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BigTech • 11 min read

🧮 Newsletter #75: BigTech's BigNumbers | Elon's BigDebt | Twitter Rumbles On | Other Stuff

Wiser! #75: Elon Musk is borrowing big time against his Tesla stock to buy Twitter. He's skating on thin ice with that one and many doubt he'll still go through with it. Also, it's earnings week as the big tech stocks report for the quarter.…

Rick Huckstep • 30 Apr 2022

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BigTech's BigNumbers: Q1 2022 Earnings Roundup

Tech Stocks had enjoyed a 2 year ride since the Covid induced crash of March 2020. With a few notable exceptions, that's over for alot of the tech stocks. It's tough times ahead as I take a look at the round of quarterly earnings for BigTech's BigNumbers.…

Rick Huckstep • 29 Apr 2022

💪Ukraine: What BigTech Had to Say About It!

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💪Ukraine: What BigTech Had to Say About It!

Wiser! #69: The Russian invasion of Ukraine has dominated the world's attention. The horrors of war on a European doorstep are too close to home. The question is: what has BigTech done about it? Can Social Media sit on the platform fence any longer?…

Rick Huckstep • 04 Mar 2022

🕵️‍♀️ Wiser! #61: Privacy v Surveillance Capitalism | Disaster for Facebook | BigTech Post BigNumbers

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🕵️‍♀️ Wiser! #61: Privacy v Surveillance Capitalism | Disaster for Facebook | BigTech Post BigNumbers

Wiser! #61: Apple are going one way and Facebook are going the other. It's a proxy for the Privacy v Surveillance Capitalism battle. Plus BigNumbers from BigTech and a host of snippets.…

Rick Huckstep • 05 Feb 2022

🎉 Happy Birthday Wiser!: BigTech's Political Lobbying | El Savador | Replika | Microsoft

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🎉 Happy Birthday Wiser!: BigTech's Political Lobbying | El Savador | Replika | Microsoft

Wiser! #58 - The Birthday Issue!: BigTech spent record amounts in 2021 on political lobbying and acquisitions. Meanwhile, El Salvador continues to buy the dip. Replika is an AI cure for loneliness and Microsoft's acquisition of Activision is all about the Metaverse.…

Rick Huckstep • 28 Jan 2022

BigTech's Spending Spree on Lobbying and Buying Up The Competition

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BigTech's Spending Spree on Lobbying and Buying Up The Competition

Wiser! Essay: BigTech spent record amounts on lobbying and buying up its competition in 2021. Meanwhile, the FTC charged with regulating the Tech Economy has a limited budget and a mountain to climb.…

Rick Huckstep • 27 Jan 2022

🙉 Wiser! #54: NFT Madness | RIP Blackberry | Instagram | 2022 Tech Predictions

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🙉 Wiser! #54: NFT Madness | RIP Blackberry | Instagram | 2022 Tech Predictions

Wiser! #54: Instagram needs to change as TikTok sets the pace. Plus the madness of NFTs, the end of the Blackberry and the origins of the iPhone. Plus more...…

Rick Huckstep • 07 Jan 2022

🍾 One Year Wiser!: 2021 Review | BigTech | Crypto | Metaverse | Social Media

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🍾 One Year Wiser!: 2021 Review | BigTech | Crypto | Metaverse | Social Media

Wiser! #52: A year in review. A round-up of some of my favourite stories and themes from the 175,000 words written in the first year of the Wiser! Newsletter.…

Rick Huckstep • 31 Dec 2021

🐶 Wiser! #51: Gary Vee's NFTs | Instagram | Roblox | Snap | Apple | AI

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🐶 Wiser! #51: Gary Vee's NFTs | Instagram | Roblox | Snap | Apple | AI

Wiser! #51: Gary Vee makes $91m in 90 days selling NFTs (he had never heard of NFTs 9 months ago); Instagram hits 2 billion users with TikTok catching up fast; Roblox, Snap, Apple and AI, all in this issue of Wiser!…

Rick Huckstep • 17 Dec 2021

💊 Why is TikTok so addictive?; WhatsApp launchs payments on Novi; plus AI, Ethics, Apple & Bitcoin

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💊 Why is TikTok so addictive?; WhatsApp launchs payments on Novi; plus AI, Ethics, Apple & Bitcoin

Wiser! #50: metaFacebook start trials of a cryptocurrency service on WhatsApp using Novi. Plus leaked docs reveal TikTok's secret sauce. And Timnit Gebru launches an AI ethics research team.…

Rick Huckstep • 11 Dec 2021

🎯 Pinterest and Attention Economy | Clubhouse | Robinhood | Crypto | Google

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🎯 Pinterest and Attention Economy | Clubhouse | Robinhood | Crypto | Google

Wiser! #44: Pinterest start a TV channel; Clubhouse unveils new features (but is it too late?); Robinhood lose data for 7 million users; plus more…

Rick Huckstep • 12 Nov 2021

🚀James T Kirk Goes Where Others Have Gone Before | BigTaxes for BigTech | TikTok go Shopping | Facebook

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🚀James T Kirk Goes Where Others Have Gone Before | BigTaxes for BigTech | TikTok go Shopping | Facebook

Wiser! #40: James T Kirk goes into space; BigTech are about to get Big Taxes; TikTok pushes into e-Commerce as Amazon shuts down China; and Facebook's woeful damage limitation.…

Rick Huckstep • 15 Oct 2021

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