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Why does Blink still exist?

The Verge

In December 2017, Amazon spent $90 million to acquire Blink , a Kickstarter-funded startup that developed a super energy-efficient chip to power its battery-operated smart home security cameras. Why does Blink still even exist? They both use different apps and subscription plans and neither works with the other. Image: Blink.

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Google’s exit from big Seattle-area project shows fleeting relationship between tech and communities

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where Google established its original beachhead in the Seattle area, the tech giant had big plans to expand even further. The City of Kirkland issued a surprising press release : Google, which on the same day announced it was cutting 12,000 jobs globally, no longer planned to be the tech centerpiece in the city’s development plan.

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The best tech of CES 2020: Where are they now?

The Verge

Which tech made it to our homes, and which will stay only in our hearts Looking through the deluge of CES articles is like staring into an unreliable crystal ball: maybe what you’re looking at is the future, the shape of tech for years to come, or maybe it’s something that’ll get talked about for a week and never heard from again.

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Sir Martin Sorrell: WPP mimics Google and Microsoft, driving the PR industry - Trends in the Living Networks

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About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « The State of the Nation in Australian emerging technology | Main | The emergence of the naked start-up – why are entrepreneurs behind corporations in creating the open economy?

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Samsung needs a splashy product for its splashy product launch

The Verge

The last big tech event I attended in person was Samsung’s launch of the Galaxy S20 line of smartphones. Now Samsung will join everybody else in tech by trying to capture some semblance of that experience and hype in a purely online event with the upcoming Unpacked event scheduled for August 5th. Tech is too self-serious these days.