Think, Thought, Imagine: Daily tech, media & more (2/11/16)

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

Elon Musk: Reservations For $35,000 Model 3 Begin March 31st [same day they’ll be unveiled - $1,000 down] – The Verge
 
Pandora Is Said to Have Held Talks About Selling Itself [working with Morgan Stanley to bring in potential buyers – they’ve recently seen a drop in users (and stock price)] – NY Times
 
Time Inc Acquires Viant, Owner Of Myspace And A Vast Ad Tech Network [why? Data (including emails, which are a big factor here). They want to get more into “ad-tech” – i.e. they track customers and serve them “targeted ads” – it’s why Verizon bought Aol] - TechCrunch
 
Google Developing Stand-Alone Virtual-Reality Headset [stand-alone as in no phone and no computer – this would be a (big) first - because: powerful headsets have cords (annoying) and phone powered headsets are underpowered for the “good stuff” (also annoying)] - WSJ
 
Instagram Will Soon Show Video Counts So You Can See Who Really Likes You [why interesting: as soon as Facebook made views public, video activity blew up (and so did the amount of money Facebook made) – not exactly causal, but closely linked as advertisers love seeing big public numbers] – The Next Web
 

Please Explain (someone's gotta do it)

With Quartz’s App, You Don’t Read the News. You Chat With It [they curate stories and chat them to you (with GIFS of course) - download it on iOS and try it out – we tried it and it is nifty – reminder: Quartz is owned by The Atlantic] – Wired
 
How Smartphones Are Killing Off the Fashion Show – NY Times
 
““Social media is the laxative of the fashion system,” said Scott Galloway, the founder and chairman of the digital consultancy L2. “It makes everyone digest everything much faster: trends, product discovery.””
 

Look, Listen (and um, learn?)

Listen: Avid Dancer – I Feel It
 
Listen: James Blake Shares "Modern Soul" - Pitchfork
 
Listen: Santigold Shares New Track "Banshee - Pitchfork
 

Culture (more)

Gravitational Waves Detected, Confirming Einstein’s Theory [wtf are gravitational waves though? We had no idea either, and then we watched the video in the story and then we said Holy Crap, That’s Really. Fricken. Cool.] – NY Times
 

Industry"ish" (we're so Hollywood)

In Deal With Fox, Dish Agrees to Disable Ad-Skipping for 7 Days After Shows First Air - THR
 
Netflix Shuts Down Final Bits of Own Data Center Infrastructure [i.e. all of Netflix’s content, lives on Amazon’s servers. crazy] – Data Center Knowledge
 

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gravitational waves – Physicists detect gravitational waves from a merging of two black holes in space. 
Tidal – Kayne streamed his fashion show AND launched his new album on the streaming service today.
Oregon standoff – Protesters occupied a wildlife refuge in Oregon for 41 days.  It ended today.
Batman v Superman – New trailer released today.
Whitney Houston – Four year anniversary of her death.

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