Fri. 02/01 - The Apple/Facebook/Google Cold War

Tech Brew Ride Home

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🗓️ 1 February 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Turns out Google poked Apple in the eye also, layoffs hit Vice, Amazon reports earnings and reports that a ton of people responded to that minimum wage hike, and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: DataDogHQ.com/ridehome Tiny.website Links: Apple restores Google's internal iOS apps after certificate misuse punishment (TechCrunch) Twitter removed some accounts originating in Iran, Russia and Venezuela that targeted U.S. midterm election (The Washington Post) Vice Media to Reorganize, Lay Off 10 Percent of Staff (Exclusive) (The Hollywood Reporter) Why the Outlook for Digital Media Behemoths is Worse than You Think (Talking Points Memo) Amazon Notches Third Record Profit in a Row (WSJ) Americans are lining up to work for Amazon for $15 an hour (QZ) Why Alexa usually won’t respond when someone says ‘Alexa’ on TV (VentureBeat) The SmartTouchUSA.com Weekend Longreads Suggestions The ShopTalkShow podcast Is Alexa working? (Benedict Evans) As I.P.O. Approaches, Lyft’s Chief Is Nudged Into the Spotlight (NYTimes) Why Technology Hasn’t Fixed the Housing Crisis (NYTimes) The Secrets of Lyndon Johnson’s Archives (The New Yorker) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Friday, February 1st, 2019. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:10.0	It turns out Google poked Apple in the eye also, layoffs hit Vice,
0:16.0	Amazon reports earnings and also reports that a ton of people responded to that minimum
0:20.9	wage hike they did, and of course the weekend long reads. to that
0:23.4	the minimum wage hike they did and of course the weekend long reads suggestions here's what you miss today in the world of tech
0:31.6	We wondered if Google might be doing the same thing Facebook was doing.
0:37.0	And it turns out they were.
0:38.0	Google was inviting users 18 and up to install and run an app called Screenwise Meter to monitor phone usage on selected phones.
0:47.0	Screenwise was side installed using Apple's Enterprise Certificate process, same thing Facebook was doing.
0:56.5	We wondered if Apple would be pissed if they found out that Google was doing the same thing
0:59.6	Facebook got in trouble for, and it turns out, they pissed. For a period of time
1:05.0	yesterday Apple blocked Google from using internal iOS apps by revoking their
1:09.8	enterprise certificate that meant that Googlers, like their Facebook counterparts, couldn't use internal Gmail or
1:17.2	calendars or YouTube apps, couldn't even use their internal food and transportation apps.
1:22.8	In other words, work at the Googleplex was super disrupted.
1:28.0	This has now been resolved, at least in Google's case, Apple restored Google's certificates, but we also wondered if these
1:36.3	disruptions were just coincidental or actual shots across the bow of those
1:40.5	offending companies and it turns out yeah Apple was definitely meeting out
1:46.7	punishment this has been a wild story all around and one that might not even be over
1:52.1	yet I'm hearing rumors that Amazon might be another
1:55.3	offending party. It's also interesting that while Apple chose to slap Google on the wrist as well,
2:02.3	they made the punishment sharp but brief.
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