Think, Thought, Imagine: Daily tech, media & more (12/8/15)

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

Twitter Testing Non-Chronological Timeline [curation > real-time?] – Ad Week
  
HTC Vive Now Set To Launch In April Of 2016 [was supposed to launch before end of this year] - gizmag
 
Apple Tv Update Released To Let Siri Control Apple Music [may seem small, but felt like a big omission] – The Verge
 
Netflix Accounts For More Than A Third Of Prime-Time Internet Traffic In North America [35% vs 22% in 2011] - quartz
 
Apple News Gets More Newspaper-Like With Daily Human-Curated Top Stories [key word: curation] – The Next Web
 
AT&T Teases Plans To Launch A Mobile Entertainment Service In January [reminder: AT&T owns DirectTV, soooo] - Deadline
 
Yahoo Is Said to Abandon Plan to Spin Off Alibaba Stake [and maybe put itself up for sale - announcement tomorrow] – NY Times
 
Apple plans March Apple Watch 2 event, 4-inch ‘iPhone 6c’ possible [key: Watch looks to be on a cycle just like other devices] – 9 to 5 Mac
 
Apple Said to Suspend Effort to Develop Live TV Service [so says CBS head – why: Apple wants to charge less than media companies want for it] - Bloomberg
 
Google Fiber Eyes Its Two Largest-Ever Targets: Los Angeles and Chicago [why interesting: second and third largest cities – i.e. they’re serious – reminder: Fiber is their (very fast) internet service that competes directly with Comcast/TimeWarner] - TechCrunch
 
Disney Doubles Investment in Vice Media to $400 Million [equates to 10% of Vice and values them at $4 billion – why interesting: shows their strategy of focusing on “alternative” video and “the youths” may be working, that or some people are worried about being left out :/ ] - Bloomberg
 
Amazon Starts Building Its Own Bundle by Selling Showtime, Starz and More With Amazon Prime [as part of its “Streaming Partners Program” – in short: you can pay $X dollars a month to get Showtime or Starz (which previously had never been “unbundled”) and it’ll get billed to your Amazon account– try it] - recode
 

Please Explain (someone’s gotta do it)

Google Is Testing Ads That Let Consumers Demo Mobile Apps Before Downloading [why interesting: discussion around “bad ads” (i.e. invasive) has been strong this year and a focus on creating real value with them has intensified and this is a good example] - AdWeek

The Race To Land A Privately Funded Robot On The Moon Is Officially Set For 2017 [why interesting: along with private rockets supplying the international space station, testing for low orbit private space flight and mining asteroids, space is quickly becoming an active business, uh, space] – quartz
 

Great Reads (why settle for good) 

Scott Weiland's Family: 'Don't Glorify This Tragedy' [the former spouse of the Stone Temple Pilot singer and her kids share their experience] – Rolling Stone
 

Look, Listen (and um, learn?)

 Look: Google Rethinks Router Design With Onhub Shells [because routers are fugly] – The Next Web
 
Watch: Candide Thovex and Audi Make Ski Video of the Year [there isn’t any snow] – adventure journal
 

Culture (more)

Fathers May Pass Down More Than Just Genes, Study Suggests – NY Times
 

Industry (we're so Hollywood)

Time Warner CEO: Tim Cook Is Right, TV Is Broken [in short: says companies need better interface design and a focus on on-demand flexibility] - THR
 

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