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Tue. 09/14 – The iPhone 13 Event Sep 14, 2021

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Happy iPhone day, you fanfolk, you. All the news from today’s Apple event. Facebook’s own research says Instagram is bad for girls. Facebook’s own documents show it gives VIP users the VIP treatment when it comes to enforcement policies. And you might want to quickly download that iOS update.

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Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show (WSJ)
Facebook Says Its Rules Apply to All. Company Documents Reveal a Secret Elite That’s Exempt. (WSJ)
Apple patches an NSO zero-day flaw affecting all devices (TechCrunch)

Mon. 09/13 – Is China Dismantling Its Super Apps? Sep 13, 2021

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Is China dismantling its super apps and selling the parts for scrap? Toast has officially become my favorite Covid-times survival story. What to expect from tomorrow’s iPhone event, including 1 TB iPhone storage tiers. And a full breakdown of the ruling in the Epic vs. Apple case. Has the app store officially been cracked open? It’s complicated.

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Beijing to break up Ant’s Alipay and force creation of separate loans app (Financial Times)
Tencent and Alibaba pledge to open up apps to competitors (Financial Times)
Commercetools raises $140M at a $1.9B valuation as 'headless' commerce continues to boom (TechCrunch)
iPhone 13 Pro will get 1TB option & new 'AirPods 3' will not replace AirPods (AppleInsider)
Apple must allow other forms of in-app purchase, rules judge in Epic v. Apple (The Verge)
Apple Risks Losing Billions of Dollars Annually From Epic Games Ruling (Bloomberg)
The future of the App Store depends on the difference between a ‘button’ and an ‘external link’ (The Verge)
Apple Won a Battle to Lose the War (500ish.com)

Today's podcast voting! Gates v. Jobs!

(TWTR SPC) An Interview With @kayvz, Who Is Leading The Twitter Product Revolution Sep 11, 2021

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Chris and I thought we had not guests lined up this week so we were going to just potpourri some topics. But then Keyvon Beykpour, who is heading the Twitter project revolution came on and talked to us longer than we had any right to ask for. It was a great conversation.

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Fri. 09/10 – Even Under App Store Pressure, Apple Still Unwilling To Play Ball With Epic Sep 10, 2021

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Even under pressure over the App Store, Apple is still willing to give Epic Games the finger. Also, Apple is putting the pedal to the metal in terms of new TV shows and original movies, while also attempting to solve the streaming industry’s problem with DJ Mixes. Food delivery platforms are suing NYC. And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

The Screen in Your Car Is Beckoning (Slate)
Russia Influences Hackers but Stops Short of Directing Them, Report Says (NYTimes)
How Amazon’s cloud business generates billions in profit (CNBC)
When the Techies Took Over Tahoe (Outside)
Adult Swim: How an Animation Experiment Conquered Late-Night TV (NYTimes)

Thu. 09/09 – Facebook Glasses And Amazon Fire TVs Sep 09, 2021

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Facebook launches some smart glasses. Amazon launches its own, branded smart tv. Soccer players are turning into NFTs. Twitter is turning into Reddit. And I still have questions about the whole Buy Now, Pay Later space.

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FACEBOOK ON YOUR FACE (The Verge)
Amazon Unveils First of Its Own Smart TVs, Will Bring TikTok to Fire TV in U.S. and Canada (Variety)
Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick 4K Max adds Wi-Fi 6 and faster performance (The Verge)
Spain’s Football League Seals Digital Player Card Deal With Sorare (Bloomberg)
Twitter wants you to tweet to interest-based communities, not just followers (TechCrunch)
BNPL platform Scalapay raises $155 million in Tiger Global led round (Tech.eu)

(Today's twitter poll)

Wed. 09/08 – Coinbase Tussles With The SEC? Sep 08, 2021

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Coinbase says the SEC threatened to sue it over a crypto lending product. The fallout from yesterday’s Bitcoin launch in El Salvador. Ford hires away one of the key executives on the Apple Car project. Microsoft and PayPal make some interesting acquisitions. And hey. Some new laptops!

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Tue. 09/07 – How Private IS ProtonMail? Sep 07, 2021

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What does it mean if ProtonMail regularly discloses user data to certain authorities? How private is WhatsApp if Facebook has more than 1,000 contractors moderating your messages? Heck, how secure is Bluetooth? There’s a new vulnerability. Would you want the authorities monitoring your poop thanks to new smart toilets? And a quick word on Solana.

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ProtonMail logged IP address of French activist after order by Swiss authorities (TechCrunch)
How Facebook Undermines Privacy Protections for Its 2 Billion WhatsApp Users (ProPublica)
Billions of devices impacted by new BrakTooth Bluetooth vulnerabilities (The Record)
TikTok reportedly overtakes YouTube in US average watch time (The Verge)
SMARTWATCHES TRACK OUR HEALTH. SMART TOILETS AREN’T TOO FAR BEHIND. (WSJ)
Ethereum Rival Solana Climbs to Seventh in Crypto Top 10 (Bloomberg)

(IHP Bonus) Shirish Nadkarni On Microsoft, Hotmail, MSN and Blackberry Internet Email Sep 06, 2021

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Serial entrepreneur Shirish Nadkarni came to the U.S. as a teenager with $25 in his pocket. After graduating from Harvard Business School, he worked at Microsoft where he engineered the $400 million acquisition of Hotmail and launched MSN.com, the world’s leading web portal.

Striking out on his own in 1999 at the height of the dot-com boom, he founded TeamOn Systems, an early pioneer of mobile email that was later acquired by BlackBerry before becoming BlackBerry Internet Email servicing over 50 million users at its peak.

His great new book is: From Startup to Exit: An Insider's Guide to Launching and Scaling Your Tech Business

Ride Home Early Stage Fund (And How To Maybe Invest In It) Sep 05, 2021

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If you're interested in investing in a Ride Home early stage investment fund, listen to this quick message, and then visit RideHomeFund.com to express your interest.

(TWTR SPC) This Week's NFT Explosion With @jacksondame And @SHL0MS Sep 04, 2021

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Chris and I get deep in this week's NFT craziness with two folks who are actually working right now in the space, @jacksondame And @SHL0MS.

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