Leo’s Twitter Updates for 2007-12-21

I just learned that nine volt batteries contain six AAA batteries. Take one apart and see. #
I arrive at the studio to shoot and everybody’s evacuating for a fire alarm. It’s like a clown car – hundreds of people in that tiny office. #
New from Google: sync your Google calendar with your Blackberry over the air – http://m.google.com/sync #

Leo’s Micro.blog

Untitled 10 October 2018

And this is why I love living in Petaluma.

Untitled 3 October 2018

Definitely confused.

Noon In Valencia Spain 2 September 2018

Outside the beautiful cathedral. They hit the bell with a massive hammer.

Untitled 30 August 2018

And off we go to Barcelona.

Untitled 25 August 2018

Oops. letsrobot.tv/robocaste…

Untitled 25 August 2018

Come control robots in our studio live. letsrobot.tv/robocaste… Watch from the other end live on the New Screensavers. TWiT.tv/live

Untitled 25 August 2018

Am I misunderstanding something @manton? Leo.micro.blog has everything I post. Micro.blog/Leo does not.

Micro.blog Conundrum 25 August 2018

I’m setting things up for my vacation but some of my posts aren’t appearing in the timeline. They DO appear at Leo.social which is my micro.blog site. Maybe there’s a lag?

Untitled 25 August 2018

Triple threat: toot, tweet, and micro.blog… all from my Apple Watch. Technology, what a concept.

Untitled 25 August 2018

Let’s try this again. Drafts ➡️ micro.blog.

Leo’s News Links

Inside Google’s Team Fighting to Keep Your Data Safe From Hackers - WSJ 24 January 2019

Mr. Huntley doesn’t work for the National Security Agency or another government spy shop. He heads Google’s in-house counterespionage group, the Threat Analysis Group, which has emerged as an important force in the battle against hackers and a leading example of tech giants building up powerful cybersecurity defenses in an age of rising nation-state hacks. […]

Millions of bank loan and mortgage documents have leaked online | TechCrunch 23 January 2019

With help from TechCrunch, the leak was traced back to Ascension, a data and analytics company for the financial industry, based in Fort Worth, Texas. The company provides data analysis and portfolio valuations. Among its services, the Ascension converts paper documents and handwritten notes into computer-readable files — known as OCR.

China 'launches an app that tells you if you are within 500 yards of someone in debt' | Daily Mail Online 23 January 2019

State-run newspaper China Daily reported that officials in the Chinese province of Hebei created the app, named 'map of deadbeat debtors', which can be accessed through social media app WeChat.

Viacom to acquire Pluto TV for $340 million - Axios 23 January 2019

Pluto is the latest small-scale digital acquisition from Viacom over the past year, and more are expected. It's acquired several other digital companies over the past year, including millennial entertainment production company AwesomenessTV, digital video conference VidCon and influencer-marketing company Whosay. The big picture: Free digital, ad-supported streaming TV companies are rising as consumers face […]

Google, Facebook spend big on U.S. lobbying amid policy battles | Reuters 23 January 2019

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc’s Google disclosed in a quarterly filing on Tuesday that it spent a company-record $21.2 million on lobbying the U.S. government in 2018, topping its previous high of $18.22 million in 2012, as the search engine operator fights wide-ranging scrutiny into its practices.

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