PTJ 236: Corporate Spies




POP | TECH | JAM show

Summary: On this week’s show. El Kaiser and J.D. discuss Google and Twitter’s current wave of privacy-policy changes and data-sharing with advertisers (all taking place before <a href="https://www.wired.com/2017/05/welcome-next-phase-facebook-backlash/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Facebook’s latest flap</a>). Also in the news this week: patent trolls, resolution motion-sensor camera, Russian hackers actually hacking Russians and Iris, the data-sniffing dog. Buffer up and have a listen to Episode 236 of Pop Tech Jam!<br> Links to Stories in This Week’s Episode<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/may/21/revealed-facebook-internal-rulebook-sex-terrorism-violence" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Revealed: Facebook’s internal rulebook on sex, terrorism and violence</a> (The Guardian)<br> * <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-kraft-heinz-idUSKBN18I1SZ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">U.S. top court tightens patent suit rules in blow to ‘patent trolls’</a> (Reuters)<br> * <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2017/05/23/apple-nokia-settle-legal-dispute-patent-agreement/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Apple and Nokia settle patent dispute with new licensing agreement</a> (MacRumors)<br> * <a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2017/05/nokia-and-apple-sign-agreement-settle-all-litigation/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nokia and Apple sign patent license and business cooperation agreement, settle all litigation</a> (Apple Newsroom)<br> * <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/05/23/google-now-knows-when-you-are-at-a-cash-register-and-how-much-you-are-spending/?utm_term=.43beb7fc96d0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Google now knows when its users go to the store and buy stuff</a> (The Washington Post)<br> * <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/google-io-2017" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The most important announcements from Google I/O 2017!</a> (Android Central)<br> * <a href="http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/05/22/exclusive-nest-working-4k-camera-advanced-smart-features/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Exclusive: Nest is working on a 4K camera with advanced smart features</a> (Android Police)<br> * <a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-russia-cyber-banks-idUKKBN18I0VI" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hackers hit Russian bank customers, planned international cyber raids</a> (Reuters)<br> * <a href="http://about.dish.com/press-release/products-and-services/dish-debuts-hands-free-tv-hopper-dvr-amazon-alexa" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">DISH Debuts Hands-Free TV on Hopper DVR with Amazon Alexa</a> (About DISH)<br> * <a href="https://blogs.windows.com/devices/2017/05/23/meet-new-surface-pro/#ctSG8sJXlG2khSTG.97" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Meet the new Surface Pro</a> (Windows Blog)<br> * <a href="http://www.securityweek.com/hackers-defeat-samsung-galaxy-s8-iris-scanner" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hackers defeat Samsung Galaxy S8 iris scanner</a> (Security Week)<br> * <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/meet-iris-of-the-fbi-s-canine-force-who-has-a-nose-for-data-949884995696" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Meet Iris of the FBI’s canine force who has a nose for data</a> (NBC News)<br> * <a href="https://blog.twitter.com/2017/building-new-data-controls-and-updating-our-privacy-policy-in" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Building new data controls and updating our privacy policy</a> (Twitter blog)<br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=en#update" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Twitter’s updated privacy policy, effective June 18th, 2017</a> (Twitter)<br>