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Peloton is coming to Australia
- Cult fitness brand Peloton is coming to Australia
- The exercise tech company has often been described as “the Apple of Fitness”, due to it’s very shiny marketing, and full stack of hardware and software
- The exercise bikes feature a large screen for streaming workouts
- Bikes will start at AU$2,895 - with a $59 a month subscription on top of that
- Peloton’s announcement follows a massive December quarter for the company, which saw its revenue grow 128% to AU$1.38 billion
- The launch is expected in the second half of this year
Twitter is taking on Clubhouse, Substack and Patreon with new products
- The Verge has a profile on Twitter’s Kayvon Beykpour -head of consumer product
- No new information here, we’ve talked about all the various new products Twitter is working on, including Spaces, and Super Follows
- Still, it’s a really thoughtful interview and one that product managers and owners should listen to or read
- Kayvon talks about needing to shift the culture at twitter from one resistant to change, to one that embraces it.
Amazon is working on a new robot
- Amazon has more than 800 employees working on a new Alexa powered home robot, with the code name Vesta
- There’s not a huge amount of detail on what the robot may do, but it is described as being about “the size of two small cats” that roams around the house & will have multiple cameras and screens
- Internally, the project has caused some grief due to delays and redesigns, with some worried the device will have limited “mainstream appeal” - or even worse, become another complete dud, like the Amazon Fire Phone
Pete Evans Is Back On Facebook, Which The Company Says Is Fine
- Celebrity chef and expensive lamp seller Pete Evans is back on Facebook
- In November, Facebook banned the page “Chef Pete Evans” for continually breaking the platform's rules on spreading covid and vaccine misinformation.
- Evan’s new page is there to support Evan’s senate race, and is called, Pete Evans – Senate – Great Australia Party’
- “Facebook has a recidivism policy that prohibits people from creating new Pages that are similar to ones that were removed for violating the platform’s rules.”
- But in this case, Facebook seems to think Pete Evans Potential senator is very different to Pete Evans Chef.
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Right to disconnect
- Victoria Police have won the right to disconnect as part of the union's most recent negotiations.
- Apart from emergencies, they're not to be contacted outside of work hours unless it’s for a welfare check.
- Other unions are likely to follow - with work increasingly...
Published 04/10/21
Lots of Uber news
Opal card to extend to Uber, taxis and share bikes
NSW is letting commuters pay for Ubers, Lime bikes, taxis and ferries with their digital Opal card in a new trial
FYI - uber pool is back in Sydney & Perth
How to cut costs on your ride: Uber pools riders back...
Published 03/31/21