Futurum Tech Webcast
Episodes
The State Of Persistent Memory With Intel's Kristie Mann Part 1
25 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this special edition episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast Interview Series, Daniel Newman welcomes Kristie Mann, Sr. Director of Product Management ...
Exploring IBM Z Day
24 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast Interview Series, Daniel Newman welcomes IBM’s Z Team Melissa Sassi, IBM Z Startup Program Manag...
The State Of Automation: RPA, AI, And Intelligent Automation
15 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the main dive for today’s episode of Futurum Tech Podcast, we take a look at our recently published research report, The State of Automation 2019...
Xerox's Bid For HP: A Reversal of Fortune in the Making?
08 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this week rumors started to circulate about an audacious move by Xerox to acquire its much larger competitor HP. What are the prospects for th...
A Deep Dive on Blockchain with IBM's Rebecca Gott
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast Interview Series, Daniel Newman welcomes Rebecca Gott, IBM Distinguished Engineer. Rebecca has wor...
Facebook's News Tab - Is it a Win or a Disaster in the Making?
25 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What is going on at Facebook and does it does it bode for its long-term business model? And can we put a value on news feeds curated by journalists? W...
Amazon: America’s Newest Military Giant
18 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We take a main dive into the topic of Amazon, and whether we are looking at a company that might be described as America’s newest military giant. TH...
What Is The Internet Worth?
11 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We take a look at what the internet is worth. Can we put a value on free? That's the question Jerome Powell recently discussed at a meeting of economi...
California Plants A Flag In Deepfakes
04 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Deepfake videos are video forgeries that make people seem to be doing or saying things they didn’t actually do or say. As you might imagine these ma...
Amazon Is Coming For ….. Everyone
27 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
With Amazon’s 14 announcements on hardware ranging from various iterations of its Echo and Ring devices, to eyeglass frames, to even a smart oven, i...
Revealing the 2019 Call for Code Finalists with IBM’s Daniel Krook
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this special edition episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast, Daniel Newman welcomes Daniel Krook, CTO of the Call for Code Global Initiative and Code ...
Exploring the Cognitive Enterprise with IBM's Gene Chao
20 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this special edition episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast, Daniel Newman takes a look at the concept of the cognitive enterprise—the effort to bri...
The Apple Event–Was It Good Enough?
13 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode covered many topics. We started with the Apple Event. It was a good launch, but it simply wasn’t good enough for Apple. The Watch was t...
Realizing 2030 Customer Stories With Dell Technologies
10 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There are many exciting ways that AI and other emerging technologies will change the future of work in the next decade. In this Interview Series Futur...
Capital One Hacker Indictment–How it Could Impact Amazon
29 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode covered a variety of topics, including our Main Dive on the indictment of the Capital One hacker, Suzanne Thompson, some additional lawsu...
Microsoft Using Contractors To Listen To Xbox Users–Gasp!
23 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We have to talk about privacy issues and invasion of privacy way too much these days, as it happens all the time now. Recently it came out that contra...
Wearables–Their Past, Present And Future
16 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We dive into wearables and their past, present and what we can expect in the future. We also discuss fails vs successes and what we think will work in...
Samsung Introduces The Note 10
09 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Samsung introduced the Note 10. Some were disappointed in the $1000 price point considering there weren’t that many improvements, other than the des...
Elon Musk And Neuralink Brainchips–Will We Become Cyborgs For Real?
31 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk invested $100M in an organization called Neuralink. Neuralink is building tiny devices that are potentially going to be implanted in our bra...
Apple Dials - Up Intel's Modem Biz
26 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If modems are a commodity why did Apple just pay $1B to acquire one? Apple’s acquisition of Intel’s modem business is not only a bargain cost-wise...
Who's Afraid Of The FaceApp App?
18 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The recent “Russia is stealing your photos” meme highlights both the fear of data privacy (or just Russians perhaps) and the truth around most app...
Downtime In The Age Of 100% Uptime
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We live in a world of 100% digital access, but what happens when the “online supply chain” fails and you experience downtime, as we witnessed when...
Apple: Inflection, Reflection or Reset
02 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
One of Apple’s core players, lead designer Jony Ive, is departing after a decades-long stint to start his own design firm. Yes, Apple will be his ma...
Big ”Drone” Brother and the Surveillance Economy
21 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Amazon was just awarded a patent designed to allow for delivery drones to double as “surveillance-as-a-service” devices, allowing them to periodic...
Are we Over-Collaborating with Collaboration Tools?
13 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What is the state of collaboration today? Is technology making it better or worse, and what is the impact on the #futureofwork? As collaboration-tool ...
Apple's Revenue Strategy: Thousand-dollar Monitor Stands
07 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What the world needs now.... isn't a $999 monitor stand. Apple’s WWDC (Worldwide developer conference) 2019 had a number of interesting announcement...
The State of Hybrid Cloud: A one-one-one discussion w/ HPE's Robert Christiansen
07 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We all know about the Cloud, but what about the Hybrid Cloud? In this Interview Series Futurum Tech Podcast, Daniel Newman sits down with Robert Chris...
Silicon, IoT and the Future of Network Services: One-on-One w/ Ron Westfall
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How has the tech industry changed over the past decade and what's in store for the next as edge closer to 2020? We're talking with industry insider an...
The Art Of The Raw Deal
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The current trade situation between the US and China can only be explained as chaotic with the risk of disrupting the global tech supply chain. But is...
The FTC vs Qualcomm: In Qualcomm We (anti)Trust
24 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Forget Qualcomm vs Apple - the real story is Qualcomm vs the US FTC and the surprise anti-trust ruling against Qualcomm that could disrupt the entire ...
US vs CHINA: Executive Disorders?
17 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What is the real impact of the growing conflict between the United States and China involving trade, intellectual property, cyber-security, and now, p...
UBER's IPO: Driving In Reverse?
10 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
UBER finally caught up to rival LYFT, going public in one of the most anticipated IPO's of the year. And like LYFT, UBER fell a bit flat. What's going...
What is User Privacy, and Does It Actually Exist?
02 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to privacy, the tech industry has pretty much walked wherever they wish. But in the wake of repeated data hacks, ethical mis-steps, and ...
The Digital Ethics Of Automation
25 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Automation is quickly transforming the global workforce. But are technologies like Robotic Process Automation (RPA) augmenting workers who can now do ...
Apple v Qualcomm: Game Over, Dude!?
19 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Our Main Dive: Not even two days into opening arguments of the latest Apple vs Qualcomm litigation the two US tech giants announced a surprise settlem...
Bigotry, Hate Hoaxes & Congressional Hearings
12 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What could possibly go wrong when YouTube live-streams a congressional hearing on White Nationalism? The White Nationalists show up, resulting in a sh...
5G is arriving w/ it’s transformational potential
05 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
5G is finally arriving to a city near you. We break down the hype and the reality to discuss The transformational power of this technology and the ser...
Lyft IPO’s First: Can Uber get a ride?
30 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Diving deep into Lyft’s IPO as $LYFT on the Nasdaq. Rival Uber appears next up on the NYSE and the comparisons are underway. But while Lyft’s perf...
Brands, Narratives & the Digital Trust Continuum
22 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Diving deep into the topic of Digital Trust, looking at data privacy, data use, and data abuse to answer the question “what happens to a brand's nar...
The Combustible Issue of Breaking Up Tech
14 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Warren’s presidential run includes a call to break up Amazon, Google, Facebook, and any tech company that generates over $25 billion of an...
Zuckerberg's Manifesto: Privacy or Profit?
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Zuckerberg has published a manifesto outlining what he sees as the future of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. But is this really about privacy ...
MWC19 Mobile World Congress Update
01 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mobile World Congress is the tech industry's premier event for mobile technology. At this year's MWC19 we saw some great products - here's our rundown...
Google's New Motto: "Don't Appear To Be Evil"?
22 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Remember Google's "Don't Be Evil" motto? We do, and we miss it. The motto was quietly swept aside after the 2015 restructuring of Google under parent ...
Amazon boroughs out of NYC
17 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Bezos & Amazon clearly don't have a New York state of mind, as the tech giant walks away from its planned HQ expansion plans, opting to focus ins...
Germany goes up 1-nil over Facebook in the User Privacy Game
08 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Germany’s Federal Cartel Office (FCO) has taken aim at Facebook's business model, using antitrust regulations to prohibit the social-media giant fro...
Is Apple Leading a Techno Cartel?
01 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If there was an Alpha dog in tech this past week it must have been Apple, who checked Google and Facebook back into reality after they went afoul of A...
Facebook's 3in1 Messaging Strategy: More User Data!
25 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Facebook has three popular, and increasingly similar, messaging apps that all run different code. While Mark Zuckerberg plots to bring them together i...
Tech-enabled Retail: Boom or Bust?
18 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What does the future hold for tech-enabled retail, and can competitors like Microsoft and Kroger effectively partner in the store and in the cloud to ...
CES, Best Buy & a $7k Alexa-enabled Toilet. Really?
11 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
CES is now the biggest electronics show on the Vegas Strip, but are the Internet, Best Buy, and $7k Alexa-enabled toilets helping curb Strip trip? Um,...
The Bitter Taste of a Sour Apple (and CES update)
03 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Facing slowing sales in China, a lack of innovation mojo, and a difficult transition from products to services, Apple has shed a Facebook's worth of v...
The Futurum 2019 Crystal Ball - it's no Grand Illusion
27 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
From technology to business and politics to culture, we're eager to put the trade wars, the corporate hacks, and the shutdown brouhaha behind us to pu...
Return of the Contractual JEDI: Amazon, the DoD, and Everybody Else
21 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Amid a move by the Defense Department to shift towards a centralized, single-contract cloud service worth up to $10b over the next ten years, a nasty ...
Apple vs Qualcomm: Patent Battle Royale
14 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Apple and Qualcomm are close to setting the record for ongoing litigation in the technology sector, but Qualcomm may have found a way to gain an edge ...
Apple vs Microsoft: Valuation Battle Royale
07 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Apple and Microsoft are atop the leader board when it comes to both product success and market capitalization, or valuation. We take a look at the pro...
Peering over the Edge (of Edge Computing)
30 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Edge Computing: In this special 'research' edition we take a deep dive into the world of Edge Computing - what it is, why it's so important, and how i...
Time to Break Up (with) High-tech?
23 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this special "call in" issue, we ask is technology all that we think it is? And why does it always seem to get us into trouble? Sure, we have some ...
Amazon's HQ2: Deal or No Deal?
16 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
While Amazon was out hunting for a second (and third) Headquarter's location, every major city in the US was hunting for Amazon. In the end, it's a sp...
Real-Time Analytics and Customer Experience: Speaking w/ Wilson Raj of SAS
14 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The future of customer experience will be driven by massive amounts of data used to understand the past, the now, and the next. But making sense of th...
Is the Future of Mobile Flexible or Foldable?
08 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Samsung has demonstrated its flexibility once again, this time with flexible screens for its line of mobile phones. But is this really the future of m...
Hidden Value: Can a $34b Red Hat Help IBM Transform the Cloud?
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
IBM has taken the next step in its ongoing transformation with the $34 billion acquisition of Linux, JBoss, and OpenShift provider Red Hat. With a lon...
The Issue of Bias in AI - Do we have Digital Trust or Not?
25 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The promise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is high, very high. But can we really trust AI systems today to be reliable, accurate, and free from bias?...
Facebook's Investor Revolt - Should He Stay or Should He Go?
19 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Few brands or businesses have been under fire quite like Facebook. From high-profile data leaks and fake news to experiments on the emotions of its us...
Google: The Good, the Bad, and the Untrustworthy
12 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Google does a lot of things right, from search and advertising to cloud and apps they are one of the best. But when it comes to creating a sense of br...
Did China Hack Amazon & Apple the Hard(ware) Way?
05 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bloomberg Businessweek bet big with an accusation that China embedded rogue hardware into the products of Elemental Technologies (a company since acqu...
The Holy Grail of Digital: Speaking w/ Jason Shepherd, Dell Technologies
02 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Digital technology has radically changed how businesses gather, process, and gain insights from data. In this Interview Series of the Futurum Tech Pod...
Qualcomm Plays 'Whose Code Is It Anyway?' w Guests Apple & Intel
28 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Qualcomm and Apple must like each other a lot. Over the years they've found creative ways to spend so much time together, either as partners or in cou...
Amazon's Home Alone Moment
21 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
At the risk of becoming the guest who wouldn't leave, Amazon has put a new twist on being Home Alone, as in it doesn't ever want you to be truly home ...
Was Apple's Big Event a Mission Impossible?
13 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Apple's Sept 12 event had a Mission: Impossible theme w/ cool #healthtech (Slip/Fall detection, FDA-approved ECG) and improved specs (A10 bionic, 7nm,...
The Innovation Apple: Does Apple Still Have Mojo?
07 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Our Main Dive: Apple continues to be one of the driving forces in technology. But over a decade into the iPhone, and with an aging Macbook lineup, doe...
North Korea Unchained: Bitcoin, Blockchain, and the Hermit Kingdom
31 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Our Main Dive: North Korea's Kim Jong-un has risen to a new level of bravado, allegedly getting set to host Pyongyang's first Korean International Blo...
Australia Hangs Up on Huawei and ZTE: The Politics of 5G Down Under
25 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Australia's 5G mobile rollout promises high speeds and high profits, but not for Huawei or ZTE who have been banned from participating amid allegation...
The Privacy Gap: Why Expectations Don't Meet Reality
18 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
From security breaches to companies tracking users through biometrics and behavior, the gap between privacy expectations and privacy reality are growi...
From Snapchat to Conspiracies, a Very Social Podcast
09 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Q2 earnings announcement from “camera company” Snap was good from a revenue and earnings perspective but sour from a user growth perspective –...
Is Apple atop a Trillion-dollar Bubble?
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Apple's Q3 performance and some strong guidance pushes it into the Trillion Dollar Club, but why? Is Apple really that good? Is there a bubble? And wh...
Facebook's 119 Billion Reasons to Provide Better Guidance
27 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Facebook's lackluster Q2 performance cost CEO Zuckerberg two spots on the World's Richest list, but it cost investors a lot more - $119 billion dollar...