BusinessXtoY Podcast from Nerdnalist

Brian Shirley

The BusinessXtoY Podcast is a weekly show where we look at business through the perspective of generation X and generation Y.

  1. 08/12/2019

    BusinessXtoY ep17

    Capital One data breach: What you can do following the bank hack https://www.cnet.com/how-to/capital-one-data-breach-what-you-can-do-following-the-bank-hack/ Sorry, you’re not getting $125 from the Equifax settlement, FTC says https://www.marketwatch.com/story/sorry-youre-not-getting-125-from-the-equifax-settlement-ftc-says-2019-07-31 DoorDash Is Acquiring Food Delivery Service Caviar From Square for $410 Million https://gizmodo.com/doordash-is-acquiring-food-delivery-service-caviar-from-1836900463

    1h 4m

  2. 08/01/2019

    BusinessXtoYep16

    BusinessXtoY ep16 DoJ Okays T-Mobile /Sprint Merger: Winners & Losers https://finance.yahoo.com/news/doj-okays-t-mobile-sprint-110611961.html Tim Cook: Intel modem deal helps Apple’s goal of ‘controlling primary technology’ behind its products https://9to5mac.com/2019/07/30/intel-apple-modem-deal-cook/

    36 min

  3. 07/17/2019

    BusinessXtoY Ep 14

    n this should have already happened news https://gizmodo.com/at-t-is-enabling-its-robocall-blocking-tech-by-default-1836242537 At&t is final blocking robo scam call the catch is it cost $4 month. App’s share data even if you tell them not to https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/8/20686514/android-covert-channel-permissions-data-collection-imei-ssid-location App’s can share data with each other and even with 3rd party, so even if you tell one app not to share your contacts or track your location an app you did agree to share with can give your data to the ones you didn’t. Living in a food deserts makes you 2 or 3 times more likely to die from a disease like diabetes. https://www.marketplace.org/2019/07/17/south-central-healthy-food-suprmarkt-olympia-auset/ Olympia Auset is fighting back against a lack of fresh food in South Central Los Angeles with pop-up fresh food supermarkets. She calls the stands Süprmarkt and is raising funds to make the more prevalent. Learn more go to http://suprmarkt.la/

    8 min

  4. 07/10/2019

    BusinessXtoY Ep 13

    Podshare is a service that sells you a $1200 month bunk bed. https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/05/success/podshare-co-living/index.html How high would the rent in SanFan have to be to make paying $1200 a month to rent a bunk bed, in a house, you share with 5 other people look like a bargain? The average size of an apartment in SanFan is 789 square feet and the average rent is $3616. So a $1200 month bunk bed which includes internet, cable, furniture, some food and utilities doesn’t sound so bad now. An Idea so good that it has little chance of coming to the US. https://madeiraislanddirect.com/blog/2019/06/porto-santo-featured-on-bbc/ Porto Santo has been using solar-powered electric cars to add power back into their grid at night. About 90% of the time your car just sits doing nothing but not in Porto Santo it’s a power plant. Emojis are admissible in court. https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/08/tech/emoji-law/index.html In this world we live in judges find themselves having to interpret the meaning of emojis in court cases. Is a knife emoji a threat? Is a heart emoji sexual harassment? Should Courts start employing 12-year-olds as expert emoji Witnesses? The last ones a joke... kind of…. 🤷.

    50 min

  5. 07/03/2019

    BusinessXtoY Ep 12

    In Tight Labor Market, Blue-Collar Employers Turn To Non-Compete Clauses https://one.npr.org/i/736508029:736508030 What does a stockbroker in New York have in common with a security guard in Florida? They both probably had to sign non-competes. Non-compete contracts are becoming more and more prevalent for blue collar workers. Fast food restaurants like Carl's Jr, Arby's, Burger King, Dunkin' Donuts, and Five Guys all had Non-Compete as of 2018. The article attached blames the proliferation non-competes on a tightening labor market but since non-competes had become more and more popular since the mid-2000s I think it's more reasonable to conclude the non-compete abuse is another example of corporate entitlement and less to do with a shrinking labor pool. Studying Millennials' Net Worth https://one.npr.org/i/728878825:728878826 millennials are killing the housing market, so says popular culture. They're also accused of trying to get rid of credit cards, bar soap, weddings and American cheese. Americans aged 18 to 35 has dropped 34 percent since 1996, according to a new study. Malls are catering to a new type of customer: gamers https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/01/business/esports-ar-video-games-malls-simon/index.html Simon Property Group (SPG) said it will invest $5 million in the entertainment company Allied Esports, which will create lounges for competitive video game events at Simon's malls. Simon is also working with Niantic — the company behind the augmented reality game "Harry Potter: Wizards Unite" — to turn 200 of its shopping centers into in-game locations. Malls have been on life-support for a decade and a half can the rebirth of arcades save them?

    1h 2m

  6. 06/26/2019

    BusinessXtoY Ep 11

    Nintendo please don't sue me.https://amp.businessinsider.com/free-super-mario-battle-royale-is-awesome-2019-6#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24sAn independent software developer has created a Battle Royal version of the first three levels of Super Mario Brothers for original NES.  In this game multiple players like around 100  can play the first three levels all at the same time in kind of a race format we're all the players compete for the resources of a game meant to be played by just one player at a time. The business Bona fides of this particular story are dubious. I found the article on a website called Business Insider so that's gotta count for something. A lot of the Business Insider article talks about how this is a situation where you need to enjoy it while you can because this developer is probably going to get a cease and desist from Nintendo relatively quickly. Even developer himself  spends an oddly long time talking about his fears of Nintendo legal retribution in his YouTube video where he announced the launch of his website and game.  The game is entirely web-based and has controller support even though I've only played with a mouse and keyboard.As of this recording of this it was still up and playable.  I will include a link to the site, Nintendo please don't sue me.The link: http://www.infernoplus.com/royale/#mainEveryone hide your personal information and your cryptocurrency Mark Zuckerberg is cominghttps://www.thestreet.com/video/facebook-libra-crypto-kill-bitcoin-or-fuel-fire-14993859Facebook finally put a name to their long-rumored cryptocurrency project and it is “Libra”. This isn't really a cryptocurrency like Bitcoin or Ethereum. Facebook is “threatening” to release a stablecoin that just kind of acts like a cryptocurrency but it is really backed by some kind of fiat currency in Libras case it is literally money in a Swiss bank account.  I can go deeper if time allows and if my partner lets me.  Either way there's a chance that my cryptocurrency days are going to be limited going forward because when Mark Zuckerberg gets into the same business as you are a fool if you're not a little worried about him kicking you out of that business.Life Hack for Amazon Primehttps://www.cnet.com/how-to/amazon-prime-20-benefits-every-member-gets/I like to have clothes and wear but not wash clothes. Use my Amazon Prime life hack to cut down on the amount of laundry you have to do.

    1h 20m

  7. 06/19/2019

    BusinessXtoY Ep 10

    Stadia, video games as a servicehttps://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2019/06/07/xbox-one-and-ps4-dont-need-to-fear-google-stadia-which-is-mired-in-contradictions/#6a532b0c5d86Google is stepping into the console wars with a streaming video game system that needs more bandwidth to work than most households have in the US. Stadia is scheduled to launch in November 2020 for a price of $130 for the console which includes 3 months of the service after that only $10 month. Amazon shuts down Sparkhttps://m.economictimes.com/magazines/panache/amazon-shuts-down-spark-less-than-two-years-since-its-launch/amp_articleshow/69799012.cms#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24sAmazon shut down Spark a social media site which is patterned on Instagram. Spark was supposed to be a social media site set up to share experiences about products but nobody cared so now it is gone.Some online retailers are going from clicks to brickshttps://www.reuters.tv/v/PQAp/2019/06/15/retail-apocalypse-not-so-fastIkea is opening some appointment only small stores in big cities, Wayfair looking to open up some brick-and-mortar stores along with Casper and 95% of gen Z or say they visited a mall in the last 3 months. Maybe, brick-and-mortar isn't quite dead yet.

    1h 17m

  8. 06/12/2019

    BusinessXtoY Ep 9

    Barnes & Noble Bought By Hedge Fund, To Be Led By U.K. Booksellerhttps://www.bisnow.com/national/news/retail/barnes-noble-bought-hedge-fund-elliott-management-waterstones-99338?utm_source=CopyShare&utm_medium=BrowserBarnes and Nobles has been purchased by hedge fund Elliott management for almost seven hundred million dollars. I don't have a lot to say on this particular story other than it's never a good idea for a retailer to be purchased by a hedge fund. Ask KB Toys and Toys R Us. Oh, wait you can't ask them, they don't exist.Chase just tried to screw its credit card holders. Here’s how you can fight back.https://thinkprogress.org/chase-just-tried-to-screw-its-credit-card-holders-heres-how-you-can-screw-them-back-530249232b32/Chase wants to take your right away to sue them if they treat you in a manner which is unethical. It's not like a bank has ever acted unethically towards their customers before, right?  Chase wants to resolve all customer issues in arbitration. The fear of legal action specifically class-action legal action often times is the only thing which gives companies like Chase pause when doing some of the more unethical things they can think of. Customers losing that ability could bring about a slippery slope which undermines confidence in the entire banking system.Hertz launches $1,000-per-month car subscription servicehttps://www.theverge.com/2019/6/4/18652907/hertz-my-car-subscription-rental-terms-enterpriseIt is official there is a subscription service for everything. I know, I said that last week so I’m turning June into subscription service month. Hertz has launched a $1000 per month car subscription service. For that price, subscribers get their choice of a full-size sedan, small SUVs, and trucks. If a subscriber would like a Luxury sedan, regular SUVs, and larger trucks that will cost $1399 month. Subscribers will also get car maintenance, roadside assistance, and insurance kind-of.

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