Mon. 11/26 - Apple Visits the Supreme Court

Apple heads to the Supreme Court over antitrust concerns about its App Store; Facebook’s internal documents are seized by the British Parliament; what’s behind the resurgence of Atari; the human story of Black Friday inside Amazon’s fulfillment centers; and Lenny—a chatbot designed to frustrate telemarketers.Links:U.S. top court leans toward allowing Apple App Store antitrust suit (Reuters)My Amicus Brief (AVC/Fred Wilson)Parliament seizes cache of Facebook internal papers (The Guardian)Internal documents Facebook has fought to keep private obtained by UK Parliament (CNN)Atari CEO interview — How Rollercoaster Tycoon revival saved the company (VentureBeat)The human costs of Black Friday, explained by a former Amazon warehouse manager (Vox)The Story of Lenny, the Internet's Favorite Telemarketing Troll (Motherboard)

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