Think, Thought, Imagine: Daily tech, media & more (11/12/15)
Quick News (read the headlines and you’re done)
Facebook Is Now Selling Virtual Reality-Like Video Ads - recode
Facebook brings 360-degree video support to iOS and Samsung’s Gear VR - VentureBeat
Facebook Messenger is testing Snapchat-esque destructive messaging [Facebook confirmed it] – The Next Web
Udacity Raises $105 Million Series D, Bringing Valuation To $1 Billion [reminder: Udacity is an “online university” that focuses on coding] - TechCrunch
Verizon subscribers can now pay extra to take their data plan abroad [depending on country it’s an extra $2 or $10 a day to access what you get in the US] – The Verge
KFC to Offer Home Delivery for Those Willing to Pay More [LA and SF to start – will cost around $6 and use DoorDash as delivery provider (which coincidentally was just sued by In-N-Out for delivering without its consent] – NY Times
Hulu in Talks to Sell Stake to Time Warner [would value company at more than $5 billion and give equal stake as Hulu’s original creators and current owners Disney, Fox and Comcast (NBC) – the latter has a non-voting stake because of the other businesses it owns (ant-trust)] - WSJ
Please Explain (someone’s gotta do it)
YouTube Launches Its Long-Awaited Music App [free, but you can get a 14 day free trial for an ad free experience, and then pay through YouTube Red after that (yeah, it’s confusing) - download it on iOS or Android] - TechCrunch
Great Reads (why settle for good?)
Jennifer Lawrence Is Determined, Hilarious, and—Above All—Real - Vogue
Dating is tricky at this point. “No one ever asks me out,” she says. “I am lonely every Saturday night. Guys are so mean to me. I know where it’s coming from, I know they’re trying to establish dominance, but it hurts my feelings. I’m just a girl who wants you to be nice to me. I am straight as an arrow. I feel like I need to meet a guy, with all due respect, who has been living in Baghdad for five years who has no idea who I am.”
Look, Listen (and um, learn?)
Look: It’s Going to be Ok [the story is true btw] – The Oatmeal
Watch: WTF (Where They From) – Missy Elliot [first new song/video in a loooong time – and it’s dope]
Culture (more)
How Period Trackers Have Changed Girl Culture – NY Times
“Like a lot of young women, my teenager is just too busy. And no, she doesn’t mind being quoted, she said, adding, “Mom: I’m not embarrassed about my period.”
She’s not the only one. Girls and women are openly talking, tweeting and texting about their periods”
Industry (we're so Hollywood)
CBS, Showtime Ink Multi-Year Deal With China Streaming Service PPTV [PPTV has 400 million users] - THR
Comcast's $15 Stream TV service launches in the Boston area [reminder: if you have Xfinity, you can stream live TV (but not ESPN)] - engadget
ABC is developing exclusive shows for its Watch ABC app [and here you thought you could eventually just watch everything on Hulu and Netflix :/ ] – The Verge
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Walmart Black Friday Ad 2015 – Released 32 pages of its Black Friday sale catalog.
Xbox One backwards compatibility – You can now play 100 Xbox 360 games on your Xbox One. Couldn’t do this before – Microsoft just updated the Xbox’s software.
Starbucks red cup – Starbucks wanted to make their signature red holiday cups blank so that customers could draw on it. An internet evangelist claims that the company removed their logo because they “hate Jesus.”
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