Fri. 11/02 - Apple Earnings Up, Stock Down




Techmeme Ride Home show

Summary: <p><strong><em>Apple makes a pile of money and their stock tanks, Flickr ends its mega-free-storage plan, a classic internet cartoon gets a 4K makeover, browser extensions steal Facebook private messages, testing the latest smartphones to see how their batteries hold up, and the weekend longreads suggestions.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="https://www.datadoghq.com/ridehome" target="_blank"><strong>DataDogHQ.com/RideHome</strong></a></li> <li><a href="http://tiny.website/" target="_blank"><strong>Tiny.website</strong></a></li> </ul><p><br></p><p>Tweets: @neilcybart, @textfiles</p><p>Links:</p><ul> <li> <a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2018/11/reminder-apple-financial-results-released-today/" target="_blank">Apple results: A record September quarter with $62.9B revenue</a> (Six Colors)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/1/18053012/apple-q4-earnings-report-iphone-ipad-macbook-price-bump" target="_blank">Apple’s price hike strategy is paying off</a> (The Verge)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/1/18051950/flickr-1000-photo-limit-free-accounts-changes-pro-subscription-smugmug" target="_blank">Flickr will end 1TB of free storage and limit free users to 1,000 photos</a> (The Verge)</li> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/textfiles/status/1058012283761319936?s=11" target="_blank">Several thoughts from your old pal Jason</a> (Jason Scott/Twitter)</li> <li> <a href="http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/11/don-hertzfeldts-famous-cartoon-rejected-is-in-hd.html" target="_blank">The Cartoon That Invented Internet Culture Gets a High-Definition Rerelease</a> (Intelligencer)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46065796" target="_blank">Private messages from 81,000 hacked Facebook accounts for sale</a> (BBC News)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/11/01/its-not-your-imagination-phone-battery-life-is-getting-worse/?utm_term=.9aad01b3e25b" target="_blank">It’s not your imagination: Phone battery life is getting worse</a> (Washington Post)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-internet-happened-review-building-a-world-online-1541111101" target="_blank">‘How the Internet Happened’ Review: Building a World Online</a> (Wall Street Journal)</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.youtube.com/watch?v=T48KFiHwexM" target="_blank">The Facebook Dilemma, Part 1</a> (Frontline on YouTube) and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuA4qxPbpQE" target="_blank">The Facebook Dilemma, Part 2</a> (Frontline on YouTube)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/technology/nevada-bitcoin-blockchain-society.html" target="_blank">A Cryptocurrency Millionaire Wants to Build a Utopia in Nevada</a> (New York Times)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2018/09/man-behind-urban-scooter-revolution/570109/?es_p=7867492" target="_blank">The Man Behind the Scooter Revolution</a> (CityLab)</li> <li> <a href="http://fortune.com/longform/a-fork-in-the-road-for-avis/" target="_blank">A Fork in the Road for Avis</a> (Fortune)</li> <li> <a href="https://longreads.com/2018/01/11/the-encylopedia-of-the-missing/" target="_blank">The Encyclopedia of the Missing</a> (Longreads)</li> </ul> <a href="https://anchor.fm/s/34f8474/podcast/sponsor/acugia/url/https%3A%2F%2Fflipboard.com%2F">https://flipboard.com/</a>