OurielOhayon

Over $15bn of internet exits in the next 3-5 years

I don't know if those private valuations are right or not. But they should be an approximate ballpark and i focused only on the rock stars.

it s likely those companies get acquired at some point. What this means is that in the next 5 years the amount of "near certain" exit volume in the internet space should be superior to 15 Bn$

airbnb - 3bn$

Twitter - 5bn$

Uber - 1bn$

Spotify - 1.5Bn$

Etsy - 1Bn$

Evernote - 1Bn$

Whatsapp - 1Bn$

Dropbox - 2Bn$

Deezer - 1Bn$

That's a lot of money

note: i purposefully ignored all the new games corporations because their trajectory is still uncertain as we saw with Zynga

The problem with Bluetooth (headset) devices

I have a lot of bluetooth devices connected to my iPhone and iPad. Mostly headsets, speakers or keyboards.

They are getting really good these days. For example i love my logitech slim keyboard for the iPad or my new Parrot Zik headset.

No Wire, No Fire...

The problem is simple though.

Once you have paired a bluetooth device to more than 1 destination device (let's say your iPhone and then your iPad or your iPhone, your wife's Phone and your computer), you can't easily decide and control which of those 2 or more devices are going to get connected first. For example my i will turn on my headset and i will not know if it will connect for sure to my iPhone first or iPad first.

The Only real way to turn bluetooth devices you don t want to get connected and then turn on your Bluetooth  device with the destination device left.

Bad experience

Some have brought a solution by creating patterns to switch from one device to another (by example by double click on a button). But

1. you have to remember which button/pattern

2. it does not guarantee you that the next device you will connect is the one you want (e.g. if you have 3 devices connected like 2 iPhones and a Mac which will be the next one?)

The only good way i found so far was created by Logitech on this Wireless Keyboard which has 1 click access to 3 different devices: 1 button for each 3 device. You press #1 you are connected to device 1, #2 you switch to device 2 and #3 switch to device 3

And i guess this is how this should be solved, until it is cheap enough to build for each bluetooth device a digital display which will enable that elegantly (maybe by touch or swipe)

 

Someone listening?