He loves Twitter. He hates Twitter. He’s been mad about his reply-bots since at least 2018. The Washington Post did a good deep dive through Musk’s tweets to figure out what he actually thinks about the platform — which might matter during next month’s trial — and the answer is predictably all over the place. Now I want to know what he really thinks about crypto.
Yes, Zoom is probably smart to go all-in on chat, and try to keep more people in its ecosystem all day. (Also, sorry, changing the name from Zoom Chat to Zoom Teams Chat isn’t going to accomplish... anything.) But I can’t help but be bummed to see Slack, Teams, Zoom and even Google Workspace all basically turning into the same overbearing all-in-one work app. Are there just no more new ideas in this space?
I still can’t say “Dynamic Island” with a straight face. But if Parker’s extremely cool menu bar-style iPad Pro concepts come true — and finally get Apple to move the iPad camera to the center of the device where it belongs — I’ll happily pack my things and declare permanent residency on Dynamic Island.
It’s spending more than $13 billion on Thursday Night Football, with games kicking off next week. This is a good read about all the work that required, like, how do you get Prime Video in bars? Also, Amazon has some... interesting ideas about how to broadcast games:
Amazon will overlay stats and game updates using what it calls X-Ray technology. It will offer an alternate stream for younger audiences, hosted by a group of YouTube personalities called Dude Perfect, and will also carry games on Twitch.
Also interesting: Amazon is guaranteeing advertisers at least 12 million viewers a game.
Nothing will kill the iPhone, but the Apple Watch is ready for the spotlight
