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Facebook’s plan to offer free internet in developing countries ended up costing users, WSJ reports

The Verge

The program has been around since 2013, and as of last October, it serves more than 300 million people. And since most of the users the program serves are on prepaid phone plans, many of them don’t realize they’ve been getting charged for using mobile data until they run out of funds.

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MySpace's new strategy: building a new and valuable space in social content

Trends in the Living Networks

As it happens AllThingsD yesterday put up an interesting article Trying Out a Revamped Myspace which includes this brief video review - well worth watching: The essence of the new MySpace strategy is becoming a social content platform for entertainment that complements Facebook, which has long clearly won the social network battle.

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Tucker Carlson’s TV-to-Twitter move could actually pay off

Vox

And asking Carlson’s older fans to switch from linear TV to a smallish social network increases the difficulty. Carlson’s “ I’m back ” video, which he published Tuesday, has racked up more than 22 million views, but that’s because he’s a news story. million a year. million a year.

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How Nvidia beat everyone else in the AI race

Vox

From games to crypto mining to AI In 1993, long before uncanny AI-generated art and amusing AI chatbot convos took over our social media feeds, three Silicon Valley electrical engineers launched a startup that would focus on an exciting, fast-growing segment of personal computing: video games. Now it has over 27,000.

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Best IT and Tech Blogs – Must Read Information Technology Resources 2019

Galido

These areas of IT include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Slashdot is a social news website that originally billed itself as “News for Nerds. Help Net Security. Top Dog Social Media.

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Redfin CEO says strength of housing market ‘almost feels eerie’ amid economic and health crisis

GeekWire

Redfin topped Wall Street estimates for the quarter , reporting $214 million in revenue, up 8%, and a net loss per share of $0.08. Redfin is investing in tech-enabled tools that aid the remote homebuying process, such as virtual tours, video appointments with agents, and more to help adjust for social distancing mandates.

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Netflix thinks games matter more than buying movie studios

The Verge

As Netflix’s streaming rivals like Prime Video and HBO Max’s WarnerMedia focus on consolidation and studio acquisitions, Netflix is instead prioritizing its own service and investment in games over snapping up any available studio IP. Put another way, Netflix wants to be more like social apps than other streaming services.

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