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Regarding turkeys & eagles:
— Kontra (@counternotions) June 26, 2020
↓ https://t.co/VikMJiHt21
Sad to see @focalsbynorth get bought. Never been harder for a small company to survive. Seems only 3 or 4 mega-corps get to decide what our tech future should be.
— Juan Carlos Bagnell (@SomeGadgetGuy) June 26, 2020
We've never needed alternative tech interactions more than now. Hope Google does this right. https://t.co/xIFzVpSVON https://t.co/Ei2vYPhYWe pic.twitter.com/JmXLSyiXJk
Startups are hard and is a harsh teacher. https://t.co/pA8CYQiZKA
— Christian Lassonde (@classonde) June 26, 2020
This isn’t the ending anyone wanted - but I still admire everyone on the @focalsbynorth team for swinging for the fences. They were a positive force in #KW when it was needed - and they did a lot of good. https://t.co/QD4qG5W9fi
— Chris Plunkett (@cmlplunkett) June 26, 2020
I have lifelong friends from working with this team during the Myo years. Absolutely amazing people. https://t.co/Qm5JgGT3VE
— Alex Kinsella (@alexkinsella) June 26, 2020
I guess this was inevitable?
— Russell Holly (@russellholly) June 26, 2020
Focals with Google Assistant is all I really wanted anyway.
Still, I don't feel great about this and I'm not totally sure why yet. https://t.co/fW5qqNJ1PD
Wish this was something I could be excited about, but I have such low faith in google to actually ship and support a product. https://t.co/5LzqGmlYHr
— Ryan Evans (@rje) June 26, 2020
If @focalsbynorth is worth $180M then $KOPN is worth A LOT more than $111M. https://t.co/UZqlORBIzA
— Rising Sun Capital (@RisingSunCap) June 26, 2020
Globe scoop by @joshokane: Alphabet buying Waterloo smart glasses pioneer North (formerly Thalmic Labs) for about US$180m following years of struggle, sources say /via @globeandmail https://t.co/mkU9uRkyQg
— SeanSilcoff (@SeanSilcoff) June 26, 2020
Great IP, never really made it to a selling product: https://t.co/6ZJ1xrHoBe
— Shane Dingman (@shanedingman) June 26, 2020
A vision fades: Alphabet buying Canadian smart glasses pioneer North after years of struggle, sources say. Nice scoop by @joshokane https://t.co/fT7Q0W4C7F
— ????? ? ?????? (@jamespmcleod) June 26, 2020
Globe scoop by @joshokane: Alphabet buying Waterloo smart glasses pioneer North (formerly Thalmic Labs) for about US$180m following years of struggle, sources say /via @globeandmail https://t.co/mkU9uRkyQg
— SeanSilcoff (@SeanSilcoff) June 26, 2020
SCOOP: Smart-glasses maker @focalsbynorth, once one of Canada’s most high-profile startups, is being bought by Google/Alphabet for about $180-million, sources say. We've learned the company likely sold very, very few Focals and was running out of money. https://t.co/SbGYyBycqt
— josh o'kane (@joshokane) June 26, 2020
A vision fades: Alphabet buying Canadian smart glasses pioneer North after years of struggle, sources say https://t.co/6lvpM8zQXP
— Christopher Parsons (@caparsons) June 26, 2020
A vision fades: Alphabet buying Canadian smart glasses pioneer North after years of struggle, sources say /via @globeandmail https://t.co/mkU9uRkyQg
— SeanSilcoff (@SeanSilcoff) June 26, 2020
not. sorry. https://t.co/G63Qj7jjQk pic.twitter.com/JYHhUONQnR
— Abner Li (@technacity) June 26, 2020
Alphabet reportedly buying North after 'minuscule' Focals smart glasses sales #ar https://t.co/Uh0AlMhujG via @technacity
— tipatat (@tipatat) June 26, 2020
Report: Alphabet buying North amid 'minuscule' Focals sales - 9to5Google https://t.co/65uid5Ksqa
— Quentin Quarantinoble (@nobleackerson) June 26, 2020
これはGoogleがグラスに本気出すと見ていいな…貯金しなきゃhttps://t.co/L9HaFRimtD
— Ryo (@Adamis5C) June 26, 2020
なんと。Googleの親会社、Alphabetがスマートグラスメーカーの「North」を買収するそうですね。以前見た時にFocalを買っておけばよかったかも…。Google Glassとはちょっと被りそうな気もしますが、別の方向性になるのかな。https://t.co/sd7X84pxC3
— あるしおうね (@AmadeusSVX) June 26, 2020
なんと！AlphabetがARグラスFocalsのメーカーNorthを買収したと。モバイルAR戦略に舵を切っている気がしたけど、再度C向けグラスに参入するのか、はたまた何かしら技術やチーム人材が欲しかったのか。水面下での動きが活発ですね、the fourは https://t.co/SVa7XYf5ur via @slashgear
— 福家 隆?Takashi Fuke ｜ .HUMANS (@takashifuke) June 26, 2020
GoogleがForcals買収!?https://t.co/y2KzoPfc16
— Hiroki - Hiring @ Holotch (@Hiroki_Holotch) June 26, 2020
ARグラスFocalsを展開するカナダのスタートアップNorthをAlphabet(Google)が買収の最終段階との報。2020年ロンチ予定だったVer.2.0。現行の売上は微妙だった様子
— Shogo Numakura 沼倉正吾 (@ShogoNu) June 27, 2020
■Report: Alphabet buying North amid 'minuscule' Focals sales - 9to5Google https://t.co/p2oSlNhjOA
"Report: Alphabet buying North amid 'minuscule' Focals sales" — I wonder if a purchase like this would bring North + Apple head to head in the coming years, or if Alphabet will merge them into Glass efforts and we lose another exciting AR prospect? https://t.co/uvxbzOkRTN #AR pic.twitter.com/UYRQMtblyn
— Patrick Catanzariti (@thatpatrickguy) June 26, 2020