Music Sales Surge and Facebook Under Investigation While Google Unveils New Features

Apple might have just given us the final reason to delete iTunes, Sonos has its first portable speaker, the Attorney’s General are targeting Facebook as well, it’s duplicating Google services all the way down, and, of course, the Weekend Longreads suggestions.

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Links:

• Apple Music launches a public beta on the web (TechCrunch)
• Sonos’ first portable speaker is the $399 Move (The Verge)
• Streaming makes up 80 percent of the music industry’s revenue (The Verge)
• New York attorney general is investigating Facebook for possible antitrust violations (CNBC)
• Google Assistant’s Ambient Mode turns Android devices into smart displays (The Verge)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• Uber Undone (The Baffler)
• Coming Soon to a Battlefield: Robots That Can Kill (The Atlantic)
• Amazon’s Next-Day Delivery Has Brought Chaos And Carnage To America’s Streets — But The World’s Biggest Retailer Has A System To Escape The Blame (BuzzFeed News)
• Coming Soon to a Small Screen Near You: Short Cuts (WSJ)
• ‘Hey, Google! Let me talk to my departed father.’ (Washington Post)
• ‘NCAA Football’ Is Still Alive, Because One Online Community Won’t Let the Game Die (The Ringer)

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