Wed. 11/28 - Google Fi (née Project Fi) Comes to iPhones




Techmeme Ride Home show

Summary: <p><strong><em>The biggest ad fraud ever? Amazon gets into medical records, Project Fi comes to iPhones, one of Elon’s LA tunnels is canceled, and the Big Mouth Billy Bass enters the 21st Century.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="https://www.macstadium.com/ridehome" target="_blank"><strong>MacStadium.com/ridehome</strong></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.tiny.website/" target="_blank"><strong>Tiny.website</strong></a></li> </ul><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/3ve-botnet-ad-fraud-fbi-takedown" target="_blank">8 People Are Facing Charges As A Result Of The FBI’s Biggest-Ever Ad Fraud Investigation</a> (BuzzFeed)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-starts-selling-software-to-mine-patient-health-records-1543352136" target="_blank">Big Tech Expands Footprint in Health</a> (WSJ)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/28/18115264/google-fi-iphone-android-project-official" target="_blank">Project Fi is now Google Fi, and it will work with iPhones and most Android devices</a> (The Verge)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/27/waymo-taps-former-ntsb-chair-to-oversee-safety-of-self-driving-fleet.html" target="_blank">Waymo taps former NTSB chair to oversee safety of self-driving ride-share fleet</a> (CNBC)</li> <li> <a href="https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/youtube-originals-strategy-free-ad-supported-shows-scripted-1203037846/" target="_blank">YouTube to Make New Originals Available for Free, Ad-Supported Viewing With ‘Single Slate’ Strategy</a> (Variety)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.recode.net/2018/11/27/18114661/laurene-powell-jobs-emerson-collective-pop-up-magazine-productions" target="_blank">Laurene Powell Jobs’s Emerson Collective bought Pop-Up Magazine Productions</a> (Recode)</li> <li> <a href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/yw7b3y/community-activists-kill-elon-musks-plan-for-an-underground-freeway-tunnel-in-la" target="_blank">Community Activists Kill Elon Musk's Plan for an Underground Freeway Tunnel in LA</a> (Motherboard)</li> <li> <a href="https://gizmodo.com/big-mouth-billy-bass-will-now-annoy-the-shit-out-of-you-1830710717" target="_blank">Big Mouth Billy Bass Will Now Annoy the Shit Out of You With Alexa Support Built In</a> (Gizmodo)</li> </ul> <a href="https://anchor.fm/s/34f8474/podcast/sponsor/acugia/url/https%3A%2F%2Fflipboard.com%2F">https://flipboard.com/</a>