Wed. 09/19 - HQ Wants to Play Wheel of Fortune

Amazon’s ad business is already huge, there’s a new retro Playstation console, Evernote is in our prayers, HQ is moving beyond trivia with a new game and a roundup of the Apple Watch Series 4 reviews. Links: The ACLU Is Charging Facebook With Gender Discrimination In Its Targeted Ads (Buzzfeed News) Facebook Is Letting Job Advertisers Target Only Men (ProPublica) Amazon becoming 3rd-biggest digital ad platform (Axios) Google Home Mini was the best-selling smart speaker in Q2 (TechCrunch) Sony is launching a PlayStation Classic console this December loaded with 20 games (The Verge) Evernote just slashed 54 jobs, or 15 percent of its workforce HQ expands beyond trivia with new ‘Wheel of Fortune’-type game (Digiday) Google Maps for CarPlay in iOS 12 is now available (9to5Mac) iOS 12.1 references ‘iPad2018Fall’, all but confirming new iPad Pro debut next month (9to5Mac)

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