Naval calls it âspecific knowledgeâ and I think thatâs very specific â and very good. Itâs one of those things that you pursue because it makes you happy.
Now, think about how great it would be if it couldâve become your career⌠A career of being yourself; getting paid to be yourself⌠how great would that be?
I think if you find that specific knowledge [or superpower] - or figure it out - youâd be unstoppable âcoz itâs all about that extra mile that others donât go; and if youâre genuinely interested in something or curious about it, you will.
Will definitely talk about this laterâŚ
sorry i didnât get here in time⌠if i could have a week of 48-hour days, i would⌠itâs been a hectic week⌠hopefully, itâll calm downâŚ
News
Two die in Tesla crash with no one at the wheel [link]
Facebook plans to go after Clubhouse â and podcasts â with a suite of new audio products [link]
Edward Snowdenâs NFT sold for $5.5 million at auction for charity [link]
Charles Geschke, co-founder of Adobe and co-inventor of the PDF, has died at 81 [link]
Google introducing a feature in Chrome 90 to create links to highlighted text on a webpage [link]
Elonâs taking everyone to the moon, Appleâs throwing shade at Spotify, and Amazonâs taking a shot at Ikea [link]
Apple and Samsung announce events in April, Android 12, and LGâs rollable TV [link]
Acquisitions spree, chip manufacturing, and Appleâs witness at the US Senate [link]
đą a gift for you.
Worth Your Attention
The Potential of Blockchain Technology [Chris Dixon on Patrick OâShaughnessyâs Invest like the Best podcast]
if youâre interested in crypto and tech - even a little bit - this is a great episode to listen to. i think this is one of the most interesting areas for investing and building over the next 10 years.
PS. Chris Dixon is a general partner at a16z.
Chart of the Week
Two Trillion Dollars Worth of Crypto
The market cap of cryptocurrencies exceeded 2 trillion US dollars as of April 15, 2021. Bitcoin - by far the biggest cryptocurrency - makes up around half of that, while the next biggest coin, Ethereum, accounts for around 13 per cent.
Smaller players in the crypto market are Binance Coin (85 billion US dollars) and XRP (78 billion US dollars).
All these currencies experienced a significant increase in value over the last 6 months and are now worth six to seven times their October value.
Read more Statista.
& more stats
Mobileâs share of website visits continues to increase. Some 61% of site visits in the US came via mobile phones in 2020, up from 57% in 2019 [link]
Boston Consulting Groupâs annual ranking of the 50 most innovative companies [link]
How much are US brands using Amazon and Amazon advertising? [link]
US retailers could shutter tens of thousands of stores even after the pandemic subsides [link]
Piper Sandlerâs regular survey of US teenagers. Close to 90% have an iPhone. [link]
Tools & Apps
JS Image Carver: Content-aware image resizer and object remover
pretty handy
Timelapse in Google Earth: Watch time unfold and witness 40 years of planetary change
this is fascinatingâŚ
My Audio Blogs: Discover blogs with audio
another take on the audio as a mediumâŚ
Spotted
Twitter is working on changing the tweet layout on timeline [link]
How sponsored fleet looks like [link]
Facebook Messenger keeps working to support WhatsApp chats [link]
Twitter is working on the ability to adjust the duration of the Undo Tweet timer: 5 / 10 / 20 / 30 seconds [link]
TikTok is working on the ability to manage multiple comments at the same time [link]
Instagram keeps working on the âBusts in silhouette Collabâ sticker [link]
Instagram keeps working on end-to-end encrypted chats (E2EE) [link]
Twitter is working on monochrome primary colour and switching the UI font to their new âChirpâ font [link]
Instagram is working on a new sticker: âShopping bags Good ideas deserve to be foundâ [link]
Instagram keeps working on the new ââ¤ď¸ Loveâ sticker [link]
Microsoft is working to support the direct reply action in Outlook for Android [link]
Google Photos is working on search result refinement filters [link]
Medium continues working on an e-book reader, on both web and mobile [link]
Instagram is working on a redesigned IGTV video player [link]
đŚ Tweets of the Week
Fun Stuff
and now weâre done for this week
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