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Dave Lee

@daveleebbc
38 posts
2020-01-03
Happy New Year, Google. This blog post could prove extremely damaging. Alleges a complete break down in principles. Sundar Pichai greatly admired, we'll see how he tackles this. Larry and Sergey have of course already left the building. https://medium.com/...
2020-01-03 View on X
Washington Post

Former Google exec alleges that he was pushed out in April after he lobbied for a human rights program to formalize Google's free speech and privacy principles

Ross LaJeunesse left the tech giant in April after lobbying for a human rights program for two years

Two things make this particularly striking: 1/ this isn't some disgruntled rank-and-file engineer upset about having a product canned 2/ the bluntness of the call for increased government regulation. The author worked in California state politics before joining Google.
2020-01-03 View on X
Washington Post

Former Google exec alleges that he was pushed out in April after he lobbied for a human rights program to formalize Google's free speech and privacy principles

Ross LaJeunesse left the tech giant in April after lobbying for a human rights program for two years

2020-01-02
Happy New Year, Google. This blog post could prove extremely damaging. Alleges a complete break down in principles. Sundar Pichai greatly admired, we'll see how he tackles this. Larry and Sergey have of course already left the building. https://medium.com/...
2020-01-02 View on X
Washington Post

Former Google exec alleges that he was pushed out in April after he lobbied for a human rights program to formalize Google's free speech and privacy principles

Ross LaJeunesse left the tech giant in April after lobbying for a human rights program for two years

Two things make this particularly striking: 1/ this isn't some disgruntled rank-and-file engineer upset about having a product canned 2/ the bluntness of the call for increased government regulation. The author worked in California state politics before joining Google.
2020-01-02 View on X
Washington Post

Former Google exec alleges that he was pushed out in April after he lobbied for a human rights program to formalize Google's free speech and privacy principles

Ross LaJeunesse left the tech giant in April after lobbying for a human rights program for two years

2019-12-26
Truly the end of Travis - confirms he is leaving Uber's board, and has cashed out more than $2.5bn. Says he'll be cheering from the sidelines. https://www.ft.com/...
2019-12-26 View on X
CNBC

Uber says Travis Kalanick, its former CEO, will step down from the company's board of directors effective Dec. 31; Kalanick has sold all of his stock in Uber

- Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick is leaving the board effective Dec. 31.  — Kalanick was ousted as CEO in 2017 but remained a director.

2019-12-25
Truly the end of Travis - confirms he is leaving Uber's board, and has cashed out more than $2.5bn. Says he'll be cheering from the sidelines. https://www.ft.com/...
2019-12-25 View on X
CNBC

Uber says Travis Kalanick, its former CEO, will step down from the company's board of directors effective Dec. 31; Kalanick has sold all of his stock in Uber

- Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick is leaving the board effective Dec. 31.  — Kalanick was ousted as CEO in 2017 but remained a director.

2019-12-24
Truly the end of Travis - confirms he is leaving Uber's board, and has cashed out more than $2.5bn. Says he'll be cheering from the sidelines. https://www.ft.com/...
2019-12-24 View on X
CNBC

Uber says Travis Kalanick, its former CEO, will step down from the company's board of directors effective Dec. 31; Kalanick has sold all of his stock in Uber

- Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick is leaving the board effective Dec. 31.  — Kalanick was ousted as CEO in 2017 but remained a director.

2019-12-04
This is a good read on HipCamp, the “AirBnB for the outdoors”... and an obvious acquisition target... https://www.newyorker.com/...
2019-12-04 View on X
New Yorker

A profile of Hipcamp, a platform for campsite booking where listings include off-grid plots, RV hookups, ski huts, farmhouses, tepees, tree houses, and cabins

Can a startup save the wilderness by disrupting it?  —  In Northern California, booking a public campsite is a blood sport. Tweets: @annawiener , @erikbl , @lennysan , @gpaddymanni...

2019-11-29
More on Twitter's action on inactive accounts: The company is clawing back accounts that have been inactive for more than *six months*, which is likely a very large number. Inactive = user hasn't *logged in*. Seeking clarification on what happens to useful/fun bot accounts.
2019-11-29 View on X
Axios

Twitter pauses its plan to delete inactive accounts, after concerns were raised about deceased users, until it creates a way to memorialize accounts

Twitter said Wednesday it was putting on hold a plan to delete inactive accounts amid concerns that accounts from deceased users would be swept up in the purge.

Here's some more info on the Twitter user cull. As it stands, every person who has had Twitter and died more than six months ago will be deleted from the site - UNLESS someone already has their log-in details. https://www.bbc.com/...
2019-11-29 View on X
Axios

Twitter pauses its plan to delete inactive accounts, after concerns were raised about deceased users, until it creates a way to memorialize accounts

Twitter said Wednesday it was putting on hold a plan to delete inactive accounts amid concerns that accounts from deceased users would be swept up in the purge.

2019-11-28
More on Twitter's action on inactive accounts: The company is clawing back accounts that have been inactive for more than *six months*, which is likely a very large number. Inactive = user hasn't *logged in*. Seeking clarification on what happens to useful/fun bot accounts.
2019-11-28 View on X
Axios

Twitter pauses its plan to delete inactive accounts, after concerns were raised about deceased users, until it creates a way to memorialize accounts

Twitter said Wednesday it was putting on hold a plan to delete inactive accounts amid concerns that accounts from deceased users would be swept up in the purge.

2019-11-27
More on Twitter's action on inactive accounts: The company is clawing back accounts that have been inactive for more than *six months*, which is likely a very large number. Inactive = user hasn't *logged in*. Seeking clarification on what happens to useful/fun bot accounts.
2019-11-27 View on X
The Verge

Twitter says accounts that have not been logged into for six months leading up to Dec. 11 will be removed, likely freeing up a large number of usernames

No exact date for when usernames will be available  —  Twitter is sending out emails to owners of inactive accounts with a warning …

Here's some more info on the Twitter user cull. As it stands, every person who has had Twitter and died more than six months ago will be deleted from the site - UNLESS someone already has their log-in details. https://www.bbc.com/...
2019-11-27 View on X
The Verge

Twitter says accounts that have not been logged into for six months leading up to Dec. 11 will be removed, likely freeing up a large number of usernames

No exact date for when usernames will be available  —  Twitter is sending out emails to owners of inactive accounts with a warning …

Can someone please log-in to @bigbenclock_
2019-11-27 View on X
The Verge

Twitter says accounts that have not been logged into for six months leading up to Dec. 11 will be removed, likely freeing up a large number of usernames

No exact date for when usernames will be available  —  Twitter is sending out emails to owners of inactive accounts with a warning …

2019-10-29
Google in talks to buy Fitbit - Reuters. << Would make a lot of sense. A much-needed shot in the arm for Google's wearable strategy
2019-10-29 View on X
Reuters

Sources: Alphabet has made an offer to buy wearable device maker Fitbit; Fitbit's stock closes up 30% on the news

2019-10-28
Google in talks to buy Fitbit - Reuters. << Would make a lot of sense. A much-needed shot in the arm for Google's wearable strategy
2019-10-28 View on X
Reuters

Sources: Alphabet has made an offer to buy wearable device maker Fitbit; Fitbit's stock has jumped 30%+ on the news

(Reuters) - Google owner Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) has made an offer to acquire U.S. wearable device maker Fitbit Inc (FIT.N), as it eyes a slice of the crowded market …

2019-10-19
Obama-esque punctuation in this speech from Zuckerberg. “At least we can... disagree! That's what freedom of expression...is!”. He's on the verge of emulating his accent.
2019-10-19 View on X
New York Times

Zuckerberg gives a full-throated defense of Facebook as a champion of free expression and defends Facebook policy to opt out of fact-checking political ads

In an address at Georgetown University, the Facebook chief executive called for more free speech — not less …

2019-10-18
Obama-esque punctuation in this speech from Zuckerberg. “At least we can... disagree! That's what freedom of expression...is!”. He's on the verge of emulating his accent.
2019-10-18 View on X
New York Times

Zuckerberg gives a full-throated defense of Facebook as a champion of free expression and defends Facebook policy to opt out of fact-checking political ads

In an address at Georgetown University, the Facebook chief executive called for more free speech — not less …

2019-10-16
I've been putting off backing up my photos for a year, and then I read this https://aws.amazon.com/...
2019-10-16 View on X
ZDNet

Amazon says its consumer business has decommissioned its final Oracle database and migrated 75 petabytes in ~7,500 Oracle DBs to multiple AWS database services

AWS said that Amazon's consumer business has decommissioned its final Oracle database and migrated 75 petabytes of data …

2019-10-01
Ironically, this private, leaked recording amounts to the best interview Mark Zuckerberg has ever done. https://twitter.com/...
2019-10-01 View on X
The Verge

In leaked audio from open meetings in July, Mark Zuckerberg talks about Facebook's challenges and potential breakup, politics, competitors, content moderators

In two hours of leaked audio, Mark Zuckerberg rallies Facebook employees against critics, competitors, and the US government.