Thu. 11/08 - Foldable Phones Are Officially A Thing




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Summary: <p><strong><em>Foldable phones are officially a thing, Tesla names a new board chair, Amazon’s mailing a physical toy catalog, Ford doesn’t want to miss out on scooters, and Comcast doesn’t want to miss out on home hubs.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p><ul> <li> <a href="https://eero.com/ride" target="_blank"><strong>Eero.com/ride</strong></a><strong> - Promo code: ride</strong> </li> <li><a href="https://metalab.co" target="_blank"><strong>Metalab.co</strong></a></li> </ul><p><br></p><p>Stories from: @albertwenger, @dmac1, @meganrosedickey</p><p>Tweets: @bryce</p><p>Links:</p><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/7/18072514/samsung-foldable-phone-screen-features-photos-sdc-2018" target="_blank">This is Samsung’s foldable smartphone</a> (The Verge)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/7/18071720/google-android-foldables-fragmentation-displays" target="_blank">Google says Android will natively support ‘foldables’ to limit fragmentation</a> (The Verge)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/06/amazon-begins-mailing-printed-holiday-toy-catalog.html" target="_blank">Amazon is mailing a printed holiday toy catalog to millions of customers</a> (CNBC)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-plans-large-new-york-city-expansion-1541636579" target="_blank">Google Plans Large New York City Expansion</a> (WSJ)</li> <li> <a href="https://avc.com/2018/11/the-anchor-tenant/" target="_blank">The Anchor Tenant</a> (Fred Wilson/AVC)</li> <li> <a href="https://continuations.com/post/32040035/googles-gift-to-nyc/amp?__twitter_impression=true" target="_blank">Google's Gift to NYC</a> (Albert Wenger)</li> <li> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/07/ford-buys-electric-scooter-startup-spin/" target="_blank">Ford buys electric scooter startup Spin</a> (TechCrunch)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/07/comcast-making-video-streaming-box-for-broadband-only-customers.html" target="_blank">Comcast is developing a video-streaming platform for broadband-only customers</a> (CNBC)</li> <li> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/08/facebook-portal-privacy/" target="_blank">So I sent my mom that newfangled Facebook Portal</a> (TechCrunch)</li> </ul><p> </p> <a href="https://anchor.fm/s/34f8474/podcast/sponsor/acugia/url/https%3A%2F%2Fflipboard.com%2F">https://flipboard.com/</a>