The last Apple ipad with a headphone jack has been removed from sale. I reckon that the humble 3.5mm jack will be gone in 2024. https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/7/24151124/apple-ipad-headphone-jack
It seems that Jack Dorsey – ex Twitter supremo has left Bluesky recently. Instrumental in getting the project off the ground he seems happier over at Nostr https://wedistribute.org/2024/05/bluesky-jack-dorsey
Despite Elon Musks attempt to sabotage X/Twitter and make it profitable, I often ask/get asked why X/Twitter is still useful and relevant, and 90% of the time the same answers come back. Firstly, for a…
Apple sales have fallen in nearly all markets in the first 3 months of 2024, with drops of over 10% in most markets. This is similar to all the other tech giants reporting lower sales…
Tik Tok looks like it is trying to do an Epic and dodge the Apple tax where it can…. this is likely to result in a ban (not that they seem worried about that) https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/1/24146142/tiktok-coins-dodge-apple-app-store-commission-epic
Mastodon has setup a US non-profit entity to help it with US donations and on the board is a certain Biz Stone who was co-founder of Twitter. Interesting times ahead, but already it has annoyed…
Peertube the video site a bit like Youtube has been upgraded to V6.1. Highlights include account backup, security fixes and a few more… https://joinpeertube.org/news/release-6.1
The bad news for Twitter continues after a major spat with Australia about free speech backfires. This article in the UK (Guardian) kinda resonates with me. I haven’t posted on X/Twitter in years as it…
Japan has joined the hundreds of countries calling for legal action on Facebook/Meta scams with a threat to called Mark Zuckerberg to testify. This follows on from the many other legal battles the company is…
