DTNS 2556 – CEOs Just Wanna Have Fun
Channel: Daily Tech News Show
Date: 11/08/2015

A self-flying quadcopter taxi, the next great hope for smartphones and what Alphabet and Google mean now. +Patrick Beja and +Tom Merritt break it all down for you.

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Headlines:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/11/bmw-google-trademark-idUSL5N10M3ZR20150811
http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/11/we-bring-the-data-you-show-the-ads/
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/lenovo-announces-powerhouse-laptops-powered-by-new-mobile-xeon-processors/
http://venturebeat.com/2015/08/11/firefox-40-arrives-with-windows-10-support-expanded-malware-protection-and-new-android-navigation-gestures/
http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/11/9130525/lastpass-now-free-on-mobile
http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/11/canonicals-ubuntu-phones-now-on-sale-globally/
http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/11/9129959/nexbit-smartphone-launch-september
http://www.polygon.com/2015/8/11/9130779/superdata-hearthstone-pulls-in-20-million-a-month-as-it-disrupts-the
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/11/us-netherlands-quadcopter-idUSKCN0QG1AP20150811
 
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http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/11/9130295/rite-aid-taking-apple-pay-google-wallet-august-15
 
Discussion section links:
http://investor.google.com/releases/2015/0810.html
http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/11/9129131/alphabet-google-larry-page-sergey-brin-merger-strategy
http://marketingland.com/google-alphabet-138166
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1288776/000128877615000039/a20150810form8-k.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/technology/giving-google-room-to-dream-big-beyond-search.html?_r=0
http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/10/google-shares-spike-5-after-alphabet-restucturing/
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/with-alphabet-google-seeks-to-be-techs-berkshire-hathaway-2015-08-10
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenhuet/2015/08/11/seven-things-we-still-dont-know-about-alphabet-the-new-google/
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/08/11/googles-restructuring-unlikely-to-affect-its-european-headaches/
 
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