Unexpected Demand and Delays: The Impact of a Pandemic on Tech

Disney+ continues to blow the doors off the place. Good old phone calls are back, along with the Desktop web. Don’t expect to see new emoji for a while. Stadia is free for anyone with a Gmail account, COBAL skills are in high demand and why the pandemic might be a long-term good for Internet infrastructure.

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Links:

• Disney+ Surpasses 50 Million Paid Subscribers After Launches in Europe & India (The Streamable)
• Zoom removes meeting IDs from client title bar to boost security (Bleeping Computer)
• MICROSOFT THINKS CORONAVIRUS WILL FOREVER CHANGE THE WAY WE WORK AND LEARN (The Verge)
• The Humble Phone Call Has Made a Comeback (NYTimes)
• Microsoft: Don't expect any Windows 10X devices this calendar year (ZDNet)
• No one’s getting new emoji in 2021 because of the pandemic (The Verge)
• Google Stadia now free to anyone with a Gmail address (Polygon)
•  Now It’s Falling Apart (OneZero)
• Why the coronavirus lockdown is making the internet stronger than ever (MIT Technology Review)
• Twitter notifies users that it’s now sharing more data with advertisers (The Verge)

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