The Comunicano for Tuesday January 25th 2016

JANUARY 24 - ISSUE #7 Happy Tuesday. Waking up to the news that one of the tech media’s best has left the building. Quentin Hardy, a fixture on the media scene in Silicon Valley, most recently with the New York Times, is joining Google Cloud. This move continues the trend of media folks going corporate side.  In other news we have stories worth reading about Amazon, Google, Formula 1, Verizon, IBM, SNAP and AT&T. Those stories are all in today’s Comunicano. A Big Change in the Tech Media New York Times editor Quentin Hardy is heading to Google WWW.RECODE.NET – Share He announced on Twitter Monday that he will be head of editorial for Google Cloud. Augmented and Intelligent How Alexa Fits Into Amazon’s Prime Directive WWW.NYTIMES.COM – Share The wildly popular home assistant offers a vision of an automated future — one that Amazon itself is poised to dominate. From Jingles to Pop Hits, A.I. Is Music to Some Ears WWW.NYTIMES.COM – Share As A.I. applications become more sophisticated, the music that companies like Jukedeck produce has started wading into the commercial domain of actual musicians. GoogleWatch Google Voice gets a new look for its first major update in years - The Verge WWW.THEVERGE.COM – Share The redesigned app now supports group texts and MMS. All Chromebooks debuting in 2017 and beyond will run Android apps | Ars Technica ARSTECHNICA.COM – Share The Play Store is on its way to even more Chromebooks. The Axe Is Falling Ecclestone driven out as Liberty Media completes Formula 1 acquisition WWW.RAPIDTVNEWS.COM – Share It’s all change on the grid of Formula 1 as entertainment giant Liberty Media has removed Bernie Ecclestone’s iron grip on the steering wheel of a sport he has effectively been the driving force of since the 1970s. Verizon Lays Off Go90 Employees, Tasks Vessel Team With App Rebuild VARIETY.COM – Share Verizon has laid off 155 of employees working on its Go90 video streaming video service. IBM Touts Trump-Pleasing Hiring Plans While Firing Thousands - Bloomberg WWW.BLOOMBERG.COM – Share Big Blue pledged to hire 25,000 workers over four years. It wasn’t long before employees were accusing the company’s CEO of hypocrisy. Odds & Ends How a concerned mother's lawsuit helped get Snapchat to crack down on media companies WWW.LATIMES.COM – Share Last year, a mother in a lawsuit accused Snapchat of being too sexy for minors. On Monday, Snapchat announced changes that implied the argument held merit. AT&T International Pass Limits Phone Costs Abroad to $10/Day WWW.PCMAG.COM – Share The Day Pass allows users to talk, text, and surf for 24 hours without any shocking charges. Do you enjoy receiving this? Please share it:     Tweet     Share   Carefully curated by Andy Abramson with Revue If you were forwarded this newsletter and you like it, you can subscribe here.