Tech Industry

Question 0

Describe recent importance of automobile in consumer electronics show (CES) in Las Vegas

Answer 0

• In recent years, larger part of CES is devoted to consumer electronics within cars.
• Major brands are showing things like self-parking cars, etc, and consumers are starting to take notice.
• A lot of deals between suppliers and carmakers are now happening at CES

Question 1

Describe docker and its business

Answer 1

• Started by Solomon Hykes after he write software startup code over and over again at various jobs.
• Docker works by creating an environment for software that can be deployed in various hardware without changes
• Because docker is free and open source, it may be hard for docker to turn into a company that makes profit.

Question 2

Describe how water startups in Israel are disrupting water utilities.

Answer 2

• Israel has drought problems and many entrepeneurs are trying to solve the problem
• One critical problem is water leak since most of water in Israel is recycled.
• Peleg founded a startup that put sensors on pipes and create software to detect anomalies to allow water utilities to actively fix leaks before they become an issue.
• The technology could potentially be installed in many worldwide water utilities when water become more scarce or if leaks are common.