James Farrell

James Farrell is the former editor-in-chief of Chiang Mai CityNews, where he wrote and managed daily news, features, op-eds and blogs on a diverse range of topics. Prior to this, in the same city of Northern Thailand where he lives, he was the longstanding deputy editor of the monthly magazine Citylife. He has written on culture, politics, travel, tech, business, human rights, for local, national, and international news services and magazines. He has a keen interest in the role technology is playing in the transformation of society, culture and politics, especially in developing nations. This is reflected in his not-so-successful first novel.

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LinkedIn joins the club, revealing it will soon launch live audio and video events

APPS - BY JAMES FARRELL - 5 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp.-owned LinkedIn announced today that it will launch an audio platform this month similar to Clubhouse, the social audio startup that jumped to stardom out of the gate but has since seen declining download numbers. According to TechCrunch, the company will release the audio version of the platform and then sometime in the spring ...

Walmart expands its InHome delivery service, aiming to reach 30 million homes this year

EMERGING TECH - BY JAMES FARRELL - 5 YEARS AGO

Walmart Inc. announced today that it’s expanding its InHome delivery service to more people in the U.S. and by the end of the year will be sending goods to 30 million households, up from 6 million today. The service, which brings groceries and other goods straight to a person’s fridge or counter, will now need ...

Report: Investigation reveals Facebook played a big part in Capitol riot

POLICY - BY JAMES FARRELL - 5 YEARS AGO

A report released today by The Washington Post and ProPublica reveals that Meta Platforms Inc., formerly Facebook Inc., played a significant role in what happened at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 last year. After going through what The Post said were “millions of posts” between Election Day and Jan. 6, the newspaper and ProPublica ...

After voicing Web3 skepticism, Jack Dorsey gets blocked on Twitter by Marc Andreessen

BLOCKCHAIN - BY JAMES FARRELL - 5 YEARS AGO

Twitter Inc. co-founder and former Chief Executive Jack Dorsey looked at his Twitter feed today and discovered that he has been blocked by famed venture capitalist Marc Andreessen. “I’m officially banned from Web3,” Dorsey (pictured) wrote on Twitter after finding out that that he’d been snubbed by Andreessen. It’s not so surprising since the Andreessen ...

Lawmakers criticize Meta for its part in fomenting violent division in the US

POLICY - BY JAMES FARRELL - 5 YEARS AGO

A group of Democratic senators has sent a letter to Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to express their concern about his company’s seeming inability to stop misinformation from spreading on his platform – especially when tensions run high in America. The letter, dated Dec. 21, was signed by 13 senators in total, and ...

OnlyFans founder steps down, replaced by the company’s marketing chief

NEWS - BY JAMES FARRELL - 5 YEARS AGO

Tim Stokely, the founder of the content subscription service OnlyFans, announced today that he’s relinquishing his position as chief executive and will be replaced by marketing chief Amrapali Gan. Stokely took to Instagram today to make the announcement. He said he never could have imagined that a venture he started running out of his brother’s ...

Meta bans spying firms who targeted 50,000 users

SECURITY - BY JAMES FARRELL - 5 YEARS AGO

Meta Platforms Inc. announced today that it has banned seven surveillance companies from its platforms for possibly targeting about 50,000 users. In a report, Meta said those 50,000 users will soon receive warnings that surveillance-for-hire companies may have focused their “malicious activities” on them. These companies, Meta said, often create fake accounts and scrape information ...

Google memo to employees: Get vaccinated or risk getting fired

POLICY - BY JAMES FARRELL - 5 YEARS AGO

If Google LLC’s employees refuse to get vaccinated for COVID-19, they will first be told to take some leave and eventually let go, according to an internal memo published today and obtained by CNBC. The memo that was sent to staff apparently came from higher-ups at the company. It told staff that they had to ...

UK watchdog says it’s time to do something about Google and Apple mobile ‘duopoly’

POLICY - BY JAMES FARRELL - 5 YEARS AGO

The U.K.’s main competition watchdog said today that Google LLC and Apple Inc. have a “vice-like grip” on the mobile market, something that needs to be changed soon. The Competition and Markets Authority or CMA said both companies are stifling any form of competition in the market, which in the end likely increases costs for ...

President Biden signs executive order to improve government services

POLICY - BY JAMES FARRELL - 5 YEARS AGO

The Biden administration signed an executive order today to modernize and streamline government services. The order will affect 17 different federal agencies, so it should make life easier for Americans filing taxes, claiming Social Security, waiting in long lines at the airport, applying for a new passport, starting businesses, paying back student loans and more. ...