August 14, 2020

Episode 251: Don’t you use my words against me

1 hour 1 minute

We discuss all the latest M&A rumors including: MSFT buying TikTok, Nvidia buying ARM and Salesforce.com buying Datadog. We also weigh in on the latest fight between Fortnite and Apple over the App Store. Plus, we offer advice on air conditioning and cars.

The Rundown

Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store

TikTok

Microsoft faces complex technical challenges in TikTok carveoutRelevant to your interests

We Tested Instagram Reels, the TikTok Clone. What a Dud.

Datadog

Why Datadog Stock Was Slammed on Friday @themotleyfool #stocks $DDOG

Datadog Acquires Undefined Labs to Provide Visibility into CI/CD Workflows

Why Datadog Stock Popped Today @themotleyfool #stocks $DDOG $CRM

Google

Can Brian Hall Fix What Ails Google Cloud?

Google Cloud's expanding enterprise footprint and the rise of the 10 year deal

****- Microsoft launches Open Service Mesh based on Envoy – TechCrunch

Matt’s corner

Google Music shutdown starts this month, music deleted in December

Nvidia in Advanced Talks to Buy SoftBank’s Chip Company Arm

Relevant to your Interests

The Ten Commandments of Container Security - InfraCloud Technologies

The Second Edition of “The State of the Kubernetes Ecosystem”

Linux Foundation rolls bunch of overlapping groups into one to tackle growing number of open-source security vulns

Apple Buys Startup to Challenge Square in Mobile Payments

IBM is Already Gutting Red Hat and Firing Employees Without Warning, Jim Whitehurst Isn't Even Using GNU/Linux

Rackspace IPO prices at bottom of target range to raise about $703 million

Mistake by Apple kills all Mac developer's apps - 9to5Mac

Resigning from AWS on Ethical Grounds with Tim Bray — Screaming in the Cloud

Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates

Toshiba Will No Longer Make Laptops

VMware discontinues Datrium hardware and hyperconverged OS, effective immediately

Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on commercial products | ZDNet

Google rolls out virtual visiting card in India – TechCrunch

Mirantis acquires Lens, an IDE for Kubernetes – TechCrunch

Working in Public and the Economics of Free

“Running a successful open source project is just Good Will Hunting in reverse, where you start out as a respected genius and end up being a janitor who gets into fights."

Nonsense

Decision making IS FUN | Spin The Wheel App

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kelseyhightower/mesh

Conferences

Kubecon + CloudNativeCon Virtual Conference on August 17th-20th.

GitLab Commit: You Belong Here on Aug 26th.

SpringOne Platform, Sep 2nd and 3rd.

Listener Feedback

Sent stickers to Sachin in NSW Australia

Sent stickers to Jesse in Georgia, he says we are like family.

Colin tweeted at us.

SDT news & hype

Join us in Slack.

Send your postal address to [email protected] and we will send you free laptop stickers!

Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.

Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.

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