A snapshot of links shared on my Twitter account @WinObs for today
- TV networks misspell show names to trick Nielsen's automated rating system into ignoring broadcasts on nights with few viewers (Joe FlintWall Street Journal)
- A History of Chatbots the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- This Week in Seattle Paid family leave passes, bike shares hit the streets, income tax gets one step closer, and more
- How Losing Weight Made Me a Better Entrepreneur
- Razer Files for IPO in Hong Kong to Raise $600 Million
- What It Takes to Launch a Successful Startup
- VBScript now disabled by default on Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 build 16237, security patch coming to other Windows versions
- The Economist is using its subscription and registration data to sell targeted ad campaigns, on-and-off Economist properties (Jessica DaviesDigiday)
- After burying elimination of free plan in ToS update, Photobucket starts demanding $400year for hosted images, kills client links on Amazon, eBay, other sites (Tamara ChuangDenver Post)
- Macklemore records music video with his 100-year-old grandmother, and it’s glorious
- A View Toward M106
- @WinObs Tweeted Links for July 7, 2017
- Founders of VerySmartBrothas.com, Damon Young and Panama Jackson, fold their indie site into Gizmodo Media Group's The Root, will become senior editors (Richard HorganAdweek)
- Senator Amy Klobuchar asks AG Jeff Sessions whether White House contacted his office about AT&TTime Warner deal, says any interference is unacceptable (Michael CalderoneHuffPost)
- Baltimore Sun Media Group, owned by Tronc, plans to close 40-year-old City Paper later this year (Brandon WeigelBaltimore City Paper)
- Microsoft Expands Azure Services in the United Kingdom
- Skype for Business Server Address Book Normalization Rules–Failing Normalization
- ‘This is just going to make it more expensive’ — Sen. Cantwell warns business owners about net neutrality rollback
- Microsoft announces quarterly earnings release date
- This Week On Xbox July 07, 2017
- Fusion Media Group announces it is rebranding as Splinter, will launch SplinterNews.com on July 24, will focus on news and political commentary (Sara FischerAxios)
- Fintech Startups Partnering With Banks Could Be a Good Thing
- OneNote Ink BETA Apis
- Google releases a Samba client for Android, only supports the vulnerable SMBv1 protocol
- Sources Chicago Sun-Times owner Wrapports is prepared to close the newspaper if plan to sell to Eisendrath falls through and then DoJ contests a sale to Tronc (Lynne MarekChicago Business)