Leo’s Twitter Updates for 2008-03-26

Stupid Visa – locked out again. The telephone rep was a fan. Helped me unlock the account. Still can’t get in. I just want to pay my bill! #
I hate rubber pillows. I just wish feather pillows didn’t take up so much space in my luggage. I feel like a dork carrying one under my arm. #

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

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.

Google Gives Wikimedia Millions—Plus Machine Learning Tools | WIRED 23 January 2019

GOOGLE IS POURING an additional $3.1 million into Wikipedia, bringing its total contribution to the free encyclopedia over the past decade to more than $7.5 million, the company announced at the World Economic Forum Tuesday. A little over a third of those funds will go toward sustaining current efforts at the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit […]

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