As NASA declares its Mars Opportunity rover’s mission to be over, El Kaiser and J.D. raise a glass to the plucky little machine who did far more than what was expected of it — and sent back so much science. This week’s batch of headlines also brings a potential new subscription service (or two) from Apple, Amazon bailing out of New York City and a Tinder-like app for cattle. J.D. also discusses apps to better plan your home renovation. Here’s a toast to Opportunity from PTJ Episode 301!
Links to Stories Discussed on This Week’s Show
- NASA’s Opportunity Rover Dies on Mars (The New York Times)
- NASA’s Opportunity Rover Mission on Mars Comes to End (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
- Photos From the Opportunity Rover’s Mission on Mars (The New York Times)
- Publishers Chafe at Apple’s Terms for Subscription News Service (The Wall Street Journal)
- Publishers cry foul at Apple’s terms in new sub service (Digital Ad Age)
- Apple targeting April launch for video service (CNBC)
- Apple Invites Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon to Video Launch (Bloomberg)
- Apple Event Planned For March 25 Around A News Subscription Product (BuzzFeed)
- Announcing Extra Crunch (TechCrunch)
- Apple fails to block porn & gambling ‘Enterprise’ apps (TechCrunch)
- 620 million accounts stolen from 16 hacked websites now for sale on dark web, seller boasts (The Register)
- JP Morgan is rolling out the first US bank-backed cryptocurrency (CNBC)
- Mozilla to use machine learning to find code bugs before they ship (Ars Technica)
- Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Headquarters (The New York Times)
- Amazon is acquiring Wi-Fi router company Eero (Business Insider)
- An Update on Android Things (Android Developers Blog)
- LinkedIn debuts LinkedIn Live, a new live video broadcast service (TechCrunch)
- Tudder (ProductHunt)
- Tinder-style app for cows tries to help the meat market (BBC)
- Tinder for Cows: Tudder Mobile App for Breeders (Bloomberg)
Home Improvement
- How to Make a 3-D Model of Your Home Renovation Vision (The New York Times)