Description

Mr. Pichai goes to Washington, another bug prompts Google to kill Google+ even sooner, Keurig for beer makes no sense, and Doom turns 25.

Sponsors:

• DataDogHQ.com/ridehome
• Tiny.website
• FlatironSchool.com/podcast

Links:

• Google moves up Google+ consumer shutdown to April 2019 (VentureBeat)
• Uber customers and drivers are furious after a major outage causes all kinds of issues (BusinessInsider)
• Social media outpaces print newspapers in the U.S. as a news source (Pew Research Center)
• Fintech start-up Plaid raises $250 million at $2.7 billion valuation, adds Mary Meeker to board (CNBC)
• Vroom nabs $146M from AutoNation, VCs for its used car site (TechCrunch)
• Keurigs for Beer Make No Sense (Gizmodo)
• Doom is 25 and co-creator John Romero is putting out a giant expansion for it (TechCrunch)