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Here is the slide deck I used for my Keynote at the &Connected TV & Digital Media& forum where I was invited by Connectica Lab in Moscow on March 5th, 2014. Due to current SlideShare limitations it is impossible to directly import slides in the latest Apple Keynote format, hence the need to manually publish here the keynote verbatim to complement the slides. .../... TV has evolved significantly. First came color. Then came choice. Then came the VCR that allowed recording, deferred viewing, and introduced external content (either purchased, rented, or handed out by friends and family) into the TV set. We now spend a full five hours and 16 minutes a day in front of a screen, and that's without even turning on a television (4,5 hours a day for US adults). - What even does TV watching now mean? - is TV video delivered in real time ? - is Connected TV is just TV with Ethernet and firmware updates?
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
http://getpopcornti.me/ sounds like a strange echo to slide 7 : Content experience is definitely broken. And la #FrenchTech gets promoted slide 15...
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Take a close look at how you listen to music today, and you’ll find that complexity clogging things up at every stage. For all the on-demand ease of subscription services like Spotify and Rdio, you still have to figure out what to listen to. Then you have to account for other sources, like internet radio and podcasts. At some point, you have to figure out how you’re actually going to listen to this stuff in your house. Is it synced to your phone? Is it on your PC? Will the device it’s playing on stream to your living room speakers?
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Solving the simplicity + UX + abundance paradox with smart machine learning + minimal design = combination of discovery and choice
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Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
This is getting very serious even if I start worrying for Dashlane
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For Apple devices the computation is more complicated — and more speculative — because the company publicizes battery capacity (in watt-hours) rather than weight. But after some digging around, I found the weight information for an iPhone 4S on the iFixit site: 26 grams. From there, I estimated that the weight of the larger iPhone 5S battery is 30 grams. I reasoned that the weight/capacity ratio is probably the same for all Apple batteries, so if a 26g iPhone battery provides 5.25 watt-hrs, the iPad Air battery that yields 32.4 watt-hrs must weigh approximately 160g. Sparing you the details of the mix of iPad minis and the approximations for the various Macs, we end up with these numbers for 2014 (I’m deliberately omitting the iPod): 100M iPads @ 130g = 13,000 tons It’s a rough estimate, but close enough for today’s purpose: Apple and Tesla need about the same tonnage of batteries this year.
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Philippe Dewost will deliver a keynote titled "Beyond Screens"
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Any "must mention / can't miss" topics or data points I shall make sure I don't forget?
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You grow old, you slow down, and you die. That is, unless you can inject some fresh blood. After watching the last generation of tech giants wither or..
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Proud to be somewhere in this GAFAY shopping spree. This chart would be even more interesting in % of market cap...
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This week, we might see Nokia’s entry-level feature phones replaced by a low-end device running Android Open Source Project software. The phone may just be a fantasy, but the dilemma facing Nokia’s feature phone business is quite real: Embrace Android or be killed by it. Nokia will announce an Android phone! So says the persistent rumor, started about three months ago by an @evleaks tweet, and followed by more details as weeks went by. Initially code-named Normandy, the hypothetical feature phone is now calledNokia X, and it already has its own Wikipedia page and pictures
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
A refreshing note by JL Gassee about Nokia, AOSP, and the Android license framework. And a good headstart for Mobile World Congress...
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According to venture legend John Doerr,Google is designing its own silicon for its data centers. But he stopped short of confirming rumors that the search giant was designing ARM-based chips as was reported in December. Doerr, speaking at a chip conference, also said that Facebook would be next. He’s right. Computing is the primary cost for Google, Amazon Web Services and Facebook and designing their own silicon could lower that cost. And thanks to more modular designs and advances in the ARM architecture, the cost of designing custom chips has fallen into a range where the benefits outweigh design costs.
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Of Microsoft’s many challenges in mobile, none loom larger than the app deficit: it only takes a popular new title like Flappy Bird to highlight what the company is missing out on. Windows 8 apps are also few and far between, and Microsoft is stuck in a position where it’s struggling to generate developer interest in its latest style of apps across phones and tablets. Some argue Microsoft should dump Windows Phone and create its own "forked" version of Android — not unlike what Amazon has done with its Kindle Fire tablets — while others claim that’s an unreasonably difficult task. With a new, mobile- and cloud-focused CEO in place, Nokia's decision to build an Android phone, and rumors of Android apps coming to Windows, could we finally see Microsoft experimenting with Google’s forbidden fruit?
Sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans tell The Verge that the company is seriously considering allowing Android apps to run on both Windows and Windows Phone. While planning is ongoing and it's still early, we’re told that some inside Microsoft favor the idea of simply enabling Android apps inside its Windows and Windows Phone Stores, while others believe it could lead to the death of the Windows platform altogether. The mixed (and strong) feelings internally highlight that Microsoft will need to be careful with any radical move.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Apparently Nokia has it already done
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Monthly active users were 241 million. The company added only 9 million more users since the last quarter — that is very weak progress. Only 1 million users were added in the U.S.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
The above chart is the stunning one. Weak growth hammered the stock after hours but engagements metrics have everybody scratching their heads...
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In 1997 I designed a very simple html test aimed at evaluating Netscape 2.0 frameset handling performances. How long does your current browser pass the test ?
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
javascript + frameset management can bring a browser to its knees. How long does your config resist to this 1997 test ?
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The original 128K Mac was 13.6” high, 9.6” wide, 10.9” deep (35.4 x 24.4 x 26.4 cm) and 16.5 lb (7.5 kg). Today’s Mac Pro is 9.9″ by 6.6″ (25 by 17 cm) and weighs 11 lb (5 kg) — smaller, shorter, and lighter than its ancient progenitor. Open your hand and stretch your fingers wide: The distance from the tip of your pinky to the tip of your thumb is in the 9 to 10 inches range (for most males). This gives you an idea of how astonishingly small the Mac Pro is. At 7 teraflops, the new Pro’s performance specs are impressive…but what’s even more impressive is how all that computing power is stuffed into such a small package without everything melting down. Look inside the new Mac Pro and you’ll find a Xeon processor, twin AMD FirePro graphics engines, main memory, a solid-state “drive”, driven by 450W of maximum electric power… and all cooled by a single fan. The previous Mac Pro version, at only 2 teraflops, needed eight blowers to keep its GPU happy.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Interesting story linking energy density, Seymour Cray, the Bell Labs and the 64bit A7 chip... not mentioning the Mac Pro's real size.
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Le moins que l'on puisse dire de Philippe Dewost est qu'il a su mettre de la variété dans son parcours professionnel. Âgé d'à peine plus de 40 ans, il a pris en mai dernier la direction de la jeune société anglaise Imsense, une start-up s'il en est.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
ReputationVIP told me this article was moving up on Google and #10 on my search page. Can't believe it was 5 years ago.
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Chinese Internet giant Tencent's market cap is now slightly above $150 billion, larger than U.S. tech giants like Intel, Cisco Systems and Hewlett-Packard.
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Facebook is reportedly in talks to buy a drone company called Titan Aerospace for $60 million, according to TechCrunch. The idea is that Facebook could use the drones to bring Internet access to parts of the world that still need it, as part of Mark Zuckerberg's goal to bring the web to the entire world, through the Internet.org initiative. It's similar to Google's plan to use balloons to beam Internet access to countries that don't have the infrastructure for broadband Internet. And it behooves both companies to get as many new people online as possible using their services instead of a potential rival's. So what do we know about these drones? The drones are covered in solar panels, which store enough energy to lift the craft 20 kilometers above sea level. The drones can stay aloft for five years before having to land or refuel.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Drones are balloning now. Interesting questions ahead for the FAA and other regulators: who is in charge of avoiding collision routes 20 km above sea level?
Emmanuel HAVET's curator insight,
March 5, 2014 9:07 AM
Il va y avoir du monde sur le FL600. Quel sera le contrôle aérien ? 
Herminia ALEMANY PEREZ's curator insight,
March 8, 2014 10:00 PM
FACEBOOK le drone solaire et Internet pour tous, une solution alternative au super ballon de GOOGLE
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Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Software, Infrastructure and value are not antagonistic...
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Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook revealed during his company's annual shareholder meeting on Friday that total sales of the Apple TV topped $1 billion in 2013. Priced at $99 each, that would mean sales were beyond 10 million for the year.
Apple CEO Tim Cook admitted last Friday it's hard to continue referring to the Apple TV as a "hobby"
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Hobby Time is over
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“These demonstrations will show the commercial readiness of both carrier aggregation and LTE Broadcast in our chip solutions,” said Georges Karam, Sequans CEO. “Our eMBMS technology has been thoroughly proven by operators in several countries, and now our carrier aggregation technology will enjoy a similar reception in this, its first public demonstration with Alcatel-Lucent. We continue to work closely with Alcatel-Lucent on refining these advanced LTE capabilities that will soon transform our mobile world in new and exciting ways.”
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Reading is inherently time consuming because your eyes have to move from word to word and line to line. Traditional reading also consumes huge amounts of physical space on a page or screen, which limits reading effectiveness on small displays. Scrolling, pinching, and resizing a reading area doesn’t fix the problem and only frustrates people. Now, with compact text streaming from Spritz, content can be streamed one word at a time, without forcing your eyes to spend time moving around the page. Spritz makes streaming your content easy and more comfortable, especially on small displays. Our “Redicle” technology enhances readability even more by using horizontal lines and hash marks to direct your eyes to the red letter in each word, so you can focus on the content that interests you. Best of all, Spritz’s patent-pending technology can integrate into photos, maps, videos, and websites to promote more effective communication.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
at what speed do you Spritz?
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Even in this era of multibillion-dollar valuations for tech startups that have barely moved out of the founders’ parents’ basement, the idea ofFacebook paying $19 billion for a mobile messaging service seems simply insane.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Drowning by numbers and Over The Top... WhatsApp valued at approximately half of Orange, with user base twice bigger.
Barbara Chapuis's curator insight,
February 28, 2014 4:36 AM
An explanation for such a big amount : off line datas, succesful mature mobile experience and a enormous number of users...
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TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Rakuten Inc. is buying Cyprus-based Viber Media, which operates a popular Internet phone application, for $900 million, fortifying the online retailer's social
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
The value of OTT is as interesting as it's destination... #SMSisDead
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In 2010, BlackBerry had a market share of nearly 70% among business customers in North America, according to IDC. In 2013, that figure had dropped to around 5%, IDC said. Globally, BlackBerry's business-market share has slipped to around 8% from 31% in 2010, according to IDC.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
How long until french public institutions follow ? #BYOD
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L’AFIC (Association Française des Investisseurs pour la Croissance) organise le 6 février 2014 à Paris, à l’Ecole des Mines ParisTech. On définit ici le capital-innovation comme l’action d’investisseurs apportant du capital, un réseau, une expérience, un accompagnement à des jeunes entreprises innovantes à fort potentiel pour financer leur développement dans le but d’un retour sur investissement. Comme le souligne le rapport Gallois « la question la plus décisive pour l’industrie française est probablement d’intensifier et d’accélérer la collaboration entre les différents acteurs». En tant qu’investisseur dans de jeunes entreprises innovantes, il appartient au capital-innovation de stimuler cette collaboration entre recherche publique, grands groupes et jeunes entreprises innovantes afin de favoriser les transferts de la recherche vers les applications industrielles. Cette rencontre veut être le point de départ d’une nouvelle collaboration entre les acteurs de l’écosystème innovant français. Il s'agit d’un événement inédit rassemblant plusieurs types d’acteurs.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
J'y interviendrai demain matin avec Sophie Paturle et Gilles Nobecourt
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Google has signed an agreement to sell Motorola to Lenovo for $2.91 billion, the company announced after markets closed on Wednesday. Google will keep the "vast majority" of around 10,000 patents it acquired when it bought Motorola in 2012 for $12.5 billion.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
So roughly Google acquired 10.000 patents at $1 million each on average ? [Update: patent average price looks closer to 1/10th of my initial guesstimate as it seems that Google acquired closer to 17.000 patents for 1.6Bn$ net as evidenced by http://bgr.com/2014/01/30/google-motorola-lenovo-sale-patents-earnings/]
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Je viens d'installer un thermostat connecté de NetAtmo. Bluffé par la facilité d'installation et le couplage très ingénieux avec l'application pour smartphone: configuration automatique sur mon réseau WiFi. Bravo la #FrenchTech !