Wed. 02/03 – Bezos Drops Mic

Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO, to be replaced by Andy Jassy. Google is losing a ton of money on its Cloud, but YouTube is finally hitting its stride. Apple might formally do an Apple Car-related tie-up with Kia in a matter of weeks. And why I finally got off the fence and decided to investigate the AR/VR space. Sponsors: Oracle.com/goto/ride Metalab.com Links: Email from Jeff Bezos to employees (Amazon) Amazon’s next CEO, Andy Jassy, transformed e-commerce company into a cloud computing giant (CNBC) Amazon.com Announces Financial Results and CEO Transition (Amazon Investor Relations) Alphabet Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2020 Results (Alphabet Investor Relations) Kia Motors Shares Jump After Report Apple to Invest $3.6 Billion (Bloomberg) Facebook starts rolling out Messenger on Oculus headsets (Engadget) 60+ Oculus Quest Apps Made More Than $1 Million (UploadVR) Google Meet’s new ‘green room’ lets you do an audio / video pre-check (The Verge) Zoom adds virtual receptionists for when people start going back to the office (CNBC)