A closer look at Meta&#39;s strategy with WhatsApp, why Disney&#39;s failure to buy Google in 1999 shouldn&#39;t be surprising, Apple&#39;s doomed car project and attendant AI ambitions, and a question about the New York Times spawns discussion of the podcast industry, in general. 

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WhatsApp launches in-chat payments service for businesses in India — <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/64104575-50ed-49ef-b9c9-4354294d96d2">Financial Times</a>

Strategy Letter V — <a href="https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v/">Joel on Software</a>

The incredible shrinking podcast industry — <a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/01/14/2024/the-incredible-shrinking-podcast-industry">Semafor</a>

How Apple Sank About $1 Billion a Year Into a Car It Never Built — <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-03-06/apple-car-s-crash-design-details-tim-cook-s-indecision-failed-tesla-deal?sref=5KSwFgaY">Bloomberg</a>
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