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2021

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Elon Musk Controlling Space

Elon Musk is controlling space a ESA boss is complaining that EU companies are not able to keep up with the fast-paced company. They need to slow him down and not let him have all of the low earth orbits to himself. I have never seen such a high cry baby. It's called competition get to competing and quit complaining.

WhatsApp Lets Users Control How Long Messages Stick Around

WhatsApp announced that they are providing users with more options to control their messages and how long they stick around, with default disappearing messages and multiple durations. This makes sense considering that WhatsApp introduced disappearing messages last year, and a way for photos and videos to immediately disappear after being viewed once. WhatsApp users will now have the option to

Twitter Suspended Accounts After Other People Abused a Policy

Twitter posted information on their blog titled: “Expanding our private information policy to include media”, on November 30, 2021. This policy was an update to the previous version, in which publishing other people’s private information, such as phone numbers, addresses, and IDs was already not allowed on Twitter. How did this policy work out? Not very well at all. The

Pantone Color of the Year 2022 – Very Peri

For 2022, Pantone has chosen Very Peri for its Color of the Year 2022. Described in the Pantone catalogue as 17-3938, Very Peri is "a dynamic periwinkle blue hue with a vivifying violet red undertone.....Blending the faithfulness and constancy of blue with the energy and excitement of red, this happiest and warmest of all the blue hues introduces an empowering

Instagram Asks Users to Make Second Accounts

How long ago did you make your Instagram account? Is it something you still enjoy using? If not, you might consider making a second Instagram account. According to the Wall Street Journal, Instagram is allowing users to make a second account. The Wall Street Journal reported that Instagram has quietly rolled out a pop-up over the past year that encourages

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Apple Retail Employees are Struggling

There is a pretty bad article out on how Apple treats its retail hourly employees. We know retail can be brutal but it seems some employees are having a very rough go of it. One of our GNC family members is having a challenging time. I want to draw your attention to Sam Garcia's resume. He has significant experience in

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Microsoft in Trouble with EU on Bundling

Microsoft is once again fighting against companies they have edged out through bundling making it harder for them to compete. There is an ongoing issue with companies that cry they cannot innovate when faced with competition so they go cry to a government agency hoping to get relief.