Sunday, December 25, 2016

Top Stories of the Day // December 25, 2016

Snapchat has quietly acquired an Israeli startup for a reported $30 million to $40 million | After having its infrastructure shuttered, CyanogenMod will live on as Lineage | Dear Air Canada: a systems analysis of a comically colossal cascading failure | Tim Curry will read you 'A Christmas Carol' from your Amazon Echo | The reality of VR/AR trial | Technology and today's vast and immensely underserved mental health population | The broken edtech ecosystem investors once avoided is changing |
THE DAILY CRUNCH
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES:
TOP HEADLINE | Connie Loizos

Snapchat has quietly acquired an Israeli startup for a reported $30 million to $40 million

Snapchat sewed up its first acquisition in Israel this week, according to the outlet Calcalist News. It acquired four-year-old Cimagine, whose augmented reality... Read More…
Brian Heater

After having its infrastructure shuttered, CyanogenMod will live on as Lineage

The days leading up to the holiday have been a real roller coaster ride for Cyanogen fans. Yesterday, Cyanogen Inc. unceremoniously pulled the plug on its... Read More…
Jon Evans

Dear Air Canada: a systems analysis of a comically colossal cascading failure

I'll be blunt; I'm here to vent my fury. On your behalf, dear reader! Honest. When a corporation gets things terribly wrong, those of us with platforms need to... Read More…
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Brian Heater

Tim Curry will read you 'A Christmas Carol' from your Amazon Echo

It’s the time of year when we find ourselves together with our loved ones, gathered around the warming seasonal glow of our smart home devices. And for... Read More…
Tim Merel

The reality of VR/AR trial

If you haven't heard about VR/AR by now, your desert island must not have Wi-Fi. But there are millions of folks who know about VR/AR who haven't seen it... Read More…
Adam Seabrook

Technology and today's vast and immensely underserved mental health population

Someone in your life is suffering from a mental disorder right now. You may not know it, but it's there. Indeed, one in five adults suffers from a mental... Read More…
Charles Wiles

The broken edtech ecosystem investors once avoided is changing

Previously considered risky investments, it's true that many edtech startups -- commonly founded by "teacherpreneurs" hell bent on mending education through... Read More…
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