Nightrider Taxis | JOMO for 2nd Feb
In today’s JOMO: Cruise will test robot axis at night, Google reports stellar results and a PM who writes code (no pun intended, an actual Prime Minister)
🗞In the news
Alphabet stock jumps on back of blowout earnings - CNBC
The search giant relies heavily on Google’s advertising revenue, which soared in the quarter. Revenue for the segment came in at $61.24 billion, up 33% from $46.2 billion in the year-earlier period.
Just keep the flywheel going. Amazing. The cloud business did even better, clocking 45% growth
🤑🚀Startups, funding etc
Canva acquires Flourish in mission to tell better stories with data - TC
Rather interesting product and seems like a good fit for Canva. Check out some examples here
🤩New products, features, launches
Cruise’s initial driverless service is from 11 pm to 5 am, a company spokesperson confirmed, adding that night driving is part of its strategy to start where it can have the best impact and expand methodically from there
One could argue that more accidents *by human errors* happen at night, but interesting to see a tome specific
SpaceX’s new Starlink Premium tier promises up to 500Mbps for $500 a month - Verge
Rather expensive. Actually, very expensive. There’s a $2500 charge for the dish too
Microsoft’s take on task management is available for a test run - Verge
Microsoft Lists is now available as a free preview to users with personal Microsoft accounts — but only for the first 200,000 people who sign up to try it. Lists, which is a sort of task management meets to-do list app, has only been available to business and enterprise users up until now.
Trello beater? Take it for a spin
🤔Interesting read
Gaming the Smiling Curve - Stratechery
Another week, another gaming acquisition. First Take-Two acquired Zynga, then Microsoft acquired Activision-Blizzard, and now Sony just announced the acquisition of Bungie. Each of these acquisitions is interesting in its own right, but taken as a set they paint a picture of industry evolution that extends far beyond gaming.
The explainer we’ve been waiting for
The Pixel 6 is a hit: Google touts “record sales” in Q4 2021 - Ars Technica
‘In Q4, we set an all time quarterly sales record for Pixel. This came in spite of an extremely challenging supply chain environment. The response to Pixel 6 from our customers and carrier partners was incredibly positive.’ Google said
No actual numbers quoted, so difficult to say how big this is, in comparison to other manufacturers. But it is sold out, so there’s that
Taking stock of the global electric vehicle race - Axios
Global EV sales — battery-electric and plug-in hybrid combined — more than doubled last year to around 6.6 million vehicles. They accounted for 8.6% of the global light-duty vehicle market, compared to about 2.5% in 2019, per a new International Energy Agency commentary.
Worth taking a look back, before looking forward. Tesla leads, by a fair margin. But others are catching up
Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong's Sudoku Solver code runs in 1ms - Leetcode
Singapore's prime minister Lee Hsien Loong showcased his Sudoku Solver C code. You can read his original Facebook post here and another news reporting it here.
Wow, the Singapore PM writes (used to write?) code!? And that too for Sudoku!
😎Cool Products, websites and tools
Write & schedule great Twitter threads with a rich editor
Why not? Check out Typefully while you are there. Really nice product
Async audio & video discussions – right from your browser
Verrry interesting. Unique landing page too
📊Poll for the day
Can you write code?
Yes and I like it
Yes but I dont want to
Nope
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Morning Brew, Verge, Techcrunch, Techmeme, CNBC, Hacker News, Product Hunt and more