This Week #24

Jan 26, 2021

A very happy republic day to you the dear reader.

As the year starts to grind its way ahead so does the world and its happenings. Let’s see what was this week’s flavour.

Technology

If you are a heavy Facebook user then the “News” also might be coming to you. The curated news was already available in the US and is being rolled out to the UK users soon. One sided news might be a thing because of this curated news from a set of sources which are part of this Facebook program.
Remember Angelina Jolie curving a bullet in Wanted ? Now you can do that with a Nerf gun. Might not be a huge curve unless there is a favourable wind.
With the recent investment by Facebook in Jio, one would have assumed there would be some kind of collaboration between the two. If you did then you were right and its here in the form of WhatsApp + JioMart. The latter wants to use the reach of the former and further their business by utilizing the ease that the former offers. By integrating Jio, WhatsApp also gets to push their commerce features to the masses. Let’s wait and see how this progresses in the next months given the recent privacy issues of WhatsApp.

Movies / Music

Yet another postponement for Bond series’ latest flick “No Time To Die”. Now delayed to 8th Oct, the announcement sparked a barrage of memes. One such sample is below. Oh and expect another round of delays after this.

Oh and there is this small matter of a trailer being released for Kong vs Godzilla. You can check out the trailer in this playlist.
If you love Audiobooks then Spotify is testing out just that. Something is cooking for sure.

Interesting Reads

Check out this excellent thread about TSMC and how it came to be. There are some gems mentioned in the thread as well.
From Design To Developer-Friendly React Code In Minutes With Anima at Smashing Magazine.
You might want to check this out if you are an NPS investor.

Recommendations

This week there are two recommendations for you. One being the excellent blog by Mr P. V. Subramanyam.
The other is a WIP app called Daybridge, which is a calendar built for people, as they put it. Check it out if you feel the calendar apps out there can be improved.

Thanks for sticking around.

Gyaan from Vinyas