Author: mdiamond@futurumresearch.com

Futurum analysts Shelly Kramer and Michael Diamond explore the announcement by Meta and Ray-Ban Stories that Ray-Ban smart glasses are rolling out in new markets, with new color offerings, and more importantly, why this is an important move for Meta in its quest to remain relevant with a younger creator/influencer demographic.
Futurum analyst Michael Diamond discusses recent announcements by Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud around the roll out of additional training and certification programs, exploring why these programs are not only good for channel partners looking to transform their business models, they’re smart move for the hyperscalers as well.
Futurum analyst Michael Diamond explores Google’s new partnership with iFixit and discusses how it ticks boxes on sustainability and working towards a more circular economy, affords the company with some potential to gain marketshare in the smartphone arena, and also helps better serve the needs of customers.
Futurum research analyst Michael Diamond discusses TeleSign’s newly launched Age Verify service, an age verification solution designed to help organizations in the U.K. or doing business in the U.K. avoid selling products and services that are against the law to sell to minors.
Futurum analysts Michael Diamond and Shelly Kramer discuss Microsoft’s The Future of Hybrid Work on Microsoft Windows 11 which introduced and showcased some features and functionality that are easy to get excited about. Helping organizations build more secure, inclusive, and highly productive workplace environments and support employees wherever and whenever they work is obviously the goal, and Microsoft delivers on many fronts in that regard. Here are some of the new features that particularly piqued their interest.
Futurum analyst Michael Diamond discusses Intel’s recently announced second generation Blockscale ASIC, which is designed with speed and power savings in mind, delivering a much-needed assist to bitcoin mining companies who seek to achieve hash rate scaling objectives coupled with improved sustainability measures.
Futurum analysts Michael Diamond and Shelly Kramer explore the social engineering attack on Apple and Meta. They review how it happened, who the suspected perpetrators are (and how rampant these gangs are), as well as some of the cybersecurity dangers that are quite likely ahead.
Futurum analyst Michael Diamond discusses Qualcomm’s QCS7230 chip, an addition to its Vision Intelligence Platform adding solutions that are more affordable, offer better resolution and provide enhanced intelligence at the edge for surveillance strategies and beyond. Mike also explores the Global Physical Security market and what he expects to see in terms of continued convergence in that market moving forward.
Futurum Research analyst Michael Diamond discusses Intel’s launch of its Arc A-Series discrete GPUs line-up which includes its Arc 3 Series, Arc 5 Series, and Arc 7 Series.
Futurum analyst Michael Diamond discusses Apple rumored to be moving its iPhone to a subscription service model and why that’s a smart move for the company. He also explores the Device-as-a-Subscription market in general, as well as what this might mean for Apple moving forward.
Futurum analyst Michael Diamond discusses Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon Metaverse Fund that is designed to find best-of-breed developers creating rich content for extended reality in the future and spur innovation in the metaverse space.
Futurum analyst Michael Diamond discusses the launch of Microsoft’s new AI-infused smart camera, the Microsoft Surface Hub 2, designed for better collaboration experiences.