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Breakfast Time. (No, I didn't just wake up!) pic.twitter.com/45gzQ8XeRz

— Paramendra Bhagat (@paramendra) April 16, 2015

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One World

Logo of Comcast Latina: Insigne Comcast (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Bill Gates went on record a few weeks back saying, he is doing good work with his foundation, but the scales of the problems are so enormous, what you truly need is a world government. That is the only way you can tackle the biggest problems of poverty and disease. And I agree.

There is poverty, there is disease, and then there is that number one invention of the new millennium: your smartphone. Why can't you pay your monthly phone bill and have the phone work no matter where you go in the world? To most people who might be in a position to give a push to the idea of a world government, poverty and disease might be abstract concepts, but the phone is not, it is in your hand, it knows you better than your family.

Comcast has come out saying it will roll out a 2 GBPS internet service across the US. That was the kind of result Google wanted to see with its own roll out. But I think the ball moved only after Google threatened to do to TV ads what it had done to classifieds.

Google might now be taking the lead on the global phone plan. You pay one place and go anywhere.

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The 7 Train

What Could Be A New Product Line For Tesla?

Major new Tesla product line -- not a car -- will be unveiled at our Hawthorne Design Studio on Thurs 8pm, April 30

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 30, 2015

Elon Musk created nearly $1B in value today with a single tweet



What could it be? My first reaction is, it will be something 100% electric. Something green and clean. What?

@elonmusk motorcycle? Plane?

— Jimmy Johenning (@jimmyjohenning) March 30, 2015

@elonmusk home battery pack!

— Gabriel Phillips (@gabzqc) March 30, 2015

@elonmusk Elon Musk Cologne?

— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) March 30, 2015

@elonmusk unless it's a Iron Mask suit we don't want it.

— 8Figures (@AkeelCaffrey) March 30, 2015

@elonmusk Tesla Vibrator. #wishlist

— Kat (@Kat_Olenska) March 30, 2015

@elonmusk home battery pack with solar city. Right?!

— Alex McRoberts (@webtwozero) March 30, 2015

@chriseyin @elonmusk battery-powered home

— Sunny Manivannan (@voteforsunny) March 30, 2015

They're building an MP3 player. “@elonmusk: Major new Tesla product line -- not a car -- will be unveiled at our Hawthorne Design Studio"

— Chris F. Nicholson (@chrisFnicholson) March 30, 2015

@elonmusk Electric scooter I always wanted one... Car, bike, rail and space craft.. You have covered it all :)

— Ramanath Bhat (@ramnathbhat) March 30, 2015

EV Unicycle! “@elonmusk: Major new Tesla product line --not a car --will be unveiled at our Hawthorne Design Studio Thurs 8pm, April 30

— jason (@Jason) March 30, 2015

@elonmusk Tesla is a transportation company, right? It will be a people mover of some sort.

— Adam M. Girod (@amg503) March 30, 2015

@elonmusk This would be home storage battery that would be used along with @solarcity's solar panel installation. It'll STILL be disruptive!

— Just A. Tinker (@John_Gardi) March 30, 2015

Nobody seems to be saying trucks!

The TV Industry's Deadtree Newspapers Moment?

If Google Fiber is going to be so profoundly profitable for Google, why is the roll out not much faster?

Google is about to make the sale of TV ads much more like ads on the web ..... "If you're a local business in Kansas City, just as with digital ads, you'll only pay for ads that have been shown, and can limit the number of times an ad is shown to a given TV" ...... Google clearly wants to turn the shotgun approach of broadcast advertising into a sniper's bullet. Which is good for advertisers, but less great for the networks selling airtime. ..... Google's new program will no doubt drive the cost of ads way down.

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Elon Musk And Larry Page

Elon Musk wants to go to Mars. Larry Page acts like he is already on Mars. You can't see him anywhere.

Jack Ma And Elon Musk

Jack Ma and Elon Musk are the two most exciting entrepreneurs on the planet right now. They come from two different ends. Jack Ma is coming from the China end, the Third World end, the Global South end. Elon Musk is coming from the rich country end where he is going to beat the bullet train and go to Mars, and what have you.

Elon Musk is more exciting than Larry Page right now. As to why Larry Page will not sink 20 billion into taking every human being online TODAY beats me! Google's search advantage will not last forever. And so it needs to cash it now, today.

If the smartwatch takes off, Tim Cook will have proven himself. And Steve Jobs will have proven himself. Jobs liked to say the most important thing he built is the company Apple itself, not the Mac, not the iPhone. Although I am not convinced the smartwatch alone can take Apple to being a trillion dollar company. I am on record saying that company is Google. But Larry Page has been a partially absent CEO. A CEO needs to be seen, needs to be heard, like Marissa Mayer was visible when she was with Google. Most of your talk is consumed internally, even when they are publicly made. People inside your company are watching.

But then I was not excited about the iPad when it came along. I am an active user. I don't passively read. I was like, no keyboard? Get out of here. But the iPad has been a monumental product. Right now I feel like the smartwatch is not for me. Just give me a phone with a battery that lasts twice as long. And I am happy. I actually like not having something around my wrist. I like that sense of freedom. My phone is my watch. And it is a smart one too. It is not for me, that does not mean it is not for other people. I will wait and watch.

Right now I am thinking the smartwatch is Apple's Google Glass. It will not die, but it will not go mainstream.