The wire did not disappear quietly. It was displaced by a standard nobody outside engineering circles had heard of, ratified in 1997 under the designation IEEE 802.11, and branded for consumer markets two years later as WiFi. The consequences for media — how it is produced, distributed, consumed, and monetized — have been total. Before wireless local networking, digital … [Read more...] about How WiFi Changed Media
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Canva Acquires Simtheory and Ortto to Build End-to-End Work Platform
Canva has acquired two companies founded by the same team: Simtheory, an AI agent and collaboration platform, and Ortto, a customer data and marketing automation company. Both were built by brothers Chris and Mike Sharkey, who previously founded the vacation rental platform Stayz before selling it to Fairfax Media. The acquisitions signal Canva's intent to move well beyond … [Read more...] about Canva Acquires Simtheory and Ortto to Build End-to-End Work Platform
Netflix Price Hikes, The Economics of Dominance in a Saturated Streaming Market
A familiar pattern keeps repeating itself, and it’s not accidental. Every time Netflix raises prices, the reaction cycle runs fast—complaints, cancellations, headlines—and then, almost as predictably, subscriber numbers stabilize or even grow. That alone tells you this isn’t a desperate move. It’s a calculated signal of strength. The core driver is simple, but not shallow: … [Read more...] about Netflix Price Hikes, The Economics of Dominance in a Saturated Streaming Market
America’s Brands Keep Winning Even as America Itself Slips
The latest Brand Finance picture of the United States in 2026 captures a tension that feels bigger than branding alone. On one side, the U.S. remains the most powerful brand market in the world, with the country’s top 500 brands now worth a combined USD6.44 trillion, up 10% year over year. Apple, Microsoft, and Google still define the upper tier of global corporate influence, … [Read more...] about America’s Brands Keep Winning Even as America Itself Slips
Kioxia’s Storage Gambit: Flash Steps Into the AI Memory Hierarchy
Something subtle but decisive is unfolding in AI infrastructure, and Kioxia’s latest move makes it unusually clear. The company is not just launching another SSD line at GTC 2026; it is positioning flash memory as a functional extension of GPU memory itself. That shift—almost easy to miss on a first read—signals a structural change in how AI systems will be built over the next … [Read more...] about Kioxia’s Storage Gambit: Flash Steps Into the AI Memory Hierarchy
