Re/code Daily - Amazon's Brick-and-Mortar Plans Aren't Just About Books - Feb 04, 2016

Read Now  • Amazon is making a move into physical retail, and Jason Del Rey has some fascinating details about the secretive company's plans. For instance: The company is considering more than just bookstores, and has contemplated a checkout-less payment process, where you pick up an item off the shelf, and it is automatically charged to your Amazon account. [Jason Del Rey | Re/code] • Google search SVP Amit Singhal, an influential figure who oversees the tech giant's biggest moneymaker, is retiring. Taking his place is artificial intelligence lead John Giannandrea, which shows just how important Google considers AI to the future of its business. [Mark Bergen | Re/code] • ESPN says cheaper, "skinny" cable TV bundles with fewer channels have cut into its business. Comcast says skinny bundles are actually a small part of its business. Sorting out the confusion is key for the TV business. You can ask ESPN President John Skipper about it yourself, by coming to the Code/Media conference in a couple weeks. [Peter Kafka | Re/code] • Chet Kanojia pissed off the TV business with his last company Aereo, and eventually he was forced to shut it down. On the "Re/code Decode" podcast, Kanojia tells Peter Kafka about his new company, Starry, which could be even more disruptive to the broadband monopoly, by providing real competition, using the airwaves. [Eric Johnson | Re/code] • Bad loans brought the global economy to its knees during the Great Recession. Now economists say trillions of dollars in bad loans across the world threaten to unmake the recovery of the last few years. [Peter Eavis | The New York Times]  Top Stories from Re/code  Enterprise Cisco to Pay $1.4 Billion for Internet-of-Things Company Jasper By Arik Hesseldahl The networking giant grabs an IoT leader with 3,500 customers. Media Despite a ‘Dysfunctional’ Internal War Over Sell vs. Fix, Yahoo to Hire More Sale Advisers By Kara Swisher CEO Marissa Mayer and the Yahoo board appear to be on different sides. Media Here Are the Tech Companies Breaking the Bank for Super Bowl 50 Ads By Mark Bergen According to estimates, 30 seconds will cost each company about $4.8 million. Enterprise Phones Will Drive Internet Traffic Past the Zettabyte Mark This Year By Arik Hesseldahl What's a zettabyte? Come on! It's a billion terabytes! Transportation Lyft Drafts Former NFL Star Jerry Rice as Surprise Driver Before Super Bowl By Mark Bergen The Super Bowl is a chance for hometown apps to market the hell outta themselves. Policy Google Is Giving Its Fiber Internet Away Free to Public Housing Residents By Mark Bergen The second Obama-Alphabet tie-up in as many months. Commentary Mossberg: Apple's Own Apps Need Work By Walt Mossberg Complexity, feature gaps and bugs have crept in.  This Is Cool  Rand Paul's Presidential Campaign Is (Mercifully) Dead. Here's Why. For virtually the entirety of his political career, the promise of Rand Paul has been that if he can bridge the GOP's rabidly conservative base and its libertarian wing, the Republicans can start winning national elections. Paul has never come close to realizing that dream, and he's now quitting the campaign trail to go save his Kentucky U.S. senate seat. Here's a great Politico postmortem on how Paul's campaign never even got off the ground. 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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