Mark Zuckerberg Outlines New Privacy-Focused Facebook
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| Mark Zuckerberg Outlines New Privacy-Focused Facebook | |
| Number | 769 |
| Broadcast Date | MARCH 7, 2019 |
| Episode Length | 4:16 |
| Hosts | Sarah Lane |
Facebook users in the US fall by 15M, Nintendo announces VR kit for Switch, Amazon is closing 87 pop-up stores.
Headlines
- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote a post Wednesday titled "A Privacy-Focused Vision for Social Networking," saying Facebook's committed to a privacy-focused platform based on private interactions, end-to-end encryption, reducing permanence, safety, interoperability, and secure data storage. Zuck notes that Facebook wants to let users opt into the ability to send messages across Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, and expand to include RCS on its Android apps. Messenger can currently do SMS on Android.
- The number of Facebook users in the US fell by 15M people between 2017 and 2019, says a new report from Edison Research, but Facebook-owned Instagram has seen the biggest increase in US users over the same timeframe, growing from 9% to 16%.
- Huawei filed a complaint in US Federal Court Wednesday challenging the constitutionality of Section 899 of the National Defense Authorization Act, which bans the use of Huawei and ZTE technology by US government contractors. Huawei claims there is no evidence that its products pose a security threat, and that this constitutes a bill of attainder-- an act of legislation that targets a person or group to punish them without trial-- which is specifically forbidden in the US Constitution Article I Sections 9 and 10.
- TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in a recent note to investors that new Samsung phones, including the Galaxy S10e, the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10+, are showing better than expected preorder numbers and that he's upping his 2019 shipment estimates by as much as 30 percent to as much as 45 million units. Samsung and Apple both saw decreased shipments in 2018 due at least in part to expensive phones and changing wireless carrier subsidy models.
- Nintendo announced a new addition to its Labo line of DIY cardboard accessories, a VR kit for the Nintendo Switch. The main VR kit costs $79.99 and includes six different cardboard kits such as VR goggles, a blaster, a camera, and an elephant, plus a screen holder and safety cap. A basic starter kit includes just the goggles and blaster for $39.99. Additional accessories can be purchased separately for $20 sets. The kits include Labo software, including games, step-by-step instructions, and a “garage” mode to build your own Labo creations.
- Amazon announced it will close all of its 87 pop-up locations in the U.S. in April, which includes inside Whole Foods, Kohl's, and shopping malls. The shops let customers try out Fire tablets, Kindle e-readers, Echo smart speakers, and Amazon services, like Prime Video, Audible and Kindle Unlimited. Amazon says it plans to open more 4-star stores, which stocks products with 4-star or better ratings on Amazon, more Amazon Books stores, and will continue to roll out its Amazon Go cashierless store chain.
- The PlayStation 4 console will now officially sync with iOS devices through the PS4 Remote Play app. This was previously possible by using third party apps, like R-Play, which ran you $12. Sony first launched remote play for its own Xperia Z3 in October 2014.
- Microsoft is open sourcing Windows calculator, AKA calc.exe, with source code available on GitHub today under the MIT permissive license, including the build system, unit tests, and the product road map for the calculator feature in Windows. Microsoft previously open-sourced the original File Manager to let it run on Windows 10, and recently made 60,000 patents open-source to help protect Linux.
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Mark Zuckerberg Outlines New Privacy-Focused Facebook |
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