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Weekly#245

    • Eric Ries was in London at Cass Business School for talking about his new book. You can watch his inspiring talk from this periscope link. His new book is “The Startup Way” about entrepreneurial management transforms culture and drives growth. Below is the visualisation by Alli McKee. 

  • Meet Boston Dynamics’ electric powered SpotMini
  • Amazon is making a ‘Lord of the Rings’ prequel series
  • Alibaba’s Singles’ Day sale amassed $25.3 billion, doubling 2016 Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales combined…a 40 percent jump from last year’s figures…
  • Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot is a parkour master

  • Tesla’s big new all-electric truck – the Tesla Semi…The Tesla Semi will go 0 to 60 mph in just 5 seconds, which is incredibly fast compared to a diesel truck…”… the truck that will do everything in its power to avoid a jackknifing incident, automatically, without requiring any driver intervention. And, it’ll do it regardless of what trailer or load is attached to the back. “Jackknifing is impossible,” said Elon Musk on stage at the Tesla Semi unveiling…”
  • Hours before launch, EA strips micro-transactions from ‘Star Wars: Battlefront II
  • Google’s chatbot analytics platform Chatbase launches to public
  • Comcast wants to buy Fox’s international, but it’ll have to wait for AT&T-Time Warner approval first
  • Philo streams pay TV — without sports or broadcast channels — for $16 a month
  • Facebook will live stream 47 college basketball games for free this season
  • Williams-Sonoma is buying a 3-D imaging and augmented reality startup for $112 million
  • Musical.ly, the lip-syncing video app, is going to sell for at least $800 million
  • The UK Government is investing an extra £21 million in Tech City UK
  • A breakdown of iPhone manufacturing costs over time
  • Amazon rolls out Alexa, Echo in Canada
  • Amazon is transforming Whole Foods into a tech store
  • Alexa integration with Kimpton Hotel (Source: Twitter)
  • This easy hack lets you create a virtual ‘Home’ button on the iPhone X
  • Google Maps adds color to help you hone in on points of interest
  • Amazon’s Cashierless Store Is Almost Ready for Prime Time
  • MariaDB coming to Azure, as Microsoft joins the MariaDB Foundation
  • Apple plans to add a 3D sensor to the back of the iPhone, too
  • Amazon Music app for Android quietly gets Chromecast support