Every week Andrew and I sit down and have a good old hours conversation about what is going on in the world of technology. OK, honestly we have a chat about the things that interest us in the world of technology and pretty much ignore the rest.
What you get is a crazy good show about the technology that matters in your life.
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The notes
Is alexa that creepy?
Whatsapp move in the business world
Phonecalls through AI seems to be a hot topic, heres microsofts version
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Here we go with an hour of tech wonderment with Andrew the Digigeekster, that is the socials handle.
With the introduction of the European Union's blockbuster new privacy regime, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), it took no time at all for privacy activists to lodge serious complaints about the behavior of Google and Facebook -- and they're promising more within the coming weeks.
The complaints come from a crowdfunded group called None Of Your Business (NOYB), headed up by none other than Facebook nemesis Max Schrems, the Austrian lawyer who has sued the social network on multiple occasions, usually successfully.
It was Schrems whose complaint over Facebook's privacy infractions sunk the Safe Harbor regime, a legal mechanism that allowed US firms to import Europeans' personal data.
Schrems set up NOYB with the aim of lodging well-researched complaints against tech giants that break the GDPR's many terms. The law allows non-profits to do this, on behalf of Europeans whose rights may have been infringed.
NOYB's first salvo, launched as the GDPR came into effect on Friday morning, concerns the widespread practice of insisting that users consent to whatever a service wants to do with their data before they can use that service. The GDPR says this doesn't count as real consent.
50 years of tech that has had an impact!
Actually pretty cool and worth a section of the show!
20 IT jobs to think about!
Lego compatible furniture
A collaboration between Italian design house Studio NINE and Corian (makers of solid surface countertops), Stüda isn’t just fun, it’s seriously stylish. The ultra modern, sleek lines of the cabinets blend in seamlessly with contemporary decor. Your guests won’t know this piece is built for fun.
Paypal makes it a bit easier across services!
Android Pay users have been able to dip into their PayPal accounts for a little over a year. Now, the money transfer service has partnered with Google to provide a more seamless way to use it across products like Google Play, YouTube and Gmail.
When you add PayPal to your Google Play account, said the former company in a blog post, it will automatically become available as a payment option on all the other Google services that accept payment, including Google Store. While it might raise some privacy concerns, the fact is that you'd have to sign in to use PayPal, anyway, so you might as well enjoy one less step.
Interesting game
Cool
Google Trends has become a key part of journalistic storytelling, giving reporters everywhere an insight into search trends across the world. Today, we’re updating Google Trends with new features, simpler navigation and more ways to explore data and stories around one of the world’s biggest journalistic datasets. Many of the changes are based on feedback from Trends users.
The new design puts more editorial data-based stories up front, and gives you the ability to create your own stories using Year in Search data, or by exploring the revamped Trending searches and Explore pages. Go to trends.google.com to get started with new features, including:
- A revamped Trending searches section, showing what is trending in search right now, both daily and minute-by-minute.
- A newly-designed section where you can see Google Trends data stories curated by the News Lab team on everything from the Trump Administrationthrough Mother’s Day. It’s also a great place to find amazing examples of Google data visualizations by newsroom designers from all over the world.
- Easy access to Year in Search data going back to 2001, so you can see how search interest has changed over time.
- New infographic types such as an intensity map to compare different topics in more meaningful ways.
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