- 5 of the most famous (and effective) growth hacks of all time (The Next Web). Useful.
- 11 Jobs That No Longer Exist Today (9GAG). Weird stuff.
- Arby’s bought Pharrell’s hat on eBay last night (Daily Dot). The Daily Dot blog cover popular stories from unique angles. One of my current go to when I browse around. Big and bold, I love the site design too.
- Peter Oppenheimer to Retire at the End of September (Apple). He has served Apple as CFO for more than a decade when their annual revenue grew from $8 billion to $171 billion. His successor will be Luca Maestri, the company’s Finance VP and Corporate Controller. He was a General Motors veteran.
- Facebook In Talks To Acquire Drone Maker Titan Aerospace (Techcrunch). The company are the makers of near-orbital, solar-powered drones which can fly for five years without needing to land. Facebook is more likely interested in using these high-flying drones to blanket parts of the world without Internet access according to Techcrunch. That’s gloriously brilliant.
- Why Companies are Not Startups (Steve Blank). “In the last few years we’ve recognized that a startup is not a smaller version of a large company. We’re now learning that companies are not larger versions of startups.” Good reading.
- Singapore Is Now The World’s Costliest City (Business Insider). Key: strong currency.
- Tesla kicks off European expansion (CNN). That cool cars. Damn.
- Apple outspent Google on Acquisitions (Apple Insider). Who knew that? Great report. Pocket material.
- Samsung spent $20 fucking million at Oscars for ad time (Wall Street Journal). Twenty fucking million dollars.
