Five Favorites

The One Where The Mouse Gets A Plus


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On this week's episode - we finally have the details behind Disney+. Also, LinkedIn takes a page out of Facebook. [It's worth noting this would have been aptly named "The One With The Streaming Mouse - but we used that one in episode 103.]  [New to the show? Find out the stories we talk about in this week's episode below and connect with Amir and Chris on Twitter! Use the hashtag #FiveFavorites to share YOUR favorite stories each and every week - and YOU may be included on the show (including our new tweet of the week feature).] 

This week's Five Favorites 

1. iPhone rumors now claim two OLED models with triple-camera arrays for 2019  [Verge story by Jon Porter]

2. Forget The Black Hole Picture — Check Out The Sweet Technology That Made It Possible [FiveThirtyEight story by Maggie Koerth-BAker]

3. Your finger is now your ticket at 11 MLB ballparks[Yahoo Finance story by Daniel Roberts]

4. Robots Are Coming to Walmart And Making Employees Scared for Their Jobs [Yahoo Finance story by Jennifer Calfas]

5. Hot Topic: Disney+ will be available on November 12th for $6.99 a month [Verge story by Julia Alexander]

DISHonorable Mention(s)

  • Amazon Workers Are Listening to What You Tell Alexa [Bloomberg story by Matt Day , Giles Turner , and Natalia Drozdiak]

Honorable Mention:

  • LinkedIn adds celebrate, love, insightful and curious reactions to spur more engagement [Techcrunch story by Ingrid Lunden]

Social of the Week 

  • @JPPullen

#FiveFavorites Mentions this week:

  • Martin Lieberman
  • Matthew Vinson

Support our community lead (Katy Spencer Johnson) and the fight against cancer[One Mission Buzzoff]

  • Funds raised immediately benefit families and children at Boston Children's Hospital, Dana Farber, and Hasbro Children's Hospital.
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Five FavoritesBy Amir Zonozi and Chris Barrows