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Week 32, 2020

Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok purchase in the United States

Microsoft - August 2, 2020 - 2 min

Microsoft will move quickly to pursue discussions with TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, in a matter of weeks, and in any event completing these discussions no later than September 15, 2020.

The TikTok saga continues this week. Apart from confirming the bizarre M&A situation between both companies, I had never seen a deadline for an acquisition publicly discussed.

Microsoft expands TikTok takeover ambitions to entire global business

Financial Times - August 6, 2020

Despite Microsoft's press release stating they intent to buy only TikTok's USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand business, it will make more sense from an operational sense to just purchase the whole company (except the China business).

Trump Targets WeChat and TikTok, in Sharp Escalation With China

The New York Times - August 7, 2020 - 8 min

USA companies have 45 days to cut all ties with both companies. This mean, among other things, the apps will need to be removed from the Android and iPhone app stores.

It's not clear what will happen with WeChat's parent company (Tencent) multiple investments in American companies.

Announcing the Expansion of the Clean Network to Safeguard America’s Assets

US Department of State - August 5, 2020 - 2 min

Really bizarre announced that sounds a lot like USA's version of China's "Great Firewall".

Instagram Reels launches globally in over 50 countries, including US

Techcrunch - August 5, 2020 - 5 min

Extremely well-timed release of Facebook's TikTok clone.

Snapchat to take on TikTok with a new music-powered feature rolling out this fall

Techcrunch - August 3, 2020 - 3 min

And it looks like Snapchat will launch their's in the fall.

‘Success Addicts’ Choose Being Special Over Being Happy

The Atlantic - July 30, 2020 - 8 min

I don't know who needs to hear this but:

The first step is an admission that as successful as you are, were, or hope to be in your life and work, you are not going to find true happiness on the hedonic treadmill of your professional life. You’ll find it in things that are deeply ordinary: enjoying a walk or a conversation with a loved one, instead of working that extra hour, for example.

The Battle to Invent the Automatic Rice Cooker

Atlas Obscura - July 31, 2020 - 11 min

All you wanted to know about the history of automatic rice cookers. It definitely convinced me to get one!

The rise, fall, and rise of the status pineapple

BBC News - August 2, 2020 - 9 min

A single fruit was worth thousands of pounds and often the same pineapple would be paraded from event to event until it eventually went rotten.

Buying surplus seats, made easy

Aviationgate

Even wanted to have your own Boeing 747 seats in the living room? Now you can (for a price)!

Facebook Signs Lease at Vornado’s Farley Building in Manhattan

Bloomberg - August 3, 2020 - 2 min

Facebook is leasing 730,000 square feet of office space... after announcing they estimate half of their employees will work from home in the next 10 years 🤷🏻‍♀️.

Blackstone to acquire Ancestry.com for $4.7 billion

Reuters - August 5, 2020 - 2 min

The biggest landlord in the world is acquiring the biggest DNA database in the world. I'm sure they'll only use it for good 🙄

And if you think you're safe because you've never used a DNA testing service, are you sure none of your relatives have?

Microsoft condemns Apple’s App Store policies

The Verge - August 6, 2020 - 3 min

Another week, another AppStore controversy. This time, Microsoft is discontinuing their xCloud streaming gaming service on iOS because Apple will not allow it in the AppStore.

Samsung announces the Galaxy Z Fold 2 with bigger screens and better cameras

The Verge - August 5, 2020 - 2 min

This is the real 1.0 product. The "HingeGate" was proof the previous Galaxy Fold was a 0.5 product at best. But I have to admit this new device is almost perfect in terms of design, Samsung hasn't cut any corners this time. We'll see how the software holds up.

Pinduoduo: Vertically Integrated Social Commerce

Turner Novak - August 6, 2020 - 35 min

Complete profile of the $100B, 5 year-old, Chinese group buying ecommerce platform.

Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates

The Verge - August 6, 2020 - 6 min

The scientific body in charge of standardizing the names of genes has officially changed the names of genes whose symbols Excel insisted in converting into dates, like MARCH1 or SEPT1.

Software is eating... science.

Microsoft integrates Android apps into Windows 10 with new Your Phone update

The Verge - August 5, 2020 - 2 min

They're adding an Android emulator inside Windows. I hope it runs better than the one developers use to test apps, of you'll need a pretty powerful machine to run them somewhat smoothly.

Google Career Certificates

Google

Google is launching a $300, 6 months certificate program in multiple areas (Data Analyst, Project Manager, UX Designer...) and they will consider it equivalent to a 4 year degree when applying for a job at Google.

Subsidized bootcamp to grow the hiring pipeline? 🤔

What Just Blew Up In Beirut?

Bellingcat - August 4, 2020

Bellingcat is one of my favorite things on the internet. They so open-source investigations of real-world events via public data and online tools. This time, they investigate the Beirut explosion.

Apple veteran Phil Schiller transitions to new ‘Fellow’ role, Greg Joswiak promoted to SVP of marketing

9to5mac - August 4, 2020 - 3 min

With this departure, Eddy Cue is the only remaining member of the leadership team that launched the iPhone.

Anthony Levandowski sentenced to 18 months in prison as new $4B lawsuit against Uber is filed

Techcrunch - August 4, 2020 - 8 min

I hope the new lawsuit somehow makes public the last piece of the puzzle: the terms of the Uber-Waymo settlement.

Apple updates 27-inch iMac with new 10th-gen Intel CPUs, T2 chip and a 1080p webcam

9to5mac - August 4, 2020

This will likely be the last Intel iMac ever released. A completely new design is expected for the Apple Silicon iMac released in the next 2 years.

Mulan is heading to Disney Plus on September 4th for $30

The Verge - August 4, 2020 -

This movie will be the canary in the coal mine for the future direct-to-streaming blockbuster releases.

The UX of LEGO Interface Panels

designedbycave - August 4, 2020 - 9 min

Can Killing Cookies Save Journalism?

Wired - August 5, 2020 - 13 min

What if there was a way out of the privacy-violating hole a lot of tech companies have dug for themselves? A not-so-revolutionary idea could be the solution: context-based advertising. This is type of advertising, that's been in use by (physical) newspapers for centuries, could even convert better than privacy-invasive ads, and leave more revenue for publishers by cutting middlemen.

Digital Revenue Exceeds Print for 1st Time for New York Times Company

The New York Times - August 5, 2020 -

Headline has the good news. Small print has the bad ones:

[A]d revenue fell 32 percent in the digital part of the business and 55 percent in print compared with the equivalent period last year

Uber ride-sharing revenue plummets, food delivery more than doubles

CNBC - August 6, 2020 - 2 min

Uber shared their Q2 financial updates: ride bookings dropped 73% versus the same quarter last year, food delivery more than doubled (113%), but the company still lost $1.8B.

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