I remember I used to do these Sunday Tech Reviews a year ago – was a bit much and decided to halt – but it’s back! After a few folk kept asking me, I thought why not… let’s bring it back!
So my Top Two Tech Stories from the week gone…
Elon Vs Halli
So, as you know – Elon Musk owns Twitter. And went on a bit of a rampage firing lots of Twitter employees, because he thought – there was too many for what was needed at Twitter (we’ll discuss if he was right or wrong another day). But this week, Halli Thorleifsson – a Twitter employee, asked Elon – directly, on Twitter, if he was still employed by the company or not – because he didn’t know!
There was a Twitter exchange between the two – at one point, Elon tweeting…
Only for Halli, to share a series of tweets to explain a number of things such as his health, his money that he made, his business, etc..
Between all the exchanges and information that Halli shared – Elon must have done and done some research because, he then replied: “Based on your comment, I just did a video call with Halli to figure out what’s real vs what I was told. It’s a long story. Better to talk to people than communicate via tweet.” and he said sorry to Halli.
If you get a chance, go to Twitter and have a read of the tweets that were exchanged.
Ok, up next..
Lineker Vs BBC
My tech news won’t always be one person another or a competition – but it just so happens, this week – there was another Versus/battle! – This time, with Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker tweeting.. (this is kind of tech – as it’s social media related). So what did Gary tweet…
Now, the problem was – many folks in the Government didn’t like this. The chairman of the BBC is connected to the Conservative party – through donations he made to the political party. And not saying there’s a correlation but… Gary stepped down from presenting the show. His co-presenters – Ian Wright and Alan Shearer also stepped down in solidatory.
Alot of presenters, reporters, etc… also stepped down – even with players and managers not wanting to do interviews with Match of the Day.
Now – the problem isn’t so much about Gary tweeting – but it’s moreso about guidelines. There’s been many presenters who have tweeted in the past – and nothing was done. So why Gary, now?
You can go ahead – again, looks like you’ll spend a little time on twitter, and read about Gary’s tweet and other tweets that show other comments made by other presenters – and the BBC response.
With that… they are my Top Two Tech Stories – and I think the key thing is… Twitter can be quite powerful.