Feb 17th 2019
This Week in Tech 706
Tiny, Incremental, and Frictionless
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Amazon Cancels NY HQ2 Plans, Our 5G Augmented Reality Future, Fortnite Carlton Dance Legal Battle, and more.
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- Amazon Cancels NY HQ2 Plans
- Amazon Pays $0 Federal Income Taxes
- Amazon Buys Eero • Facebook vs Anti-Vaxxers
- The Most Popular App in China
- Samsung Galaxy S10+eF5G
- Our 5G Augmented Reality Future
- Apple News Event March 25th
- New HoloLens Coming Next Sunday
- Buzzfeed Unionizes
- Pokemon Go Trespassing Legal Battle
- Fortnite Carlton Dance Legal Battle
- Apex Legends Eats Fortnite's Lunch?
- Tetris 99 is the Battle Royale Game You Didn't Know You Needed
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Links
- Apple Event Planned For March 25 Around A News Subscription Product
- Publishers Chafe at Apple’s Terms for Subscription News Service - WSJ
- Report: Google Pixel is the fastest-growing US smartphone brand w/ 43% year-over-year growth
- Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Headquarters
- Amazon has made $11.2B in profits in 2018 but will pay no federal income tax and will receive a rebate of $129M
- Why Amazon buying Eero feels so disappointing - The Verge
- Anti-vaxxers are spreading conspiracy theories on Facebook, and the company is struggling to stop them
- Galaxy S10, S10e, and S10+ final specs have leaked
- Phone makers aren’t even trying to keep their secrets secret anymore
- Pokemon Go' Creator Agrees to Tighter Leash on Virtual Creatures to End Class Action | Hollywood Reporter
- Copyright Office Refuses Registration for 'Fresh Prince' Star Alfonso Ribeiro's "Carlton Dance" | Hollywood Reporter
- Busy week for video games, pt 1: two games from EA, Anthem and Apex Legends (Sam intel on both)
- Apex Legends is up to 25 mill players and counting
- Busy week for games, pt 3: Tetris now has a "battle royale" a la Fortnite, and it's a trip
- BuzzFeed Journalists Agree to Unionize in Wake of Layoffs - Bloomberg
- China’s most popular app is a propaganda tool teaching Xi Jinping Thought | South China Morning Post
- TCL is working on a foldable phone that bends into a smartwatch
- Buy Girl Scout Cookies Here!