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Published: June 18, 2021, 5:30 a.m.

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This week we discuss Salesforce becoming Slack-first and a16z launching a media site. Plus, some thoughts on how to use Twitter.

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Rundown

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  • Salesforce CEO: We\'re going to rebuild all of our technology to become Slack-first
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  • Salesforce Targets ServiceNow: Slack Delivers \\u201cHuman Workflow\\u201d
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• Andreessen Horowitz goes into publishing with Future
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Relevant to your interests

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• AWS Announces General Availability of AWS Proton
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• Amazon rethinks full-time return to office as competitors tout remote flexibility
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• Write for DOnations
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• Side-by-side comparisons between GCP, AWS, and Azure
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• Mojo Vision\\u2019s Smart Contact Lens Could Be Transformative For Sight Impaired
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• Scientists develop \\u2018cheap and easy\\u2019 method to extract lithium from seawater
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• Google Workspace for everyone
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• Google\\u2019s unified Gmail interface (and Google Chat) launches for everyone
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• Google Adopts Hybrid Workweek, With 20% of Its Employees to Work Remotely
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• RISC-V and Intel?
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• Chipmaker SiFive Is Said to Draw Intel Takeover Interest
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• Ubuntu Pro arrives in premium form on Google\'s Cloud
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• Future - Understand the Future, How Tech Shapes It, and How We Build It
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• Windows 11 leak reveals new UI, Start menu, and more
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• Oracle revenue growth accelerates as pandemic recedes
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• Slack goes Clubhouse
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• Crypto Mining is Killing All Free CI/CD Platforms
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• Community \\u2260 Marketing: Why We Need Go-to-Community, Not Just Go-to-Market
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• Has Serverless Jumped the Shark?
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• A new HTTP spec proposes elimination of obnoxious \\u201ccookie banners\\u201d
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• Spotify launches its live audio app and Clubhouse rival, Spotify Greenroom
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• Neo4j raises $325M as graph-based data analysis takes hold in enterprise
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• The public cloud could evolve like streaming services
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Nonsense

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• 10 fully remote engineering jobs?
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• iOS 4 has been lovingly recreated as an iPhone app
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• ERCOT has issued a Conservation Alert
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• Doom now runs on an Ikea smart light bulb
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• Peak binge: Consumers are now gravitating towards shows that are released weekly
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Listener Feedback

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• IBM Cloud Podcast hosted by Dan Bettinger
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Conferences

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• Creating & Sustaining a Culture of Innovation Talk by Cote on June 21st
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• RabbitMQ Summit, July 13-14, 2021.
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• SpringOne, Sep 1st to 2nd.
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• THAT July 26,- July 29, in Wisconsin, Submissions Open Through June 14
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• Free Knative Eventing Training - June 30
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• SpringOne Tour, EMEA - June 15th.
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SDT news & hype

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Recommendations

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• Brandon: Children of Time
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• Matt: N. K. Jemisin\\u2019s The Fifth Season and The Obelisk Gate
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• Cot\\xe9: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, in Netflix. Also: Wooster and Jeeves books narrated by Jonathan Cecil - included in Audible membership!
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