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Aug. 19, 2020

Wed. 08/19 – You Won’t Be Able To Use An Oculus Without A Facebook Account

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  • Show Notes

Soon you can only use an Oculus if you have a Facebook account. But bizarrely, the Facebook Portal (along with the Echo Show and Google Nest Hub Max) is opening up to Zoom. Netflix is testing a “shuffle play” feature. Blackberry phones are coming back. And Apple hits a $2 trillion market cap.

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Links:

  • You’ll need a Facebook account to use future Oculus headsets (The Verge)
  • Zoom is coming to Google Nest, Amazon Echo, and Facebook Portal smart displays (The Verge)
  • Trump Expresses Support for Oracle to Buy TikTok (WSJ)
  • Netflix test puts a ‘Shuffle Play’ button right on your home screen (TechCrunch)
  • New BlackBerry-branded devices w/ QWERTY keyboards set to come in 2021 (9to5Google)
  • A TikTok Ban Is Overdue (NYTimes)
  • The ecommerce surge (Benedict Evans)
  • Big Tech’s Domination of Business Reaches New Heights (NYTimes)


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