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Joe Ortiz

@leojtravis10
28 posts
2021-06-18
Glad I'm not even interested in getting into VR. You all get what you expected from FB. https://twitter.com/...
2021-06-18 View on X
CNBC

Facebook says it will begin testing ads on Oculus headsets, starting with the shooter game Blaston, and won't use data stored on devices to target ads

but I think one factor is that the Quest 2 is an excellent consumer product with no real peer on the horizon save the rumbles from Apple, and Apple will be fine. What competition w...

2021-06-17
Glad I'm not even interested in getting into VR. You all get what you expected from FB. https://twitter.com/...
2021-06-17 View on X
CNBC

Facebook says it will begin testing ads on Oculus headsets, starting with the shooter game Blaston, and won't use data stored on devices to target ads

- Facebook on Wednesday announced that it will begin testing advertisements that will appear within the company's Oculus virtual reality headsets.

2021-04-05
I have to wonder how many shadow profiles (non-Facebook users) have been caught up in this too because remember folks, you can delete Facebook but Facebook doesn't truly delete you. https://twitter.com/...
2021-04-05 View on X
Insider

Personally identifiable data of 533M Facebook users has been posted online; Facebook says the data comes from a leak that was reported on and fixed in 2019

- The personal data of over 500 million Facebook users has been posted online in a low-level hacking forum.

2021-04-04
I have to wonder how many shadow profiles (non-Facebook users) have been caught up in this too because remember folks, you can delete Facebook but Facebook doesn't truly delete you. https://twitter.com/...
2021-04-04 View on X
Insider

Personally identifiable data of 533M Facebook users has been posted online; Facebook says the data comes from a leak that was reported on and fixed in 2019

- The personal data of over 500 million Facebook users has been posted online in a low-level hacking forum.

2021-01-10
Please take the time to read this from @mmasnick since its the best analysis on why Twitter did what they had to do. Plus this last part is the kicker to this: https://www.techdirt.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2021-01-10 View on X
Techdirt

Twitter and Facebook's ban on Trump is not censorship, and demanding clear rules for social media moderation is “stupid” because the context is always changing

every case is different. https://www.techdirt.com/... And inciting an attack on your own government that leaves five people dead is a far graver assault on free speech than anythin...

Please take the time to read this from @mmasnick since its the best analysis on why Twitter did what they had to do. Plus this last part is the kicker to this: https://www.techdirt.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2021-01-10 View on X
Washington Post

As Trump searches for a new social network after his Twitter ban, a shift from mainstream platforms would mark a retreat to insular conservative communities

Twitter's decision to ban President Trump mere days before the end of his term sparked a fierce political backlash among …

2020-08-28
Walmart lol No wonder Mayer walked out. https://twitter.com/...
2020-08-28 View on X
Axios

Walmart says it is working with Microsoft on the TikTok deal, sources say with the idea of turning TikTok US into an e-commerce app for creators and users

Microsoft is working with Walmart on its efforts to buy TikTok's U.S. business from China's ByteDance, Axios has learned from multiple sources close to the process.

2020-08-27
Walmart lol No wonder Mayer walked out. https://twitter.com/...
2020-08-27 View on X
Axios

Walmart says it is working with Microsoft on the TikTok deal, sources say with the idea of turning TikTok US into an e-commerce app for creators and users

Microsoft is working with Walmart on its efforts to buy TikTok's U.S. business from China's ByteDance, Axios has learned from multiple sources close to the process.

Walmart lol No wonder Mayer walked out. https://twitter.com/...
2020-08-27 View on X
Financial Times

TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigns, sources say after Trump threatened to ban the app; Vanessa Pappas, currently general manager of TikTok, will become interim head

Former Disney executive resigns just months after appointment by Chinese video platform  —  Kevin Mayer has quit TikTok …

2020-07-15
“The vulnerability would allow hackers to intercept and interfere with users' emails and network traffic, tamper with services, and steal users' credentials, by exploiting Windows' DNS Server” This shouldn't take close to 20 years to patch but well done Check Point on this. https://twitter.com/...
2020-07-15 View on X
CyberScoop

Microsoft issues a patch for a critical “wormable” flaw affecting OSes including Windows 10 and Server; Check Point says the flaw has been in code for 17 years

Shannon Vavra / CyberScoop :

2020-06-27
I actually loved Microsoft stores and have visited a few other the years dating back to 2013 so this is a very sad day plus you have to think about the future of the Surface brand which is now uncertain. https://twitter.com/...
2020-06-27 View on X
CNBC

Microsoft says it will permanently close all Microsoft Store retail locations and focus on its online store instead

- Microsoft on Friday announced it will permanently close its Microsoft Store retail locations.  — In the past decade or so, Microsoft began to expand its retail presence …

2020-06-26
I actually loved Microsoft stores and have visited a few other the years dating back to 2013 so this is a very sad day plus you have to think about the future of the Surface brand which is now uncertain. https://twitter.com/...
2020-06-26 View on X
CNBC

Microsoft says it will permanently close all Microsoft Store retail locations and focus on its online store instead

- Microsoft on Friday announced it will permanently close its Microsoft Store retail locations.  — In the past decade or so, Microsoft began to expand its retail presence …

2020-05-29
This is one of the reasons why I always enjoy reading the folks over at @techdirt as @mmasnick explains in this great post on why you shouldn't be too concerned (for now) about the 1600 Man's executive order today. https://www.techdirt.com/...
2020-05-29 View on X
Axios

Trump signs an EO designed to limit Section 230 protections by directing the Commerce Department to press the FCC to roll back portions of Section 230

President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday designed to limit the legal protections that shield social media companies …

2020-05-16
Try as you might (deleting their accounts), but the fact is you can't really escape Facebook, as this is yet another example of that. More of a reason to break the corporation up. https://twitter.com/...
2020-05-16 View on X
OneZero

Facebook's purchase of Giphy gives FB insight into how and where gifs are shared outside of its own apps, including device IDs and keystrokes in Giphy tools

GIPHY joins Facebook's data collection arsenal  —  Facebook announced on Friday that it will buy Giphy, a popular GIF search engine …

Try as you might (deleting their accounts), but the fact is you can't really escape Facebook, as this is yet another example of that. More of a reason to break the corporation up. https://twitter.com/...
2020-05-16 View on X
Axios

Facebook to buy Giphy, keep its branding, integrate with Instagram; sources say the deal is worth ~$400M, while Giphy was valued at ~$600M in its latest round

Facebook has agreed to buy Giphy, the popular platform of sharable animated images, Axios has learned from multiple sources.

2020-05-02
The only reason ICANN did the right thing “for now” was a huge public backlash that didn't reach critical mainstream until it was nearly too late. But thankfully it did, & it prompted (among other reasons) intervention from powerful people who prevailed to stop this greedy deal. https://twitter.com/...
2020-05-02 View on X
ICANN

ICANN board has voted to reject the sale of the .org registry to private equity firm Ethos Capital

2020-05-01
The only reason ICANN did the right thing “for now” was a huge public backlash that didn't reach critical mainstream until it was nearly too late. But thankfully it did, & it prompted (among other reasons) intervention from powerful people who prevailed to stop this greedy deal. https://twitter.com/...
2020-05-01 View on X
ICANN

ICANN board has voted to reject the sale of the .org registry to private equity firm Ethos Capital

Today, the ICANN Board made the decision to reject the proposed change of control and entity conversion request that Public Interest Registry (PIR) submitted to ICANN.

2020-04-25
Time to create very strong passwords and enable app-based 2FA (if available) folks. No excuse not to do so. https://twitter.com/...
2020-04-25 View on X
The Verge

Nintendo says 160K Nintendo accounts were compromised since the beginning of April using credentials obtained illegally by “some means other than our service”

We would like to provide an update on the recent incidents … Tom Phillips / Eurogamer.net : Nintendo confirms up to 160,000 accounts accessed in huge privacy breach Lindsey O'Donne...

2020-02-27
Well, he can say the same thing about his own app and very much all apps really. Every app does some kind of privacy-invading tracking which is why you should reduce your reliance on apps if possible and use a browser. https://twitter.com/...
2020-02-27 View on X
TechCrunch

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says TikTok is “fundamentally parasitic”, always listening, and its fingerprinting technology is “truly terrifying”

TikTok is one of the hottest social media platforms but the CEO of Reddit had some harsh words for the popular app …

2020-02-25
I just can't see this being good for consumers as Intuit has a long history of ripping people off especially in the tax field. I would look for a alternative to Credit Karma right now. https://twitter.com/...
2020-02-25 View on X
TechCrunch

Intuit confirms that it is buying Credit Karma for $7.1B in cash and stock and says it plans to keep Credit Karma as a standalone operation

The week is kicking off with a major piece of M&A in the world of financial technology startups.  Today Intuit — the accounting …