The Outwrite Podcast

Varun Singh Rajput

Hello 👋....Welcome to “The Outwrite Podcast" channel. We publish new episodes every week on multiple topics which can add value to our lives. You can also check out our website: www.theoutwrite.com to find more stories. This channel is founded by Varun Singh Rajput in 2022. He is a digital thinker with an analogue streak, as comfortable with a smartphone as he is with pen and paper. He's got a big spot for gaming, bicycles & travelling. He also holds a Masters in International Business which strengthens and channelizes his technical skills.

  1. 01/04/2021

    Elon Musk and Tesla Board Sued over Erratic Tweets Violating U.S SEC Agreement

    Welcome to The Outwrite Podcast, This article is published on "theoutwrite.com" by Varun Singh Rajput. Elon Musk is a well-known genius for the amazing products and his sight for the future. But he is also popular for erratic tweets, which have cost a fortune to Tesla and created some legal troubles for himself in the last couple of years. There is another lawsuit that came in a notice on Friday that was originally filed on March 8. A Tesla investor, Chase Gharrity suing Tesla and Elon Musk for the "Erratic Tweets" which violated United States SEC (Security and Exchange Commission) settlement. It all started way back in 2018 with Elon's tweet, "Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured." The Security and Exchange Commission did take action and launched a complaint marking this tweet as "False and Misleading". According to TechCrunch, the filing from the Southern District of New York on 27th September 2018, had the following remarks mentioned in the complaint: "Musk’s statements disseminated via Twitter falsely indicated that should he so choose, it was virtually certain that he could take Tesla private at a purchase price. It reflected a substantial premium over Tesla stock’s then-current share price, that funding for this multi-billion dollar transaction had been secured. And that the only contingency was a shareholder vote. After a long legal battle, Tesla and the SEC agreed to allow Elon Musk to tweet with certain limitation, clearly states not to post anything around the financial states of the company. Tesla paid a $20 Million fine, appointed two independent directors to monitor Elon's movements in media even via Twitter. Elon stepped down as Tesla Chairman for at least three years. Bloomberg Law expert Peter Rasmussen stated, " Musk might have a hard time winning over the Delaware Chancery Court. With all the chances that Musk has been given, it is quite possible that the Chancery Court will have little patience with his latest tweeting adventures. Now the lawsuit filed by Chase Gharrity over several tweets has a specific tweet for May 1, 2020, in which Elon tweeted, "Tesla stock price is too high." It destructed $14 billion worth of Tesla's market capitalisation in a single day. It clearly states that Elon Musk's erratic actions over social media especially via Twitter around financial milestones have caused "substantial damage" to the company. Thanks for your time, please share your valuable feedback & comments - our email address is: hello@theoutwrite.com.

    3 min
  2. 18/03/2021

    Apple Sues Former Employee Simon Lancaster for Leaking Trade Secrets to Media

    Welcome to The Outwrite Podcast, this article is published on “theoutwrite.com” by Varun Singh Rajput. Apple sues Simon Lancaster, who associated with the company for 11 years as an Advanced Materials Lead, and Product Design Architect. He has been accused to trade secret information with some specific media houses for his personal benefits. Being a veteran designer in Apple, Simon had access to many secret and unreleased products in the company. The court document filed which was made public recently states: “Despite over a decade of employment at Apple, Lancaster abused his position and trust within the company, to systematically disseminate Apple’s sensitive trade secret information in an effort to obtain personal benefits. He used his seniority to gain access to internal meetings and documents, outside the scope of his job’s responsibilities containing Apple’s trade secrets, and he provided these trade secrets to his outside media correspondent.” Apple also claimed that “The Correspondent then published the stolen trade secrets in articles, citing a “source” at Apple. On multiple occasions, Lancaster proposed that the Correspondent give benefits to Lancaster in exchange for Apple’s trade secrets. For example, Lancaster proposed that the Correspondent provide favourable coverage of a startup company in which Lancaster was an investor as a quid pro quo. Lancaster even recruited the Correspondent to serve as his personal investigator. In one instance, Lancaster requested that the Correspondent explore a rumour that could prove harmful toa company in which Lancaster had invested.” On the 22nd of November 2019, Simon Lancaster on his Linkedin page talked about his journey in Apple and why he left the company. He shares why working with Apple was awesome, ” In 2008 Apple was the place to be. They were not just at the forefront of consumer products but at the forefront of material science and engineering. There was a strange symbiosis between what consumers wanted, and what was possible with the technology at the time. At every turn, I was able to step up, and help the engineering product design department take sketches off the drawing board and turn them into real products. I fell in love with the magic of certain processes, like additive manufacturing and composites, and would stay on to become Apple’s advanced materials lead. Looking back, I’m not sure what was more engaging and inspiring: the people I worked with, or the products I worked on.” After leaving the company Lancaster joined Arris Composites Inc. which is an Apple vendor, as a Head of Consumer Products. He did inform his correspondent about leaving Apple in October 2019, asking if the media house is interested in writing a story, “about a 12 year Apple Design Veteran leaving for an amazing startup.” Thanks for your time, please share your valuable feedback & comments – our email address is: hello@theoutwrite.com.

    5 min
  3. 12/03/2021

    iPhone 12 Mini Production Cut Down Due to Lower Demand

    Apple is reducing the overall production of the iPhone 12 range by 20% (Majorly iPhone 12 Mini). As published in the latest report by Nikkei Asia, the comparison is done with the figures presented by Apple in December last year. In previous reports, they targeted up to 93 million devices to be produced in the first half of 2021 (including the iPhone 12 lineup and few older models like the iPhone 11 and iPhone SE). They have now reduced that number to 75 million units. This number is still higher than what was shipped last year during the same time span. The major drop is made in the production of iPhone 12 Mini devices, as the demand for smaller, power-packed phones have been way lesser than expected. The U.S. tech giant has asked a few of the suppliers to repurpose the already acquired components of the mini devices into the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro-Max devices. Having said so about production slashes and the percentage of decrease in the number of units sold. Apple is still going strong with a healthy demand for the other three high-end devices in the iPhone 12 series. They lavishly contribute to its record-breaking revenue figure of $111.4 billion in the last quarter of 2020. A rumoured iPhone 13-Mini is still on the table even after the low-ask for the iPhone 12-Mini. Mind you, the demand is lower than expected but not off the charts. However, this time, the company might start with low output and increase production as per the market requirement. Meanwhile, Apple will focus on the devices which are doing well in the market. We would get to know and analyse more, once the new figures are released. This article is published on “theoutwrite.com” by Navanita Pramanik. Thanks for your time, please share your valuable feedback & comments - our email address is: hello@theoutwrite.com.

    2 min
  4. 27/02/2021

    BARS App – New Launch by Facebook For All Rappers

    Facebook’s internal R&D team (NPE), launched a new app in their music space series, called BARS. This app is supposed to enable all rappers, from beginners to professionals to create, enhance and showcase their skills. The NPE team previously launched a music app called COLLAB, which lets you collaborate and make new music with other artists and showcase them. Whereas, the BARS app comes with pre-made beats and auto-tune features. A rapper can add their lyrics and record their performance. It also suggests rhyming words when one is trying to create lyrics, along with various audio and video filters. This new app also features a “challenge mode” where you can rap freestyle and provide word-cues for other people to join in creating a more game-like element for better engagement and fun. It lets you record videos up to 60 seconds long which later can be saved under the camera roll or can be shared on various different social media platforms. It’s basically Facebook’s attempt to create a competitor for TikTok. Currently, it only focuses on fun with rap lyrics and beats but you never know what features can add up in case it’s a success. The app interface very much resembles the TikTok interface and features a fire button instead of a like or love button. So, if you enjoy something, you can hit the fire button as many times as you like. BARS was launched on 27th Feb 2021 in a closed Beta. For iOS fin the US only and is currently open for just registrations. So, if you are interested you can at least book a username for yourself well in advance. Facebook says it will roll out the invites for all in batches, starting with the users in the US. More updates and news about the app and its launch to be shared on Instagram. Facebook’s experimental app division consistently keeps working on new concepts and ideas. They have launched many apps in the near past like COLLAB, Collage Maker E.gg, Hobbi, etc. They keep the ones that are able to draw the attention of the users else the app is shut down. The team continues to work on something new. Well, its a competitive world and you never know what can click and turn into a huge success. This article is published on “theoutwrite.com” by Navanita Pramanik. Thanks for your time, please share your valuable feedback & comments - our email address is: hello@theoutwrite.com.

    3 min
  5. 25/02/2021

    What is Personal Brand? How to make it right? 3 Golden Rules to Consider

    A personal brand is all about your market value crafted by the community’s perception towards you. We live in the world of Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, etc. which has clearly changed the definition of a personal brand. You can’t achieve it by just putting some ads in the newspaper or print some business cards and think it’s all good – Big NO! A personal brand can’t be taken lightly in today’s competitive market. If you do it right then numerous business opportunities will land on your way. In order to establish a strong Personal Brand, you would need an organized and well-structured process “Personal branding”. We all carry some kind of personal brand value, and most of us would never try to even figure this out. Now it depends whether you decide to make it visible, huge, and leave an impact out there or not. Personal branding can do wonders for your business if it’s being used with the right audience and give them something back they value. Doesn’t matter what field you are in, you have to learn, educate yourself, grow, and add values to society to build a positive personal branding. Here are 3 golden rules to outshine your Personal Brand: Learn and Grow It could be through books, meeting with experienced people, attending conferences, obtaining a professional degree(s), etc. there is no defined series to follow however you got to do whatever it takes to ensure you stand out of the crowd and earn credibility among the targeted audience. It may sound like an old saying but that’s the fact, you have to become an expert in your niche. We as people always tend to choose somebody who can give us the best outcome of our queries. So the first step would be deciding your niche and work towards gaining knowledge for that particular field as much as possible. Analyse your market Value It’s highly important to have answers for a couple of questions you should keep asking – where do you stand in the market? how much value do you carry? If you want to establish a strong personal brand, doesn’t matter you are a full-time employee, small businessman, solopreneur, student, etc some facts have to be in place. You need to analyze the demand and nature in your niche, and how strongly you fulfil them. The best way is getting engaged with other executives, businesses, or founders through paid partnerships – how much are they ready to pay you? it gives a glimpse of where do you stand in the business. So now as you’ve got the answer it’ll be easy to position yourself by working on the right spot. Be Different As I said before you have to be fresh in your approach, please understand the audience loves and feels more excited towards unique content, unlike the same old ones. I am not asking you to come up with a whole new concept something that hasn’t ever been done before. Well, that would be just great if you do it, but we all know it’s a hard nut to crack. We have so much going on around us, not possible to find or create a unique wave every other day. This article is published on "theoutwrite.com" by Varun Singh Rajput. Thanks for your time, please share your valuable feedback & comments - our email address is: hello@theoutwrite.com.

    4 min
  6. 22/02/2021

    WhatsApp’s New Privacy Policy. What Happens If You Don’t Accept it?

    WhatsApp’s new privacy policy has been in news for some time now. Initially, there was too much speculation about the app, sharing all private chats and information to Facebook – (Its parent company). Pertaining to so much chaos, WhatsApp delayed the application of these new policies, which were supposed to be activated on 8th Feb’21. WhatsApp now explains in there FAQ section, what will happen when you do not accept the new policies, effective 15th May. and what happens once the new privacy policy is in place. The new policy has been under controversy that all personal chats and information will be made public, but that is not the case. Private chats on the app are end to end encrypted and only the recipients can view them. The new policy refers only to business chats, wherein they might share some information to Facebook servers for advertisement purposes. Now, coming to the time once this new policy is in effect. The features on the app will be limited if you choose not to accept the policies. You should be able to see notifications and make calls but not send or read messages. One can even accept the new policy post 15th May, but the account will remain active for 120 days only, adhering to there inactive user policy. The company is also trying to explain the new policies to all users for better understanding and clearing the air. They tried previously by posting status messages/stories but from now on, they will be including a banner at the top, which can be tapped to view and read the policy details. WhatsApp also notes that businesses pay for the right to use WhatsApp to reach customers, and that’s one of the ways WhatsApp is able to provide its app for free. The main features of WhatsApp remain as private as ever. Of course, it’s not as private as some users might think. WhatsApp started sharing some personal information like phone numbers, and profile photos with Facebook in 2016 to improve friend recommendations and ads on the app. Now, it’s up to the users to decide, do they choose to continue with services, or prefer switching to a new platform altogether. We don’t even know for sure, how trustable these other platforms are? This article is published on “theoutwrite.com” by Navanita Pramanik. Thanks for your time, please share your valuable feedback & comments – our email address is: hello@theoutwrite.com.

    2 min

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Hello 👋....Welcome to “The Outwrite Podcast" channel. We publish new episodes every week on multiple topics which can add value to our lives. You can also check out our website: www.theoutwrite.com to find more stories. This channel is founded by Varun Singh Rajput in 2022. He is a digital thinker with an analogue streak, as comfortable with a smartphone as he is with pen and paper. He's got a big spot for gaming, bicycles & travelling. He also holds a Masters in International Business which strengthens and channelizes his technical skills.