Summary: Another year, another Disney-generated Star Wars movie. And, like last year’s<a href="http://www.starwars.com/the-force-awakens" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Star Wars: The Force Awakens</a> pre-sales, the demand for advance <a href="http://www.starwars.com/films/rogue-one" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rogue One</a> tickets Monday morning knocked over the Fandango site like an AT-AT tripped up by crafty snowspeeders. But now that you’ve got your tickets, kill some time until the movie with <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/books/review/carrie-fisher-star-wars-memoir-princess-diarist.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Carrie Fisher’s new book</a> — or catch up the recent tech news with El Kaiser and J.D., along with this week’s discussion of video streams and spam awareness. May the Force be with you!<br> Links to This Week’s News Stories<br> <br> * <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-holidayshopping-blackfriday-idUSKBN13N1SG" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">U.S. Cyber Monday sales jump, set to surpass initial estimate</a> (Reuters)<br> * <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-29/amazon-said-to-plan-premium-alexa-speaker-with-large-screen" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Amazon said to plan premium Alexa speaker with large screen</a> (Bloomberg)<br> * <a href="http://www.geekwire.com/2016/amazon-echo-sales-reach-5m-two-years-research-firm-says-google-competitor-enters-market/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Amazon Echo sales reach 5M in two years, research firm says, as Google competitor enters market</a> (GeekWire)<br> * <a href="http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/cnn-casey-neistat-beme-acquisition-1201927533/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CNN acquires social-video startup Beme, co-founded by YouTube star Casey Neistat</a> (CNN)<br> * <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2016/11/28/att-directv-now-channels-price-launch-details/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">AT&T’s DirecTV Now streaming TV service: launching November 30</a> (9to5Mac)<br> * <a href="http://news.sling.com/press-release/company/sling-tv-introduces-cloud-dvr-debut-beta-select-roku-users" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sling TV introduces Cloud DVR, to debut in beta for select Roku users</a> (Sling Newsroom)<br> * <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/11/28/google-fixes-dump-tower-trump-tower-glitch/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Google fixes Dump Tower, Trump Tower glitch</a> (San Jose Mercury News)<br> * <a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/3144338/apple-phone/donald-trump-tells-tim-cook-to-build-iphones-in-the-usa.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Donald Trump tells Tim Cook to build iPhones in the USA</a> (Macworld)<br> * <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601491/the-all-american-iphone/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The All-American iPhone</a> (MIT Technology Review)<br> * <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-ipad-2017-rumors-iphone-10-2016-11" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Like the next iPhone, Apple’s next iPad is apparently getting a total redesign</a> (Business Insider)<br> * <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-21/apple-said-to-abandon-development-of-wireless-routers-ivs0ssec" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Apple abandons development of wireless routers</a> (Bloomberg)<br> * <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/28/technology/facebook-germany-hate-speech-fake-news.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Facebook runs up against German hate speech laws</a> (The New York Times)<br> * <a href="https://blog.archive.org/2016/11/29/help-us-keep-the-archive-free-accessible-and-private/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Help us keep the Archive free, accessible, and private </a> (Internet Archive blog)<br> * <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/11/28/san-franciscos-light-rail-system-was-held-hostage-by-hackers/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">San Francisco’s light-rail syst...</a>
