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by | June 16, 2015 · 4:36 pm

Watch Microsoft build a new world with its HoloLens

Microsoft aquired the Swedish company Minecraft and have since then worked with a new videogame which is amazing. Microsoft presented the new Minecraft videogame at the E3 video games expo today.

The new videogame is an open-world building blocks videogame played on its HoloLens augmented-reality headset. Take a look at the video below. It is amazing.

 

 

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by | May 28, 2015 · 11:59 pm

Apple will launch their new music streaming service

The competition in the music streaming service market is hard and no one is earning money. Spotify is the biggest and have been in the market for nine years, but they are also losing money. Deezer are small but they are still alive.

When will Apple lauch their new music streaming service?

 

 

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There are many rumors out there and some say it will be released at the end of May. Others say in June. According to 9to5Mac, Apple`s new streaming service will launch at WWDC, Apple`s annual developer conference in June.

They also said that Apple will launch their new streaming service as high as $7,99 per month. That is not good news for those in this business while they are still losing money. Apple is big and can afford to lose money, but what about the rest in this market?

Their service will launch as part of an iOS 8.4 upgrade for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. It is a revamped version of Beats Music and it will be woven into the iTunes platform with cloud-based libraries and other musical recommendations.

According to Re/code, the streaming service may be only accessible behind a pay wall, ending the «freemium» model that Spotify and others currently use. Companies as Sony Music, Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group have all expressed support of discouraging freemium streaming services, citing the difficulty of converting free users to paid ones.

This is all an interesting approach.

But what about RDIO`s launch of their new $4-a-month streaming service offering for 25 songs a day? The competition in the music streaming market is likely to ramp up a notch very soon, and Apple will probably start this competition by lowering the price.

The Swedish streaming music service will answer and start a subscription of $0,99 for three months. Spotify can`t afford to lose money in the long run. As you probably know, Taylor Swift left Spotify because she didn`t earn money. She said:

The music can`t survive if you don`t pay for it.

Apple has also started the war of the streamers by exclusive deals with Florence and the Machine and many other artists. They have also hired the star English DJ Zane Lowe to join the Apple team, probably to help with music curation and creating taste-based channels.

Many competitors want to end Spotify`s free tier and Taylor Swift and Apple is not the only one. Spotify has 15 million paying subscribers and boasts about 45 million ad-supported users. Spotify Premium offers unlimited ad-free listening, offline listening, and higher quality audio streaming than the ad-supported version.

Spotify had a banner year when it comes to mobile streaming their mobile ads revenue jumped 380 percent in this first quarter over the same period last year. Spotify`s ad revenue has a long way to go before they can become profitable, but the clock is ticking…..

 

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by | May 21, 2015 · 11:59 pm

Rolls Royce 2015

Rolls Royce is a huge brand and a huge presence in the UK. They directly employ over r 21,000 people, and through their supply chains and employee spending support around 106,000 people, which accounts for about one in every 300 UK jobs.

As we can predict, Rolls Royce is a very important brand in the UK, which generates annual sales of around £5,7 billion, three-quarters of which comes from exports, meaning that they are directly responsible for 2% of total UK goods exports, which means they are responsible for approximately £6 in every £1,000 of GDP generated in the UK.

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(Picture: Rolls Royce Wraith Inspired by Fashion)

 

Over the past 20 years they have invested over £12,5 billion in research and development in the UK. They have invested in 19 University technology Centres at 14 UK universities, keeping their engineers at the forefront of scientific research.

Rolls Royce is out with a new car now. A new 2015 model which is looking so great. Awesome.

The new car is a V-12 coupe premiered as part of a special scholarship program conducted by Rolls Royce and the Pratt Institute. The Wraith is a 642-horsepower coupe, controlled by an eight-speed automatic transmission. You can imagine how it is to drive this car?

The Wraith is a two-door sports coupe with 2+2 seeting, and all the stitching is hand-sewn by seamstresses in Goodwood. The new car is designed by Michelle Lusby, which is the new upcoming designer at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.

The interior is a stark arctic white and black onyx with embroidered headrests, a jewelry pearl-designed clock on the dash, and a two-tone steering wheel that Rolls`s seamstresses in Goodwood have figured out how to make look seamless.
Don`t expect to see hundreds of these on the road. Construction time takes one to three months on this limited edition. It depends upon clients interest.

The Wraith starts at a price of $294,000, but the special «Inspired by Fashion» model costs $362,000.

 

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by | May 12, 2015 · 11:53 pm

Apple beats Xiaomi in China

It is a big difference between Apple and Xiaomi, and the difference is that Apple is at the top while Xiaomi is at the bottom of the price scale. Xiaomi`s price strategy is to sell cheap mobile phones while Apple is an expensive brand.

Xiaomi has so far been the fastest growing handset maker and often described as the Chinese version of Apple. In August last year they went to be the new No. 1 smartphone vendor in China. At that time, they took the place from the big brand Samsung Electronics Co.

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Xiaomi`s sale was booming and exploded by 240% last year, and they bolstered by the booming sales of its low-cost RedMi range, and took a 14% market share in the world`s largest smart phone market.

The reason why Apple is successful in the Chinese market is many, but one of them could be China Mobile`s aggressive 4G strategy last year. It may have helped China`s Apple but also the U.S Apple as well.

Now, for the first time, Apple has overtaken Xiaomi to become the largest vendor of smartphones in China, and as you probably know; China is the world`s biggest market and Xiaomi`s home market.

Apple surpassed Xiaomi in Q1 of 2015, and grabbed 14,7% market share, while Xiaomi had 13,7% market share, according to market researcher the International Data Corporation (IDC). Both, Apple and Xiaomi are on top in the Chinese market, followed by Huawei, Samsung and Lenovo.

This is all big brands not only on the Chinese market, but also on the international mobile phone market. The Chinese market is one of the world`s largest smartphones market, but it is also one of the most fiercely competitive.

A few companies has occupied that market and that is Samsung and Lenovo which have topped the list last year. Apple, Xiaomi, Huawei, Samsung and Lenovo took up 57,8% of the market in the first three months of 2015.

But there is a shift in the market, while Apple, Xiaomi and Huawei saw shipments increase, previous leaders in the smartphones market like Samsung and Lenovo declined. 4,3% fewer smartphones were shipped in Q1 2015 compared to Q1 2014.

This is the first drop in over 6 years, but this is still big business.

The growth in tech and biotech has been so huge in the U.S market, that the market cap of U.S tech and biotech companies exceeds the market cap of ALL the companies in emerging markets and the euro zone.

The technology innovation is disrupting everything and it took 5,500 days for Nasdaq to retrace the highs that were hit in March of 2000, but the technology now is light years ahead of where is was then.

Everything in the world is about to change right now!

 

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by | May 8, 2015 · 10:30 pm

Fitbit IPO

Fitbit are growing fast but they have a huge competitor; Apple. To continue to grow fast they have decided to go public. Fitbit has filed for a $100 million IPO, and the San Francisco-based wearable company plans to trade on the NYSE under the ticker symbol FIT.

The company is managed by Eric Friedman and James Park and their company called Fitbit is known for its products of the same name, which are activity trackers, wireless-enabled wearable devices that measure data such as the number of steps walked, quality of sleep and other personal metrics.

Fitbit has made a big jump from 2013 to 2014. They had a $52 million net loss on $271 million in revenue in 2013. A year later (2014) they have jumped to $745 million in revenue, with about $132 million in net income. That`s pretty impressive.

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Fitbit sold nearly 11 million devices last year, and half of their sales come in Q4 is due to the holidays. The biggest explaination for the jump is an increase in the international sales. The earnings are five times bigger from Q1 2014 to Q1 2015.

Revenue will almost certainly top $1 billion in 2015, and Fitbit hit $191 million in profit in 2014 at a 26% EBITDA margin. Active users jumped from 2,6 million in Q4 2013 to 6,7 million active users in Q4 2014. Active users are skyrocketing.

It`s not bad to be a Fitbit owner and shareholder these days. President Obama also wears one.

The biggest problem for Fitbit is probably not Apple Watch, but peoples usage. According to Wall Street Journal, 42% of people stop wearing fitness trackers after 6 months. So, any growth left for Fitbit is another people who haven`t tried the watch yet?

Fitbit devices cost a fraction of Apple`s watches. Their prices range from $59 to $250, while Apple Watch costs about $350. Apple can help Fitbit boost in the short-term. One of the reasons is their cheaper price.

“We believe that we have been one of the drivers of the growth of the wearable devices market, and that the future growth of this market represents a significant opportunity for us,” Fitbit said in its SEC filing statement.

I don`t have an Apple Watch or a Fitbit, but I still have my good old watch which tracks my heart rate. My watch is about 20 years now, and I still use it. Early this morning my heart rate was 41, which tells me that I am in good shape.

I use the watch regularly because I excercise a lot, and I consider my watch to be a great tool. Fitbit need to find a way to curb the drop-out rate among users and show them real, sustainable health gains.

People need to understand the value of the watch.

It can be a cheap insurance!

 

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