The August 2020 episode of The Hobson and Holtz Report features Neville and Shel discussing…

* Twitter’s new conversation settings (which are not an assault on free speech)

* Instagram’s terrible attempt to duplicate TikTok

* What the coronavirus pandemic will do to our homes and offices

* How the pandemic is reshaping our approach to social media

* Google’s pandemic-related additions to travel searches

* Amazon Web Services lets brands integrate livestreams into websites and apps

* Dan York’s Tech Report covers the release of WordPress 5.5, the TikTok war, the war against app stores, merging messengers, and the demise of Flash

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Special thanks to Jay Moonah for the opening and closing music.

You can find the stories from which Shel’s FIR content is selected at Shel’s Link Blog.

Links from This Month’s Episode

* The Immediate Future podcast

* Politemail’s third consecutive year on the Inc. 5000

* Politemails Michael DeRoschers on telling stories with data

* New conversation settings are coming to a tweet near you

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

* Instagram is Reels Complicated Now

* Instagram Creators Say They’re Not Switching to Instagram Reels, Survey Finds

* This is what coronavirus will do to our offices and homes

* With virtual meeting burnout, can companies be remote forever?

* Longing for the days of hallway conversations

* A PwC exec says the global disruption has accelerated the future of work by 5 to 10 years

* Companies Start to Think Remote Work Isn’t So Great After All

* The Office is Far Away. Can Its Culture Survive?

* Schroders to allow thousands of staff to work from home in milestone for City

* Tired of Zoom calls?