Fri. 8/03 - Is Fortnite Bigger Than Google Play?

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🗓️ 3 August 2018

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Fortnite snubs Google, Amazon Prime Video is coming to Comcast, Peloton raises a ton, the top ten programming languages of 2018 and, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Links: Epic Games sidesteps the Play Store with Fortnite for Android launch (TechCrunch)Ready, Aim, Hire a ‘Fortnite’ Coach: Parents Enlist Videogame Tutors for Their Children (WSJ)Google Maps location sharing shows your contact's battery level (Android Police)The 2018 Top Programming Languages (IEEE Spectrum) The Betterment.com/ride Weekend Longreads:How Robot Hands Are Evolving to Do What Ours Can (NYTimes)Why the Next Silicon Valley Will Probably Be Outside the U.S. (Citylab)Masayoshi Son’s secret to running his $100 billion fund: Telling start-ups to treat each other like family (CNBC)What Happened to General Magic? (NYMag/SelectAll)Growing Up Jobs (Vanity Fair) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home for Friday, August 3rd 2018. I'm Brian McCullough.
0:09.0	Today, Fort Knight snubs Google. Amazon Prime video is coming to Comcast. Peloton raises a ton.
0:18.0	The top 10 programming languages of 2018 and of course the weekend long reads suggestions.
0:25.2	Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.
0:38.0	Why do I like to cover Fortnite so much? It's just a dumb video game, right? No, it's a cultural powerhouse, a juggernaut.
0:42.0	I'll give you one story and one bit of color to illustrate why I think this.
0:47.0	First, Tech Crunch is reporting that Fort Knight will finally be available on Android.
0:51.0	It came to iOS and the Nintendo Switch earlier this summer and
0:56.7	since Epic Games the maker of Fortnite has a strategy of getting the game
1:01.3	wherever people want to play it it's logical
1:04.0	that it would soon show up in the Google Play Store eventually right?
1:08.0	Except it's not it's not coming to the Google Play Store at all.
1:14.0	To get Fortnight on your Android device, you go to Fortnight.com
1:18.0	and you download the Fortnite launcher,
1:21.0	a side launcher that will load a Fort Knight Battle Royale
1:24.0	onto your Android device.
1:27.0	Here's a whole bunch of context,
1:29.0	so you can understand why this is such a big deal.
1:31.0	Surram Krishnan tweeted,
1:34.0	fascinating that someone actually has the brand power to go,
1:38.0	yep, we can do this outside the playstore
1:40.0	and people will still install us.
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