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The @POTUS Twitter handle will automatically transfer to President-elect Joe Biden when he is sworn in on Inauguration Day, Politico reported. It does not matter to Twitter if President Donald Trump has conceded by that time. Other official Twitter accounts associated with the presidency will also automatically transfer on Inauguration Day. This includes @whitehouse @VP and @FLOTUS. I remember when
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The New York Times reported some details about how Facebook and Twitter will handle President Trump's accounts after he is no longer a world leader. Once again, it appears that the two social media companies have very different plans about how to respond to whatever Trump posts after his presidential term is over. In a recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearing,
Apple announced the App Store Small Business Program. It will launch on January 1, 2021. The new program reduces App Store commission to 15 percent for small businesses earning up to $1 million per year. “Small businesses are the backbone of our global economy and the beating heart of innovation and opportunity in communities around the world. We’re launching this
Huawei Investment and Holding Co., Ltd. announced that it has decided to sell all of its Honor business assets to Shenzhen Zhixin New Information Technology Co, Ltd. According to Huawei, this sale will help Honor's channel sellers and suppliers make it through this difficult time. Reuters reported that Honor is a budget brand smartphone unit of Huawei. It is being
Facebook has placed labels on content that includes misinformation about elections. The labels have been added to some of President Trump's posts in which he made claims about the election that Facebook deemed to be false information. Unfortunately for Facebook (and its users), the labels did almost nothing to stop the spread of false information posted by President Trump. BuzzFeed
GitHub announced that they reinstated youtube-dl after receiving additional information about the project that enabled GitHub to reverse a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown. As a result, GitHub has created a developer-focused approach that requires specific steps that will be performed before any takedown claim is processed. TechCrunch reported that in October, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)