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2022 predictions for AR/VR, Metaverse tech and gaming

VC Cafe

If we apply Moore’s law, assuming that more engineering and money are poured into VR, it’s possible that AR/VR headsets could replace smartphones in the future. Jon Vlassopulos, VP, Global Head of Music, Roblox. AR and VR are both growing in consumer adoption.

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Consider Emerging Markets for Your Global Expansion

Transformify

Globalization is the most significant challenge facing multinational firms today, especially in the emerging markets of Russia, Brazil, China, and Mexico. However, global businesses evaluate a variety of considerations before expanding their operations into a new market. Emerging Markets As The Pocket Full Of Potential.

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Don’t Sleep on Lightning

Version One Ventures

If you want to feel bullish on how Lightning can be used as global payments rails, read this comprehensive essay by Nicolas Burtey of Galoy. TL;DR: The best analogue for Bitcoin itself is a global settlement layer like Fedwire (run by the Federal Reserve for interbank settlements with an average transaction size of $2 million).

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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

Technology is, like water, flowing and seeping into nearly every sector and eventually into most of the global economy. 4/ Global Trade Wars Are For Real. companies, more sensitivity around technology IP and security. 6/ Venture Capital In Expansion Phase. In the meantime, we have what we have today. 3/ Crypto Hibernation.

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Q2 2015 DDoS Trends – The Fall Of Search Engine Impersonators

YoungUpstarts

Search engine impersonators are bots that pretend to be crawling a website in an attempt to index it and find useful links. Most website owners are more than happy to have the search engine bots (googlebot and bingbot, to name a couple) browsing their website all day long. It is evidence to the agility of DDoS attackers.

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Analytics On The Bleeding Edge: Transforming Data's Influence

Occam's Razor

The above-observed realities were on my mind as I took on a new role to lead Global Strategic Analytics. The first component is a gloriously scaled global creative pre-testing program. The other gloriously scaled global practice is our pre-flight check, which we call the Minerva Check – named for the Greek goddess of wisdom. :).

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Eastern European Champions & the 4 V’s of Big Data

Cracking the Code

I would categorize these champions in two camps: the “Local Champions” and the “Global Champions”. The second category is composed of companies that have developed a unique IP locally and marketed it worldwide - typically in the gaming, software, security or mobile sectors. I will elaborate a bit on the first one – Big Data.