Think, Thought, Imagine: Daily tech, media & more (12/3/15)

Quick News (read the headlines and you’re done)

Uber Valuation Put at $62.5 Billion After a New Investment Round [$2.1 billion dollars] – NY Times
 
Facebook Is Expanding Live Streaming To All Users [you: stream video - people on your feed: watch] – Fast Company
 
In Latest Commerce Move, Facebook Brings Concert Ticketing To Its Platform [concert tickets? how about movie tickets bruh] – BuzzFeed News
 
Seeso, NBCUniversal’s Subscription Service for Comedy Nerds, Is Here [reminder: $3.99 a month for NBC shows and exclusive content- try it out] - recode
 
Google’s ‘Cardboard Camera’ Lets You Snap 3D Photos from Your 2D Phone Camera [not just a 360 photo as they add depth in their “stitching”] – Road to VR
 
Google's Chromebooks Make Up Half Of Us Classroom Devices [why interesting: when Google launched the web browser based computers a lot of people went “huh?” – this 50% is up from 1% in 2012] - CNBC
 
Uber Has A Colorful New Way To Prevent Awkward Car Mixups [how: Uber gives drivers an LED light to put in their car, when you order you choose a color, aforementioned light in your Uber changes to your chosen color. win] – The Verge
 
Amazon Restaurant Delivery Launches in Baltimore, Its First East Coast Stop [why interesting: this is still fairly new territory for Amazon and they’re expanding quickly – reminder: this all happens through their Prime Now app which also does one or two hour delivery of some Amazon (and partner) items] - recode

Please Explain (someone’s gotta do it)

Mark Zuckerberg Responds to Critics, Explains Where His Money Is Going [you can see the list on the Initiative's Facebook page (duh)] – recode
 
“Our initial focus areas are personalized learning, curing disease, connecting people and building strong communities. We've already made many investments over the past five years in these areas -- education, science, health, internet access and inclusion -- and you can see a summary of our investments on the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative page timeline.”
 

Look, Listen (and um, learn?)

Watch: Nick Offerman’s ‘Yule Log’ [he stares at you for 45 minutes. yes] 
 

Culture (more)

Pentagon Says Women Can Now Serve In Front-Line Ground Combat Positions [oorah, hooah and hooyah – same same, but different] - NPR
 
Starbucks Prospers by Keeping Pace With the Coffee Snobs [interesting because of the growth of” high end” coffee, which has been fast and consolidating (see: Peet’s buying Stumptown and Intelligentisa and fast growth of Blue Bottle] – NY Times
 

Industry (we're so Hollywood)

The Most Popular U.S. TV Shows in 18 Countries Around the World – Vulture
 
Big Hollywood Is Getting Into the VR Game at Sundance [details the projects that’ll be featured at Sundance’s New Frontier segment] - Wired
 
Viacom Urged To Sell Stake In Paramount To Alibaba [urged by second largest Viacom stockholder – to help get into the Chinese film market - key quote: he said “a piece of Paramount,” not sell it out right] – Financial Times

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