Oct 4, 2020

📡 This one is half of 🩳

Hello and welcome to Pulse — the weekly techie/businessy newsletter from @perspectiveix. I’m your host, Ben, and I’m sorry I’m late.

This is a quite short pulse - sorry, I guess. It hasn’t been the best/most productive week for me. Haven’t had the time to do much reading; life was in my way.

Now, you dive in, while I go start the next Pulse.

🗞 NEWS

Apple’s suing its recycling partner for reselling devices it was supposed to dismantle [link], security hole in Grindr [link], and the hidden smile behind Apple’s new mask emoji [link].
Google wakes up, Tesla delivers, and YouTube restores [link]
Facebook moderators, Better AR directions, and Google’s support for journalism [link]
Google’s Event, Facebook’s integrations, and New Emojis [link]
Amazon payment system, New Instagram record, and Borat’s sequel [link]
Roku, Ransomware, and Rides [link]
Right wing, restrictions, and TikTok ban [link]

📭 a gift for you.

📱 TOOLS & APPS

Toonify: Cartoonify your selfies

🔍 SPOTTED

Twitter keeps working on the Audio Space feature [link]
Facebook is working on the “inclusion list” for Stories [link]
Snapchat is working on Astrological Profile & Compatibility [link]
Instagram is testing a new design for Reels [link]
Google Messages is working on the possibility of locking the microphone button during recording [link]