The COMUNICANO for Monday September 3rd 2018

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September 3 · Issue #376 · View online Amazon’s Alexa is going EVERYWHERE…..Chromebooks are spelling doom and gloom for Apple, Microsoft….Google Express slows down…..Cord Cutting offers a better experience….DOJ cracks down on bench and switch visa workers….California fights FCC over net neutrality……Google pulling “scam” ads…..Skype kills off a useless feature….Apple going bigger into AR..How PR is done in the crypto world…..Why Uber for X companies often fail….those stories and more are all here, in today’s COMUNICANO for Labor Day…. Amazon Watch Amazon making good on promise to put Alexa everywhere WWW.CNET.COM – Share Alexa’s expansion is way up from 4,000 devices in January.   Google Watch $600 Chromebooks are a dangerous development for Microsoft ARSTECHNICA.COM – Share Chrome OS is set to expand beyond the education market. New High Quality Chromebooks Prove The Pixelbook Did Its Job CHROMEUNBOXED.COM – Share As we get later into 2018, all my thoughts on what the Pixelbook could become are finally starting to take shape and Google looks to have shifted the Chromebook market its introduction: even 11 months later. Google Express Is No Closer to Beating Amazon, Five Years Later GIZMODO.COM – Share September 25 will mark five years since Google first launched Shopping Express, the e-commerce offering meant to challenge Amazon’s dominance.  Streaming Watch Cutting cord may not save money, but it is a way better TV experience WWW.USATODAY.COM – Share Add the costs of extra subscription services, an antenna, higher internet fees and possibly a DVR, and you will spend more money on TV entertainment than you do with cable.   Net Neutrality Watch California passes strongest net neutrality law in the country WWW.THEVERGE.COM – Share California’s legislature has approved a bill being called the strongest net neutrality law in the US. The bill would ban internet providers from blocking and throttling legal content, prioritizing some sites and services over others, and it would apply these restrictions to both home and mobile connections. California Legislators Are Working to Send Blockchain to Governor’s Desk BITCOINIST.COM – Share Blockchain-focused bills have been making the rounds in California’s State government. Officials are working to persuade Governor Jerry Brown.   Privacy Watch Spies still can't get at encrypted comms data WWW.THEREGISTER.CO.UK – Share Google Says It's Removing Over '100 Bad Ads Every Second' GADGETS.NDTV.COM – Share “Just last year alone, we took down more than 3.2 billion ads that violated our advertising policies - that’s more than 100 bad ads per second,” said David Graff, Director, Global Product Policy at Google.   Apple Watch Apple Warns iPhones Have A Serious Problem WWW.FORBES.COM – Share Apple has revealed internal tests showing serious problems in some of its most popular iPhones… Apple hiring data shows it has augmented reality ambitions for Apple Maps 9TO5MAC.COM – Share   Twitter Watch Twitter tests new threaded reply interface & status indicators to show who’s online 9TO5MAC.COM – Share Skype Watch Microsoft Kills Skype's Snapchat Clone Because No One Actually Used It WWW.THURROTT.COM – Share   Tesla Watch Tesla Roadster is ’embarrassing’ us, says supercar maker Koenigsegg ELECTREK.CO – Share Gig Economy Watch How Fiverr and Online Gig Platforms Create Competition WWW.THEATLANTIC.COM – Share When the whole world is fighting for the same jobs, what happens to workers?   Odds & Ends Stop treating tech jerks like gods NYPOST.COM – Share Could we stop worshipping rich men who are jerks? On Tuesday Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla, took to Twitter once again with bizarre comments,… How crypto PR works FTALPHAVILLE.FT.COM – Share H-1B Visa Crackdown: DOJ Charges CEO With Fraud on Nearly 200 Applications WWW.NEWSWEEK.COM – Share The U.S. Department of Justice has charged a Seattle-area CEO with visa fraud, accusing him of hiring as many as 200 foreign workers through the H-1B visa program by using falsified documents.  Why "Uber for X" startups failed: The supply side is king at andrewchen ANDREWCHEN.CO – Share Remember all the “Uber for x” startups? A few years ago a ton of “Uber for x” startups got funded, but very few of them – maybe none? – worked out. It sounds good but ultimately most failed on the supply side. Let’s explore why.