Think, Thought, Imagine: Daily tech, media & more (11/30/15)
Quick News (read the headlines and you’re done)
Amazon Said Planning to Add Other Online Networks to Prime Video [think HBO or TV network apps] - Bloomberg
Apple's Next iPhone Reportedly Ditches The Headphone Jack [in favor of their proprietary lightning port] - engadget
Snapchat Discover Adds Temporary Holiday-Themed Content From Brit & Co. [why interesting: the first (intentionally) temporary channel – reminder: Brit & Co. is a design site/community focused on DIY] - tubefilter
Amazon Is Apparently Making A Video App For The New Apple TV After All [this after Amazon pulled the Apple TV Google Chromecast over “confusion” because they didn’t have Amazon Prime apps] – Ars Technica
Kobe Bryant Announces NBA Retirement Over Twitter And Facebook [which directed to a poem on The Players’ Tribune (the startup co-founded by Derek Jeter) - why interesting: it used to be a press conference] - TechCrunch
Cards Against Humanity Sells Nothing on Black Friday, Makes $71,000, Spends It Immediately [see what they bought - CAH has done a number of quirky holiday promotions (see: last year they sold bull shit, yes, literally] – recode
Please Explain (someone’s gotta do it)
Amazon Touts New Drone Prototype, Plans Multiple Designs [see video below] - WSJ
Google Data Reveals The Hottest Gift Ideas Of The 2015 Holiday Season [yup, Star Wars’ BB-8 is on there, and hoverboards (see more on them below)] – The Next Web
Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg Launch Clean Energy Research Fund [others involved include: Jack Ma, Jeff Bezos, Meg Whitman, Richard Branson and more - check out the site – why interesting: the tech “elite” often seem to be coordinating their money in ways that haven’t traditionally been seen in culture] – The Verge
“Together we will focus on early stage companies that have the potential of an energy future that produces near zero carbon emissions and provides everyone with affordable, reliable energy.”
Look, Listen (and um, learn?)
Listen: Sharpness – Jamie Woon
Watch: Amazon Prime Air - Amazon
Listen: The Hoverboard Life [you’re already annoyed by them, so learn how they came to be – it’s more interesting than you think] – Planet Money (NPR)
Culture (more)
The Decline of the Office Holiday Party [why interesting: it’s no longer due to budget, but demand] - Bloomberg
“65 percent said they plan to hold an end-of-the-year gathering for their employees, down from 72 percent in 2012. In 1998, 83 percent of those surveyed threw parties.”
Adele's '25' sells 3.4M in first week [in the US – it’s the most ever for any album in one country - side note: Adele is not very active on social platforms - double side note: last update, promise] – USA Today
The 2016 Pirelli Calendar May Signal a Cultural Shift [the long running calendar has previously featured scantily clad female models, but this year it highlights females doing interesting things and pictures were taken by Annie Leibovitz] – NY Times
“Along with Playboy’s decision in October to end nudity in its pages, the Pirelli pivot seems to give real substance to the theory that we are at a flexion point in the public objectification of female sexuality.”
Industry (we're so Hollywood)
Streaming Era Sets Off Battle Over TV Rights [see ‘Bones’ lawsuits happening now] - WSJ
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Broncos Score – Denver Broncos beat the New England Patriots in overtime last night 30-24
Joey Feek – country singer who has cancer is reportedly bedridden
Kylie Jenner Lipstick – released a line of lipstick and it sold out
Jonah Lomu – New Zealand rugby player passed away at 40; his public funeral was today
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