Episode Description
Details about the next-gen Xbox, Apple makes an interesting acquisition around photography, Lyft will rent you a car, why I find Roku so interesting, and, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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Links:
- Microsoft’s next Xbox is Xbox Series X, coming holiday 2020 (The Verge)
- Apple Buys U.K. Startup to Improve iPhone Picture Taking (Bloomberg)
- Lyft launches a car rental service with no mileage limit (The Verge)
- Google Maps has now photographed 10 million miles in Street View (CNET)
- Roku Built the Dominant Streaming Box. Now It’s Under Siege (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
- THE AGE OF INSTAGRAM FACE (New Yorker)
- The Influencer and the Hit Man (OneZero)
- Silicon Valley’s psychedelic wonder drug is almost here (Fast Company)
- How Zoom Became the Best Web-Conferencing Product in the World in Less Than 10 Years (FYI)
- “Link In Bio” is a slow knife (Anil Dash)
- THE VERGE’S GADGETS OF THE DECADE (The Verge)