Fri. 05/08 – How Good Can an $18 Apple Watch Knock-Off Really Be? - a podcast by Ride Home Media

Uber continues the things-could-be-worse tech earnings parade, Google is consolidating all of its messaging efforts under one team, this whole Reliance Jio Platforms story really has me intrigued, a semi-decent $18 Apple watch ripoff, and, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Links:Uber shares shoot up after CEO says ride volume is increasing again after April bottom (CNBC) UK may ditch NHS contact-tracing app for Apple and Google model (The Guardian) Google unifies all of its messaging and communication apps into a single team (The Verge) Vista Equity Partners to invest $1.5B in India's Reliance Jio Partners (TechCrunch) Developers say Google's Go is 'most sought after' programming language of 2020 (ZDNET) This Apple Watch copycat is surprisingly good for just $18 (CNET)


Weekend Longreads Suggestions: The System That Actually Worked (The Atlantic) THE WORLD’S BIGGEST PC GAMES ARE FIGHTING A NEW SURGE OF CHEATERS AND HACKERS (The Verge) How Apple reinvented the cursor for iPad (TechCrunch) Instacart’s Frantic Dash From Grocery App to Essential Service (Bloomberg Businessweek) It’s the 50th Anniversary of Humanity’s Favorite Activity: Staring at an LCD (WSJ) Steven Sinofsky lived Microsoft history. Now he’s writing it (Fast Company) One-Man Hedge Fund Gains 56% With Virus-Resistant Tech Bets (Bloomberg)


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