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Tech Brew Ride Home

Thu. 09/10 – “Campus” Is Facebook, But For College Kids (Insert Joke Here)

Tech Brew Ride Home

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🗓️ 10 September 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Facebook goes back to its roots by going back to school with Campus. The Long-Term Stock Exchange is ready for its closeup. The former head of the NSA is joining Amazon’s board. The second-gen Motorola Razr is here. And an in-depth review and assessment of whether or not Microsoft’s Surface Duo knows what it wants to be. Sponsors: Doubleup.agency Today In Digital Marketing Podcast Links: Facebook reinvents Facebook with the launch of Campus for college students (The Verge) Former NSA chief Keith Alexander has joined Amazon’s board of directors (The Verge) Former NSA chief Keith Alexander has joined Amazon’s board of directors (The Verge) Motorola’s second-gen foldable Razr adds 5G, better cameras, and a chance at redemption (The Verge) Bose announces $279 QuietComfort Earbuds and $179 Sport Earbuds (The Verge) MICROSOFT SURFACE DUO REVIEW: DOUBLE TROUBLES (The Verge) TikTok, U.S. Discuss Ways to Avoid Sale (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Tech Meam Ride Home for Thursday, September 10th, 2020.

0:07.2

I'm Brian McCullough. Today, Facebook goes back to its roots by going back to school

0:12.1

with campus, the long-term stock

0:14.4

exchange is ready for its close-up. The former head of the NSA is

0:17.7

joining Amazon's board. The second-generation Motorola Razor is here and an

0:22.3

in-depth review and assessment of whether or not

0:24.6

Microsoft Surface Duo knows what it wants to be.

0:28.0

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech. Remember how Facebook launched as a social network only for college students? You had to have a

0:39.2

dot-ed-ed-U email address even to sign up originally and each Facebook was originally

0:45.2

restricted to a given school. You couldn't even friend someone from a school on the

0:49.2

other side of the country. Well it's back to the future for Facebook in a way because it is piloting what it is calling

0:55.9

campus, a section of the Facebook app specifically designed for college students to interact

1:01.5

with peers at their school. It's launching at 30 universities. designed for

1:03.2

now, it's launching at 30 universities in the US for now,

1:06.8

quoting the verge.

1:08.0

Campus is designed to be a place where students can interact only

1:11.2

with peers at their school.

1:12.8

They can access a campus only news feed and join groups, events,

1:16.6

and group chat rooms called campus chats

1:19.3

pertaining to campus life.

1:20.9

In a nod to the original Facebook, they'll even have access to a campus directory where they can find and friend other students.

1:27.0

In order to access campus students have to provide their and cover photos will follow them to campus. They'll also have the option to add or remove

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