Clubhouse issues  https://onezero.medium.com/clubhouse-is-suggesting-users-invite-their-drug-dealers-and-therapists-a8161b3062fc - Clubhouse has become big news recently and because of that, it is under more scrutiny  - Will Oremus has looked at how Clubhouse uses your contacts, and its not great - Like most apps, if you grant it access to your contacts, it uploads your entire address book  - It you dont allow it to upload your contacts, you dont get the much prized invites to invite two friends - But then if you do, like me, and like Will, you might find it requesting names you cant remember  And twitters clubhouse  https://bigtechnology.substack.com/p/the-bull-case-for-twitter-spaces Clubhouse’s launch feels like a throwback with its beg for invites model My Twitter dms are full of randos asking for invites  https://www.theinformation.com/articles/facebook-plans-smartwatch-with-focus-on-messaging-health?shared=68804956321ee69c  https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/12/22280798/facebook-smartwatch-messaging-health-fitness-release-date  - A scoop from the Information, Facebook is building its own smartwatch  - Facebook isn’t known for its hardware, but it does own VR headset business Oculus and released the Portal video chat devices a few years ago.  - The smartwatch would have messaging, health, and fitness features,  - The device reportedly is an Android-based smartwatch. It also says Facebook is working on building its own operating system for hardware devices and that future iterations of the wearable may run that software instead.  - Peter, where would a Facebook watch it into the wearable market? I guess this makes sense if you think about integrations with Whatsapp or Messenger…  https://www.axios.com/microsoft-us-should-consider-aussie-law-vexing-facebook-google-a691794e-2018-4c3a-aff1-172b42864761.html - As we’ve already discussed Microsoft thinks Australia’s media code is great and now the maker of Bing thinks the U.S. and other countries should consider adopting media rules. - In an interview with Axios, Microsoft President Brad Smith said "we recognize that this is an opportunity to combine good business with a good cause,"  - Exploiting the angst between Google & governments is perhaps the best shot Microsoft have ever had to grow their search business  … And the media code is a step closer towards becoming law.  The  government will introduce the news media bargaining code to parliament on Monday after a Senate committee recommended the bill be passed.  The Australian reports the government will seek to push its legislation through the lower house today, and debate on the bill could begin in the Senate as early as Tuesday, with the government hoping to have the code finally enshrined in law within a fortnight.  https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/11/bumble-ipo-bmbl-starts-trading-on-nasdaq.html - Speaking of Clubhouse, Bumble CEO and now-billionaire Whitney Wolfe Herd was there talking about her IPO on Friday. I missed it, but “Club house is epic, currently listening to Whitney talking about her day taking bumble public.” - If you want to know how it went,  the short answer is pretty good. the stock started trading up nearly 77% at $76 per share. - It closed on Thursday up 63.5% with a market cap of about $7.7 billion. - Wolfe Herd joins the ranks of an extremely small list of women founders who led IPOs, including Stitch Fix’s Katrina Lake, who took her company public in 2017, and Julie Wainwright, who took The RealReal public in 2019.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.