This week we discuss palace intrigue at Apple. the death of passwords and Twilio’s valuation. Plus, Matt explains how to resurrect a dead MacBook Pro…
Rundown
How Technocrats Triumphed at Apple (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/01/technology/jony-ive-apple-design.html)
Passwords
Apple, Google, and Microsoft team up on passwordless logins (https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/05/apple-google-microsoft-passwordless-logins/)
Teleport nabs $110M to provide identity-based infrastructure access (https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/03/2309618/)
Listen to Brandon interview Teleport CEO (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/346)
How FIDO Works (https://fidoalliance.org/how-fido-works/)
1Password 8 for Mac Released With New Design and Features (https://www.macrumors.com/2022/05/03/1password-8-for-mac-released/)
Twilio - A Future Essential, Or Overhyped & Just Unprofitable? (https://seekingalpha.com/article/4505528-twilio-a-future-essential-or-overhyped-and-just-unprofitable)
Twilio Announces First Quarter 2022 Results (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/twilio-announces-first-quarter-2022-200500471.html)
Matt Ray on headless Debian network installation works (https://twitter.com/mattray/status/1520946695823323137?s=21&t=eJoens13aik6Sd6EobYW4Q)
Relevant to your Interests
Amazon re-awarded $10 billion NSA cloud contract after Microsoft dispute | Engadget (https://www.engadget.com/amazon-web-services-re-awarded-nsa-cloud-contract-152924596.html)
A common mistake of many first-time CTOs or VP of Engineerings: (https://twitter.com/gergelyorosz/status/1519909093187764224?s=21&t=ZwsCN2E_FzOziodSkZIqWQ)
Big Tech revenue growth rates. (https://twitter.com/jordannovet/status/1520074033383026689?s=21&t=ZwsCN2E_FzOziodSkZIqWQ)
Amazon Web Services is now a $74 billion business (https://twitter.com/jordannovet/status/1520078644521099264?s=20&t=cv9yGuNtWBn5EV_TtsP6YA)
Twitter miscounted its daily users for three years straight (https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/28/23046170/twitter-miscounted-daily-users-three-years-q1-2022-earnings)
Cloudflare has blocked one of the largest DDoS attacks of all time (https://www.techradar.com/news/cloudflare-has-blocked-one-of-the-largest-ddos-attacks-of-all-time)
Actual is going open-source (https://actualbudget.com/open-source)
Reality Check: Twitter Actually Was Already Doing Most Of The Things Musk Claims He Wants The Company To Do (But Better) (https://www.techdirt.com/2022/04/28/reality-check-twitter-actually-was-already-doing-most-of-the-things-musk-claims-he-wants-the-company-to-do-but-better/)
Researchers find Amazon uses Alexa voice data to target you with ads (https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/28/23047026/amazon-alexa-voice-data-targeted-ads-research-report)
Amazon has bold ambitions to take on SpaceX in the satellite internet business (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/01/amazon-takes-on-spacex-in-the-satellite-internet-with-project-kuiper.html)
Netlix from Tech Company to Media Company in one chart (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FRxW0B5XoAAuE4k.jpg)
Telegram "Premium" subscription is showing up in beta builds of the app (https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/2/23053104/telegram-premium-paid-subscription)
Apple to bin apps that go three years without updates (https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/02/apple_store_old_app_policy)
Inside the Growing Discontent Behind Nintendo’s Fun Facade (https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-america-contractors-full-time-complaints-report)
Graphite turned an internal side project into $20M Series A (https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/03/how-graphite-turned-a-side-project-into-a-20m-series-a/)
Stanford University will receive a record $1.1 billion gift from the venture capitalist John Doer (https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1521870438338596867)
Cameo lays off close to 90, including senior executives (https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/cameo-layoffs-cto-cpo)
Google Makes $100,000 Worth of Tech Training Free to Every U.S. Business (https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2022-05-02/google-makes-100-000-worth-of-tech-training-free-to-every-u-s-business)
Marketing Technology Landscape 2022: search 9,932 solutions on martechmap.com (https://chiefmartec.com/2022/05/marketing-technology-landscape-2022-search-9932-solutions-on-martechmap-com/)
Diagram as Code for prototyping cloud system architectures (https://diagrams.mingrammer.com)
Google Cloud and SAP launch a native integration between Workspace and S/4HANA Cloud (https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/04/google-cloud-and-sap-launch-a-native-integration-between-workspace-and-s-4hana-cloud/)
Cloud spending is hard to control. Cloud providers only do so much to help. (https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/cloud-spending-cost-management-finops)
Pack your bags! This is your invite to SpotifyIsland (https://twitter.com/Spotify/status/1521449221261602817?s=20&t=Hiqhz_-gGUj5e3-NQQ0PZA)
Marketing Technology Landscape 2022: search 9,932 solutions on martechmap.com (https://chiefmartec.com/2022/05/marketing-technology-landscape-2022-search-9932-solutions-on-martechmap-com/)
Nonsense
AOC and Elon (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FRjqr-ZWUAEB5U2.jpg)
Sneakers, elastic pants: People alter office wear amid COVID (https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-business-dress-codes-fashion-22c012502cef421ddfe5400a82dc8e2c)
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