So called Tech News: Facebook’s Journalism Project, Voice Assistants advancements, and Technology + Ethics / ep 19

For this round of the So Called Tech News, Alvaro and I talk about a couple interesting stories:

Facebook Finally Admits It's A Giant Media Company—Almost

https://www.fastcompany.com/3067148/most-innovative-companies/facebook-finally-admits-its-a-giant-media-company-almost

CES: Ford’s going to put Alexa in cars starting later this year

https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/04/fords-going-to-put-alexa-in-cars-starting-later-this-year/

Wynn Las Vegas Announces the Addition of Amazon Echo to All Hotel Rooms

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wynn-las-vegas-announces-the-addition-of-amazon-echo-to-all-hotel-rooms-300377995.html

Google adding 3rd party actions to Assistant

https://developers.google.com/actions/

We kick off the discussion of technology and ethics. It was inspired off another podcast episode, “Go Ahead - Miss Out” by Note To Self (http://www.wnyc.org/story/fomo-jomo-repeat/)

Alvaro’s Twitter: @shulfie