Amazon Alexa is a “colossal failure,” on pace to lose $10 billion this year
Yes, Apple HomePods are expensive. Well, hardware is expensive and you can’t sell devices at a loss for a decade. Let that sink in.
Fastly Subdomain Takeover $2000
Today, I am going to share how I found Fastly subdomain takeover vulnerability and earn my first four digits bounty. Let’s get started.
Inside Matter!
Inside of Apple Watch vs. Pixel Watch pic.twitter.com/AQjo6OPeGz — Joseph Cohen (@josephcohen) November 3, 2022
Apple is building an Ad (Services) Empire
The highlight for me during the entire earnings call was that Services now account for 33% of Apple’s gross profit and the fastest-growing segment in FY22 - up 14% YoY.
User Experience (UX) Metrics for Product Managers using RUM
RUM has been around ever since I started my first job (well over 20 years I recon) and the issue I fell is that people still don’t realize how best to utilize RUM.
The new iCloud experience is here (Public Beta)
It’s fast and looks great! Needs more widgets :)
Moonwalkers: New options for the commuter
Moonwalkers are show attachments with motorized wheels - like Heelys that you see kids wearing around. But these are for adults and according to the company behind moonwalkers - they boast that it can increase the wearer’s walking speeds by 250%. I have lived in Princeton and worked in New York City for over a decade and something like this would be a game changer. They are compact and can be simply worn on your shoes without having to handle other heavy gear and bother fellow commuters.
They attach to a wide variety of shoes using adjustable straps and magnetic buckles - so need to change what you wear. The devices continuously communicate with each other and monitor the user’s gait to adjust speed. They can switch between Shift and Lock modes with a simple foot movement. A video from the Moonwalkers’ Kickstarter project is available in the article.

GitHub hits $1 Billion ARR
Elon Musk’s open letter to Advertisers
Dear Twitter Advertisers pic.twitter.com/GMwHmInPAS — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 27, 2022
Apple (still) exploring iPads with larger screens
In my humble opinion, merging the two platforms would simply be a disaster. There is continuity now between your Mac and iPad; and it works amazingly well! That’s blurry enough for me.