I saw a tweet say, ‘pub quiz question one day will be, what year did the Olympics Tokyo 2020 take place?’.
The pandemic has a lot to answer for but here we are, and the Olympics are in full swing. A bit subtle, which is understandable with everything going on.
One thing you can rely on in 2021 is my weekly update of my Top Two Tech Stories!
- First up, Amazon moving into Crypto-currency?
Amazon is hiring a digital currency and blockchain product lead for its payments team, according to a
Amazon is hiring a digital currency and blockchain product lead for its payments team, according to a new job listing. First reported by Insider, the ecommerce giant is looking for an “experienced product leader to develop Amazon’s Digital Currency and Blockchain strategy and product roadmap.” The listing, which Amazon has confirmed is legitimate, continues:
You will leverage your domain expertise in Blockchain, Distributed Ledger, Central Bank Digital Currencies and Cryptocurrency to develop the case for the capabilities which should be developed, drive overall vision and product strategy, and gain leadership buy-in and investment for new capabilities.
Amazon.com doesn’t accept cryptocurrency as payment, but a spokesperson told Insiderthat the company was “inspired by the innovation happening in the cryptocurrency space and are exploring what this could look like on Amazon.”
2. Next up, who remembers clippy?
Microsoft’s much-maligned mascot Clippy is coming back from the dead – but only as an emoji.
Clippy the paperclip was a simplistic virtual assistant who offered tips and advice to Microsoft Office users, from 1997 and until the mid-2000s.
Its constant pop-ups to suggest “help” with the simplest of tasks – such as writing a letter – annoyed many.
But Microsoft says it is now bringing back the design, for its modern Office products.
Clippy would replace the existing paperclip emoji in its Microsoft 365 products, including its cloud services and the modern, online version of Microsoft Office, the technology giant tweeted, but only it that tweet received 20,000 “likes” – and within hours, it had surpassed 100,000.
So there you go, everything from Amazon job postings to clippy who’s making a comeback! Woohoo!!!!!