Daniel and Manton take stock of Apple’s 2020 “Apps of the Year”, and question what the criteria for winning might actually be. Then they talk about Salesforce’s acquisition of Slack, and weigh the odds of any company being able to thrive after being acquired.
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Links:
- Apple 2020 Apps of the Year – News article from Apple announcing this year’s winners.
- IKEA 3D Models – Architizer article about the shift at IKEA towards using 3D models for catalog images.
- Definitive Agreement – Press release from Salesforce about their acquisition of Slack.
- This is Embarrassing – Brianna Wu’s tweet admitting she doesn’t know what Salesforce does.
- I’ve Been to Dreamforce – Christina Warren admits she’s still not clear either.
- Michael T. Rose – Twitter account of the former TUAW Editor.
- Interview with Mattt Thompson – Heroku interviews one of its developers.
- Remembering Tony Hsieh – Zappos pays tribute to their former leader.
- Core Intuition Slack – Join us on the podcast Slack channel!
