Tue. 09/25 - The Instagram Founders Ghost Facebook
Tech Brew Ride Home
Amalgamated Internets, LLC
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🗓️ 25 September 2018
⏱️ 20 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Tech Meme Ride Home for Tuesday, September 25th, 2018. I'm Brian McCullough. |
| 0:09.0 | Today, Instagram's founders turn in their two weeks notice. |
| 0:14.0 | Samsung accuses Apple of stealing. |
| 0:17.0 | Lots of changes are coming to Google Search |
| 0:20.0 | and a Netflix for open source. |
| 0:23.0 | Here's what you missed today in the world of tech. |
| 0:30.0 | So some really big stories broke overnight and into this morning. The first up is |
| 0:35.6 | Instagram's co-founder Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have resigned and planned to |
| 0:42.0 | leave the company in a few weeks. |
| 0:44.5 | Facebook was apparently unaware that Mr. Sistram and Mr. Krieger were planning to leave. |
| 0:49.7 | In a statement on Instagram's PR website, Sistram wrote, |
| 0:53.8 | Mike and I are grateful for the last eight years |
| 0:56.2 | at Instagram and six years with the Facebook team. |
| 0:59.0 | We've grown from 13 people to over 1,000 |
| 1:01.6 | with offices around the world, all while building products |
| 1:04.9 | used and loved by a community of over 1 billion. |
| 1:08.4 | We're now ready for our next chapter. |
| 1:11.1 | We're planning on taking some time off to explore our curiosity and creativity again. |
| 1:15.0 | Building new things requires that we step back, understand what inspires us, and match that with what the world needs. |
| 1:21.0 | That's what we plan to do." In a statement to Tech Crunch, Mark Zuckerberg said, |
| 1:27.6 | quote, Kevin and Mike are extraordinary product leaders and Instagram reflects their combined creative talents. |
| 1:34.4 | I've learned a lot working with them for the past six years and have really enjoyed it. |
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