Tag: big tech

  • A Global Operating System?

    A Global Operating System?

    2.9 billion people voluntarily use Facebook. Is it the world’s largest democracy? Or an autocracy? It is bigger than China and India combined. The “GDP” of Facebook is $54bn. Voluntary adoption of a global network and content platform seems to be what we are choosing. What are the implications?

  • The App Store War

    The App Store War

    Apple agrees to modify App Store rules in Japan in a week where South Korea passes a law forcing Apple and Google to create a billing back-door for developers who want to avoid paying for carriage.

  • Facebook and Afghanistan

    Facebook and Afghanistan

    As Kabul collapsed and the Taliban took over, Facebook decided to try and remove any Taliban related content. Good or Bad?

  • Killing Innovation — Is Big Bad?

    Killing Innovation — Is Big Bad?

    Lina Khan’s rapid elevation from student paper writer to head of the US Government’s corporate regulation authority is a worrying signal that the Democratic Party has lost the plot on innovation and technology. Far from killing innovation, the US technology leaders are the heroes of it. Content Nation States and Big Tech Lina Khan’s Pogrom […]

  • Who Dies? Slack or Teams?

    Microsoft’s Role in Slack’s Sale That Was The Week, #47 This week’s video is here: [embedded content] If you enjoy ‘That Was The Week’  please consider a paid subscription. We have 5500 subscribers but only 200 are paid. If that could become 1000 then this would become a self-supporting publication. I am using the Telegram […]

  • Should Facebook Ban Bannon?

    The State, Freedom and Big Tech in the Spotlight That Was The Week, #45 If you enjoy ‘That Was The Week’  please consider a paid subscription. We have 5500 subscribers but only 200 are paid. If that could become 1000 then this would become a self-supporting publication. This week’s video is here: [embedded content] I […]