Thu. 12/19 - What If Apple Owned James Bond?

That big NYTimes piece about location data, is Facebook taking another run at creating its own OS, is Apple considering buying James Bond, is Spotify building a social graph, and do e-athletes need gaming socks?

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Links:

• Twelve Million Phones, One Dataset, Zero Privacy (NYTimes)
• Facebook will bar posts, ads that spread disinformation about the U.S. Census (Washington Post)
• To Control Its Destiny, Facebook Bets Big on Hardware (The Information)
• Apple Held Preliminary Talks With Pac-12 Conference, MGM (WSJ)
• Spotify prototypes Tastebuds to revive social music discovery (TechCrunch)
• A milestone: Earthquake early warning system sends first public alert to smartphones in California (Los Angeles Times)
• TiVo to Merge With Entertainment-Tech Firm Xperi in $3 Billion Deal (Variety)
• Puma’s first ‘active gaming footwear’ is a sock (Engadget)

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