Tech Giants' Strategies and Innovations in Digital Services

G Suite is no more! But don’t worry. It’s just a name change. Apple is removing non-Apple headphones from its stores. And AT&T is killing DSL. Why that’s a problem for a lot of people. Putting interactive advertising on convenience store coolers is sort of obvious. But why it SHOULD be obvious that an internet connected chastity belt is a bad idea.

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Links:

• G Suite is now Google Workspace (TechCrunch)
• Apple Stops Selling Rival Earphones, Speakers Ahead of Launches (Bloomberg)
• Facebook's Portal adds support for Netflix, Zoom and other features (TechCrunch)
• AT&T kills DSL, leaves tens of millions of homes without fiber Internet (Ars Technica)
• Cooler Screens raises $80M to bring interactive screens into cooler aisles (TechCrunch)
• Security flaw left ‘smart’ chastity sex toy users at risk of permanent lock-in (TechCrunch)

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