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

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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