the corona bullwhip effect

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Howdy,

The coronavirus bandwagon is incredible. The backlash is larger than I suspected it would be. We'll surely feel the ripple effect for the rest of the year. if not more.

Anyhow, I've included some links on how coronavirus affects some my research areas. Mostly on-line tech and advertising. I'm going to check in on Facebook's and Alphabet's next 10Q reports to read what they state about revenue dropping from advertisers decreasing budgets stemming from the economic slow down.

Cheers,

Scott

Coronavirus

Funny work from home fiascos - Twitter thread via @arb

Venture capitalists are still investing - Axios

Hackers jumping on COVID-19 to spread malware - TechCrunch

Everyone is on Slack at home and the stock plunges? - Investors.com

Students in China get their classroom app removed from app store - Business Insider

Netflix is surviving the crisis better than most media and tech companies - Fast Company

FCC asks internet providers not to terminate service or overcharge customers during coronavirus - The Verge

Travel ban hammers airlines - Wired

The story behind "Flatten the Curve" graphic - @SiouxsieW

AirBnB modifies cancelation policies due to the virus - TechCrunch

Will working from home affect your ABM methods? - LinkedIn discussion

Noteworthy Articles

Amazon's JEDI award protests causes the Pentagon to ask for more time to reevaluate the award to Microsoft - AWS’s protest identified evaluation errors, clear deficiencies and unmistakable bias in six of the eight evaluation factors. TechCrunch

Magic Leap is supposedly looking for a buyer - Magic Leap has raised more than $2 billion to build an augmented-reality device, some say it is exploring options including a sale. Bloomberg

Hide your home with Zooms virtual background - Many enterprise employees are staying home from the office to hide from a corona outbreak. However, your home office or others walking around may be visible to those in your meeting. Several on Twitter stated some horror stories of naked spouses or huge messes in their homes. Here is how to hide your mess with a green screen type virtual background. The Verge

Popular VPN And Ad-Blocking Apps Are Secretly Harvesting User Data - Sensor Tower has owned at least 20 apps that track data passing through people’s phones. Buzzfeed

I don't believe it

Some People in the U.S. Can't Use Wifi Because of a Telescope - Residents in a tiny West Virginia town can't use WiFi so they don't interfere with an enormous radio telescope. They live in the National Radio Quiet Zone, a 13,000-square-mile area where cell service doesn’t exist, wifi is banned, and home broadband is as slow as dial-up. Gizmodo

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