Amazon just bought wireless security camera Blink. “The deal was announced today, and for
the moment will see Blink continue to operate as-is, with no changes to the company’s line-up,” SlashGear reports. “Blink first broke cover back in 2014, then the following
year announced a crowdfunding campaign aiming to raise $200k for its entirely wire-free security camera.”
Snap Loses Another Product Developer
After about a year, Jonathan Wegener is leaving Snap, Recode reports. Wegener worked on product at the struggling social giant. “People come and go at big tech companies all the time,
but Snap tends to see execs come and go quicker than most,” Recode notes. “A number of well-known Silicon Valley techies have gone to work at Snap over the years, and many of them
don’t make it more than 18 months.”
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Spotify Moving Closer To NYSE Listing
Spotify will receive approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission to move forward with a
listing of its shares on the New York Stock Exchange, the Wall Street Journal reports. The paper calls the approval “a key step in the music-streaming service’s plan to
avoid a traditional initial public offering.”
Why the Pivot to Video Will Prevail
There’s been some negative buzz in recent months around publishers’ shift to distributed content–and particularly, video ad spending on Facebook. Numerous articles, citing anonymous sources and utilizing mysterious methodology, point to monetization woes, shrinking returns and writer layoffs. But is that the full story? Is it a problem with the platforms? Are Google and Facebook…
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Most Read Stories Of 2017
Happy holidays. Barring a major breaking news story over the next week, here are the “most read” stories published by MediaPost in 2017. No. 1 was Jess Nelson’s June 14th coverage of the fate of Yahoo
Mail. No. 10 was Adam Buckman’s TV Blog “Mike Myers Is A Cheeky Monkey As Host Of New ‘Gong Show’.”
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Schmidt to Step Down as Alphabet Executive Chairman
Google parent Alphabet said Eric Schmidt will step down from his post as executive chairman in January and transition to a role as technical adviser.
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New iPhones Get a Lukewarm Reception From Buyers
Estimates from two market-research firms indicate customers are buying the iPhone X and a pair of other new offerings at a rate comparable to recent models but falling short of the iPhone’s 2014 peak.
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Xiaomi Plots a Path Out of the Wilderness With a Big IPO
It wasn’t long ago that Xiaomi, once China’s top smartphone vendor, looked like it was past its prime. But a revival has brought resurgent sales at home and abroad, and now it is looking to cash in by going public.
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Joliet’s Minor League Stadium is Now ‘The Cards Against Humanity Baseball Place’
When the twisted minds behind Cards Against Humanity asked fans to pitch in $15 to help the game company “save America,” almost any potential scenario was on the table. This is, after all, the brand that used $100,573 in donations to literally dig a hole in the ground. But this time around, the “Cards Against…
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As Videogame Hackers Try to Ruin Christmas, Watchdogs Are on Patrol
Cyberattacks targeting videogame systems have become an unpleasant late-December tradition. Luckily, an informal band of security researchers and computer experts collaborate to hunt down and thwart cyber-Grinches.
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