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Twitter should go private and return to its pre-2012 approach of being a centralized service with third-party clients.
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Last night’s Academy Awards show was another event that showed how special Twitter is; the fact that you had to be there shows just how badly the company has failed to evolve.
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Twitter has had a rough stretch, and most are pessimistic about its chances. I was previously, but I think the upside is looking much brighter than it did before this week.
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Social Networking 2.0
Facebook and Twitter represent the v1 of Social Networking; it’s a bad copy of the analog world, whereas v2 is something unique to digital, and a lot more promising.
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Facebook Sued by FTC and States, The FTC’s Case, Antitrust and Politics
Facebook clearly tried to eliminate competition by acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp, but it’s not clear they were successful, which is the question that matters in a case that is ultimately about politics and power.
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Zuckerberg and Dorsey in Congress, Again; Apple Reduces App Store Fees for Small Developers; Apple’s Aggregation Politics
Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey were in front of Congress again, while Apple reduced its App Store take for small developers.
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What If It’s Trump?, An Update on MongoDB, An Interview with MongoDB CEO Dev Ittycheria
What does it mean for tech if Trump wins? Then, catching up with MongoDB, and an interview with Dev Ittycheria, the company’s CEO.
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Tech Under Biden, Prop 22 Passes, Uber’s Missed Monopoly
It appears that Vice President Biden will win, and that Republicans will hold the Senate, which is the best possible outcome for big tech. Plus, Prop 22 saves Uber, and also hurts it.
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Tech in Congress, Again; Twitter vs. the New York Post; Who Are the Refs?
Congressional tech hearings are becoming more compelling with time, as tech companies run the risk of making not just economic enemies but political ones.
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Twitter, Responsibility, and Accountability
Twitter went too far last week for reasons that go back to 2016 and the unfair blaming of tech for media’s mistakes.
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Qualcomm Follow-up, Twitter Earnings, Twitter Subscriptions?
It matters that Qualcomm is a U.S. company. Then, why Twitter is struggling with advertising, and what a subscription product might look like.
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The Twitter Hack, Twitter Failures, Facebook and TikTok
Twitter gets hacked, which points to both Twitter failures and tech industry blindspots. Then, why Facebook may not want a TikTok ban.
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Dust in the Light
The Internet ends gatekeepers and increases transparency, which has world-altering effects — both good and bad.


