Re/code Daily - Ford Opens CES By Choosing Amazon and DJI Over Google - Jan 05, 2016

Read Now  • Automotive-obsessed CES 2016 began with two major car tech deals yesterday: GM's $500 million investment in Lyft, and Ford's new partnership with Amazon and dronemaker DJI. The Ford announcement suggests that the company might have talked about an arrangement with Google, but contrary to earlier reports, nothing final came from it. Ford also agreed to put its software platform in Toyota's cars, so the carmakers don't have to just cede that territory to Apple and Google. Read our CES walk-up to understand why car tech is the key thing to watch for at CES this year. [Mark Bergen and Kara Swisher | Re/code] • Next month at our Code/Media conference, you can hear from Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton, FanDuel boss Nigel Eccles and, our latest addition to the lineup, Vice Media founder and CEO Shane Smith. Sign up here. [Peter Kafka | Re/code] • Sidewalk Labs is the secretive division of Alphabet/Google that focuses on cities. Its executives include ex-NYC Deputy Mayor and Bloomberg LP boss Dan Doctoroff, other ex-Bloombergites and prominent tech people. Sidewalk Labs' newest project: Bringing free public gigabit Internet to New York City. [Mark Bergen and Arik Hesseldahl | Re/code] • Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has purchased eSports tournament and media company Major League Gaming for a reported $46 million. Activision says it wants to create "the ESPN of eSports," which is probably why it has hired an actual former CEO of ESPN. [Dawn Chmielewski | Re/code] • China's economy is making the painful transition from being powered by manufacturing to being powered by consumer spending. But that buying power hasn't fully materialized yet, and the current manufacturing slowdown is doing some serious damage to the share prices of U.S. tech companies. [Edmund Lee | Re/code]  Top Stories from Re/code  Enterprise The Price Tag for Google’s New Enterprise Czar: $380 Million By Mark Bergen Diane Greene, a looming figure in the cloud world, didn't come cheap. Policy How ‘Do Not Track’ Ended Up Going Nowhere By Dawn Chmielewski Senators revive the Do Not Track initiative. Is it too late? Mobile Intel Follows Qualcomm Into Drone Business With German Startup Purchase By Ina Fried Terms weren't disclosed, but all 75 workers are getting job offers from Intel. Enterprise France’s Atos Nears $4 Billion Deal to Buy Dell’s Perot Systems Unit By Arik Hesseldahl India's Tata Consultancy Services re-engaged in talks last week, but walked away again today. Transportation Toyota to Adopt Ford’s Entertainment Software to Fend Off Google, Apple By Ina Fried Ford's hope is to give the car industry a credible alternative to entertainment systems from Apple and Google. Mobile Twitter Invests in Muzik, a High-End Headphone Startup By Peter Kafka It's not Apple-Beats. But it is interesting.  This Is Cool  The Awl's "Save Yourself" New Year's Essays The Awl does this annual collection of essays from well-known and talented writers across the Internet, and the change up the theme every year. This time, the theme was "Save Yourself." This piece from "Nightly Show" writer Cord Jefferson and this one from Ryan Bradley are particularly good. 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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