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Aware that the proof of its plan for global availability within two years lies in the quality of its programming, Netflix is putting its money where its mouth is by planning to spend $3 billion this year alone on 320 hours of original TV shows, documentaries, comedy specials and movies. In a Financial Times article this week talking about Ford and NVIDIA's recent massive expansion into silicon valley, they talked about the fact that carmakers from all over the world have been quietly setting up labs here to design the cars of the future. Tesla is the most visible result of a car designed predominantly like you would design a Consumer Electronics product, and it is both the best car on the road today and the most different from how cars have typically been designed. A few weeks ago I posted a piece on San Francisco, CA-based CrowdFlower whose technology platform takes large, data-intensive projects and divides them into small tasks that are distributed to a multi-million person, on demand global workforce. In that article were CrowdFlower's views on data science trends for 2015, and topping the list was the emerging importance of Chief Data Scientists. Fitness wearables are all the rage, but the sector is quickly moving into ugly territory. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates hard-core medical devices, but wearable manufacturers have been pushing the envelope toward health management. It should be no surprise that the FDA is now floating a General Wellness: Policy for Low Risk Devices, but I think the agency and the medical profession need to chart a third path between no regulation and medical devices. A recent development has some users looking askance at new smart TV purchases, particularly if that smart TV is manufactured by Samsung. While this particular lineup has plenty of exciting features, some of the features-as well as the privacy policy information around said features-is proving to be just a bit more hair-raising than some of the content shown therein. Verizon made two mega deals relating to its wireless assets on February 5, but Frontier Communication looks like it may have the better long-term value when the smoke clears. At some point, Verizon will have to admit it isn't in the telecommunications business anymore. Accenture, a global management consultant company, has released its Accenture Technology Vision 2015 report, which provides businesses with an analysis of global technology trends and their possible uses for the coming year. Verizon has announced not just one but two blockbuster transactions which will give it $15.54 billion to fund realignment moves designed to sharpen their business focus.
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