10 Things In Tech You Need To Know This Morning
Aug 4, 2014, 16:10 IST
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- Microsoft employees are still happy with CEO Satya Nadella despite the giant layoffs. They recognize that Microsoft need to trim Nokia, and that some things needed to change.
- A big look a how Facebook's ad machine works from the New York Times.
- VC Chris Dixon has a short post about online education. He says, "There is no reason we shouldn't be investing as much to produce online courses as we do to produce Hollywood movies."
- Google spotted explicit images of a child in a person's Gmail, and tipped off authorities. Because we're talking about child abuse, it's a good thing Google did it. But... it's creepy that Google is looking at our email.
- 70% of the Internet of Things are vulnerable to hacking. So, that's a concern as we considering connecting our homes to the internet.
- This chart from Quartz shows that Google is stealing Microsoft's future business customers. Mid sized and small tech companies use Google apps.
- Meet CloudFlare, a $1 billion startup that is handling 5% of internet traffic and poses a big threat to Cisco.
- We went to AT&T stores to see if anyone is buying Amazon's Fire phone. And the answer is nope. Stores only sold a few of them.
- YouTube's consumer products lead Shiva Rajaraman left to join Spotify. Former YouTube employees called him an MVP for the company. Bad timing since YouTube is launching a Spotify competitor.
- These are the best smartphones in the world.