Amazon’s Above-the-Cloud Satellite Service – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500AWS launches ground station as a service for satellite operators, Google change sProject Fi to Google Fi and officially supports al phones, and goodbye CeBit Hanover.

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CurrentGeek 195: Private Benjamin TV

Welcome to Current Geek: Autopilot Edition. A chance for us to watch the pilot episode of a TV show and geek out about it! I’m Scott Johnson, he’s Tom Merritt, and this week, we’re talking about Private Benjamin, the TV show.

Small Ads Cause Big Trouble – DTNS 3416

How a ruling by the French data regulator against a small adtech firm in France is causing big ripples in the data privacy community.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.

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WeChat and Line Team Up in Japan – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Line starts a bank and will process WeChat payments in Japan, France’s CNIL regulator contracts are not enough to prove consent under GDPR, the Pixel Slate is coming to stores Thursday.

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Ask your CEO if Sandberg is Right for You – DTNS 3415

A Bloomberg report casts Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg as an embattled COO tainted by crisis and poor leadership. Can she regain respect of her co-workers and public at large?

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Apple Headed to Supreme Court- DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500A high court fight over Apple’s app store, China raises the reward for reporting porn, and ogitech says it will not try to acquire Plantronics.

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Week in Review for the Week of November 19, 2018 – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500iPhone production cuts, Amazon looking at Fox’s regional sports networks, and Google’s EU ad policy: A review of the biggest tech headlines from the week of November 19, 2018.

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Google Unveils New EU Political Ad Policy – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Google’s new EU political ad policy, the US campaigns against Huawei telecom equipment, and Apple reportedly resumes production of the iPhone X.

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Beijing to Launch Citywide Social Credit System – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Amazon partially reopens the global store in Australia, Beijing plans social credit system by 2021, and Google Duplex starts rolling out to the public.

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