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Aaron Pressman

@ampressman
32 posts
2024-10-17
It's terrific that Amazon is still updating its Kindle line (14 years after people said Apple would kill Kindle with the iPad).  And the new color model looks very interesting.  But pour one out for page turning buttons, alas. https://www.theverge.com/... cc @techmeme
2024-10-17 View on X
The Verge

Amazon discontinues the Kindle Oasis, which was the only Kindle still available with physical page-turn buttons, introduced in 2016 and last refreshed in 2019

Amazon has discontinued the Kindle Oasis, which was the only Kindle still available with physical page-turn buttons.

It's terrific that Amazon is still updating its Kindle line (14 years after people said Apple would kill Kindle with the iPad).  And the new color model looks very interesting.  But pour one out for page turning buttons, alas. https://www.theverge.com/... cc @techmeme
2024-10-17 View on X
The Verge

Amazon updates Kindle Paperwhite, adding a larger, brighter 7" display and faster page turns for $160+, and Kindle, adding color options and speed improvements

our most popular device. It's faster, thinner, and more powerful than ever, with a gorgeous 7-inch display and page turns that are practically instantaneous. Despite the performanc...

2024-10-16
It's terrific that Amazon is still updating its Kindle line (14 years after people said Apple would kill Kindle with the iPad).  And the new color model looks very interesting.  But pour one out for page turning buttons, alas. https://www.theverge.com/... cc @techmeme
2024-10-16 View on X
The Verge

Amazon updates Kindle Paperwhite, adding a larger, brighter 7" display and faster page turns for $160+, and Kindle, adding color options and speed improvements

Amazon introduced updated versions of the Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite on Wednesday, only a few hours after inadvertently leaking them both.

2022-07-25
Today about 200,000 planes and helicopters are in active use in the US, with around 5,400 flying during peak hours; the potential number of drones that could take to the sky is exponentially higher. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2022-07-25 View on X
Bloomberg

An in-depth look at the research collaboration between NASA and the FAA since 2017 to write new US airspace rules for safely accommodating millions of drones

and maybe one day, people https://www.bloomberg.com/... @bw : If drone delivery becomes widespread, the sky could be filled with scores of drones. Go inside the massive undertaking...

2022-04-16
Goldman will say “so uh where's the financing coming from” and Morgan Stanley will say “oh the financing is in this can” and hand Goldman a can and Goldman will open the can and a bunch of fake snakes will pop out. “AAAHHH,” Goldman will scream, and then they will chuckle https://twitter.com/...
2022-04-16 View on X
Bloomberg

Elon Musk's hostile offer may not be viable, but it opens Twitter to an acquisition; should Twitter fend off Musk, the company will watch its stock drop

Matt Levine / Bloomberg :

Goldman will say “so uh where's the financing coming from” and Morgan Stanley will say “oh the financing is in this can” and hand Goldman a can and Goldman will open the can and a bunch of fake snakes will pop out. “AAAHHH,” Goldman will scream, and then they will chuckle https://twitter.com/...
2022-04-16 View on X
New York Post

Sources: Elon Musk is speaking to investors, including Silver Lake, to partner with him on a Twitter bid; a plan with partners could be announced within days

Elon Musk is speaking to investors who could partner with him on a bid for Twitter, sources close to the matter told The Post.

2021-05-18
Monkey see, monkey do: Amazon Music drops HD tier surcharge, shaking up hi-fi streaming market after Apple announces lossless service at no extra charge https://www.billboard.com/...
2021-05-18 View on X
Billboard

Amazon Music HD is now available to Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers for free, effectively cutting the Hi-Fi service's price from $14.99 to $9.99 per month

2021-05-17
Yep: “AT&T will have better flexibility to spend on 5G and fiber.” - AT&T CEO John Stankey in call with the media $T
2021-05-17 View on X
CNN

AT&T to spin off WarnerMedia and combine it with Discovery in a $43B deal; the new company will be run by Discovery CEO David Zaslav

New York (CNN Business)The streaming TV race is about to get even more competitive.  —  On Monday morning AT&T (T) and Discovery, Inc. (DISCA) …

Discovery CEO David Zaslav emphasizes his top priority is having good relationships with content producers. Is that throwing shade on Warner Media's decision to put 1st run movies on HBO Max? $T
2021-05-17 View on X
CNN

AT&T to spin off WarnerMedia and combine it with Discovery in a $43B deal; the new company will be run by Discovery CEO David Zaslav

New York (CNN Business)The streaming TV race is about to get even more competitive.  —  On Monday morning AT&T (T) and Discovery, Inc. (DISCA) …

2021-05-05
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney bugs Apple CEO Tim Cook in 2015 email about openness of the app story. 10 hours later, Cook is like keep this guy off our stage (which makes sense). https://twitter.com/...
2021-05-05 View on X
9to5Mac

On Day Two of the Apple vs Epic trial, Sweeney said he would have taken an exclusive App Store deal, Apple recounted Epic's praise of Apple's Metal API, more

Simon says Apple refused to let it prominently mention COVID-19 in an update that appeared in its app, because it worried the topic —including just mentioning lockdowns — would be ...

2021-04-28
<Bloomberg report>: Justin Zhu, co-founder of Iterable, said he was trying microdosing LSD as a way to boost focus <Every person ever forced to rely on Iterable>: nods head https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2021-04-28 View on X
Bloomberg

Iterable, which offers SMS, email, and app notification growth marketing services and is valued at ~$2B, ousts CEO for taking LSD before a board meeting in 2019

2021-03-24
Microsoft CEO @satyanadella shows up at Intel's big strategy event. “We're excited to build on our partnership as Intel builds on this next chapter,” he says. $INTC $MSFT
2021-03-24 View on X
AnandTech

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says it will spend $20B on two fabs in Chandler, Arizona and will reconfigure its external Foundry Services to serve new chip customers

The new CEO of Intel, Pat Gelsinger, has today outlined his vision for Intel over the coming years.

2021-03-02
Zoom zooms, Zoom boom, Zoom va-va-voom? What's you headline as the stock jumps another 10% on earnings after-hours https://www.cnbc.com/... $ZM
2021-03-02 View on X
CNBC

Zoom Q4: revenue of $882M, up 369% YoY, vs. $812M est., 467K customers with 10+ employees, projected Q1 revenue of $900M-$905M, vs. $829M est.

Jordan Novet / CNBC :

2021-02-18
Looks like also some more tiered pricing levels - Google to roll out slate of over 50 updates for Classroom, Meet and other online education tools https://techcrunch.com/...
2021-02-18 View on X
TechCrunch

Google launches over 50 new features for its education products, including Classroom, Meet, and Workspace, with a focus on meeting educators' and admins' needs

Google today introduced a suite of updates for its online education tools whose adoption and further development have been accelerated …

2021-01-31
Contrast and compare the RoaringKitty profiles by our two leading daily financial publications: NYT: Mr. Gill's mother, Elaine, confirmed in a brief phone call that her son was Roaring Kitty. “I'm proud,” she said, before hanging up. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2021-01-31 View on X
Under the Hood

Robinhood explains why it placed restrictions on certain securities over the past week, says its clearinghouse-mandated deposit for equities increased tenfold

managed by obscure entities at the center of the stock market called clearinghouses — kicked in Thursday, forcing Robinhood to find emergency cash to continue to be able to trade.”...

Contrast and compare the RoaringKitty profiles by our two leading daily financial publications: NYT: Mr. Gill's mother, Elaine, confirmed in a brief phone call that her son was Roaring Kitty. “I'm proud,” she said, before hanging up. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2021-01-31 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Profile of the trader known as DeepFuckingValue on r/WallStreetBets, who began investing in GameStop and explaining why in YouTube videos starting in mid-2019

2021-01-30
Contrast and compare the RoaringKitty profiles by our two leading daily financial publications: NYT: Mr. Gill's mother, Elaine, confirmed in a brief phone call that her son was Roaring Kitty. “I'm proud,” she said, before hanging up. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2021-01-30 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Profile of the trader known as DeepFuckingValue on r/WallStreetBets, who began investing in GameStop and explaining why in YouTube videos starting in mid-2019

Trader known as DeepF—ingValue on the WallStreetBets forum helped turn the investing world upside down.  “I didn't expect this.”

2020-11-18
“Basically, the $5000 iMac Pro I bought three years ago has been humbled by a $999 MacBook Air and a $699 Mac mini. This is real life. This is where we are now.” @jsnell https://sixcolors.com/...
2020-11-18 View on X
AnandTech

Deep dive on the fan-cooled M1 chip in the Mac mini: performance is “outstandingly good”, besting Intel's chips and on par with AMD's new Zen 3 line

Better necessarily implies different.  —  That's one of my favorite axioms. Joe Rossignol / MacRumors : Mac Mini Teardown Provides Real-World Look at M1 Chip on Smaller Logic Board...

“Basically, the $5000 iMac Pro I bought three years ago has been humbled by a $999 MacBook Air and a $699 Mac mini. This is real life. This is where we are now.” @jsnell https://sixcolors.com/...
2020-11-18 View on X
Engadget

Apple MacBook Air with M1 review: incredibly fast performance with no fan noise, decent gaming performance, and a great keyboard and trackpad

and quad-thread—consumer-available processor on the planet, it certainly isn't missing it by much.” ... and this is the first gen non-pro level hardware.... 😳 Really not making it ...

2020-10-26
Alex Karp is pretty self-aware: “You think it is helpful having a fluorescent praying mantis coming into their office, telling them about German philosophy? Do you think that's helpful? I can tell you, it's not helpful.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
2020-10-26 View on X
New York Times

Profile of Palantir CEO Alex Karp and the controversies around Palantir's trustworthiness; Karp claims his progressivism offsets Thiel's relationship with Trump