Fri. 02/21 - Libra Gets A (Shopify) Win!

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🗓️ 21 February 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Shopify joins the Libra Association, Facebook will pay you for your data in one specific instance, Google is cutting down on apps using background location, more Coronavirus cancellations and the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Sponsors: Metalab.co Podcorn.com (promocode: "ride" at checkout) Links: Shopify joins Facebook's cryptocurrency Libra Association (TechCrunch) Google Resists Demands From States in Digital-Ad Probe (WSJ) Facebook will now pay you for your voice recordings (The Verge) Google is cracking down on Android apps that track your location in the background (The Verge) PlayStation and Facebook cancel GDC appearances citing coronavirus concerns (GamesIndustry.biz) Weekend Longreads: Did the Early Internet Activists Blow It? (Slate) Wikipedia Is the Last Best Place on the Internet (Wired) How the BBC’s Netflix-killing plan was snuffed by myopic regulation (WiredUK) Could micro-credentials compete with traditional degrees? (BBC) Debt is Coming (AlexDanco.com) The New Business of AI (and How It’s Different From Traditional Software) (A16Z) Aircraft, Big and Small, Are Changing Our Relationship With Flight (NYTimes) Classified Ad info: Email: cofounders@icloud.com 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 21st, 2020. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:09.8	Shopify joins the Libra Association.
0:12.5	Facebook will pay you for your data in one specific case.
0:16.5	Google is cutting down on apps using background location,
0:19.8	more coronavirus cancellations,
0:21.9	and the weekend long read suggestions. Here's what you
0:24.3	miss today in the world of tech.
0:29.4	Shopify has announced that it will be joining the Libra Association,
0:37.0	ponying up the $10 million entry fee as is required,
0:41.0	but also agreeing to operate a node that will process transactions for Facebook's stable
0:46.0	coin.
0:47.0	Of course, this is very good news for Libra, after eBay, Visa, Stripe, Mastercard,
0:51.9	a tonne folks abandoned the crypto collective recently.
0:56.8	If you're familiar with Shopify's strategy of basically being the Rebel Alliance to Amazon's
1:01.9	Galactic Empire in terms of e-commerce. This makes a ton of sense,
1:06.5	quoting Tech Crunch. If Lieberman manages to assuage international regulators concerns which are
1:12.3	currently blocking its rollout, Shopify
1:15.1	could gain a way to process transactions without paying credit card fees.
1:19.5	Lieber is designed to move between wallets with zero or nearly zero fee. That could save
1:24.4	money for Shopify and the 1 million merchants running online shops on its
1:28.0	platform. Shopify stressed that bringing merchants reduced fees and bringing commerce
1:33.8	commerce opportunities to developing nations as reasons it's joining the
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