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VOICE ARCHIVE

Michael Herf

@herf
13 posts
2021-11-15
What you say in an ad is the beginning of a customer relationship—how you are perceived and to how people talk about your company. It's very strange for Apple to do this, and it's apparently without consent? https://www.forbes.com/...
2021-11-15 View on X
Forbes

Some subscription app developers suspect Apple is buying Google ads that send users to their apps in the App Store, to protect its cut by decreasing web signups

Apple is secretly buying Google ads for high-value apps to collect potentially millions of dollars in subscription revenue, multiple app publishers have told me.

2021-04-16
Amazon seeks to minimize injuries in warehouses. I think sleep health has a lot to offer. From a study in athletes: “<8 hours per night were 1.7 times more likely to have had an injury compared with ... ≥8 hours” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ ... https://www.cnbc.com/...
2021-04-16 View on X
CNET

Jeff Bezos says Amazon Prime now has 200M+ subscribers, up 50M from the beginning of 2020, and Amazon's net profit in 2020 was $21.3B

A new letter to shareholders from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed that the tech giant's Prime service now has over 200 million subscribers.

Amazon seeks to minimize injuries in warehouses. I think sleep health has a lot to offer. From a study in athletes: “<8 hours per night were 1.7 times more likely to have had an injury compared with ... ≥8 hours” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ ... https://www.cnbc.com/...
2021-04-16 View on X
CNBC

In his final letter to shareholders as CEO, Bezos says Amazon needs a better vision for its employees' success and he will focus on making its warehouses safer

"We need a better vision for how we create value for employees" Bezos is evidently admitting Amazon needs to improve working conditions & treat workers with more respect https://ww...

2020-11-17
OCSP updates: Apple stopped logging IP addresses, made the cache take longer to expire, won't associate data with individuals, and in the future, will make it opt-out and encrypted. Still, we're at the point where every launch of a program is logged. https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/ ...
2020-11-17 View on X
iPhone in Canada Blog

Apple responds to privacy concerns over checking macOS apps' Developer ID certs over OCSP, ceases logging IP addresses, will launch encrypted protocol in 2021

Gary Ng / iPhone in Canada Blog :

2020-11-14
This seems right to me: by checking every binary launched on macOS with OCSP, Apple has implemented full surveillance of what's going on with your computer, and it lets them track popular apps/etc. Not at all consistent with their privacy guarantees. https://sneak.berlin/...
2020-11-14 View on X
Ars Technica

Comprehensive macOS 11.0 Big Sur review: the end of OS X era

Talking With Apple! Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : Apple VPs talk M1 Macs, Rosetta 2 translation, and more in new interviews Erik Engheim / The Startup : PC Users in Denial About Apple ...

This seems right to me: by checking every binary launched on macOS with OCSP, Apple has implemented full surveillance of what's going on with your computer, and it lets them track popular apps/etc. Not at all consistent with their privacy guarantees. https://sneak.berlin/...
2020-11-14 View on X
Jeffrey Paul

Thursday's OCSP service-related issues highlight the fact that macOS sends a hash of every app that users run, along with the users' unencrypted IP, to Apple

Security researcher Jeffrey Paul, writes in a blog post … Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac : Deeper look at Apple's recent server outage reveals potential Mac privacy concerns Filipe Espós...

2020-08-18
Apple called f.lux in 2015 and said they would revoke our ability to make f.lux for >5M Macs if we didn't take down our iOS sideload. At the time these were governed by separate license agreements. It's so important what Epic and @TimSweeneyEpic are doing. https://twitter.com/...
2020-08-18 View on X
The Verge

Apple says “the problem Epic has created for itself is one that can easily be remedied” if they revert to comply with the guidelines they agreed to

“The problem Epic has created for itself is one that can easily be remedied.”  —  Apple has responded to Epic Games' latest salvo …

2020-04-07
@bmcclendon @Techmeme @Kyle_L_Wiggers This is good competition! We need “reduced cloud” - core authentication and trust need some centralized services, but many things do not.
2020-04-07 View on X
VentureBeat

Google launches its Local Home SDK out of preview, to enhance smart home integration with Google Assistant by routing commands through local networks

The Local Home SDK enhances your smart … Napier Lopez / The Next Web : Google launches coronavirus news hub to keep reliable coverage in one place Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE : ...

2020-03-23
Amazon is now paying 200% for warehouse overtime. I hope they cap this at some reasonable number of hours so their employees can sleep and stay healthy. https://www.reuters.com/...
2020-03-23 View on X
GeekWire

In memo to employees, Bezos says face mask orders for workers are unfilled due to short global supply, and that his time is now “wholly focused” on COVID-19

There's a debate emerging … Justine Coleman / The Hill : Amazon doubling overtime pay for warehouse workers Georgina Torbet / Digital Trends : Amazon raises overtime pay for wareho...

Amazon is now paying 200% for warehouse overtime. I hope they cap this at some reasonable number of hours so their employees can sleep and stay healthy. https://www.reuters.com/...
2020-03-23 View on X
Vox

As Amazon prioritizes household staples and other high-demand items, some non-essential items are now showing April 21 delivery dates even with Amazon Prime

An Amazon delivery man in Paris, France, on March 19, 2020.  Getty Images  —  The e-commerce giant is prioritizing household staples …

2020-03-22
Amazon is now paying 200% for warehouse overtime. I hope they cap this at some reasonable number of hours so their employees can sleep and stay healthy. https://www.reuters.com/...
2020-03-22 View on X
Reuters

Amazon hourly workers at the warehouses will receive double pay for overtime from March 15 to May 9, up from the previous 1.5-times rate

Krystal Hu / Reuters :

Amazon is now paying 200% for warehouse overtime. I hope they cap this at some reasonable number of hours so their employees can sleep and stay healthy. https://www.reuters.com/...
2020-03-22 View on X
GeekWire

In memo to employees, Bezos says face mask orders for workers are unfilled due to short global supply, and that his time is now “wholly focused” on COVID-19

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says he has turned all of his attention to the impact of COVID-19, the tech giant's response …

2019-09-30
Google and Cloudflare DNS have privacy policies. Most ISPs don't mention *at all* how long they keep DNS logs or who they share with, so we should basically assume they do a lot of bad stuff. https://twitter.com/...
2019-09-30 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: House investigators asked Google about plans to implement DNS-over-HTTPS in Chrome; ISPs fear the protocol will prevent them from tracking user data

New standard could alter web's competitive landscape, cable and wireless companies say  —  Congressional antitrust investigators …