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James Cook

@jamesliamcook
49 posts
2025-03-01
Sad news for the roughly 3,000 people who claim to have been early employees of Skype
2025-03-01 View on X
TechCrunch

Microsoft says it will shut down Skype on May 5 and directs users to migrate all their contacts and chat data to Teams; Skype had 36M+ DAUs in 2023

Microsoft has announced it is discontinuing … Thomas Stevenson / The Post Millennial : Microsoft to shut down Skype in two months, company says switch to Teams David Phelan / Forbe...

2025-02-28
Sad news for the roughly 3,000 people who claim to have been early employees of Skype
2025-02-28 View on X
TechCrunch

Microsoft says it will shut down Skype on May 5 and directs users to migrate all their contacts and chat data to Teams; Skype had 36M+ DAUs in 2023

After kickstarting the market for making calls over the internet 23 years ago, Skype is closing down.  Microsoft, which acquired the messaging …

2022-11-06
I remain blue-ticked for now and haven't paid for Twitter Blue. Immediate change after the update is the notifications tab defaults to Verified rather than All (previously Verified was an option, not the default view) https://twitter.com/...
2022-11-06 View on X
9to5Mac

Twitter appears to roll out its new Blue subscription, offering a blue checkmark for $8/month, on iOS in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and UK

Twitter is officially rolling out its new Twitter Blue subscription service, which offers “blue check” verification to everyone for $8/month.

“Power to the people,” reads Twitter's new app update https://twitter.com/...
2022-11-06 View on X
9to5Mac

Twitter appears to roll out its new Blue subscription, offering a blue checkmark for $8/month, on iOS in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and UK

Twitter is officially rolling out its new Twitter Blue subscription service, which offers “blue check” verification to everyone for $8/month.

2022-06-01
Argh! https://twitter.com/...
2022-06-01 View on X
9to5Mac

Twitter is showing TweetDeck for Mac users a launch message suggesting the app will be “removed” on July 1; TweetDeck for web will remain

In a surprise move, Twitter has announced that it's canceling TweetDeck for Mac prompting users to use the web version going forward.Tweets:@jamesliamcook,@joannastern,@joannastern...

2021-11-30
It'll be interesting if this eventually kickstarts a move away from the importance placed on founder-led startups. Not going to happen overnight, but is this going to cause ripples for Facebook and co? https://twitter.com/...
2021-11-30 View on X
New York Times

Profile of Twitter's new CEO Parag Agrawal, little known to the public and a Jack Dorsey confidant who has been involved in many big strategic initiatives

A longtime Twitter insider and a confidant of co-founder Jack Dorsey, Mr. Agrawal takes over as the social media company confronts various challenges.

2021-11-18
Apple just announced a consumer repair scheme: “Apple today announced Self Service Repair, which will allow customers who are comfortable with completing their own repairs access to Apple genuine parts and tools” https://www.apple.com/...
2021-11-18 View on X
CNET

Apple announces Self Service Repair, a program starting next year that will publish repair manuals, let customers buy parts and tools, and more

The tech giant says it will publish repair manuals and allow everyday customers to buy the same parts and tools certified technicians and repair shops use.

2021-11-17
Apple just announced a consumer repair scheme: “Apple today announced Self Service Repair, which will allow customers who are comfortable with completing their own repairs access to Apple genuine parts and tools” https://www.apple.com/...
2021-11-17 View on X
CNET

Apple announces Self Service Repair, a program starting next year that will publish repair manuals, let customers buy parts and tools, and more

The tech giant says it will publish repair manuals and allow everyday customers to buy the same parts and tools certified technicians and repair shops use.

2021-11-16
The Internet is happening again https://www.garbageday.email/ ... https://twitter.com/...
2021-11-16 View on X
Garbage Day

As some Twitter users mock NFTs and Web3 believers retaliate, a16z, Meta, and others are investing in the crypto industry to remake the internet in their image

Read to the end for a really good supercut  —  Who Will Win The Web3 Culture War?  —  On Friday, I wrote about how furries …

2021-10-27
The bewildering scale of recent leaked document stories such as today's Facebook Files and the Pandora Papers make it difficult for readers to consume and understand the news. How are casual readers meant to digest all of this, for example? https://www.protocol.com/...
2021-10-27 View on X
Platformer

Frances Haugen's documents have been useful to the press and groups opposing Facebook, but reporting should now expand to examine Haugen and her backers' goals

> regulators —> legislation, we're not going to get the outcome we're hoping for. 7/n Joe Bak-Coleman / @jbakcoleman : My concern is that we're going to address “move fast and brea...

Sure enough, here's @CaseyNewton from his excellent @platformer email sent overnight https://www.platformer.news/ ... https://twitter.com/...
2021-10-27 View on X
Platformer

Frances Haugen's documents have been useful to the press and groups opposing Facebook, but reporting should now expand to examine Haugen and her backers' goals

> regulators —> legislation, we're not going to get the outcome we're hoping for. 7/n Joe Bak-Coleman / @jbakcoleman : My concern is that we're going to address “move fast and brea...

My appetite for technology news is probably higher than most and I'm struggling to know where to begin digesting all of this. Do I read everything? One longread? Or do I wait for a TV show or book to come out in several months?
2021-10-27 View on X
Platformer

Frances Haugen's documents have been useful to the press and groups opposing Facebook, but reporting should now expand to examine Haugen and her backers' goals

> regulators —> legislation, we're not going to get the outcome we're hoping for. 7/n Joe Bak-Coleman / @jbakcoleman : My concern is that we're going to address “move fast and brea...

The bewildering scale of recent leaked document stories such as today's Facebook Files and the Pandora Papers make it difficult for readers to consume and understand the news. How are casual readers meant to digest all of this, for example? https://www.protocol.com/...
2021-10-27 View on X
Platformer

Ex-Facebook integrity member says articles on Haugen leaks are based on internal posts and comments, making it hard to assign credibility as names are redacted

A former integrity worker on Facebook's internal “posting culture” and why it's easy to misread the Haugen leaks

Sure enough, here's @CaseyNewton from his excellent @platformer email sent overnight https://www.platformer.news/ ... https://twitter.com/...
2021-10-27 View on X
Platformer

Ex-Facebook integrity member says articles on Haugen leaks are based on internal posts and comments, making it hard to assign credibility as names are redacted

A former integrity worker on Facebook's internal “posting culture” and why it's easy to misread the Haugen leaks

My appetite for technology news is probably higher than most and I'm struggling to know where to begin digesting all of this. Do I read everything? One longread? Or do I wait for a TV show or book to come out in several months?
2021-10-27 View on X
Platformer

Ex-Facebook integrity member says articles on Haugen leaks are based on internal posts and comments, making it hard to assign credibility as names are redacted

A former integrity worker on Facebook's internal “posting culture” and why it's easy to misread the Haugen leaks

2021-10-26
The bewildering scale of recent leaked document stories such as today's Facebook Files and the Pandora Papers make it difficult for readers to consume and understand the news. How are casual readers meant to digest all of this, for example? https://www.protocol.com/...
2021-10-26 View on X
The Verge

Zuckerberg says he's redirected Facebook teams to serve young adults over older users, and that significant changes to Instagram will lean into video and Reels

Expect changes to Instagram to highlight Reels  —  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he's redirected teams within his company to …

Sure enough, here's @CaseyNewton from his excellent @platformer email sent overnight https://www.platformer.news/ ... https://twitter.com/...
2021-10-26 View on X
Platformer

Frances Haugen's documents have been useful to groups opposing Facebook and the press, but reporting should now expand to explore Haugen and her backers' goals

At the end of 2019, the group of Facebook employees charged with preventing harms on the network gathered to discuss the year ahead.

The bewildering scale of recent leaked document stories such as today's Facebook Files and the Pandora Papers make it difficult for readers to consume and understand the news. How are casual readers meant to digest all of this, for example? https://www.protocol.com/...
2021-10-26 View on X
CNBC

Facebook misses on Q3 revenue, $29.01B vs $29.57B expected, and monthly active users, 2.91B vs 2.93B expected, but beat on EPS of $3.22 vs $3.19 expected

and reason to believe that Facebook will get worse. If Facebook's core business isn't growing as quickly anymore, it will be even more inclined to manipulate users and to use its m...

My appetite for technology news is probably higher than most and I'm struggling to know where to begin digesting all of this. Do I read everything? One longread? Or do I wait for a TV show or book to come out in several months?
2021-10-26 View on X
Platformer

Frances Haugen's documents have been useful to groups opposing Facebook and the press, but reporting should now expand to explore Haugen and her backers' goals

At the end of 2019, the group of Facebook employees charged with preventing harms on the network gathered to discuss the year ahead.

2021-10-06
Interesting side effect of the (alleged) Twitch hack: Twitch streamers finally feeling able to discuss how much they earn from Twitch https://twitter.com/...
2021-10-06 View on X
Video Games Chronicle

Twitch acknowledges a “breach” after a 4chan user leaks its source code, creator payouts from 2019-2021, proprietary SDKs, internal AWS services, and more

SOURCE CODES AND USER PAYOUTS AMONG THE DATA RELEASED IN A 128GB TORRENT  —  An anonymous hacker claims to have leaked … Source: @twitch .