Episode 16


Association for Competitive Technology
April 4, 1973 – 46 years ago this month marks the first ever cell phone call
What’s Brewing in DC?
Mark Zuckerberg leveraged Facebook user data to fight rivals and help friends, leaked documents show – MSNBC
Facebook stored millions of Instagram passwords in plain text – Engadget
Coalition Against Anticompetitive SEP Abuse Keeps Expanding After Apple/Qualcomm Settlement; Calls on Commerce Department and USPTO to Continue Bipartisan SEP Policies – ACT Blog
ACT | The App Association Calls on FTC and PTO to ensure every company is safe from Qualcomm’s anticompetitive patent schemes – ACT Blog
The Qualcomm Case and U.S. National Security – Paper by Joseph Kattan
Qualcomm’s National Security Propaganda Campaign – ACT Blog
An FTC Settlement with Qualcomm Could Hold the Entire IoT Economy Hostage – ACT Blog
Policy Discussion
Random Identifier
Brad: John Mayer – Slow Dancing In A Burning Room (Live on Letterman) – YouTube
Caitlin: Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino befriended Fyre Fest founder Billy McFarland in prison – People
Alex: A Rock Band Novel — and a Snapshot of the Bell-Bottomed 1970s – NYT
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Music Cred: Brad Goodall
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