Famous eggs, self-delivering scooters, rabbit-ears making a comeback and YouTube tries to ban stupidity — El Kaiser and JD catch up on a big pile of technology news from the past week or two. And in a (Hopefully) Helpful Hint, J.D. explains how to use a free, pre-built spreadsheet to track your finances. Roll on into PTJ 298 to hear it all!
Stories Discussed on This Week’s Show
- Facebook’s WhatsApp limits text forwards to five recipients to curb rumors (Reuters)
- Uber plans to develop self-driving electric scooters and bicycles (The Daily Telegraph)
- Google Maps wants to help you avoid that speeding ticket (Mashable)
- Material Design for Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Sites on Web (G Suite Updates Blog)
- Oscars: ‘Roma’ Lands Netflix Its First Best Picture Nom (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Netflix just announced the biggest price increase in the history of its streaming service (BGR)
- Netflix in advanced talks to join major Hollywood lobbying group (Poltico)
- Nielsen: 16M U.S. homes now get TV over-the-air, a 48% increase over past 8 years (TechCrunch)
- YouTube bans dangerous pranks following Bird Box, Tide Pod challenges (The Verge)
- An issue with protected Tweets on Twitter for Android (Twitter Help)
- DuckDuckGo Taps Apple Maps to Power Private Search Results (Spread Privacy)
- Twitter is bringing back the chronological timeline, and in a sensible way (Android Authority)
- Facebook’s ’10 Year Challenge’ Is Just a Harmless Meme—Right? (WIRED)
- Facebook’s own employees appear to be leaving 5-star Amazon reviews for the Portal camera (The Verge)
- Facebook launches petition feature, its next battlefield (TechCrunch)
- You Deserve Privacy Online. Here’s How You Could Actually Get It (Tim Cook in TIME)
- Apple Pay coming to Target, Taco Bell and more top US retail locations (Apple)
- Google: data is more like sunlight than oil (Business Insider)
- Who’s ‘Scam Likely’ and why do they keep calling you? (USA Today)
- Roku Removes Infowars Channel Following Backlash (Variety)
- An Egg, Just a Regular Egg, Is Instagram’s Most-Liked Post Ever (The New York Times)
- Ishan Goel tells TooFab why world_record_egg struck such a powerful pop culture chord, and warns about the dark side of viral success. (TooFab)
(Hopefully) Helpful Hint
- The Easy (and Free) Way to Make a Budget Spreadsheet (The New York Times)
