Tech Brew Ride Home20 Joulu 2019

Fri. 12/20 - Now Apple Joins The Space Race?

Does Apple have a secret team to do an end run around telecom carriers, Google buys a game studio, IAC buys Care.com, Ripple is an interesting raise, and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Tiny Capital GetQuip.com/ride Booknotesapp.com (or on iPhone and Android) Links: Apple Has Secret Team Working on Satellites to Beam Data to Devices (Bloomberg) Google buys triple-A game dev Typhoon Studio to beef up Stadia (VentureBeat) Care.com shares surge after Barry Diller’s IAC agrees to buy online caregiver marketplace (CNBC) Ripple Raises $200 Million as Part of Bid for XRP Adoption (Fortune) Robocall fines rise to $10,000 per call under newly passed law (The Verge) Labels & Publishers Win $1 Billion Piracy Lawsuit Against Cox Communications (Billboard) The Booknotesapp.com Weekend Longreads Suggestions: SoftBank Vision Fund Employees Depict a Culture of Recklessness (Bloomberg Businessweek) Shopify: A StarCraft Inspired Business Strategy (Non-GAAP Thoughts) IKEA 2.0 (The Verge) State of the Stream 2019: Platform Wars, the New King of Streaming, Most Watched Game and More! (Stream Elements) Meet the Mad Scientist Who Wrote the Book on How to Hunt Hackers (Wired) I created my own deepfake—it took two weeks and cost $552 (Ars Technica) The 100 Memes That Defined The 2010s (Buzzfeed News)

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