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Jun 26, 2018

 

Bio

CJ Johnson (https://twitter.com/cjjohnsonjr) is an award-winning photographer and content creator. He co-founded J+J (listed as one of the Top 50 Digital Agencies in Los Angeles), is a GQ Insider, and well-known “Branding Guru". He’s recognized for his contributions and authority in leadership, creativity, and social media marketing. He’s helped over 100+ startups to Fortune 500 companies all around the world find success and reach new heights.

CJ is based out of Los Angeles, but he is truly global and spends a lot of time traveling around the world. He was introduced to his current career as the startup movement and YouTube generation reshaped the industries of the world.   

Since creating J+J, CJ has overseen creative campaigns and consultations for successful businesses (from all industries) and continues his personal goal of inspiring people to chase after their dreams.

He’s currently a Google Next Gen Policy Leader and he contributes to initiatives to help bring technology and education to content creators and low income areas in the United States.

Resources

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The Alchemist by Paul Coelho

News Roundup

U.S. Supreme Court Rules that police need warrants for cell location data

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling last week requiring law enforcement to obtain a search warrant for suspects’ cell tower records. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority which also included the Court’s liberal justices Sotomayor, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Kagan.  Roberts wrote ““Modern cellphones are not just another technological convenience … They could just as easily be called cameras, video players, Rolodexes, calendars, tape recorders, libraries, diaries, albums, televisions, maps or newspapers.”

The case stems from the conviction of Timothy Carpenter who is serving a 116-year sentence for being the ringleader of armed robberies of Radio Shack stores in and around Detroit. Prosecutors obtained 127 days’-worth of Carpenter’s location data from his carrier to prove his whereabouts when the robberies took place.

U.S. Supreme Court rules for state sales tax of out-of-state retailers

The U.S. Supreme Court issued another ruling last week—also a 5-4 decision—this time, the Court’s conservatives were joined by liberal justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Interestingly, Chief Justice John Roberts dissented in the opinion—joining the remaining 3 liberal justices. In this case, the Court found that states can require out-of-state retailers like Amazon and Overstock to collect state sales tax.

T-Mobile and Sprint file for merger

T-Mobile and Sprint filed a 678-page merger application with the Federal Communications Commission last week. The companies argue that the $26 billion merger would accelerate the deployment of 5G and increase competition. The application comes amidst a wave of mergers in the telecommunications and media industries. Disney upped its bid for 21st Century Fox to a whopping $71.3 billion in cash and stock. Disney and Comcast have been locked in a bidding war for Fox’s assets, with Comcast having made a $65 billion all-cash bid for Fox the week before.

Apple will now enable 911 location pinpointing

Apple last week announced that some 6,300 emergency response centers in the U.S. will now be able to pinpoint where 911 calls are coming from. Some 80% of 911 calls now come from mobile phones but, until now, where the calls were coming from has been difficult for first responders to pinpoint. Experts estimate that some 240 million 911 calls will be made this year.

Amazon and Microsoft employees stand up to surveillance deals

Finally Employees at Amazon and Microsoft are standing up to their companies’ government contracting deals that they say violate human rights. A group of Amazon workers sent a letter on the company’s internal Wiki urging to Jeff Bezos to stop selling facial recognition technology to local law enforcement. They also want Amazon to stop working, both directly and indirectly, with U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement.   One hundred Microsoft employees sent an open letter to Satya Nadella protesting the $19.4 million contract the company has ICE’s data and artificial intelligence capabilities.