no exception. Here is a 2013 podcasting year in review. Sponsored by: Dropcam.com watch life High-Def streaming of your home or anywhere. Ongoing podcasting growth 2013 showed many areas of podcasting that continue to grow. These aren't unique to 2013, but they all show that the podcasting industry...

Producer Christopher (@stoneymonster) joins Elecia to look through their mailbag and talk about gift ideas. Podcasts we like: The Amp Hour 99% Invisible  Radiolab 5x5 network’s Back to Work Accidental tech Splendid Table (food) Some listener suggestions on where to get small run boards made: http://www.cadsoftusa.com http://www.seeedstudio.com/service/index.php?r=site/pcbService http://www.pcbcart.com/ http://oshpark.com/ Gift ideas (specifics): Dropcam and Dropcam Pro Nest thermostat and smoke alarm  Online automatic backup services: Crashplan and Backblaze Books: Thinking Fast and Slow, Quiet, and Kraken The BUS Pirate serial bus logger and injector Sennheiser HD 280 Pro headphones for noisy offices Gift ideas (stores): Shapeways 3D Printing on demand Think Geek Find a kit or component for someone: Sparkfun, Adafruit, or Maker Shed