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The One With Kenny G In Your Room
Five Favorites
English - February 18, 2019 08:00 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsTech News News Business Marketing marketing socialmedia Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On this week's episode — the 90's are cool again [thanks Captain Marvel]. Also, Fortnite has some competition.
[New to the show? Find out the stories we talk about in this week's episode below and connect with Amir and Chris on Twitter! Use the hashtag #FiveFavorites to share YOUR favorite stories each and every week - and YOU may be included on the show (including our new tweet of the week feature).]
Support our community lead (Katy Spencer Johnson) and the fight against cancer[One Mission Buzzoff]
Funds raised immediately benefit families and children at Boston Children's Hospital, Dana Farber, and Hasbro Children's Hospital.This week's Five Favorites
1. Apple is reportedly planning a March 25th event to launch its subscription news service [Verge story by Chaim Gartenberg]
2. JP Morgan is rolling out the first US bank-based cryptocurrency to transform payments business [CNBC story by Hugh Son]
3. Apex Legends has hit 25 million players after one week [Verge story by Nick Statt]
4. The U.S. government and Facebook are negotiating a record, multibillion-dollar fine for the company’s privacy lapses [Washington Post story by Tom Romm]
5. Hot Topic: Amazon kills New York City headquarters plan, but keeps HQ2 in Virginia [CNET story by Ben Fox Rubin]
DISHonorable Mention(s)
Twitter has been storying your deleted DMs [Verge story by Chaim Gartenberg]
Honorable Mention:
Captain Marvel’s Website is the Best Site Since Space Jam
[Wired story by Brian Barrett]
Social of the Week [Facebook]
Conan O'Brian#FiveFavorites Mentions this week:
Alissa M. Trumbull Katy Spencer Johnson Chris Bryant