Ten Minute Tech Talk

As social distancing continues due to COVID-19, we review video conferencing apps: Zoom, Houseparty, Messenger and Skype.

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Zoom's 'Company Directory' feature pooled thousands of personal email addresses, exposing user data -- iMore

Hacker finds another Zoom bug that can be used to take over your Mac -- iMore

Lawsuit: Zoom illegally sold users' personal data -- CBS News

Zoom's misleading encryption claims are just the latest problem for the popular service -- Six Colors

The Zoom Privacy Backlash Is Only Getting Started -- Wired

How to delete your Zoom account -- Android Central

How to prevent unwanted people from joining your Houseparty calls -- Android Central

Houseparty offering $1 million for proof hacking rumors are smear campaign -- Android Central

How to delete your Houseparty account --Android Central

New Messenger Desktop App for Group Video Calls and Chats -- Facebook Newsroom

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News is slow so we're sharing some of our favorite tips for telecommuting.

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Using Quiet Hours in Microsoft Teams -- Its Partly Cloudy

Set default Do Not Disturb hours -- Slack Help Center

Three Point Lighting Set-Up Diagram

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The New iPad Pro has trackpad support and the tech industry is in self-quarantine due to the Coronavirus.

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Conan O'Brien to Film Talk Show From Home Using iPhone — MacRumors

Amazon suspends all shipments to its warehouses except medical supplies and 'high-demand' products — The Independent

Trump Caught Google Off Guard With a Bogus Coronavirus Site Announcement — Wired

Apple iPad Pro and MacBook Air (2020): Specs, Features, Price — Wired

Here's how the iPad's new trackpad actually works — The Verge

Apple limits bulk online purchases of iPhones amid coronavirus supply constraints -- CNBC

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Tech conferences are getting cancelled left and right, major iOS 14 features were leaked and podcasting is getting shaken up.

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Google I/O 2020 canceled over Coronavirus fears, will be held digitally -- Android Central

E3 2020 canceled due to coronavirus concerns -- Android Central

Important GDC 2020 Update -- Gamasutra

City of Austin Cancels SXSW March Events -- SXSW

With iPhone SE 2 delayed indefinitely, source confirms Apple nixes rumored March event -- Cult of Mac

Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Info Page -- Santa Clara County

Sophisticated mouse cursor support coming to iOS 14, new iPad Smart Keyboard models with trackpad -- 9to5 Mac

iOS 14 Features New OCR Capabilities That Will Convert Handwritten Text From Apple Pencil Into Typed Text -- MacRumors

Spotify's Gimlet Media hires new Head of Content -- HotPod

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Walmart is taking on Amazon, Facebook cancelled a conference and YouTube had a complicated week in court.

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Facebook cancels F8 because coronavirus -- The Verge

Walmart is working on Walmart+ -- Recode

YouTube isn't bound by the First Amendment -- Cnet

Facebook will start paying users to voice train its Portal hardware, and you could earn cash -- Android Central

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Google is under scrutiny, Trump may go after Huawei and Ring is taking major security steps.

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FTC to review Google's 2013 Waze acquisition as part of its antitrust sweep -- Android Central

U.S. mulls cutting Huawei off from global chip suppliers, with TSMC in crosshairs -- Reuters

Ring Finally Rolls Out Mandatory Two-Factor Authentication After Privacy Scandals -- Gizmodo

The Spooky, Loosely Regulated World of Online Therapy -- Jezebel

Trump's beef with Amazon reaches the courts, T-Mobile and Sprint Merge and the FTC starts digging through past mergers.

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Netflix is Finally Letting You Turn Off Those Annoying Autoplay Previews -- MacRumors

Judge tells Microsoft to halt working on Pentagon cloud contract -- CNN Business

The court's decision to allow T-Mobile and Sprint to merge is clear: Sprint sucks -- The Verge

Why the FTC Wants to Revisit Hundreds of Deals by Big Tech -- Wired

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New advertising standards from Google and new Maps from Apple, plus FCC news!

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Chrome will soon block the worst kind of video ads by default -- Android Central

YouTube Will Police Political Videos More Closely -- Wired

Apple delivers a new redesigned Maps for all users in the United States -- Apple Newsroom

Wireless Carriers violated Federal Law by sharing consumer location data -- FCC

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Vine is back! Also, Facebook is finally taking some steps forward on data privacy.

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Byte (from the creators of Vine) is now Live -- Twitter

Starting the Decade by Giving You More Control Over Your Privacy -- Facebook Newsroom

Why Mark Zuckerberg's Oversight Board May Kill His Political Ad Policy -- Wired

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Details about the Bezos iPhone Hack, new Apple TV+ shows and a bunch of lawsuits.

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U.N. Suggests Bezos' Phone Was Hacked Using Saudi Crown Prince's Account -- WSJ

PopSockets, Sonos, and Tile Ask Congress to Rein in Big Tech -- Wired

Apple Announces Release Dates for Several Upcoming Apple TV+ Shows -- MacRumors

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