On this episode, your hosts break down 2018's top companies with the help from some great articles from The Verge. Also, a look ahead to 2019. 

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This week Five Favorites 

This week's episode included a breakdown [Source: The Verge] of what we found to be the 5 most important companies of 2018. 

1. Apple

2. Google

3. Twitter

4. Amazon

5. Hot Topic: Facebook

DISHonorable Mention: 

• Instagram

Honorable Mention: 

• 'Bird Box' breaks a Netflix record with 45M+ people watching in its first week [Techcrunch - Story by Sarah Perez]

Social of the Week [Twitter]

• @IncredibleCulk