Tue. 03/31 - Apple Buys Dark Sky!

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🗓️ 31 March 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Snapchat launches its Stories syndication program. Fitbit has a powerful new fitness tracker. Microsoft and Spotify release some family friendly features and apps. It’s time for Zoom to come under the spotlight for privacy concerns. And a court has ruled that simply breaking a site's terms of service does not constitute criminal hacking. Sponsors: F5.com/ride TinyCaptial.com Links: Apple purchases hyperlocal weather app Dark Sky, ending API and killing Android apps (9to5Mac) Snapchat preempts clones, syndicates Stories to other apps (TechCrunch) Surprise! Fitbit's First New Product Since Google Deal Is A Fitness Tracker (Gizmodo) Microsoft announces Teams for consumers, Skype daily active users up 70% to 40 million (VentureBeat) Microsoft 365 bundles Office 365 with AI and cloud-powered features (VentureBeat) Spotify Brings Standalone Kids’ App to U.S., Featuring a ‘Wash Your Hands’ Playlist (Variety) New York Attorney General Looks Into Zoom’s Privacy Practices (NYTimes) ZOOM MEETINGS AREN’T END-TO-END ENCRYPTED, DESPITE MISLEADING MARKETING (The Intercept) Comcast says voice and video calls have skyrocketed 212 percent during widespread self-isolation (The Verge) Apple Tests Its Secrecy Somewhere New: Employee Homes (Bloomberg) Court: Violating a site’s terms of service isn’t criminal hacking (Ars Technica) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Beam right home for Tuesday, March 31st, 2020.
0:07.0	I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:09.0	Snapchat launches its Story Syndication program.
0:12.0	Fitbit has a powerful new fitness tracker,
0:14.4	Microsoft and Spotify release some family-friendly features and apps,
0:18.4	it's time for Zoom to come under the spotlight for privacy concerns,
0:22.2	and a court has ruled that simply breaking a site's to come under the spotlight for privacy concerns,
0:22.5	and a court has ruled that simply breaking
0:24.5	a site's terms of service does not constitute criminal hacking.
0:28.6	Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.
0:38.9	You won't know it because of the edit, but I'm throwing this one in late real quick because it's a whoa kind of news and it just happened when I got done recording but the company behind the super popular
0:45.3	weather app Dark Sky says it has been acquired by Apple along with its entire team which makes a ton of sense because Dark Sky rules, and Apple's Weather
0:56.3	App is so worthless that I've had it stuck in a crap app folder for years.
1:01.5	But get ready for some bad news. The Android app is no longer available and the
1:06.0	API for Dark Sky will shut down December 31st, quoting 9 to 5 Mac. For now, Dark Sky for iOS will remain available for purchase,
1:16.0	but Apple certainly will have plans to roll it into iOS natively
1:19.0	at some point in the future.
1:21.0	The Native iOS weather app hasn't seen a major overhaul since iOS 7.
1:25.2	Back then it was still powered by Yahoo weather before making the switch to the
1:29.4	weather channel with iOS 8.
1:31.2	When it comes to Dark Sky for Android, the app is no longer
1:35.1	available for download and existing users will have to find a
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