tookthescenicroute

Americans are very stubborn and do not like being told they can't use a CCP controlled social media app. Look at the current number one free app on the iOS App Store in the US. Getting that CCP propaganda straight from the tap!

2025-01-14 View on X

Wired

Ahead of a likely US TikTok ban, users flee to Chinese apps Xiaohongshu, aka RedNote, and ByteDance's Lemon8, currently the top two apps in the US App Store

and how to prepare Koh Ewe / BBC : TikTok users flock to Chinese app RedNote as US ban looms New York Times : ‘Red Note,’ a Chinese App, Is Dominating Downloads, Thanks to TikTok U...

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OpenAI announced ChatGPT Pro which has less usage caps and a new pro mode for a $200/month subscription. What struck me is at the end of their announcement they patted themselves on the back for giving this for free (calling it a grant!) to *10* people to “benefit humanity”. 10 whole people! …

2024-12-06 View on X

The Verge

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Pro, a $200/month plan with unlimited access to o1, GPT-4o, and more, plus an o1 version that uses more compute for better responses

12 Days of OpenAI: Day 1 Alan Velasco / HotHardware : OpenAI Unveils A Turbocharged $200 ChatGPT Pro Tier For AI Power Users Reece Rogers / Wired : Here's What OpenAI's $200 Monthl...

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Working with PHP for 20 years changes a man

2024-10-15 View on X

Matt Mullenweg

Matt Mullenweg responds to DHH's claim that “Automattic is doing open source dirty”, pointing out Rails' own trademark policy and taking some jabs at 37signals

RE: https://www.threads.net/... Casey Newton / @crumbler : The number of ad hominem personal attacks against DHH in here that have nothing to do with the issue are extremely tellin...

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Kind of a lose lose here isn't it? If they were paid the story would be they're biased towards their employer.

2024-05-23 View on X

Bloomberg

Zuckerberg creates the Meta Advisory Group with Patrick Collison, Nat Friedman, Tobi Lütke, and Charlie Songhurst, to advise on tech and growth opportunities

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I'd love to aee my photography on the new iPad Pro OLED display, but with the keyboard it's essentially a janky laptop. It's a bummer I can't get this same display on a MacBook Pro.

2024-05-08 View on X

The Verge

Apple unveils $999+ 11" and $1,299+ 13" iPad Pros, with M4, an OLED Ultra Retina XDR screen, up to 1,600 nits; the 13" is Apple's thinnest product yet, at 5.1mm

At its “Let Loose” virtual event this morning, Apple introduced its long-awaited iPad Pro updates.

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If you want to know why Netflix is pushing its ad supported tier so heavily you can look at YouTube. Alphabet reported today and YouTube Q3 advertising revenue was $7.95B while Netflix's total revenues in the same quarter were $8.54B. It's a better business to be free with ads than to exist as only a subscription product. Not to mention that YouTube doesn't take a financial risk on content!

2023-10-25 View on X

Alphabet

Alphabet reports Q3 revenue up 11% YoY to $77B, net income up 42% YoY to $19.7B, and Google ad revenue up 9% YoY to $59.65B; GOOG drops 8%+ on cloud sales miss

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - October 24, 2023 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2023.

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Tim Cook is ruthless. He knee capped Snap's ad business and is now taking 30% of the subscription revenue they're trying to fill the hole with.

2023-09-22 View on X

Bloomberg

Snap says Snapchat+ now has 5M+ subscribers, up from 3M in April 2023; the $3.99 per month tier launched in June 2022, after an industry slowdown in ad revenue

Alex Barinka / Bloomberg :

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