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Technology companies, like people, don’t always make smart decisions. When they make truly disastrous ones, those are the mic drop moments. Today’s show takes a leap through the Portal. Produced by Jeff Sandhu for BFM Episode Transcript: What’s on your mind? •Facebook. They’ve done something silly, again. •And this time, it’s a genuine mic drop moment. The Portal? •Back in 2012 Mark Zuckerberg told the world that Facebook was not in the business of making hardware. •Jump to October 2018 and FB is making hardware. Specifically, a voice activated communication screen that works rather like Amazon’s Echo devices. To be fair, Facebook has been in the hardware game for a few years, since it bought over Oculus, the Virtual Reality specialist. •Yes, but that was as much about bringing FB up to speed with VR in general. •Not because the company wanted to become the world leader in moleman goggles. The Portal device has been on the cards for a long time. Reports suggest it was delayed for 6 months. •And the reas