Over the weekend I went by the new North store on Ossington for the fitting of my new Focals by North glasses. According to Retail Insider, this is the first retail space in Canada that is entirely dedicated to wearable tech (shout-out to Hullmark and… Read More
All posts tagged “snap inc”
Would it be insider trading if Kylie Jenner traded on her tweets?
Lately I have really gotten into Matt Levine’s daily newsletter about “Wall Street, finance, companies and other stuff.” Maybe that’s how I should describe this blog: Cities, real estate, design, and other stuff. If you aren’t familiar with Matt’s writing, here is an article that he… Read More
Crowd Surf
When Snap Inc. announced its Q2 financial results earlier this month, it reported 173 million daily active users – an increase of 21% year-over-year. But this fell short of what was expected. Analysts were expecting 175.2 million DAUs. (Snap defines a DAU as anyone who… Read More
Big bad (software) developers
“There is no higher God in Silicon Valley than growth. No sacrifice too big for its craving altar. As long as you keep your curve exponential, all your sins will be forgotten at the exit.” –David Heinemeier Hansson Snap Inc. went public last week. Offering price… Read More
Snapping with Spectacles
I am testing out Spectacles by Snap Inc. right now: They were incredibly easy to sync with my phone (just look at your Snapcode while wearing them). And the case itself charges the glasses when you put them away. Pretty slick. I also started using… Read More
Winter Wonderland (and 3 things to read)
This is what it looks like in Mont-Tremblant right now: It’s currently -11 degrees celsius and it’s expected to snow for most of the day. It’s starting to come down right now. But this evening it’s supposed to warm up to +1 degrees celsius, which… Read More
Snap Inc.
Snap Inc. (Snapchat) nailed the launch of Spectacles. I want a pair. If you haven’t been following, it all started with a pop-up vending machine in Venice Beach. But like Snapchat itself, it was an ephemeral installation that eventually disappeared, moving on to Big Sur,… Read More
Sign me up for Spectacles
Snapchat just changed their company name to Snap Inc. and announced a new product called Spectacles. They are sunglasses with an integrated video camera that captures a 115 degree field of view. Compared to the camera on your phone, this is more similar to what… Read More