Episode 216: I would give it 5 stars if you still did stars.

How do we fix Privacy? How do you compete with AWS? Is the iPad a hit product? We discuss all this and Matt Ray teaches us how to decouple applications from the operating system. Plus, we offer more advice about tacos. Relevant to your interests Privacy “Software ate the world, so all the world’s problems get expressed in software” (https://twitter.com/benedictevans/status/1222285606635614208?s=21) Health-Records Company Pushed Opioids to Doctors in Secret Deal With Drugmaker (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-29/health-records-company-pushed-opioids-to-doctors-in-secret-deal) Scroll makes hundreds of websites ad-free for $5 per month (https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/28/21111865/scroll-ad-free-website-subscription-launches) Avast antivirus harvested user data, then sold to Google, Microsoft (https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/01/27/avast-antivirus-harvested-user-data-then-sold-to-google-microsoft) Disruption Clayton Christensen, Guru of ‘Disruptive Innovation,’ Dies at 67 (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/25/business/clayton-christensen-dead.html) How to Compete With AWS (https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2020/01/24/how-to-compete-with-aws/) After Kubernetes’ Victory, Its Former Rivals Change Tack (https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/business/after-kubernetes-victory-its-former-rivals-change-tack) Slack Stock Could Be One of the Biggest Opportunities in Software, Analyst Says (https://www.barrons.com/articles/slack-stock-opportunity-in-software-51580231541) Acquired | WhatsApp (https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/whatsapp) Chef Habitat Gains a Foothold in the Enterprise, Streamlines Packaging (https://thenewstack.io/chef-habitat-gains-a-foothold-in-the-enterprise-streamlines-packaging/) Google Google aims to unify its workplace tools and messaging apps into one service (https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/28/21112596/google-messaging-communications-app-hangouts-chat-meet-g-suite) Google will shut down App Maker on January 19, 2021 (https://venturebeat.com/2020/01/27/google-will-shut-down-app-maker-on-january-19-2021/) Google spent a record sum rewarding researchers for hacking its products (https://www.engadget.com/2020/01/29/google-record-reward-researchers-hack-security-bug-bounty/) Apple The 10th Anniversary of the iPad: A Perspective from the Windows Team (https://medium.learningbyshipping.com/the-10th-anniversary-of-the-ipad-a-perspective-from-the-windows-team-eaca7f94c5cc) The iPad Awkwardly Turns 10 (https://daringfireball.net/2020/01/the_ipad_awkwardly_turns_10) Apple Holiday Results Top Estimates on Rebounding iPhone Demand (https://news.google.com/articles/CBMiUWh0dHBzOi8vZmluYW5jZS55YWhvby5jb20vbmV3cy9hcHBsZS1ob2xpZGF5LXJlc3VsdHMtdG9wLWVzdGltYXRlcy0yMTQ1MzA4NjMuaHRtbNIBWWh0dHBzOi8vZmluYW5jZS55YWhvby5jb20vYW1waHRtbC9uZXdzL2FwcGxlLWhvbGlkYXktcmVzdWx0cy10b3AtZXN0aW1hdGVzLTIxNDUzMDg2My5odG1s?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen) A new chapter for Kohsuke (https://jenkins.io/blog/2020/01/23/a-new-chapter-for-kohsuke/) COBOL on Kubernetes - stackconf (https://stackconf.eu/talks/cobol-on-kubernetes/) VMware’s vRealize $236M Patent Infringement Loss: 5 Things To Know (https://www.crn.com/slide-shows/virtualization/vmware-s-vrealize-236m-patent-infringement-loss-5-things-to-know) VMware? VM... now where? It's that time of the year again when Dell's virtualization software giant sheds staff (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/28/vmware_layoffs_confirmed/) LastPass is discontinuing its native Mac app and replacing it with a more universal web app (https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/29/21113505/lastpass-native-mac-app-store-replacement-web-safari-extension-update) Nonsense Google caves on unpopular favicon change in Search and promises to test more designs (https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/01/24/google-caves-on-unpopular-favicon-change-in-search-and-promises-to-test-more-designs/) Old Bay hot sauce is here: McCormick launches new way to season wings ahead of Super Bowl (https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/01/29/old-bay-hot-sauce-now-thing-and-heres-where-buy/4607149002/) Internal Monologue (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_monologue) vs. Not Everyone Conducts Inner Speech (https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/pristine-inner-experience/201110/not-everyone-conducts-inner-speech) Australia slips further in internet speed rankings (https://ia.acs.org.au/content/ia/article/2020/australia-slips-further-in-internet-speed-rankings.html) Sponsors Arrested DevOps Podcast: Subscribe today by searching for “Arrested DevOps” in you favorite podcast app or by visiting (https://www.arresteddevops.com/)https://www.arresteddevops.com/ (https://www.arresteddevops.com/). 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