Nov 22, 2020 | business, Facebook, Google, Internet, law, news, Politics, web_services
On October 14, the New York Post published a story alleging that smoking gun emails on Hunter Biden’s laptop implicated Joe Biden in corrupt schemes. It was immediately obvious that the story was almost certainly complete bullshit. Today, a few weeks later, it has...
Nov 19, 2020 | Amazon, business, Facebook, Google, Internet, law, news, Politics, web_services
Settle down, this is important. We’re going to talk about Section 230. I understand that you have no idea what that is. For now, take my word for it. I wouldn’t put you through this if it wasn’t a big deal. Section 230 is the key to understanding Facebook and Twitter....
Sep 28, 2020 | Android, Apple, Google, Microsoft, mobile, Office 365, OneNote, Outlook, phone, software, Windows10
I want you to add something to your to do list. Okay, what popped into your mind as the place you would put that? A notepad on the refrigerator? A post-it on the steering wheel? An app on your phone? A list in Outlook or OneNote? An Excel spreadsheet? Promising...
Sep 13, 2020 | business, Facebook, Google, Internet
The advertising business doesn’t work the way you think it does. You figure you’ve pretty well got it – you watched Mad Men, right? Back in the 1960s, cigarette-smoking men from ad agencies would wine and dine with publishers and TV executives to get a...
Aug 16, 2020 | Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, law, news, Politics, Privacy
“If people are at cross-purposes, they do not understand each other because they are working toward or talking about different things without realizing it.” Definition of “at cross-purposes”, Collins Dictionary “One example of arguing at cross purposes would be two...
May 11, 2020 | Android, Apple, audio, Google, phone
As we enter into the twentieth year third month of the global pandemic, technology news has slowed down as much as everything else. There aren’t many things to tell you about! Here are a few bits of tech news that have caught my eye in the moments between bouts...
