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Jan Dawson

Jan Dawson

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    Technology
    Mark Zuckerberg wants Facebook to have more power in our lives, and we should resistMark Zuckerberg wants Facebook to have more power in our lives, and we should resist
    Technology

    Facebook seems unlikely to police itself, so it’s up to its users and other organizations to start to exert pressure for it to do so.

    By Jan Dawson
    Technology
    Facebook wants to improve your ad experience and is using AI to help it better understand what content you likeFacebook wants to improve your ad experience and is using AI to help it better understand what content you like
    Technology

    Mid-roll video ads, ads in Instagram Stories and ad experiments in Messenger are just the beginning.

    By Jan Dawson
    Technology
    Why we should be (realistically) optimistic about the future of carsWhy we should be (realistically) optimistic about the future of cars
    Technology

    Almost all the major carmakers are actively embracing the three big shifts: Electrification, autonomous driving and new ownership models.

    By Jan Dawson
    Technology
    The TV industry is facing a crisis and needs to immediately embrace new business modelsThe TV industry is facing a crisis and needs to immediately embrace new business models
    Technology

    Content rights are still the biggest barrier to really giving consumers what they want.

    By Jan Dawson
    Technology
    We need more apps and devices designed to help families connect to each otherWe need more apps and devices designed to help families connect to each other
    Technology

    As a father myself, I’d love to see that change.

    By Jan Dawson
    Technology
    My wish list for what new products  Apple might release in 2017My wish list for what new products  Apple might release in 2017
    Technology

    A Siri speaker and additional wearables are the most likely entrants, while an AR play feels at least a year or two away.

    By Jan Dawson
    Technology
    Here’s how we should deal with fake news onlineHere’s how we should deal with fake news online
    Technology

    Doing nothing can no longer be the default option.

    By Jan Dawson
    Technology
    The backlash against Apple’s new MacBook Pro from its core user base is unprecedentedThe backlash against Apple’s new MacBook Pro from its core user base is unprecedented
    Technology

    Apple’s challenge now is pleasing the much larger mainstream Mac user base without alienating the power users.

    By Jan Dawson
    Technology
    Platforms like Facebook’s Instant Articles and Google AMP are making it harder, not easier, to publish to the webPlatforms like Facebook’s Instant Articles and Google AMP are making it harder, not easier, to publish to the web
    Technology

    Creating content for these formats reintroduces a coding requirement, and online code is vastly more complicated today than it was in the mid-1990s.

    By Jan Dawson
    Consumer technology companies want a stake in enterprise
    Technology

    After a decade of tech going from the consumer world into the enterprise, we’re now seeing it going back the other way.

    By Jan Dawson