Cloudy with a Chance of Nuts & Bolts

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Cloudy with a Chance of Nuts & Bolts
Number 3250
Broadcast Date MARCH 29, 2018
Episode Length 30:04
Hosts Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane
Guests Justin Robert Young

Windows chief Terry Myerson leaves Microsoft after 21 years, President Trump accuses Amazon of not paying taxes, and Apple allows users to download copies of user data the company keeps in anticipation of GDPR.

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Sources tell Bloomberg Snap is cutting another 100 jobs on the advertising side of the business, following cuts in engineering earlier this year as part of a restructuring process Snap started in its fourth quarter.
Members of the Office Insiders program on Office 365 will now get to use machine-learning powered features in Microsoft Excel. It can now recognize and pull in additional data for geographic locations and stocks.
Android Police reports its sources say TCL will launch a Palm-branded phone on Verizon in the second half of the year. TCL confirmed last August that it would launch phones under the Palm brand. TCL acquired the Palm name in 2015. TCL also makes BlackBerry handsets.
Uber and the family of the woman killed by an autonomous Uber vehicle in Arizona have reached a settlement. An attorney for Elaine Herzberg's daughter and husband said, “the matter has been resolved.” The terms of the settlement were not given and the firm says it would have no further comment on the matter.

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Microsoft is splitting up its Windows and Devices Group. Executive Vice President Rajesh Jha will lead a new group called Experiences and Devices with Panos Panay continuing to lead Surface devices and Joe Belfiore continuing to run Windows client. The Windows platform is moving to Scott Guthrie's new Cloud and AI group and combining with Azure Platform under Jason Zander. Alex Kipman will work on Hololens in this group as part of a new team called AI perception and Mixed Reality Services. Harry Shum will continue to run the separate group called AI & Research. Former Windows head Terry Myerson is leaving Microsoft in a few months.
The US President tweeted that Amazon is not paying taxes, abuses the US postal system and puts retailers out of business. Amazon used to battle against state taxes but is now sometimes held up as an example of how to handle state tax collection. Cities however complain that Amazon ignores their tax collection needs. Amazon has a corporate deal that pays the US postal service to deliver packages. Some have criticized the deal as bad for the USPS, but Amazon's deal is not unique in that aspect. Amazon has been criticized for running out smaller retail businesses since it launched in the 1990s.
Facebook announced it will shut down Partner Categories over the next 6 months which will limit how much data it allows advertisers buying targeted ads on the social network to have. Facebook says it will stop using data from third-party data aggregators — specifically companies like Experian and Acxiom — to help supplement its own data set. A source tells Recode that although Facebook still uses these companies to help with ad measurement, it's reevaluating how that practice works too.
In compliance with the EU's GDPR, Apple will update its web page to allow users to download a copy of all data stored with Apple. An update to iOS 11.3 Thursday also includes a splash screen on data privacy detailing how data is used in applications. The update also adds the toggle to disable a feature that slows the phone down in order to adapt to older battery capacity. There's also the ability to view health records and new animated emojis.
A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the mobile game Big Fish Casino constitutes illegal online gambling under Washington state law. Big Fish Casino has in-game currency called chips that players can use to play BlackJack, slots etc. If you run out of the chips you can either wait for a refresh or buy them. Washington state law outlaws risking something of value on the outcome of a contest of chance or a future contingent event not under the person’s control or influence to receive something of value in the event of a certain outcome. The judge ruled that the chips have value because they extend the privilege of playing the game. The case was brought by Cheryl Kater who spent more than $1,000 on chips. The decision overturns a 2016 US District Court ruling. The case now returns to District Court. Big Fish's parent company, Churchill Downs can request the case be heard in front of a large appeals court panel, or petition for it to be heard by the US Supreme Court.
Bumble filed a lawsuit late Wednesday claiming Match Group stole trade secrets through “fraudulent” behavior, hurt Bumble’s chances of selling an equity investment, interfered with its business operations, and is asking for $400 million in damages. Match filed its own patent infringement lawsuit against Bumble earlier this month. Bumble's lawsuit claims Match Group offered to buy Bumble for $450 million last June, which Bumble considered too low, then failed to make a serious offer. Bumble founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd was a founder of Tinder, which Match owns, and filed a sexual harassment lawsuit when she left the company in 2014.

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Hello DTNS from misty Toronto,

I thought I'd throw my two cents in, given that I'm working in the exact industry this swing back will effect. As context, I'm a millennial that chose to be a technical sales person in hardware sales instead of cloud (or SaaS) sales. The reason I chose to be where I am is because I believe there will be a shift back to on premises.

The drive for cloud right now is usually coming top down from executives who have to have a broad understanding of many things, including IT. Their vision of what cloud is usually comes down to two things (to over simplify): First is cost savings both in compute resources and people resources (..so don't blame AI for taking all the jobs). The second is agility of the business which includes agility for developers (to create more SaaS offerings...). It all ends up getting touted as this sexy thing to do for executives, 'Move to the cloud'...it's the future. In some cases, that might be their mandate from on high. Executive Jim, cloud-ify the business!

What gets lost in the translation is what 'the cloud' actually is. 'The cloud' is actually someone else's data center that you're renting rather than having your own personal cloud that you can tailor to your exact needs. And to the point of, someone's going to make it possible to make your own cloud? That's already available today from a company that's been focused on Hybrid Cloud from the start... I'm avoiding name dropping...

And the last thing that's always left out...who owns the data that you're putting on the cloud? Always read the fine print.
Sent by Peter from misty Toronto

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