Wed. 12/18 - Did Google Almost "Rage Quit" the Cloud?

Everyone comes together to create a smart-home standard, did Google consider walking away from its cloud business, the last holdout comes to streaming, Gary Larson stops holding out on the web and the math behind that gift-wrapping video.

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Links:

• Apple, Google and Amazon are cooperating to make your home gadgets talk to each other (CNBC)
• We Tested Ring’s Security. It’s Awful (Motherboard)
• Google Brass Set 2023 as Deadline to Beat Amazon, Microsoft in Cloud (The Information)
• Cord cutters, you can finally stream your PBS stations online – on YouTube TV (USA Today)
• Virtual product placement is coming for TV and movies and Ryff has raised cash to put it there (TechCrunch)
• Far Side creator Gary Larson launches website with promise of new work (The Guardian)
• A Letter From Gary Larson (TheFarSide.com)
• The Internet Is Losing Its Mind Over This Gift-Wrapping Trick. Here's the Secret. (Popular Mechanics)
• The Gift Wrapping Video

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