Wed. 09/19 - HQ Wants to Play Wheel of Fortune

Tech Brew Ride Home

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🗓️ 19 September 2018

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Amazon’s ad business is already huge, there’s a new retro Playstation console, Evernote is in our prayers, HQ is moving beyond trivia with a new game and a roundup of the Apple Watch Series 4 reviews. Links: The ACLU Is Charging Facebook With Gender Discrimination In Its Targeted Ads (Buzzfeed News) Facebook Is Letting Job Advertisers Target Only Men (ProPublica) Amazon becoming 3rd-biggest digital ad platform (Axios) Google Home Mini was the best-selling smart speaker in Q2 (TechCrunch) Sony is launching a PlayStation Classic console this December loaded with 20 games (The Verge) Evernote just slashed 54 jobs, or 15 percent of its workforce HQ expands beyond trivia with new ‘Wheel of Fortune’-type game (Digiday) Google Maps for CarPlay in iOS 12 is now available (9to5Mac) iOS 12.1 references ‘iPad2018Fall’, all but confirming new iPad Pro debut next month (9to5Mac) 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 Wednesday, September 19th, 2018. I'm Brian McCullough.
0:09.4	Today, Amazon's ad business is already huge.
0:14.0	There's a new retro PlayStation console.
0:17.0	Evernote is in our prayers.
0:20.0	HQ is moving beyond trivia with a new game,
0:23.0	and a roundup of the Apple Watch Series 4 reviews.
0:27.0	Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.
0:38.2	Buckle up guys because there were so many interesting little stories today and even half stories that instead of letting one or two slip through the cracks
0:42.3	I've instead tried to cram everything in,
0:45.1	so it's going to be a bit rapid fire today. Let's do this.
0:49.2	First off, the ACLU has filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that
0:54.8	Facebook and 10 other employers hid job ads on the social media platform from women. And this comes on top of charges from ProPublica that found in
1:07.3	an investigation 15 employers including Uber who advertised jobs on Facebook exclusively to one sex in just the past
1:18.0	year. Facebook of course allows you to target ads to specific genders.
1:23.0	Quote, the review found Uber to be among 15 employers
1:26.4	in the past year who have advertised jobs
1:28.1	on Facebook exclusively to one sex.
1:30.4	Many of the ads seem to target in accordance with stereotypes.
1:35.0	The Pennsylvania State Police, for example, boosted a post targeted to men with texts saying
1:40.4	Pennsylvania State Troopers earn a starting salary of $59,567 per year.
1:46.3	Apply now.
1:47.8	A Michigan-based truck company took out ads targeting not just men, but men interested in college football and a community
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