A new social media app has been launched by the Twitterific team. Tapestry combines Blue Sky, Mastodon, RSS, and YouTube feeds on your iOS device. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Marty Jencius, Eric Bolden, Guy Serle, Jim Rea, and Web Bixby discuss the implications of this app given its pedigree. We also look at an Office 365 price increase at the same time it drops a free VPN service, and its subscription model. Microsoft is also bringing DeepSeek to its Copilot service while, at the same time, DeepSeek was dropped from the Italian App Store.

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Show Notes:

Chapters:

00:12 Tapestry App Launch

01:04 Microsoft 365 Price Hike

02:40 DeepSeek Integration and Controversy

11:17 AI and Privacy Concerns

14:17 Wrap-Up and Conclusions

Links:

Microsoft 365 Is Raising Prices and Ditching Its Free VPN

https://lifehacker.com/tech/microsoft-365-raising-prices-dropping-vpn

Dave’s Transitioning Away From Office Presentation

Deepseek is coming to Windows Copilot+ PCs

https://www.engadget.com/ai/deepseek-is-coming-to-windows-copilot-pcs-130041096.html

DeepSeek privacy under investigation in US and Europe; App Store impact

https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/30/deepseek-privacy-under-investigation-in-us-and-europe-removed-from-app-store-in-italy/

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