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March 25, 2020Wed. 03/25 - Google Podcasts Comes To iOS
How Facebook is coping with Corona, Google Podcasts comes to iOS, ad blocking officially comes to Safari, when Apple thinks it can re-open stores, Singapore open-sources it’s Corona-contact-tracing app, and have your screen time notifications horrified you this week? You’re not alone.
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Facebook Is ‘Just Trying to Keep the Lights On’ as Traffic Soars in Pandemic (NYTimes)
The Coronavirus Revives Facebook as a News Powerhouse
More than half of all news consumption on Facebook in America (NYTimes)
Google Podcasts is finally available of iOS (TechCrunch)
Apple updates Safari’s anti-tracking tech with full third-party cookie blocking (The Verge)
Apple May Start Reopening Stores in First Half of April (Bloomberg)
iPhone Makers Suspend India Production Due to Lockdown (Bloomberg)
Coronavirus: S'pore Government to make its contact-tracing app freely available to developers worldwide (The Straight Times)
Court in Telegram case blocks gram token issuance, says token distribution likely violates securities law (The Block)
Our iPhone weekly screen time reports are through the roof, and people are ‘horrified’ (Washington Post)
17 min
March 24, 2020Tue. 03/24 - Instagram Co-Watching
A wicked Windows zero day is out in the wild without a patch. Google is open sourcing a cool new AI architecture. Instagram wants you to co-watch your feed with a friend. A popular “challenger bank” comes to the US. And the iPad Pro reviews are in.
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Microsoft says hackers are attacking Windows users with a new unpatched bug (TechCrunch)
Apple promises App Store expansion to 20 new countries starting next month (9to5Mac)
Google open-sources framework that reduces AI training costs by up to 80% (VentureBeat)
Google opens Stadia Makers program for indie game developers (9to5Google)
Google unveils Android Performance Tuner, Android GPU Inspector, and Cloud Firestore for game developers (VentureBeat)
Instagram has a new way for people isolated by coronavirus to connect: sharing posts via video chat (CNBC)
Exclusive: Disney+ Sees Huge Subscription Spike As Homebound Audiences Clamor For Content (Forbes)
Revolut launches its neobank in the US (TechCrunch)
Review: Apple iPad Pro (2020) (Wired)
APPLE IPAD PRO REVIEW 2020: SMALL SPEC BUMP, BIG CAMERA BUMP (The Verge)

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How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone
18 min
March 23, 2020Mon. 03/23 - The Pros And Cons Of Surveilling Against Covid19
The pros and cons of using big data, cellphones and the surveillance economy to combat the coronavirus. More iPhone rumors from Ming-Chi Kuo. Is the Oculus Quest bringing VR into the mainstream? And how to block your messy background when you’re on a Zoom conference call for work.
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European mobile operators share data for coronavirus fight (Reuters)
Taiwan's new 'electronic fence' for quarantines leads wave of virus monitoring (Reuters)
Hidden data is revealing the true scale of the coronavirus outbreak (Wired)
Google’s coronavirus website finally launches alongside enhanced search results (The Verge)
Google cancels I/O 2020 entirely in light of coronavirus (9to5Google)
Kuo: Sensor-Shift Image Stabilization Coming to 6.7-Inch iPhone in 2020, Periscope Lens to Follow in 2022 (MacRumors)
Facebook: 90% Of Quest Users For Christmas Were ‘Brand New’ To Oculus (UploadVR)
Apple Acknowledges Personal Hotspot Issues Affecting Some iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 Users (MacRumors)
This is how you do that Zoom background thing everyone is talking about (CNET)

Glenn's FREE Book: Take Control of Working from Home Temporarily - TakeControlBooks.com
17 min
March 21, 2020 (Bonus) WFH With WSJ's Chris Mims
WSJ Technology columnist Chris Mims and I talk WFH best practices, and how the Tech Industry has responded to the Covid-19 crisis thusfar.
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25 min
March 20, 2020Fri. 03/20 - Instagram Copies The Last Snapchat Feature Left
Yelp is showing how the restaurant industry is in deep trouble. Instagram makes ready to clone the last Snapchat feature it hadn’t copped yet. The very interesting lessons behind a self-driving startup closing its doors. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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Amazon AWS launches $20 million initiative to help fight the coronavirus (CNBC)
Instagram prototypes Snapchat-style disappearing text messages (TechCrunch)
Microsoft’s DirectX 12 Ultimate unifies graphics tech for PC gaming and Xbox Series X (The Verge)
Ex-Uber executive Anthony Levandowski pleads guilty to trade-secret theft (Washington Post)
The End of Starsky Robotics (Medium)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
How Reddit's coronavirus community became a destination (NBC News)
Can Smart Thermometers Track the Spread of the Coronavirus? (NYTimes)
Correlation and Market Meltdowns (Fred Wilson/AVC)
Zoom conquered video chat — now it has even bigger plans (Protocol)
The tech industry’s quest to help us sleep better is just beginning (Fast Company)
How TikTok Is Taking the Tunes out of Pop (HighSnobiety)
18 min
March 19, 2020Thu. 03/19 - This Is The Microsoft Teams Moment
Square wants to become a bank. Microsoft Teams might be rocketing ahead of Slack in terms of user numbers. The EU wants streaming companies to cut back on HD streams. Covid might be depressing music streaming, and some analysis of the iPad becoming a regular old computer.
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Square gains FDIC conditional approval for a banking license (Silicon Angle)
Microsoft Teams passes 44 million daily active users, thanks in part to coronavirus (VentureBeat)
What worries Mark Zuckerberg (The Interface)
EU warns of broadband strain as millions work from home (Financial Times)
Improved iPhone, AirPods availability suggests Chinese production nearing normality (Apple Insider)
Music streaming may actually be falling because of coronavirus (QZ)
Apple's iPad Pro becomes more like a Surface, and that's a problem for Microsoft (Windows Central)
Steven Sinofsky tweet thread about the iPad
18 min
March 18, 2020Wed. 03/18 - The iPad is a Laptop Now!
It’s a day of new! New iPads pro, new Macbooks Air, new Macs Mini, and more bye bye butterfly keyboard! A new Transcribe for Android, a new design overhaul for Slack, all the specs for the new Playstation 5, and why Cameo is a new app to keep your eye on.
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Apple announces new iPad Pro with trackpad support and a wild keyboard cover (The Verge)
The MacBook Air gets an updated keyboard and souped-up specs, starting at $999 (TechCrunch)
Apple's $799 Mac mini debuts with double the storage (Apple Insider)
Google Translate launches Transcribe for Android in 8 languages (VentureBeat)
Slack unveils its biggest redesign yet (The Verge)
PlayStation 5 hardware specifications revealed (Polygon)
How Cameo Turned D-List Celebs Into a Monetization Machine (Marker)
18 min
March 17, 2020Tue. 03/17 - Microsoft Wants To Own The Dev Stack
Big acquisition for GitHub... which really means: big acquisition for Microsoft as it continues to gobble up the entire developer stack. The iPhone 9 chips will not be underpowered at all. How Amazon is, in fact, trying to cope with the Corona-surge. And is this crisis the tipping point for streaming media?
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Microsoft's GitHub acquires npm to help JavaScript developers (WindowsCentral)
iOS 14 code confirms Apple planning ‘iPhone 9 Plus’ with A13 as larger version of rumored entry-level model (9to5Mac)
Amazon ramps hiring, opening 100,000 new roles to support people relying on Amazon’s service in this stressful time (Amazon Day One Blog)
Uber, Lyft suspend pooled rides in U.S., Canada to limit spread of coronavirus (Reuters)
Phones Could Track the Spread of Covid-19. Is It a Good Idea? (Wired)
To Track Coronavirus, Israel Moves to Tap Secret Trove of Cellphone Data (NYTimes)
With Movie Theater Shutdown, Universal Pictures to Stream New Release Films on Prime Video, iTunes, & More (The Streamable)
Movie Crowds Stay Away. Theaters Hope It’s Not for Good. (NYTimes)
17 min
March 16, 2020Mon. 03/16 - What REALLY Happened W/That Google Coronavirus Project?
Apple fined by France, the FCC nets a bundle at auction, new Beats earbuds, all the specs for the new Xbox Series X, and how Google got caught by surprise by President Trump’s announcement regarding Coronavirus work.
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Apple fined a record $1.2 billion by French antitrust authorities (CNBC)
FCC’s largest spectrum auction nets $4.47 billion for 5G mmWave bands (VentureBeat)
Beats announces $149 Powerbeats with 15 hours of battery life (The Verge)
Inside Xbox Series X: the full specs (Eurogamer)
Microsoft hits its goal of 1 billion devices running Windows 10 (The Verge)
Trump Oversold a Google Site to Fight Coronavirus (NYTimes)
Trump’s Google testing announcement mixed up several real projects (The Verge)
Silicon Valley Was First to Send Workers Home. It’s Been Messy. (WSJ)
Coronavirus Impact: Netflix Shuts Down Film, TV Work in U.S. and Canada as Production Nears Standstill (The Hollywood Reporter)
18 min
March 13, 2020Fri. 03/13 - Has Coronavirus Proven ISP Datacaps Are A Sham?
Has the Coronavirus proven that datacaps from ISPs are a sham? Comcast accidentally published the numbers of customers who paid them not to do that. Airbnb continues to be in trouble. Cool no-code tools from Atlassian, and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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Housebound Italian Kids Strain Network With Fortnite Marathon (Bloomberg)
AT&T Suspends Broadband Data Caps During Coronavirus Crisis (Vice)
Comcast accidentally published 200,000 “unlisted” phone numbers (ArsTechnica)
Airbnb’s Loss Nearly Doubles in Fourth Quarter, Before Virus (Bloomberg)
Atlassian brings new automation tools to Jira Cloud (TechCrunch)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
The Secret History of a Cold War Mastermind (Wired)
TIM COOK’S TRICK FOR MAKING IPHONES IS NOW AT RISK FROM THE PANDEMIC (The Verge)
Why All the Warby Parker Clones Are Now Imploding (Marker)
How Google kneecapped Amazon’s smart TV efforts (Protocol)
A Chatty Auction Site Is Taking the Classic Car World by Storm (NYTimes)
The History of the URL (Cloudflare)
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