Future Forward

Today, FutureForward blasts into the future of Video. Apple, Facebook, and Amazon all get ready to make big moves. It could be the next Big Thing - Video. Who knew? I’m Gene DeRose and I’m Steven Rosenbaum, let’s launch. Chapter 1: The Big Guys: Apple Invites Hollywood Stars to Video Service Launch https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-13/apple-is-said-to-invite-hollywood-stars-to-video-service-launch Amazon Prime Video Sees Itself as a ‘Global Network,’ and Says It’s Not Focused on Netflix https://www.adweek.com/tv-video/amazon-prime-video-sees-itself-as-a-global-network-and-says-its-not-focused-on-netflix/ ‘Amazon Live’ is the retailer’s latest effort to take on QVC with live-streamed video https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/08/amazon-live-is-the-retailers-latest-effort-to-take-on-qvc-with-live-streamed-video/ Facebook Watch has a new program to fund publisher shows starring influencers https://digiday.com/media/facebook-has-a-new-program-to-fund-watch-shows-made-by-publishers-and-starring-influencers/ Chapter 2: The New Players Data Sheet—Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg Try To Reinvent Web Video http://fortune.com/2019/01/23/data-sheet-meg-whitman-youtube-quibi/ Chapter #3: Consolidation / Exits Viacom to Buy Free Streaming Service Pluto TV https://www.multichannel.com/news/viacom-to-buy-free-streaming-service-pluto-tv-cash Brightcove acquires Ooyala’s video business for $15M (6.25m in cash) https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/13/brightcove-acquires-ooyala-ovp/

Today - A Powerful Report on the Future of Media, Democracy, and Trust. Then, what if AI can read your lips? And Bezo’s and Blackmail. A Showdown. I’m Gene DeRose and this is Future Forward. I’m Steven Rosenbaum - let’s Launch. Rundown - 4p Sunday Act #1 The Knight Commission Report KNIGHT COMMISSION ON TRUST, […]

Today - A Powerful Report on the Future of Media, Democracy, and Trust. Then, what if AI can read your lips? And Bezo’s and Blackmail. A Showdown. I’m Gene DeRose and this is Future Forward. I’m Steven Rosenbaum - let’s Launch. Rundown - 4p Sunday Act #1 The Knight Commission Report KNIGHT COMMISSION ON TRUST, MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY http://csreports.aspeninstitute.org/Knight-Commission-TMD/2019/report Act #2 Read My Lips. LipPass Authenticates Users Based On the Way They Move Their Mouths https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/consumer-electronics/gadgets/this-new-approach-for-user-identification-allows-phones-to-read-your-lips Hey, Siri: Read My Lips https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/devices/hey-siri-read-my-lips Act #3 Amazon. Bezos Blackmail Backfire What to Do If You’re Feeling Sympathy for Jeff Bezos, a Billionaire, After the Blog https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/02/jeff-bezos-ami-medium-blog-sympathy Bezos's Wild Days: Lurid Selfies, Blackmail, Amazon Drama in NYC https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-09/bezos-s-wild-days-lurid-selfies-blackmail-amazon-drama-in-nyc

Our Irreconcilable Ambivalence about Data. And a quick look at the Super Bowl. Welcome to the ‘data dark ages’, where humanity seems to be losing a battle of good versus evil. Have we become defenseless by sharing our data with ‘evil-doers’ like The Russians, Steve Bannon, Facebook, and Cambridge Analytica?  Or will white knights like Apple, […]

Our Irreconcilable Ambivalence about Data. And a quick look at the Super Bowl. Welcome to the ‘data dark ages’, where humanity seems to be losing a battle of good versus evil. Have we become defenseless by sharing our data with ‘evil-doers’ like The Russians, Steve Bannon, Facebook, and Cambridge Analytica?  Or will white knights like Apple, Mike Bloomberg and Doug Rushkoff save us all from ourselves?  Welcome to our Future of Consumer Data edition of Future Forward. I’m Gene DeRose. And I’m Steve Rosenbaum. Let’s Launch. 1- The Myth of FACEBOOK bad APPLE good Facebook BAD: Facebook’s Perfect Datastorm https://www.theverge.com/facebook/2019/1/30/18203349/facebook-research-app-apple-shutdown Apple GOOD https://www.recode.net/2019/1/30/18203231/apple-banning-facebook-research-app Actually... It’s Complicated https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-defends-spying-app-leaked-memo-employees-2019-1 2- Politics + Data = Evil.  Or maybe Data can save the world? ‘They were planning on stealing the election’: Explosive new tapes reveal Cambridge Analytica CEO’s boasts of voter suppression, manipulation and bribery https://www.opendemocracy.net/brexitinc/paul-hilder/they-were-planning-on-stealing-election-explosive-new-tapes-reveal-cambridg Inspired by ‘the revelation that Paul Manafort shared internal polling data with Russians’...  https://allpoliticsallthetime.com/very-uncool-and-very-illegal/ Russians Ready 2020 Data War https://www.clickorlando.com/news/politics/intel-chief-warns-russia-will-target-2020-elections Mike Bloomberg’s Big Data Plan to Take Down Trump https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/01/bloomberg-building-data-organization-crush-trump/581710/ 3- The real hope = People Doug Rushkoff / Team Human: How to Reclaim our Humanity in a World of Machines  https://www.ted.com/talks/douglas_rushkoff_how_to_be_team_human_in_the_digital_future Prove You’re Not a Robot https://www.fastcompany.com/90295374/how-to-reclaim-our-humanity-in-a-world-of-machines-douglas-rushkoff-team-human Tech Companies Themselves Aren’t the Evil Ones. Capitalism is The Problem https://qz.com/1529476/we-shouldnt-blame-silicon-valley-for-technologys-problems-we-should-blame-capitalism/ 4- Super Bowl Advertising: Data and Social Powered Barometer of Political Hothouse Times or Throwback to our Positive Brand Escapism of the Past? What Makes a Super Bowl Ad Successful? An Ad Exec Explains https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/1/25/18197609/super-bowl-ads-commercials-doritos-sprint-skittles Should Politics and Causes Intrude on the Super Bowl? (Three datasets) https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/why-cause-related-super-bowl-ads-are-here-to-stay/ https://morningconsult.com/2019/01/16/why-nfl-advertisers-shouldnt-worry-about-super-bowl-becoming-more-political/ https://www.marketingdive.com/news/survey-two-thirds-of-consumers-want-brands-to-keep-politics-out-of-super-b/546247/ Which Super Bowl Ads are Winning YouTube? https://tubularinsights.com/2019-super-bowl-ads/

Teens and Tech. Is it a plague, or just a parental reality? Today - we’ll dig into Fortnight… And Screen Time Limits…And a bundle of CES gizmo’s for families. Plus - Did Facebook get kids to swipe parents credit cards? This is Future Forward. I’m Gene DeRose and I’m Steven Rosenbaum… Let’s launch 1. Is […]

Teens and Tech. Is it a plague, or just a parental reality? Today - we’ll dig into Fortnight… And Screen Time Limits…And a bundle of CES gizmo’s for families. Plus - Did Facebook get kids to swipe parents credit cards? This is Future Forward. I’m Gene DeRose and I’m Steven Rosenbaum… Let’s launch 1. Is Tech Good or Bad for Kids? For teens, digital technology is good. Or bad. Or maybe neutral? https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/01/for-teens-digital-technology-is-good-or-bad-or-maybe-neutral/ Forget Screen Time Rules — Lean In To Parenting Your Wired Child, Author Says https://www.npr.org/2019/01/15/679304393/forget-screen-time-rules-lean-in-to-parenting-your-wired-child This parenting trick could help curb your kid’s tech addiction https://qz.com/1522287/this-parenting-trick-could-help-curb-your-kids-tech-addiction/ 2. Fortnight 'Fortnite' and the collapse of parenting https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/fortnite-and-the-collapse-of-parenting The positive life skills Fortnite has taught my children https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/the-positive-life-skills-fortnite-has-taught-my-children-20181231-p50oxk.html 3. CES CES 2019: The Best Tech and Gadgets for Parents https://www.fatherly.com/gear/ces-2019-best-tech-gadgets-parents/ Is this the future of parenting? 'Family tech' firms unveil a $300 breast massager and a pregnancy band that tracks your baby's heartbeat in the womb https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6578979/CES-2019-Family-tech-gadgets-appeal-parental-anxiety.html The Monit “Smart Diaper” Is the Latest Unnecessary Parenting Gadget https://www.fatherly.com/news/monit-smart-diaper-ces-2019/ 4. Tech News for Teens Facebook knowingly duped game-playing kids and their parents out of money https://www.revealnews.org/article/facebook-knowingly-duped-game-playing-kids-and-their-parents-out-of-money/ Disney quietly shut down Babble, the parenting blog it once acquired for $40M Is this the future of parenting? 'Family tech' firms unveil a $300 breast massager and a pregnancy band that tracks your baby's heartbeat in the womb

FuFWD: Driving Toward The Future - Without A Steering Wheel. #0060 Is a car without a steering wheel - still a car? You’ll have to decide - soon. then it’s a Big Week, with tech numbers that are sure to impact your IRA. And 5g. What is it? And are marketers messing up some really […]

FuFWD: Driving Toward The Future - Without A Steering Wheel. #0060 Is a car without a steering wheel - still a car? You’ll have to decide - soon. then it’s a Big Week, with tech numbers that are sure to impact your IRA. And 5g. What is it? And are marketers messing up some really good tech? This is Future Forward. I’m Gene DeRose and I’m Steven Rosenbaum… let’s launch! Driverless: What’s Next In 2019, We’ll Have Taxis Without Drivers—or Steering Wheels https://spectrum.ieee.org/transportation/self-driving/in-2019-well-have-taxis-without-driversor-steering-wheels Baby, you can’t drive my cube: All the insane self-driving lounges at CES 2019 https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/the-best-self-driving-shuttles-and-cars-ces-2019/ By The Numbers: Tech is ready to respond to Wall Street’s doubts, but don’t expect a holiday miracle https://www.marketwatch.com/story/tech-companies-are-ready-to-respond-to-wall-streets-doubts-but-dont-expect-a-holiday-miracle-2019-01-17 Amazon helped 50,000 SMBs generate $500,000 in sales https://www.neowin.net/news/amazon-helped-50000-smbs-generate-500000-in-sales Netflix - postiive Other chip makers worth paying close attention to include Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD, +2.57% which reports Jan. 23, and Nvidia Corp.NVDA, +3.43% AMD and Nvidia are hoping to gain some share from Intel in the corporate data center as a way to help fuel more growth, and investors will be waiting for more data. Nvidia was hit by a big drop in cryptocurrency mining that overloaded its sales channel last quarter, and suffered more jitters in December about a shortfall in its graphics processing units. So, 5g. Ok, what is it exactly? 5G phones make a lot of promises. Here’s what to really expect https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/what-can-you-do-with-a-5g-smartphone/ What US Cities Will Get 5G In 2019? https://www.howtogeek.com/401900/what-us-cities-will-get-5g-in-2019/ 5G Is Coming This Year. Here’s What You Need to Know. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/technology/personaltech/5g-what-you-need-to-know.html and - 5G controversy - AT&T is branding 4G networks and phones as 5G in a marketing scam https://www.techspot.com/news/77984-att-branding-4g-networks-phones-5g-marketing-scam.html

Today - Six Legal Battles Shaping Tech.Is it free speech or censorship. Copyright protection, or fair use? Today, six legal battles driving the next chapter in Technology. We play judge and jury, and we will discuss, debate and tell you what it all means. I’m Gene DeRose, and I’m Steven Rosenbaum, and this is Future […]

Today - Six Legal Battles Shaping Tech.Is it free speech or censorship. Copyright protection, or fair use? Today, six legal battles driving the next chapter in Technology. We play judge and jury, and we will discuss, debate and tell you what it all means. I’m Gene DeRose, and I’m Steven Rosenbaum, and this is Future Forward. Lets launch Six law suits that matter. Bird Scooters, Fortnight, Netflix, Grinder, PragerU, Meta - Free Speech. - Copyright - Brand Damage - Software Product Liability - Censorship - Patent suit vs. VR co. Tech’s Legal Battles Head To Court: 1, Bird Scooter Takes on Cory Doctorow Bird Rides Inc. Demands Takedown of News Report on Lawful Re-use of Scooters https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/01/bird-sends-nastygram-reporter-describing-lawful-re-use-impounded-scooters 2, Fortnight Sued For Stealing Dance Moves FORTNITE KEEPS STEALING DANCES — AND NO ONE KNOWS IF IT’S ILLEGAL https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/20/18149869/fortnite-dance-emote-lawsuit-milly-rock-floss-carlton 3, Netflix Sued For Bandersnatch Netflix sued by Choose Your Own Adventure publishers over Black Mirror: Bandersnatch https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/11/18178846/netflix-black-mirror-bandersnatch-choose-your-own-adventure-book-trademark-lawsuit-chooseco 4, Grinder Sued For Harassment: A Grindr harassment suit could change the legal landscape for tech — and free speech https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/grindr-harassment-suit-could-change-legal-landscape-tech-free-speech-n954976 5, PragerU Sues YouTube over Censorship PragerU files new lawsuit against Google in YouTube 'censorship' row https://www.foxnews.com/tech/prageru-files-new-lawsuit-against-google-in-youtube-censorship-row 6, Meta AR Patent Suit Shutters Company ‘Meta Company is insolvent’ as AR company faces patent infringement lawsuit https://venturebeat.com/2019/01/12/meta-company-is-insolvent-as-ar-company-faces-patent-infringement-lawsuit/

This week. Almost 200,000 people are headed to Vegas for the annual Tech Orgy known as CES. The Consumer Electronics Show. 4,400 exhibitors. 2.7 million square feet of trade show floor. TV screens, drones, robots, cars, an ’smart’ everything. But this year - some trepidation. Is the tech party over? I’m Gene DeRose - on […]

This week. Almost 200,000 people are headed to Vegas for the annual Tech Orgy known as CES. The Consumer Electronics Show. 4,400 exhibitors. 2.7 million square feet of trade show floor. TV screens, drones, robots, cars, an ’smart’ everything. But this year - some trepidation. Is the tech party over? I’m Gene DeRose - on a virtual tour of CES and I’m Steven Rosenbaum, this is Future Forward - Let’s Launch. CES - 2019 Tech Rolls Out TV’s 4k becomes 8k? What does that mean? (rollable) https://www.gamespot.com/articles/lg-is-bringing-giant-8k-tvs-to-ces-2019/1100-6464149/ Virtual assistants everywhere https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/ces-2019-preview-your-tv-wants-to-control-your-home https://www.smh.com.au/technology/devices-that-will-invade-your-life-in-2019-and-what-s-overhyped-20190104-p50pma.html Intelligent, entertaining cars https://www.ces.tech/Topics/Automotive/Self-Driving-Cars.aspx https://www.zigwheels.com/news-features/news/ces-2019-preview-future-car-tech-from-mercedes-audi-hyundai-more/32669/ Smarter homes https://www.the-ambient.com/features/best-smart-home-tech-ces-2019-1263 The year of 5G https://www.computerworld.com/article/3320457/mobile-wireless/at-ces-2019-5g-wireless-plays-an-increasing-role.html AR and VR: Closer to reality, but not there yet https://techcrunch.com/tag/ar-vr-at-ces-2018/ Wearables: More health, less fitness https://www.wareable.com/wearable-tech/best-wearable-tech-ces-2019-6832 A few more links: https://www.tomsguide.com/us/ces-2019-preview,review-6038.html https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/03/ces-2019-preview/ https://www.t3.com/news/ces

Holiday Tech Stumbles, Crashes, and Fails. For some, the end of 2018 was pretty sobering. Today - a provocative post-mortem into year-end fails. Future Forward looks backward. I’m Steven Rosenbaum - And I’m Gene DeRose… let’s launch Crashing The Holidays - 2018 HOLIDAY FAILS: - Instagram Instagram changes to a Tinder-style format and people melt […]

Holiday Tech Stumbles, Crashes, and Fails. For some, the end of 2018 was pretty sobering. Today - a provocative post-mortem into year-end fails. Future Forward looks backward. I’m Steven Rosenbaum - And I’m Gene DeRose… let’s launch Crashing The Holidays - 2018 HOLIDAY FAILS: - Instagram Instagram changes to a Tinder-style format and people melt down. ‘No Instagram no’ https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article223618705.html - Alexa Amazon Alexa crashes after Christmas Day overload https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/26/amazon-alexa-echo-crashes-christmas-day-overload - Century Link: 911 emergency services go down across the US after CenturyLink outage https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/28/911-service-outage-centurylink/ - Bitcoin Cryptocurrency’s Terrible 2018 https://slate.com/technology/2018/12/bitcoin-price-cryptocurrency-bubble-burst.html Remember Bitcoin? Some Investors Might Want to Forget https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/27/technology/bitcoin-cryptocurrency-crash.html and - Civil: How a Plan to Save Journalism Stumbled Out of the Gate https://thebridgebk.com/how-plan-to-save-journalism-stumbled/ - Philips Hue Philips Hue suffers holiday outage as servers fail to cope with demand https://www.gearbrain.com/philips-hue-holiday-outage-2624563934.html - The US Government. 'Nothing New,' Says Trump as Shutdown Impasse Continues Through the Holidays http://time.com/5488084/donald-trump-shutdown-holidays/ - Fix blogpost - Twitch on Roku