Tue. 08/13 - Automattic & Tumblr & Snap & Spectacles 3
Tumblr finds its final home (hopefully), new Snap Spectacles, a new gaming startup tries to one-up Fortnite’s social model, why your DSLR camera is a prime ransomware target, and yes, Twinfluencers are apparently a thing. Sponsors:MacStadium.com/ridehomeMetalab.co Links:Verizon to Sell Tumblr to WordPress.com Owner (WSJ)Snap Unveils a New Version of Video-Recording Spectacles (Bloomberg)Microsoft Cancels Super Duper Graphics Pack for Minecraft (Thurrott.com)Singularity 6 raises $16.5M from Andreessen Horowitz to create a 'virtual society' (TechCrunch)Security researchers find that DSLR cameras are vulnerable to ransomware attack (The Verge)Twinfluencers Are Taking Over the Internet (The Atlantic)Design Memes: The Origin of those Helvetica List T-Shirts (HowDesign.com)
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Show Notes
Tumblr finds its final home (hopefully), new Snap Spectacles, a new gaming startup tries to one-up Fortnite’s social model, why your DSLR camera is a prime ransomware target, and yes, Twinfluencers are apparently a thing.
Sponsors:
- MacStadium.com/ridehome
- Metalab.co
Links:
- Verizon to Sell Tumblr to WordPress.com Owner (WSJ)
- Snap Unveils a New Version of Video-Recording Spectacles (Bloomberg)
- Microsoft Cancels Super Duper Graphics Pack for Minecraft (Thurrott.com)
- Singularity 6 raises $16.5M from Andreessen Horowitz to create a 'virtual society' (TechCrunch)
- Security researchers find that DSLR cameras are vulnerable to ransomware attack (The Verge)
- Twinfluencers Are Taking Over the Internet (The Atlantic)
- Design Memes: The Origin of those Helvetica List T-Shirts (HowDesign.com)
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