Think, Thought, Imagine: Daily tech, media & more (12/1/15)
Quick News (read the headlines and you’re done)
Adobe Is Telling People to Stop Using Flash [w00t] - recode
Nokia’s ‘OZO’ VR Camera Pre-orders for $60,000, Shipping in Q1 2016 – Road to VR
Yahoo Board to Weigh Potential Sale of Internet Business [aka… their business] - WSJ
Samsung Is Launching A Gear Vr Web Browser [it's probably not interesting yet, but the possibilities are] – The Verge
Spotify Claims Streaming Music Throne Worldwide, But Pandora Is Still Top Service In U.S. [“throne” meaning active users, revenue etc.] - TechCrunch
Shyp Now Ships Your Goods Straight From eBay [reminder: Shyp is a startup that does all of the shipping work for you – they pick up the item in 20 minutes and take care of it from there] - TechCrunch
Google’s 360-Degree Views Drop You in the Middle of Symphonies and Plays [part of Google’s “Cultural Institute" that has been “digitzing and displaying the collections of more than 800 art museums”] – Wired
Mark Zuckerberg and Wife Pledge 99% of Their Facebook Shares to Charity [which at the current value of Facebook stock is $45 billion and it will be given away “during [their] lives” - he wrote a letter to his newborn daughter Max] – NY Times
Please Explain (someone’s gotta do it)
Airbnb Releases Trove of New York City Home-Sharing Data [to be “open,” but also to make its case that people use Airbnb as an “economic lifeline” vs being a hotelier (oh yeah, it’s a word, we checked)] – NY Times
Cyber Monday Beat Forecasts With A Record $3.07 Billion In Sales, 26% From Mobile Devices [why interesting: mobile] - TechCrunch
“$575 million came from iOS users while just $219 million came from Android devices”
“mobile accounted for a whopping 70 percent of Walmart.com’s online traffic”
Look, Listen (and um, learn?)
Watch: My Life After 44 Years In Prison – Al Jazeera
Culture (more)
The 50 Best Songs Of 2015 [bout that time] – Noisey (Vice)
Industry (we're so Hollywood)
Disney execs asked Princess Leia actress Carrie Fisher to lose weight for new Star Wars film – Consequence of Sound
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Laquan McDonald – was killed 13 months ago by Chicago police, but dash cam footage was released last week and as a result the Chicago Police Superintendent was fired today by Mayor Rahm Emanuel
Chicago Bulls – beat the San Antonio Spurs 92-89
Adam Driver – interview with TIME where he talks about Star Wars
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