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Facebook And the H-1B Visa Scandal

Big Red Car — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 19:19:59 +0000

Comes now our pals at Facebook who are under the microscope of a bunch of state Attorneys General to be busted up and reformed for a myriad of reasons. In the specific instance of the state AGs, it is for smothering small businesses. This is different. At the same time, Facebook is being sued by […]

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Facebook Messenger Rooms

Big Red Car — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 16:11:53 +0000

It had to happen. Facebook noticed that Zoom was crushing it with their video meeting business, so Facebook decided to expand its existing Messenger video capability into something they are calling Messenger Rooms. Like Messenger (700MM daily users — can that possibly be right?), a written chat product, Facebook expands that vision and calls its […]

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Facebank And Libra II

Big Red Car — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 18:17:34 +0000

While we were all distracted by the life and death of COVID19, our friends at Facebank have made a few changes in their quest to make Libra a viral offering in the crypto world. You will recall that we spoke of Facebank’s Libra offering here: Facebank And Libra Cracks In The Libra Foundation Libra Foundation […]

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“Always Day One” — Facebook and Instagram

Big Red Car — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 16:08:46 +0000

If you are sheltering in place, there is a good new book you might find an interesting read (hyperlink to Amazon page on the book): Always Day One: How the Tech Titans Plan to Stay on Top Forever The author, Alex Kantrowitz, is a well known Silicon Valley tech writer (BuzzFeed) who has been able […]

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Cracks in the Libra Foundation

Big Red Car — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 18:26:52 +0000

Some time ago, we spoke about Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency. We spoke of it here: Facebook and Libra Recently, we learned that PayPal has abandoned ship as one of the 28 founding Libra Association members. Sort of caught folks by surprise. They didn’t give a reason, but mumbled along the lines of this: Uhhh, ummm, we […]

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Libra v The Senate

Big Red Car — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 21:18:50 +0000

Today, the US Senate grilled Facebook’s Chief Libracan about all things Libra. David Marcus is actually the head of Facebook’s crypto wallet subsidiary, Calibra. He was offered up as a human sacrifice to the US Senate Banking Committee to lay out the Libra project. Reports are he was able to walk out on his power. […]

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