So what did Zoom do? Well, it decided to innovate. Hey, sometimes there’s sound too! When the mute button’s disabled…īut unlike other one-trick-pony stocks such as Peloton ( Nasdaq: PTON ), Zoom realized it was walking a dangerous path by only doing one thing … even if it did that one thing better, not to mention cheaper, than its other videoconferencing cousins. Like a less spooky séance - and with far fewer candles - Zoom lets you conjure up the corporeal images of your coworkers from anywhere around the world … and that’s about it. See, for the entirety of its existence, Zoom has only ever offered one service. I thought for sure it would get bought out by a bigger company once people started going back to the office.īut based on Zoom’s latest earnings report, the remote conferencing company may yet survive to dance on its doubters’ graves. I have to say, I’m impressed that Zoom Video Communications ( Nasdaq: ZM ) is still with us in its present form post-pandemic. And one ‘Next Gen Coin’ is going to take center stage.” 1 crypto expert - whose crypto trades have soared as high as 1,061%, 1,934% and 18,325% all in less than a year - says: “Bitcoin’s best days are behind us. Got something to say about 5G or 6G wireless? Implants? Monkeys playing Pong with their brains? Drop us a line at and you just might find your email in this week’s edition of Friday Feedback!Īmerica’s No. So why not bet the farm on 6G and take the lead once again? It already lost the 5G race, which will become increasingly obvious as the distance between it and Verizon/T-Mobile grows. Now that it’s completely focused on wireless and not distracted by trying to run a streaming service, AT&T should put all its focus on the next generation of wireless. Honestly, while I don’t like AT&T right now, the company has a chance with the coming 6G revolution to take the lead once again. Those are the same companies that will push 6G even more over the next couple of years.Ĭompanies such as AT&T ( NYSE: T ), T-Mobile ( Nasdaq: TMUS ), Version ( NYSE: VZ ), Qualcomm ( Nasdaq: QCOM ) … maybe even Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ), if the company doesn’t go hog-wild on the implant thing. Y’all probably already know the companies you should invest in to take advantage of the continuing boom in 5G wireless. I was trying to distract myself from the current Wall Street nightmare, but … investing advice, hmm. No, we get it … but, umm … isn’t this an investing newsletter? Got any investing advice on the topic? I’m gonna need some seriously airtight privacy laws and a reaffirmed/strengthened 14th Amendment before I go anywhere near implanted wireless technology. But you understand right, Great Ones?Īnd don’t even get me started on the level of tracking that governments would suddenly have at their fingertips with an implanted 6G “smartphone-like” device. Just … not one run by Zuckerberg, or Musk … or Bezos … or… In the right setting, with the right safeguards, I’m all for a Matrix-style online metaverse. That monkey died, by the way… Surgical complications or something.īut I’m not some old codger who’s afraid of technology. The company’s most newsworthy development was connecting a Macaque monkey to a computer with neurological impacts so it could play Pong with its mind. Really? Have you seen what Neuralink is working on?įor those who don’t know, Neuralink is another of Elon Musk’s pet projects. It might as well be attached as much as we use it, right?īut … implants? Technological body modification? Does no one watch sci-fi anymore?! Star Trek? The Borg? “You will be assimilated!” Sure, you can make jokes that many of us have already implanted a smartphone in our hands. Many of these things will be built directly into our bodies. By then, definitely the smartphone as we know it today will not anymore be the most common interface.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |