Why Big Tech Keeps Trying Its Hand at Hardware https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-big-tech-keeps-trying-its-hand-at-hardware-1539941429?mod=rss_Technology Oct 20, 2018 - Google, Amazon and Microsoft are making lots of new devices, but what they’re really selling are touchpoints. 0 wsj:-6668616439578127793 0

MTV Owner's Streaming Strategy: If You Can't Beat Them, Feed Them https://www.wsj.com/articles/mtv-owners-streaming-strategy-if-you-cant-beat-them-feed-them-1540044000?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f Oct 20, 2018 - Viacom is rebooting MTV’s “The Real World” franchise for Facebook, the latest sign that the cable-TV giant has stopped fighting the growing dominance of digital players like Netflix and is instead producing shows—and soon movies—for them. 0 wsj:328802716578935220 0

Republicans Find a Facebook Workaround: Their Own Apps https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/20/technology/politics-apps-conservative-republican.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Oct 20, 2018 - Conservative political apps deliver curated partisan messages, free from the strictures and content guidelines imposed by Silicon Valley giants. 25 ny:3496525784968667976 25

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