Duolingo says the company significantly scaled back TV ads and that growing DAUs 62% YoY to 20.3M in Q1 2023 is due in part to efficient social media marketing
Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal : Twitter: @wsj and @trengriffin Twitter: @wsj : Duolingo describes its marketing strategy as “unhinged.” And it's working. https://www.wsj.com/... Tren Griffin / @...
Apple reports Services revenue grew 12% YoY to $19.6B in Q3 2022 and 860M paying subscribers globally across all its services, up from 825M in Q2 2022
people coming from Android - saw double-digit growth) Ben Bajarin / @benbajarin : Important observation as Apple continues to defy macro concerns (just like they did in 08-09 economic downturn). The p...
HR experts, industry execs, and government officials in Taiwan say the current chip talent shortage on the island is the most serious they have ever seen
Nikkei Asia : Tweets: @nikkeiasia , @trengriffin , @trevorcroker , and @martijnrasser Tweets: @nikkeiasia : The semiconductor industry is in the midst of a hiring frenzy, as it races to add capacity ...
How a scarcity of secondhand chip manufacturing machines, which use older fabrication techniques, has exacerbated the global chip shortage
The world is hungry for semiconductors, and not all of them need to be made with cutting-edge technology. The race is on to find older machines that can still crank out chips. Tweets: @benbajarin , @...
Some VC firms are using AI algorithms to help with investment decisions; Gartner forecasts that AI will be involved in 75% of VC investment decisions by 2025
Jared Council / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @trengriffin , @ryanlawler , and @hlandgren Tweets: Tren Griffin / @trengriffin : Everyone knows that AI will be involved in 76.4% of venture capital dec...
2020 has been the beginning of major streaming exclusivity plays, forcing users to pay for four or five services as big studios prioritize their own platforms
End-of-year turnover is always rough, and it's going to get worse — Two of the biggest movies people want to talk about this week … Tweets: @loudmouthjulia , @trengriffin , @freak_leader , @sachgau ...
2020 has been the beginning of major streaming exclusivity plays, forcing users to pay for four or five services as big studios prioritize their own platforms
End-of-year turnover is always rough, and it's going to get worse — Two of the biggest movies people want to talk about this week … Tweets: @trengriffin , @stevie_mat , @themeganpurdy , and @robabra...
Microsoft says it has seen a 775% increase in use of its cloud services worldwide in regions that have enforced social distancing or shelter in place orders
I'm just old enough to remember the days … Georgina Torbet / Digital Trends : Microsoft makes tweaks to Xbox Live and Teams to handle spike in demand Simon Sharwood / The Register : Microsoft reveals ...
Cerebras Systems unveils the world's biggest semiconductor chip that is the size of a large mousepad, with 400K cores, 1.2T transistors, and 18GB of SRAM memory
In the late 1970s, I sat down with technologist … Colm Gorey / Silicon Republic : World's largest semiconductor with 1.2trn transistors could supercharge AI Andy Hock / Cerebras : Introducing Cerebras...