• Vimeo Names New CEO
    Vimeo general manager Anjali Sud is being promoted to CEO of IAC’s video platform. “She replaces Joey Levin, who had been running Vimeo as an interim manager since June 2016, while also serving as IAC’s CEO,” Recode reports. “Sud, who has previously worked at Amazon and Time Warner, has been at Vimeo since 2014."
  • Apple Names Head Of Chinese Operations
    Apple just tapped Isabel Ge Mahe -- presently VP of wireless technologies -- to head up its Chinese operations. “The appointment comes at a critical time for Apple in China, where the government is ramping up restrictions on foreign businesses and their management of data,” Bloomberg notes. “The Chinese-born Ge Mahe … will answer directly to Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook and Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams.”
  • NBC News Launches Snapchat Show
    NBC News is launching a news show for Snapchat. Dubbed “Stay Tuned,” the show is scheduled to stream twice a day, and “aims to connect with younger viewers who no longer get their news from traditional television,” TechCrunch writes. “Instead, the two to three-minute long news show will feature four or five segments focused on the top national and international stories of the day.”
  • EU High Court To Decide On Privacy Policy Limits
    The EU’s Court of Justice is about to decide whether its “right to be forgotten” policy applies beyond its own borders. “The case will set a precedent for how far EU regulators can go in enforcing the bloc’s strict new privacy law,” The Wall Street Journal reports. “It will also help define Europe’s position on clashes between governments over how to regulate everything that happens on the internet -- from political debate to online commerce.”
  • Google Debuts 'Hire' App For Simple Staffing
    Google is rolling out Hire -- a new app for small and medium-sized businesses, which is supposed to simplify staffing. “With Hire, the internet giant is targeting existing G Suite users -- that is, companies already on board Google’s cloud software platform,” Venture Beat writes. “Hire will allow recruiters to manage job postings, receive application forms, interview and screen candidates, and more.”
  • Amazon Cooks Up Pre-Packaged 'Meal Kits'
    Exploring yet another business opportunity, Amazon is offering pre-packaged ingredients for home-cooked meals. A selection of Amazon Meal Kits is already available on Amazon.com, GeekWire reports. “It’s the latest move by the Seattle-based tech giant to reimagine how its customers get food items, coming on the heels of Amazon’s bid to acquire the grocery chain Whole Foods for $13.7 billion,” GW notes.
  • Is China Pulling Plug On WhatsApp?
    The Chinese government began blocking Facebook-owned WhatsApp, this week -- at least in part. “The disruption of WhatsApp was the latest in a long line of big digital services running up against China’s ‘Great Firewall,’” The New York Times reports. “WhatsApp, which had generally avoided major disruptions in China despite the full block of Facebook and Instagram, appears to have become a victim of those circumstances.”
  • Google Glass Lives!
    To prove that Google Glass is not dead, Wired catches up with a small group of developers continuing to work on an enterprise version of the digital headgear. “The team lives in Alphabet’s X division,” it writes. Rather than targeting consumers, however, “Now the focus [is] on making a practical workplace tool that saves time and money. Just coming out of beta, the new version is called Glass Enterprise Edition."
  • Techdirt Explains Net Neutrality Flip Flop
    Techdirt's Mike Masnick says the company now supports the net neutrality rules, even though in the mid-2000s it opposed regulations. "We were afraid that these rules would be bad and harmful," he writes. "But ... things have changed. We've seen less and less competition, and now near-total domination of the broadband market by a few players."
  • Google Adds Travel Time Graph To Directions
    Google appears to have added a travel time graph to directions, so, as Android Police, says, “you'll know how much traffic there will be.” According to Android Police: “This appears to be one of the rare instances where a new feature was quietly rolled out to all users in the space of a few weeks.” Regarding the graph, it adds: “It has a very familiar look -- almost identical to the graph for businesses that tells you how busy they are.”
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