On my mind today……

Prayers for all those lost on that fateful day.

• A Gratuitous look at Mamba. –> Kobe striking every team in the NBA

Windows & Microsoft

• He was making sense until he had to put that nonsense about ‘a seat at the table’ into it! –> How Microsoft's technological and social impacts have changed the world
• Satya has a new book coming out.
• Microsoft broadens Office 365 through the Windows Store test program 
• I have to try Microsoft Forms now. –> Create effective customer surveys with Microsoft Forms in Office 365 
• Anime-Style Illustrations Created In Microsoft Excel

Business & Technology

• Amazing how data aggregators aren’t regulated as closely as the financial firms they service. –>  The Equifax Debacle
• He's 100% right! -> Forget Equifax. Facebook and Google Have the Data That Should Worry You
• Russia’s Mil Mi-24 follow-on starts taking shape
• I knew it just had to be big business when I saw an ad for “tactical fidget spinners”. –> Fidget spinners everywhere
• This requires a large airport, and ground crew/equipment for quick turnarounds. Must be worth it, though. –> The Boeing 747 as a firefighting water tanker
• I really want this device! Well, once they have it in 4K. –> Epson’s UST Projector Is Ready for Its Close Up
• Mazda stands up for the internal combustion engine.
• Scammers are always a step ahead! Fake Facebook 'like' networks exploited code flaw to create millions of bogus 'likes'
• Whooooaaa! I don’t want this merde! –> Facebook is testing features to help you make new friends
• Digital Influencers do a lot daily.
• This debacle will go down in biz schools courses as an example of how NOT to respond to a self-inflicted screw-up! –> Equifax’s ‘help’ website may be costing people their right to sue
• How AI Makes Brand Personalities Come to Life
• I love it when Uncle Larry does the right thing. –> Oracle breaks with tech industry in backing human trafficking bill

General Interest

• About time! Dental Schools Add An Urgent Lesson: Think Twice About Prescribing Opioids

World

• Shell strikes Nigerian gas deal
• Arik Files N20 Billion Suit Against Nigerian Govt, Ethiopian Airlines
• That harridan set out to bleed the country for herself! –>  How Diezani, her men, their deals bled Nigeria
• America's Worst WWII Fighter Was the Star of Russian Air Force
• Cultural differences. –>  AirAsia pilot suspended for smoking in cockpit

Politics

• Not very well. Not very well at all!->  How Will History Judge the Trump Presidency?
• LOL –> Trump Complained That the Emir of Kuwait's Plane Was Longer Than His, Continuing Peculiar Obsession With Size
• What a clown! I love the guy! –> Pilot’s Dangerous Mid-Flight Selfies Go Viral, But Turns Out They’re Not As Risky As Many Thought

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