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Tech as the New Mobility Status Symbol
“We are entering a time when price and size get decoupled,” says Mark Platshon, Senior Advisor of BMW i Ventures in the above video filmed at the Joint Venture Silicon Valley 2016 State of the Valley Conference. Platshon was referring to the idea that today’s buyers are increasingly looking to technology to improve the mobility experience and value that…
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Viodi View – 02/26/16
What do set-tops, wireless and Silicon Valley have in common? Besides being referenced in today’s Viodi View, they also represent opportunity in one form or another to one group or another. More or Less Competition from FCC’s Approved “Open” Set Top Box Proposal? by Alan Weissberger On Feb 18, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) narrowly approved a…
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Once in a Generation Opportunity
A once in a generation opportunity is how Stefan Heck characterizes the changes to the built-environment, thanks to ACES. ACES – Autonomous, Connected, Electrified and Shared – is the acronym that Heck – CEO and Co-Founder, NAUTO, and Consulting Professor, Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University – invented to describe the convergence of different technologies that will transform…
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More or Less Competition from FCC’s Approved “Open” Set Top Box Proposal?
On Feb 18, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) narrowly approved a proposal by Chairman Tom Wheeler to let consumers swap their cable television boxes for cheaper devices and apps, a move that is intended to increase competition in the $20 billion set-top box market. The proposal passed on a 3-to-2 vote, with commissioners Ajit Pai and Michael…
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An Opportunity to Be a Model for the Rest of the World
The Joint Venture Silicon Valley (JVSV) 2016 State of the Valley Conference painted a picture of an extremely prosperous region, as shown by its high median income of $98,535 and housing prices with a median price of $830,000. As is common knowledge in Silicon Valley, this prosperity causes an “affordability” issue for the significant number of people on the…
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Viodi View – 02/13/15
How can a driverless delivery truck that has a cab for a driver be patentable, asks Alain Kornhauser in his latest newsletter. He was referring to Google’s patent application for a self-driving delivery truck. It does make one wonder whether this author should have patented his idea for a driverless laundromat that would provide door-to-door service. To…
Viodi View – The Bridge Between the Heartland and Silicon Valley