10 Things In Tech You Need To Know This Morning, August 4

MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS   |   UNSUBSCRIBE   |   VIEW ONLINE   10 Things You Need To Know SAI   August 04, 2014 Advertisement Good morning! We're looking at a party cloudy day with a high in the upper 80s for New York. Let's get into the news.  Microsoft employees are still happy with CEO Satya Nadella despite the giant layoffs. They recognize that Microsoft need to trim Nokia, and that some things needed to change. A big look a how Facebook's ad machine works from the New York Times. VC Chris Dixon has a short post about online education. He says, "There is no reason we shouldn’t be investing as much to produce online courses as we do to produce Hollywood movies." Google spotted explicit images of a child in a person's Gmail, and tipped off authorities. Because we're talking about child abuse,  it's a good thing Google did it. But... it's creepy that Google is looking at our email. 70% of the Internet of Things are vulnerable to hacking. So, that's a concern as we considering connecting our homes to the internet. This chart from Quartz shows that Google is stealing Microsoft's future business customers. Mid sized and small tech companies use Google apps. Meet CloudFlare, a $1 billion startup that is handling 5% of internet traffic and poses a big threat to Cisco. We went to AT&T stores to see if anyone is buying Amazon's Fire phone. And the answer is nope. Stores only sold a few of them. YouTube's consumer products lead Shiva Rajaraman left to join Spotify. Former YouTube employees called him an MVP for the company. Bad timing since YouTube is launching a Spotify competitor. These are the best smartphones in the world.  Share the latest business news with your network: Email sent to: ipat39@gmail.com   |   Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 150 Fifth Avenue, 8th fl, NYC 10011