On my mind today……

Windows & Microsoft

• Blog post: Microsoft Pix grows up

Business & Technology

• When opaque rules and regulations fail, the pain is real! –> Insolvency in India: Why Essar Group Is Digging Deep for Funds
• Beyond Netflix: How Binging Impacts Online Learning
• I didn’t think this would actually be a viable business. I should apply now so I’ll be grandfathered in –> MoviePass is struggling to keep up with all its new members
• Why? Are the skies suddenly safer? –> Industry panel recommends roll back of aviation safety rules
• That would be sweet, sweet schadenfreude! –> Martin Shkreli’s $2 Million Wu-Tang Album Might Not Be a Wu-Tang Album
• Equifax had patch months before hack and didn’t install it
• A new era starts –> Daimler delivers first electric trucks: 'The game has started.'
• Indeed! Tech publications are complicit with their often breathless logrolling!  –> Bodega backlash shows how fed up people are with Silicon Valley's hype machine

General Interest

• Nice! –> Lakers to Retire Kobe Bryant's Jerseys
• Why Employers Favor Men
• The mystery of the lost Roman herb
• The Food Court Matures Into the Food Hall

World

• How Rich Chinese Use Visa Fixers to Move to the U.S.

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