Fri. 10/05 - Evan Spiegel's Plan For Snap's Survival




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Summary: <p><strong><em>He said she said on that Bloomberg Bombshell, Evan Spiegel’s plan for survival, new Macs are un-repairable, why are Apple Watch faces such a mess, and the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="http://tiny.website/" target="_blank"><strong>Tiny.website</strong></a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Stories from: @jsnell, @bizcarson</p><p>Tweets: @karaswisher, @AdamMinter</p><p>Links:</p><ul> <li> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/04/instagram-location-history/" target="_blank">Instagram prototypes handling your location history to Facebook</a> (TechCrunch)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/5/17940364/instagram-location-sharing-data-sharing-facebook-test" target="_blank">Instagram is testing the ability to share your precise location history with Facebook</a> (The Verge)</li> <li> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/04/chat-not-snap/" target="_blank">9 highlights from Snapchat CEO’s 6,000-word leaked memo on survival</a> (TechCrunch)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2018/10/04/t2-macs-must-pass-diagnostics-for-certain-repairs/" target="_blank">iMac Pro and 2018 MacBook Pro Systems Must Pass Apple Diagnostics to Function After Certain Repairs</a> (MacRumors)</li> <li> <a href="https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/facebook-oculus-location-based-virtual-reality-1202969418/" target="_blank">Facebook’s Oculus Looking to Invest in Location-Based Virtual Reality (EXCLUSIVE)</a> (Variety)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.macworld.com/article/3309450/apple-watch/why-are-apple-watch-faces-such-a-mess.html" target="_blank">Why are Apple Watch faces such a mess?</a> (Macworld)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/norways-petabyte-plan-store-everything-ever-published-in-a-1000-year-archive/" target="_blank">Norway's petabyte plan: Store everything ever published in a 1,000-year archive</a> (ZDNet)</li> </ul><p><br></p><p>The <a href="https://www.betterment.com/ride" target="_blank">Betterment</a> Weekend Longreads:</p><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.anandtech.com/show/13392/the-iphone-xs-xs-max-review-unveiling-the-silicon-secrets" target="_blank">The iPhone XS &amp; XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Secrets</a> (AnAndTech)</li> <li> <a href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qvazy7/sex-workers-pioneered-the-early-internet" target="_blank">Sex Workers Pioneered the Early Internet—and It Screwed Them Over</a> (Motherboard)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/11/raised-by-youtube/570838/" target="_blank">Raised by YouTube</a> (The Atlantic)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/bizcarson/2018/10/03/old-unicorn-new-tricks-airbnb-has-a-sky-high-valuation-heres-its-audacious-plan-to-earn-it/" target="_blank">Old Unicorn, New Tricks: Airbnb Has A Sky-High Valuation. Here's Its Audacious Plan To Earn It </a>(Forbes)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/03/ea-sports-fifa-19-esports-tournament-sony-ps4/" target="_blank">EA announces ‘FIFA 19’ PS4 esports tournament</a> (Engadget)</li> </ul> <a href="https://anchor.fm/s/34f8474/podcast/sponsor/acugia/url/https%3A%2F%2Fflipboard.com%2F">https://flipboard.com/</a>