techLGTM
By Shashank, Preet and Amol
techLGTMNov 09, 2020
Guest Episode 8 - Attention Factory by Mathhew Brennan - The Story of TikTok and China's ByteDance
Welcome to a very special episode (#8) of techLGTM.
In this episode we invited an amazing personality as our guest, Matthew Brennan, he is an expert on China Technology space, he has authored multiple books and is one of the most sought-after speakers on anything related to Chinese Technology. His recently released book "Attention Factory - The Story of TikTok & China's ByteDance" is getting rave reviews and is a must read for any entrepreneur.
In this episode Matthew tells us about his background and career, what motivated him to author this book. He also shared his views on Tencent, Misucal.ly, Toutiao. He touched upon similarities and differences between China and US technology ecosystem and future of Chinese technology.
Matthew also shared his views about political controversies regarding TikTok and how Joe Biden winning the elections might impact the future of ByteDance and other Chinese companies.
You can follow Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mbrennanchina and buy his book from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08L1578B6/
About techLGTM
A technology podcast hosted by Shashank Singh, Preet Raj and Amol Sharma. Here we discuss some latest and pressing topics related to technology. We analyze how technology impacts our day to day life and what the future of technology will look like.
Shashank Singh - Startup specialist with over two decades of experience. MBA in entrepreneurship and is an engineer.
Amol Sharma - Serial entrepreneur who has founded multiple companies in the space e-commerce, AR/VR and Blockchain. Amol is an active member of VR AR Association and is an avid angel investor.
Preet Raj - Seasoned engineering leader with Big Data. AI/ML and devops chops. MS and BE in Computer Science
#matthew #brennan #matthewbrennan #tiktok #attentionfactory #china #chinesetech #chinesetechnology #podcast #technology #tech #techLGTM
Episode 7 techLGTM - Zoom Zapp Zoom! #Zoom #Zapps #Airmeet #Hopin
Welcome to episode 7 of techLGTM
In this episode we talk about Zoom - the leader in modern enterprise video communications and their announcement of Zapps.
What is Zoom? History of Zoom and its founder - Zoom was founded by Eric Yuan, a former corporate vice president for Cisco Webex. He left Cisco in April 2011 with 40 engineers to start a new company. ~10 year to make it a success and a mature platform.
Effect of COVID-19 on the rise of Zoom - By February 2020, Zoom had gained 2.22 million users in 2020. Daily average users rose from about 10 million in December 2019 to more than 300 million daily meeting participants in April 2020.
How Zoom compares to it’s competitors like Bluejeans, GoToMeeting, Skype, Hangout etc and why Zoom has an edge.
New players in the market - Hopin, Airmeet.
Zapps - marketplace for 3rd party apps to be integrated into Zoom. Invite only. Why this is a game changer.
About techLGTM
A technology podcast hosted by Shashank Singh, Preet Raj and Amol Sharma. Here we discuss some latest and pressing topics related to technology. We analyze how technology impacts our day to day life and what the future of technology will look like.
- Shashank Singh - Startup specialist with over two decades of experience. MBA in entrepreneurship and is an engineer.
- Amol Sharma - Serial entrepreneur who has founded multiple companies in the space e-commerce, AR/VR and Blockchain. Amol is an active member of VR AR Association and is an avid angel investor.
- Preet Raj - Seasoned engineering leader with Big Data. AI/ML and devops chops. MS and BE in Computer Science
#zoom #zapps #hangouts #hopin #Airmeet #videocalls #webinars #podcast #technology #tech #techLGTM
techLGTM Episode6 - #Google Search Improvement & #Apple #iPhone Event
Welcome to episode 6 of techLGTM
In this episode we discussed:
Improvements in Google search algorithm
- huge improvements in search algorithm, now uses more than 680 mm parameters to understand the context of the search query
- integration with new data sources which were only part of Google's Open Data commons project, knowledge graph
- enhanced video/audio processing (frame by frame) to identity tags and context
- Google Lens - now you can take a picture of complex math problems and Google will tell you how to solve it
- improved AR in google maps to show information about the local businesses
Apple Event
- Launch of iPhone12 Mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max
- Launch of Homepod Mini - compared to Google Home Mini, Alexa Devices
- MagSafe? Is it safe?
- LIDAR in iPhone 12 Pro - game changer?
- Ceramic Shield - 4x Drop Performance
About techLGTM
A technology podcast hosted by Shashank Singh, Preet Raj and Amol Sharma. Here we discuss some latest and pressing topics related to technology. We analyze how technology impacts our day to day life and what the future of technology will look like.
Shashank Singh - Startup specialist with over two decades of experience. MBA in entrepreneurship and is an engineer.
Amol Sharma - Serial entrepreneur who has founded multiple companies in the space e-commerce, AR/VR and Blockchain. Amol is an active member of VR AR Association and is an avid angel investor.
Preet Raj - Seasoned engineering leader with Big Data. AI/ML and Devops chops. MS and BE in Computer Science
#iphone #iphone12 #iphone12pro #iphone12promax #apple #ios #google #search #googlesearch #AR #LIDAR #homepod #homepodmini #review #googlelens #googleAR #podcast #technology #tech #techLGTM
Episode 5 - #techLGTM - Alliance against Google Play Store "Monopoly" in India and Facebook sues two companies for illegal data scraping.
Welcome to episode 5 of techLGTM. In this episode we discussed:
Indian startups explore alliance and alternative app store to fight Google’s ‘monopoly’
- Google enforcing their in-app payment rules in its play store
- New alliances or regulation
- Marketplace vs sellers
Facebook sues two companies engaged in data scraping operation
- BrandTotal Ltd, Unimania Inc. - sued by Facebook
- Data privacy - who owns data?
- Can you trade your friend's data?
About techLGTM:
A technology podcast hosted by Shashank Singh, Preet Raj and Amol Sharma. Here we discuss some latest and pressing topics related to technology. We analyze how technology impacts our day to day life and what the future of technology will look like.
Shashank Singh - Startup specialist with over two decades of experience. MBA in entrepreneurship and is an engineer.
Amol Sharma - Serial entrepreneur who has founded multiple companies in the space e-commerce, AR/VR and Blockchain. Amol is an active member of VR AR Association and is an avid angel investor.
Preet Raj - Seasoned engineering leader with Big Data. AI/ML and Devops chops. MS and BE in Computer Science
Episode 4 - #techLGTM - What is SPAC?
Welcome to episode 4 of techLGTM - A technology podcast hosted by Shashank Singh, Preet Raj and Amol Sharma.
In this episode we discussed:
- What is SPAC?
- SPAC vs IPO?
- SPAC vs Traditonal Venture Capital model of investing
- Why is SPAC becoming popular?
- How Chamath Palihapitiya has made SPAC so popular?
- Risks of SPAC and future
Episode 3 - #techLGTM - Unity IPO, Are Apple App Store and Google Play Store monopolies?
A technology podcast hosted by Shashank Singh, Preet Raj and Amol Sharma.
In episode 3 following topic were discussed:
1) Unity IPO:
- Unity IPO'ed on Friday (8-Sept 2020) priced $52, stock opened at $75 (i.e. more than 31% pop)
- Unity core product offerings and it's revenue streams
- Some challenges and how it is different than Epic games etc
2) Are Google and Apple - App Stores monopolies?
- With recent events of Google removing India's largest payment system Paytm's app from its play store
- Apple's enforcement of in-app payment and not let other in-app payment system compete
- Are app stores a fair marketplace as claimed by Tim Cook in congressional hearing?
Do let us know what other topics you want us to cover in our upcoming episodes.
Episode 2 - #techLGTM - Technology Looks Good To Me - Apple, Facebook AR VR, Snowflake IPO
A technology podcast hosted by Shashank Singh, Preet Raj and Amol Sharma.
In episode 2 following topic were discussed:
1) Facebook’s announcement of AR Glass project – Aria. Facebook shared its vision of future of wearable AR, also announced partnership with Luxottica. Facebook launched new Oculus Quest 2 VR headset with exciting price of $299.
2) In an event on September 15th, Apple announced new watch series 6 with capability to monitor O2 level. Apple launched Fitness+ service for home workout videos competing with very popular Peloton.
3) Snowflake - a data warehouse solution company raised $3.4 billion in the IPO and sold 28 Million shares. Shares of Snowflake surged 111% to about $253.93, making it the biggest ever IPO.
Do let us know what other topics you want us to cover in our upcoming episodes.
Episode 1 - #techLGTM -Technology Looks Good To Me - TikTok, Walmart, Microsoft, Chinese App Ban in India
A technology podcast hosted by Shashank Singh, Preet Raj and Amol Sharma.
In episode 1, we talk about how technology is disrupting every sphere of life, we talked about TikTok, Walmart and Microsoft and how social commerce is next big thing.
In later part we touched upon ban of Chinese app in Indian market and how India is becoming the hot bed of new tech startups.
Do let us know what other topics you want us to cover in our upcoming episodes.
Watch the YouTube video of this podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2Z91xkq1JY
Intro Music By: Tech House vibes by Alejandro Magaña (A. M.)