Re/code Daily - AT&T Is the Latest Carrier to Move Away From Two-Year Contracts - Dec 31, 2015

Read Now  • All four big carriers — T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon and now, finally, AT&T — are moving away from the two-year contract pricing model that's long dominated cell phone service. The reason is pretty straightforward: Customers seem to like holding onto their phones longer. [Ina Fried | Re/code] • On the "Re/code Decode" podcast, Peter Kafka talks with Rufus Griscom, founder of Nerve.com and CEO of the digital media startup Heleo. Griscom explains why he wants to create a lineup of Glenn Beck-like stars, but for people who like TED Talks. [Eric Johnson | Re/code] • Despite getting mired in high-profile political battles in San Francisco, New York City and elsewhere, 2015 was a good year for Airbnb. The company grew quickly and managed to expand into many different new markets, striking agreements with regulators. In 2016, there will probably be similar success for Airbnb. And like 2015, it will not come easily. [Noah Kulwin | Re/code] • Here's your New Year's Eve Martin Shkreli schadenfraude: The beleaguered, loathed and possibly criminal pharmaceutical exec's former company just filed for bankruptcy. [Doni Bloomfield and Tiffany Kary | Bloomberg Business]  Top Stories from Re/code  Transportation Uber: Now One Billion Served By Mark Bergen Before New Year's Eve, Uber's busiest day, the company is feeling gift-y. General Apple to Pay $348 Million to Settle Italy Tax Probe By Dawn Chmielewski The tax strategies of Apple and other U.S. companies have come under increasing scrutiny in Europe. Transportation In 2016, We Will See More Self-Driving Cars and Safer Roads (Plus More Daredevil Videos) By Mark Bergen For robot cars next year, the training wheels come off. Enterprise In 2015, Dell Returned to the Limelight to Snatch EMC. Next Year He Will Need to Explain Why. By Arik Hesseldahl The biggest tech deal in history will lumber toward a successful completion in 2016, but expect a few twists before then. Mobile AT&T to Announce a Major ‘Smart Cities’ Push at CES 2016 By Ina Fried Let your car find its parking spot. Commerce Instacart, the $2 Billion Grocery Delivery Startup, Lays Off 12 In-House Recruiters By Jason Del Rey The company won't be hiring as quickly in 2016 as it did in 2015.  This Is Cool  Close Out 2015 With This Stellar Mix of the Year's Best Music Ricky Eat Acid, a.k.a. Sam Ray, is an electronic musician who usually makes sophisticated, mellow tunes that are exceptionally good. Ray is also a very good DJ. Here's his 53-minute end-of-the-year mix of some of 2015's best rap and R&B music, from Vice's EDM vertical (lol) Thump. It gets particularly good at around 8:50 in. Read more Re/code Daily here! Your friends can also receive Re/code Daily! They can sign-up for FREE here. For Reprints and Permissions, click here. |  News  |  Podcasts  |  Events  | Follow Us: You are receiving this email because you subscribed to Re/code Daily. If you would like to unsubscribe, click here. Mailing Address: Re/code – PO Box 1830, Morgan Hill, CA 95038 Copyright © 2015 Vox Media, Inc.

 

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