Once upon a time, you could count on August to be a slow news month. The Trump administration put an end to that--and even with Trump gone, the pandemic will ensure nobody gets a break from breaking-news alerts anytime soon.
7/28/2021: SmartTechCheck Podcast by Parks Associates, Mark Vena
My industry-analyst pal now works at Parks Associates instead of Moor Insights & Strategy, but the podcast he hosts continues to run on the same outlines. My contribution to this week's episode, once again featuring my fellow tech scribs Stewart Wolpin and John Quain, was to call out the ridiculous pricing Verizon has slapped on its new Fios TV streaming apps.
7/30/2021: Twitter buys Brief, Al Jazeera
The Arabic-language news channel had me on for a few minutes to discuss Twitter buying the news-recap app Brief.
7/30/2021: Are your iMessage texts disappearing? The answer might just be checking your email, USA Today
Yet another episode of messages from an iPhone-using friend going to my iPad instead of my phone finally pushed me to dig into how Apple's iMessage routes your chats. This column is paywalled, but the headline basically spells out the fix: If you use an Android phone, remove your regular e-mail address from your Apple ID profile.
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