Think, Thought, Imagine: Daily tech, media & more (11/24/15)
Quick News (read the headlines and you’re done)
The Star Wars Virtual Reality Experience Drops On December 2nd [the announcement focused on Google Cardboard] - TechCrunch
Jet.com Lands $350 Million in Funding, With $150 Million More Coming [blah blah blah: they have a ton of money to compete with Amazon. They’ll need it] - recode
Apple Seeks to Launch Apple Pay in China by February [why interesting: it’s China and Apple is already behind native Chinese companies Alibaba and Tencent] - WSJ
You can now stream Amazon Video and Prime Music in-flight for free on JetBlue [this after Virgin and Netflix announced their partnership a few weeks back] – The Next Web
Jack Ma of Alibaba in Talks to Buy Hong Kong Newspaper [why interesting: another tech billionaire buying an influential media outlet (see Jeff Bezos buying The Washington Post)] – NY Times
Jeff Bezos’ Space Program Successfully Lands A Rocket [and he joined Twitter to announce it – which drew debate on if it was a “first” from Elon Musk – side note: it went suborbital] - TechCrunch
Google’s Answer to Facebook Instant Articles Gets (Tentative) Launch Date, Ad Partners [“early next year” - reminder: Facebook’s Instant Articles pre-load so they’re faster for the users] - recode
Please Explain (someone’s gotta do it)
Alphabet Trying to Mix Heft With Start-Up Agility [Alphabet as in Google – they’re creating a structure that they hope will attract entrepreneurs] – NY Times
A Secretive Air Cargo Operation Is Running in Ohio, and Signs Point to Amazon [as in: they may be testing a way to stop using FedEx or UPS] – Motherboard (Vice)
Look, Listen (and um, learn?)
Google: Go to Google right now and search “A long time ago in a galaxy far far away” [we made it easy for you: click here] - quartz
Culture (more)
Adele just broke *NSYNC's record for single-week US album sales [of 2.4 million - and may top 3 million] – The Verge
Algorithm Predicts Relationship Success Through Couples’ Tone Of Voice – TechCrunch
“The general theory is that 55 percent of what you communicate is through body language, 38 percent is through tone of voice, and 7 percent is through your actual words.”
Industry (we're so Hollywood)
Inside the Sony Hack [focuses on the employees] - Slate
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Turkey – shot down a Russian fighter jet
College Board – not quite sure to be honest
Johnny Manziel – Browns QB went partying, and will be benched for it
Sylvester Stallone – in the new movie Creed, a sequel to his Rocky movies (it comes out tomorrow)
Kissing bug – the name is a misnomer
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