It turns out the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica incident was kind of a thing. Zuck heads to The Hill to explain that he "sells ads, sir." And we discuss the pending business model augmentation for them, those that rely on their platform and other trying to do something new.
Vitagoods Scale - https://vitagoods.com/collections/fitness-1/products/body-analyzer1-digital-body-analyzer
Kendrick Lamar wins Pulitzer - https://www.npr.org/2018/04/17/603093471/kendrick-lamar-wins-pulitzer
Facebook to charge? - https://www.dailydot.com/debug/facebook-ad-free-subscription-11-dollars/
Facebook Hearings Recap - https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-testimony-key-points.html
Mark Zuckerberg and his cushion and booster seat - http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-used-a-booster-seat-to-testify-to-congress-2018-4
PALANTIR - https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2018-palantir-peter-thiel/
MB Subscription Program - https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/mercedes-benz-car-subscription-program-nashville-philadelphia/
Volvo Subscription Program - http://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/volvos-new-campaign-and-app-promote-a-radical-concept-subscribing-to-a-car/
Future of Subscription Model (Harvard) - https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/whats-the-future-of-the-subscription-model
3D-Printed Homes - https://www.chron.com/business/article/3D-printed-house-Austin-Texas-12749008.php#photo-15223457
Things we saw this week:
Sir Martin Sorrell - http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43771974
James loves science - https://cheekyscience.com/
Alexa Skill Templates - https://developer.amazon.com/alexa-skills-kit/start
Taylor Swift - September https://open.spotify.com/track/5eGX87IiKsGuzS3iw4CfCX?si=9yuSu3nrT6-6RfZ3JzrQoA
Tekashi69 + Adrien Broner - http://www.tmz.com/2018/04/22/adrien-broner-refuses-accept-draw-against-jessie-vargas-boxing-matching-tekashi69/
Business Wars - First Computer War - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-first-computer-war-the-electronic-brain-1/id1335814741?i=1000409232908&mt=2