The honest truth is that there are a lot of us nerds out there in the internet world, and we don’t all look like this.
Simplicity. Transparency. Honesty.
Skip the gimmicks and get facts, expert opinions, and product tests.
My Mission
It is our goal to publish the most useful, interesting, and genuine reviews to help our readers discover, research, and select the products that best help them. I want to let the creative ideas out from my head and out into the world wide web.
Why Tech Giant?
The short answer is for fun and to try make a few waves with the die-hard fanboys of the big tech world.
I know I have been screwed over by these guys more than once, and there are so many more people out there who have similar experiences where they simply had to bend the knee to massive tech companies.
I am that guy who turns off the microphone feature on every app, turns off the location feature on every app, and anything I can do to limit the apps data gathering I am doing it. In some cases, I delete the app after using it and re-download it when I need to use it the next time. I know what they assholes are recording and draining data out of and it should scare you.
I’m also pretty tall and I work in tech, I probs should have led with that.
| Big Tech power rankings: Where the 5 giants stand to start 2024 |
| If sports teams can get slapped into power rankings every day, then why can’t our Big Tech behemoths — Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft — get the same treatment?They, too, deserve inconsequential power rankings based on arbitrary, super-subjective criteria. That’s what we’ll do here, going simply by who’s got the best vibes… 1. Apple (Revenue: $89.5B in most recent quarterly earnings; Market cap: $3.06T as of 12/20)It’s hard to argue with the numbers — Apple remains the world’s most valuable company, and by a pretty wide margin. Its market cap exceeds the GDP of Italy, Brazil, and Canada. Humanity runs on its tech. Also, big step down here, but Apple TV+ shows like “The After Party” and “Hijack” are super-underrated. Vibes have been excellent to date, but good energy can turn ugly quick: If the Vision Pro doesn’t hit, uh oh. If its next iPhone launch is met with a shrug, bigger uh oh. And if it can’t catch up on AI, there is no “uh oh” big enough. Its grasp on No. 1 feels tenuous. 2. Microsoft ($56.52B revenue; $2.78T cap)It’s amazing what one good investment can do. Microsoft’s ~$13B commitment to OpenAI moved it atop the AI leaderboard, which, in 2023, was the leaderboard that mattered most. Its ChatGPT-infused products must deliver in 2024 to keep that perception going. But this is about current vibes — and when you’ve got an investment with $100B potential, vibes tend to be pretty immaculate. 3. Alphabet ($76.69B revenue; $1.76T cap)Don’t mistake Alphabet’s middle-of-the-pack placement; the Google parent is perennially one good headline (or bad headline from its competitors) away from topping this list. There’s a lot to like, after all: YouTube is the dominant force in teen media consumption, Waymo’s expanding while top rival Cruise is in free fall, its cloud division is an underrated force, and its AI offerings are making loud footsteps right behind OpenAI. 4. Amazon ($143.08B revenue; $1.59T cap)It’s got a strong lead in the cloud-computing sphere and it’s put up $1m+ in revenue per minute this year. And still, Amazon lands fourth? This feels unjust, but that’s the nature of power rankings for you. There are few demerits; it’s just hard to gauge vibes for a company doing so many things all at once. 5. Meta ($34.15B revenue; $902.18B cap)There are other reasons behind this bottom-dwelling placement — like Meta’s Reality Labs unit losing $3.7B last quarter as the metaverse chase continues for some reason — but if you want to believe that this is our retribution for Mark Zuckerberg simply entertaining the notion of a cage match with Elon Musk earlier this year, all we’re going to do is shrug. |
What products do we test?
Currently, our product reviews include testing of the product as if buying it like everyone else. We then do some tech and performance-based testing of the devices and games. We obviously play every game we test and over the course of 2-3 weeks record notes and share with each other before publishing our product reviews.
We’re always open to adding new product reviews and product categories. If you have a specific product you think we should test please let us know.
Who We Are.
For starters, it’s just me, el solo 1 man band, operating this platform.
Coming out of the Blue corner, standing at 6ft 6 inches tall, weighing in at over 130kg is the one TechGiant – Shane Pollard. I live pretty straight edge and try to find joy in everything that I do.
In a former life, I was a bouncer, a bodyguard, a chief of security, He-Man, a cleaner, a chef, a marketing guy, a e-commerce store owner, a software developer, an engineer, a gaming guy, a crypto guy with a picture of a monkey as my profile pic, a Tinder-sponsored athlete, retired and more.
Image: Yeah, legit was He-Man for one night only
Currently, I’m working on a fintech in sports. I’ve been in sports tech for the last 5 years across a variety of roles. You know the story, you wear 9 hats for one company and do all the things. Ive been part of a lot of exciting projects and I’ve met some not so easy to get hold of big name people in the business. Ive basically had a blast.
I started this blog as a creative outlet, it in turn has helped thousands of people with problems, questions and shared ideas. Most of my content has no “buy from my link” or hard call to action. My thinking is if you like my stuff, you will decide for yourself to like, share, follow all that blah blah.
In the end, if I say this product is amazing, and you feel like I am a good enough dude that you trust my word and will make your own decision to buy it or not. I won’t be hard-selling anyone here.
I am considering offering some consulting services, a lot of people have wanted help that takes me away from my beautiful wife and our plans, so the fair thing for me to do is offer a consulting service. If you feel that might help you, then email editor@techgiant.lol and let me know what’s keeping you awake at night.
But, I am not perfect. If you have suggestions or things you think I could do better, please send me feedback.
Amazon Disclosure
We are a participant (sometimes) in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
But saying that I will usually just link a product directly without all the affiliate link headaches of bending the knee to another tech giant that is ruthless to its affiliate network.
Still Have Questions?
Reach out, I operate this website for my own interests and I know based on the emails I am getting that there are more people like me out there who have questions.
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