Facebook Live is growing in creativity and use and we share a recent example of local news incorporating Live extremely well. We discuss the ridesharing industry, including the rise of Apple’s presence in the market, the growth of ridesharing in China, and Lyft’s inability to be profitable. Verizon buys Fleetmatics, a logistics and telematics firm, to bolster their logistical elements both domestically and internationally. And finally, Comcast is being sued by the state of Washington for $100 million claiming the cable provide sold near worthless service plans to customers.

Amazon has announced Prime Day – July 15 and 16 – offering up some new features to entice veteran and newcomers to the sell-a-thon. Tech comes and goes, some faster than others. We take a stab at existing technology that will be dying off by the end of the year and into 2020. After the massive Equifax data breach of 2017, a sentence of four months in federal prison was handled down to a single executive for insider trading. Finally, we learned last week that the brilliant product designer Jony Ive has departed Apple to begin his own company.