Thu. 12/27 - Mobile Alerts Are Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
Dec 27, 2018•19 min
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Episode description
Amazon has a record-breaking holiday season, surprising absolutely no one, another Instagram crackdown, a look at Austin as a tech hub, and why mobile alerts are a Frankenstein monster increasingly out of control.
Amazon Says Alexa Voice Shopping Tripled During 2018 Holiday Season (Fortune)
Instagram’s Christmas Crackdown (The Atlantic)
Tesla's Supercharger network will cover all of Europe in 2019 (Engadget)
With Tech Expansion, Austin Is Still Weird. It’s Just More Wired Now, Too. (NYTimes)
Pushed Even Further: US Newsrooms View Mobile Alerts as a Standalone Platform (CJR)
Movie Theaters Bounce Back: What’s Behind the 2018 Rebound (Variety)
Watch the trailer for Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, releasing Friday 28th on Netflix (The Verge)
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