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| End of the Vine… | |
| Number | 2889 |
| Broadcast Date | OCTOBER 27, 2016 |
| Episode Length | 49:46 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt |
| Guests | Justin Robert Young |
Apple announces new laptops and an Apple TV app while Twitter shuts down Vine and lays off 9% of its staff. Justin Robert Young and Tom Merritt discuss that and more.
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Top Stories
- FCC adopts controversial online privacy rules
- Facebook launches augmented reality selfie “masks” for Live video
- The US FCC passed new rules requiring ISPs to get customer permission before sharing sensitive information like location, browsing history and app usage. And Facebook is adding Snapchat-like 'Masks' to Live broadcasts for US, UK and New Zealand iOS users. Now here are some more top stories.
- Twitter said Thursday it will cut 9 percent of its workforce in order to cut costs and become profitable in 2017. Twitter beat analysts expectations, reporting Q3 revenue up 8 percent at $616 million ahead of an expected $605.8 million with earnings of 13 cents a share over an expected 9 cents. Total revenue grew 6 percent to $545 million, 90 percent from mobile. Monthly active users grew 3 percent to 317 million. In the earnings call CFO Anthony Noto said the company is working on an Event Timeline and personalized tabs around things like sports teams or political parties, powered by machine learning. Jack Dorsey also said in an investor letter that Twitter has meaningful safety updates coming next month. -- Twitter said it will discontinue the Vine app in the coming months. A source told the Verge some of the Vine staff was laid off Thursday. Twitter will keep the vine postings and vine website online after the service is shut down.
- Yahoo released its first transparency report since Reuters reported Yahoo conducted an email scanning program at the request of the US government. The report covers January through June of 2016. The scanning took place in Spring 2015 but Yahoo clarified it only reports the "total number of accounts about which information was produced." In the first half of 2016, Yahoo received 12,666 requests from governments worldwide focused on 20,511 user accounts. It disclosed content or data on 7,779 accounts and rejected or found no data for 4,887 requests. Yahoo received 4,709 requests from the U.S. government, targeting 9,408 accounts. It disclosed content in response to 24 percent of the requests. Yahoo owned Tumblr received 274 requests from governments worldwide.
- Tesla announced its first quarterly profit in more than three years, helped by nearly $139 million in sales of clean car credits. Tesla's earnings report comes ahead of a November 17th vote on the acquisition of SolarCity. During the earnings call, CEO Elon Musk described his vision for a self-driving car service called Tesla Network designed to let Tesla owners make extra money from their cars when they aren't using them.
- Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima told financial analysts Thursday that more information on the Switch console will come on January 12th in Tokyo. The Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 will reveal the system's launch date, pricing, and game lineup, with playable demos available on the 13th and 14th in Tokyo. The event will be livestreamed.
- Business Insider obtained documents that indicate Amazon plans to open 20 grocery stores in the US over the next two years and believes there is an opportunity to open up to 2,0000 stores. Amazon Fresh pilot program stores would open by the end of 2018 in places like Seattle, Las Vegas, New York, Miami, and the Bay Area. 10 of the stores would be 10,000 square feet locations where you drive up to pick up orders made online. The other 10 would be 30,000 square feet stores you go into with a shopping cart. Amazon is also considering combo stores. It's unclear if Amazon Prime or Amazon Prime Fresh member ship would be required to shop at the stores. The documents proposed a launch schedule of 200 stores a year supported by new distribution centers. GeekWire has previously reported on an Amazon grocery store under construction in Ballard, 25 minutes from downtown Seattle.
- Verizon announced Wednesday it will acquire video service Vessel, originally launched in 2015. The company plans to use Vessel's product and technology, but will shutdown the the existing service. As part of the acquisition, Vessel CTO Richard Tom, will join Verizon’s digital entertainment efforts in the same role. The acquisition is expected to close within 30 days.
Discussion
- The new MacBook Pro is here
- Here’s what you can do with the Touch Bar on the new MacBook Pro
- Apple announces new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, Touch ID, and USB-C
- Apple’s new ‘TV’ app is its way of simplifying all your streaming content
- Apple says LG's new 5K displays were designed for the new MacBook Pro
Pick of the Day
- This app shows you what cellular network you are using on Project Fi and its strength. The same for WiFi networks. You can use it to switch to a better signal. Used to use it for that a lot in the early days of Project Fi, but it has gotten better at selecting the stronger signal.
- Submitted by Mike of Herrin Illinois
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