This is surprising. Didn’t expect publishers to bite. appleinsider.com

Apple signed ‘many’ publishers for subscription service at 50 percent revenue split, report says

“Don’t be evil” no more apple.news

A prominent former Googler says she has ‘grave concerns about how strategic decisions are made at Google today’ and how it treats employees - Business Insider

This is a great tip. Will try it out soon. apple.news

Use this quick tweak to fix the iPhone XS’ flat photos - Cult of Mac

Maximizing data collection and revenue generation via all their channels: products and services. Totally not unexpected. 9to5google.com/2019/02/1…

I have the same dilemma. One personal, one for university, one for commercial software. http://inessential.com/2019/02/13/two_factor_authentication_and_developer_ If you have a suggested solution, please let me know. Appreciate all the help I can get. Thanks.

THIS medium.com/textileio… just made things more interesting. Thanks @textile01 - you guys rock!

Relying on free, cloud services for your personal data is risky. Convenient, but very risky. cdevroe.com/2019/02/1…

When a U.N. agency enables surveillance capitalism, something is blatantly wrong. Tsk tsk. www.privacyinternational.org/blog/2712…

And the battle heats up www.androidauthority.com/xiaomi-mi…

Xiaomi to steal Samsung’s thunder with Mi 9 launch on same day as Galaxy S10?

interesting take on mobile OS updates. twitter.com/TestingPe…

I am sure that the measles outbreak in the Philippines is ALSO affected by this stupid Facebook stunt of going against fake news (stupid because Facebook loves fake news, gets them more engagement). https://mashable.com/article/facebook-anti-vaccination-groups/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29

The Zucking of Instagram continues. Time to ditch it. Not worth your photos, not worth your time. techcrunch.com/2019/02/1…

Shocking? Of course not! Just goes to show how Zuckerberg runs Facebook. Tsk tsk. https://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2019/02/12/facebook-lets-you-search-for-pictures-of-your-female-friends-but-not-your-male-ones/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=profeed

Accounts from Dubsmash, MyFitnessPal, ShareThis, Animoto, EyeEm, and 500px, among others, are available on the dark web. Tsk tsk. Some accounts' passwords were hashed by MD5 only. NOOOOO. Change your passwords immediately. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/11/620_million_hacked_accounts_dark_web/

I wonder if the Philippine Competition Commission is investigating Facebook (Philippines) for anti-competitive behaviour. It has a monopoly on social media, and yet corners the market with free access via the telcos. How can alternatives compete against this monstrosity?

TSEK.ph is supported by Facebook? ROTFL this will be interesting - I am sure Facebook will take about a week before taking down fake news, after they get enough revenue from it.

I wonder why @ManilaBulletin is not part of Tsek.ph – is there something you are not telling me, boss @artsamaniego@twitter.com ?

Amazon buying Eero. Will Amazon mine the traffic going through Eero’s subscription services? Hmm… www.theverge.com/2019/2/11…

This is awesome work! github.com/felixries…

More in-depth analysis of QCOMM’s failure www.fosspatents.com/2019/02/a…

Apple has already defeated Qualcomm’s first ITC complaint with a workaround in iOS 12.1 and later, blessed by Qualcomm’s CTO

Bwahaha QCOMM desperately needs to spin this with another CEO press release that settlement is near. www.macrumors.com/2019/02/1…

Qualcomm’s U.S. ITC Complaint Falling Apart as Apple Implements Workaround in iOS 12.1 - MacRumors.com

Wouldn’t even consider this even if Facebook pays us! www.computerworld.com/article/3…

Does Workplace have a Facebook problem?

How about in the Philippine Midterm elections this May? www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/…

More than six in 10 Canadians say Facebook will have a negative impact on fall election: survey

Time to explore this blog.apnic.net/2019/02/1…

New UN tool maps Asia Pacific cybersecurity landscape - APNIC Blog

Samsung not getting a piece of Apple’s A13 chip manufacturing? Hmm…