Recode reveals 2018’s tech trends and tribulations in charts
Recode contributor Rani Molla has published 14 charts featuring 2018’s tech trends and tribulations.
Molla says, “There’s been a lot to keep track of this year. We’ve endured disasters both natural and man made, political polarization and the relentless encroachment of big technology companies. Some might say 2018 was even crazier than 2017. Before we leave it behind, here’s a look back at 2018’s tech, tribulations and trends in charts.
Amazon’s HQ2 contest played on our emotions
This is the year Amazon stole the news cycle with its nationwide contest — or con — for a second headquarters. Cities around the country and in Canada prostrated themselves before the e-commerce giant, offering tax breaks and name changes in hopes of winning the HQ2 and the 50,000 jobs that come with it.
In November, over a year after the contest began, Amazon announced it would be splitting its new headquarters between Long Island City in New York and Crystal City, Northern Virginia — likely suspects all along”.
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