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In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche

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Alphabet wants to turn your Car into an Android Device

Alphabet, Fiat Chrysler (NYSE: FCAU), and Samsung are teaming up to add Android Automotive to all Fiat Chrysler vehicles, The Detroit Free-Press reports.

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Market Insanity

Will Pandora Ever Make Money?

No company seems to exemplify the central problem facing digital entertainment media better than Pandora Media (NYSE: P). The music service attracts vast numbers of followers (250 million registered users and 81.5 million active listeners in 2014, according to Expanded Ramblings), yet the charts show that it cannot seem to make money.

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Market Insanity

Pandora Execs Cash Out

These figures call Pandora’s whole business plan of distributing streaming music online into question. The company cannot make money, even though it has around 70 million regular users. One reason why it isn’t making any money is that Pandora has no way of charging those users for its service. Pandora’s business model basically consists of paying for music and distributing it for free.

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