MarkFord
Media Confidence Ratings at a Record Low
American’s confidence in two facets of the news media – newspapers and television – has fallen to an all-time low. Click here.
Amazon Is Rolling Out the Delivery Drones
Amazon has been talking about moving towards drone delivery since 2015. And now the company says that a pilot program is being launched in California at the end of the year. Click here for a clip from 2015 showing how it planned to do it.
Search TikTok? Why Not Google?
Last week, a Google executive announced that “almost 40% of young people, when they’re looking for a place for lunch, they don’t go to Google Maps or Search. They go to TikTok or Instagram.”
That’s crazy! Click here for a brief explanation of what it means for Google.
Hats Off to Rihanna
Rihanna is 34 and has a net worth of $1.4 billion, according to Forbes. That makes her America’s youngest self-made female billionaire. And she did it without starting a Facebook or a Tesla. Her interest in all things tech is limited to some secondary investments. So, how did she do it? Click here.
He… She… They… Ze…
According to the BBC – an institution that I have always considered to be responsible and somewhat reliable – there are now 100 genders. A hundred?!! Click here for an interesting and amusing take on that.