winyy
Posts
Weekly innovation newsletter by Yuichiro Yoshinari (winyy) - Issue #21

Weekly innovation newsletter by Yuichiro Yoshinari (winyy) - Issue #21

winyy Issue #21山火事はまだ続いていますが、ベイエリア周辺の空気の状態はかなりよくなりました。久しぶりに快晴です。今週はAppleの製品発表、FacebookのVR新製品の発表などのニュースで賑わいました。”Why Zoom is booming”が今週のお勧め記事。Webinarで創業者のEric Yuanの話を聞いたことがありますが、苦労人ぶりが発言に現れていました。先週一番クリックされた記事は、”Facebook just invented"でした。今週号も気に入ってもらえたら、メールの末尾の「いいね！」ボタンをお願いします！拡散大歓迎。サインナップはこちら。winyy Issue #21Wildfires in CA are still continuing, but the air condition in the bay area has been improved. The clear sky has come back.This week, releases of Apple's new products and Facebook's new Oculus attracts attention. My recommendation this week is "Why Zoom is booming". I've heard the story of Eric Yuan, founder of Zoom, at a webinar, and realized that he is a man who has seen the world.The most read news last week was "Facebook just invented".Enjoy this issue!Please press the 'Like it' button at the end of the email if you like this issue.Sign up page is here.

September 19, 2020

人が乗れるドローンVelocopterが試乗予約の受付開始。15分のフライトが一人$350。ただし実現は2－3年後

Volocopter is for the first time offering tickets for flights on its extraordinary aircraft as it moves toward the launch of a flying taxi service.

Walmartがアフリカでの血液輸送で有名なZiplineと提携。ドローン配送テストを開始

Walmart now has two tests for drone delivery running in the U.S. Early Monday morning the company announced a new drone delivery program with Zipline, a startup that made its name delivering medical supplies across Africa. The partnership with Zipline comes on the heels of another newly announced drone partnership with Flytrex, which started delivering […]

5年以内にデスクトップ量子マシンが登場する

Today at TechCrunch Disrupt 2020, leaders from three quantum computing startups joined TechCrunch editor Frederic Lardinois to discuss the future of the technology. IonQ CEO and president Peter Chapman suggested we could be as little as five years away from a desktop quantum computer, but not everyone agreed on that optimistic timeline. “I think within […]

レッカー車が来る前に保険の見積もりを完了

Using algorithms, tech companies are helping insurers speed up the process after an accident, make it more accurate and keep estimators out of the field — a plus during a pandemic.

金星の雲に生命の兆候

Answering questions about the possibility of life there will require not one but several new missions that can directly study the planet.

イノベーションを育むにはデザイン思考から

Innovation should be a CEO priority. The problem is, leadership teams can struggle to inspire innovation in remote workforces. But physical distance shouldn’t prevent organizations from innovating or carving out new market niches. Here are four steps the C-suite can take to inspire innovation in the new normal. COVID-19 has made an unprecedented impact on businesses across […]

Desmond Williams is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Here, he shares his insightful perspectives on Organisational Design (ODS), Development (ODV) and change management initiatives.

Zoomが躍進する理由 - Zoom's company culture: Happiness

The thing that strikes one about Yuan is the simple clarity of his message.

今週Facebookが発表した新しいOculas Quest 2ではVR内が職場になる

Infinite Office works on Oculus Quest headsets, allowing users to do their work via customizable computer setups in VR.

シリコンバレーからリゾート地レイクタホに移住する人が急増。不動産売買は昨年の2倍、価格も高騰

The getaway spot is swarming with Bay Area residents who may stay for the long term.

Google CloudがNo CodeとAPIでビジネスアプリケーションプラットフォーム提供

Google Fiber is about to start testing a new 2 Gbps internet service in two cities with the plan to launch it widely in 2021, the company announced. The plan will cost $100 per month, or $30 more than the current 1 Gbps offering.

Googleは2030年までに全電源を再生可能エネルギーに転換

Google's 100% carbon-free commitment could have an industry-shifting impact on the global market for energy storage.

OracleがTikTokとのディールを纏めたが、中身に批判的な声も

On September 13th, Oracle announced it would be entering into a deal to be TikTok’s "Trusted Tech Partner" for the United States — heading off rumors of a potential sale to Microsoft from TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance. But does the deal address any of the pressing national security concerns about the popular app?

Salesforceが1,000人解雇して、12,000人新規雇用

In a case of bizarre timing, Salesforce announced it was laying off 1,000 employees at the end of last month just a day after announcing a monster quarter with over $5 billion in revenue, putting the company on a $20 billion revenue run rate for the first time. The juxtaposition was hard to miss. Earlier […]

Amazonが更に追加で10万人の雇用を検討（既に今年に入って17.5万人を新規雇用済み）

After taking on 175,000 new workers earlier in the year, Amazon is now hiring an additional 100,000 to deal with record demand caused by the coronavirus.

テスラから沢山のスタートアップが生まれている

Over a dozen former Tesla execs have gone on to establish EV and energy-related startups of their own.

LONDON and REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- bp and Microsoft Corp. today announced that they have agreed to collaborate as strategic partners to further digital transformation in energy

TechCrunch hosted an unusual Startup Battlefield this week — the founders, judges, audience and moderator (me) were all in different locations, doing our best to interact over WebEx. But the 20 startups still demonstrated their products and explained their visions, then were grilled by expert judges. And those judges helped the TechCrunch team select our […]

IBMは量子プロセッサの開発ロードマップを発表。2023年に1000Qbit

IBM today, for the first time, published its road map for the future of its quantum computing hardware. There is a lot to digest here, but the most important news in the short term is that the company believes it is on its way to building a quantum processor with more than 1,000 qubits — […]

Digital Transformationは常に顧客から

Customers’ expectations, preferences, changing patterns in how and why they purchase need to be the core of any digital transformation effort. 63% of

デジタル対応できる企業文化の確立

Traditional companies don't have to build cultures identical to digital-born darlings: But they must be digital enough to foster success. Leaders can take three steps to build a digital-ready culture.

For business leaders, they understand that digital transformation is important for their organisation's success.

CCOVID-19はDigital Transformationの加速器

A new consumer study from FIS Global, a banking technology company has conducted a survey of over 2000 consumers to better understand how their behavior is changing as consumers navigate their way through the new normal.

Sometimes it takes a burning platform, right?

Blockchainが自動車業界に与える影響

The key trends that drive the adoption of blockchain technology are enhanced logistics systems, an increase in automation, digital transformation, and financial technology proliferation.

Fast, secure and transparent transactions are the three main reasons for the adoption of Blockchain Technology in various industrie

Suga is seen as an efficient and ruthless political operator who promises policy continuity but a different style from his predecessor.

日本のコロナ差別は異常

Health-care workers and their children have been shunned, and hospitals threatened.

リベラルの最高裁判事Rith Bader Ginsburg（こちらではRBGと呼ばれることが多い）が死去。終身制の最高裁判事は米国社会の形を決める重要な役割。大統領に指名権限があり、病気に伏していたRBGが死期が大統領選挙の前か後かが注目されていた。これで最高裁判事は保守派が安定多数を占めることになります。大統領が誰かよりもどちらが多数派が重要という人もいます。

"We were put in this position of power and importance to make decisions for the people who so proudly elected us."

The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told her granddaughter that her dying wish was not to be replaced until a new president is sworn into office, NPR reports.

What’s happening? The US Commerce Department has issued an order banning Americans from downloading Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat; it’s due to come into effect on Sunday, September 20. Existing users in the US will still be able to use the apps, but they won’t receive updates or patches from Sunday onwards, and the apps…

Most read news last week.

Facebook Campus aims to help college students find each other. But does Gen Z really need it?