Google’s new feature makes switching Bluetooth audio devices a goddamn breeze

Jan06
by on January 6, 2022 at 9:08 am
Posted In: Plugged


Google didn’t present anything physically at this year’s CES, but instead opted to kick off 2022 with a ton of announcements related to new features for Android, Chromebooks, and smart devices to make your life easier. What I like the most from this bit of news is how wireless audio devices will become far less cumbersome to connect and use. If you’re in the Apple ecosystem, everything is fine and dandy: your AirPods are paired in one tap, and switching between iPhone and Mac as an audio source is easy. That’s what Google is looking to replicate in its own…

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Contrary to popular belief, middle-aged entrepreneurs do better

Jan05
by on January 5, 2022 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Uncategorized


Bill Gates was 21 when he and Paul Allen registered Microsoft. Steve Jobs was 22 when he and Steve Wozniak launched Apple. Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook in his Harvard dormitory. The biographies of these tech billionaires who achieved great success in their twenties have helped cement the perception that entrepreneurship is a young person’s game. Not true. Such stories are the exception rather than the norm. Starting young can have some clear advantages. For one thing, it gives you much more time to fail the several times most entrepreneurs do before they put it all together and succeed. But overall,…

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Apple’s now worth $3 hootin’ trillion — and half could be thanks to its services biz

Jan04
by on January 4, 2022 at 7:41 am
Posted In: Hard Fork


Last night, Apple became the first US company to breach the mark of a $3 trillion market cap. The party lasted only a brief while, as the firm’s stock brought the valuation down to $2.99 trillion within a few hours. Over the years, the iPhone has been the major force behind the Cupertino-based tech giant’s bottom line. More recently, its services business has also become an important contributor. Last quarter, services generated $18.2 billion in revenue for Apple, with 25.6% year-on-year growth. Last week, Daniel Ives, MD of investment firm Wedbush, said in an investor note that Apple’s services business…

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