Dave Sobel

Episode 63 – Facebook Shops, Lobbying Efforts, and Current Events

Topic 1: Facebook Shops Will you (should you) set up a shop on Facebook? We give our perspective. Related Link: Topic 2: Lobbying by and for the IT Community Should we be lobbying on behalf of the IT Community? What does that look like? We discuss…

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Wed Jun 10 2020: HR lessons from Amazon are shaping my thinking

Today   Apple looks like they are moving to ARM chips Amazon moving on non-competes AND Two more sets of security updates to be aware of.

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Tue Jun 9 2020: A worm is coming.

Today   IBM out of facial recognition A worm is coming for Windows 10 AND Google Maps reinforces a customer opportunity

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Mon Jun 8 2020: Apple’s Managed Service may be closer than you think

Today   Apple’s managed service may be closer than you think   AND Suppression and recession and the economy – insights to know

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How capital can mess up an industry and why you should care.

In this editorial, Dave Sobel, Host of the Business of Tech podcast, talks about how capital can change a market, what happens when capital is left unchecked, and why that matters to solution providers and technology services companies right now….

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Fri Jun 5 2020: Opportunities in Privacy.. and in Investment.

Today France and Germany launch Gaia-X – what is that?   Google and iOS for physical security keys AND Hire or Wire – what is it, and why you should care.

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Thur Jun 4 2020: Phishing attacks are about to get a lot more scary

Today   California’s Privacy Law now fully fleshed out Trend Micro identifies a new scary Phishing vector AND CES says they’re still on in Vegas in 2021

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Wed Jun 3 2020: One solution to balancing encryption with law enforcement

Today Zoom’s security rollout has a specific strategy to work with law enforcement   Edge computing – who do customers turn to? AND Microsoft Edge is here.

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Tue Jun 2 2020: Providers do not want to miss this move by Samsung

Today   Samsung launches an offer that tech services companies do not want to miss Lessons from three moves in the time of civil unrest AND Let’s talk some smartphones  

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Episode 62: Classrooms, Chromebooks, and Connectivity

We have a bit of a theme going through all three of today’s topics: Education. Topic 1: Google Classrooms – too meager? In case you haven’t seen it, here is “Google Classroom.” Google Classroom is super low tech. Is it too low tech? How much tech is…

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