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HP Spectre 13, Next kills Revolv, transparent wood, construction trends up, Staggs steps down, worst UI disasters

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#1 The Spectre 13 is HP's attempt to outdesign Apple
  By Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge
  HP claims to have the world's thinnest laptop. More»
Why This Matters: It's got the looks. See for yourself. But I don't know if I could go back to 1080p. –Cynthia Wisehart

#2 March construction spending and employment post hefty, diverse 12-month gains
  By Ken Simonson, Construction Citizen
  Construction Spending in February totaled $1.144 trillion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, 0.5% below the upwardly revised January rate and up 10.3% y/y, the Census Bureau reported today. More»
Why This Matters: There is quite a lot of data in this, not all of it so relevant to us. But it does break out the spending trends in education construction and private non-residential construction—most sectors have shown year-on-year growth—most spectacularly in office construction which is reportedly up 31% y/y. - Cynthia Wisehart

#3 Thomas Staggs, Walt Disney Company heir apparent steps down
  By Brooks Barnes, The New York Times
  Thomas O. Staggs, the favored contender to lead Disney after Robert A. Iger's retirement, is making a surprise exit from the company, throwing succession into disorder. His departure will also be an internal distraction as Disney prepares to unveil Shanghai Disneyland, a crucial project that Mr. Staggs had helped guide. More»
Why This Matters: I know this doesn't matter to a lot of you, but for those it does matter to, I have a question: do you know why??? -Cynthia Wisehart



4. Nest is permanently disabling the Revolv smart home hub (Nick Statt, The Verge)

5. Toshiba just recalled over 100,000 batteries that are melting laptops (Bryan Lufkin, Gizmodo)

6. Webcast this Thursday: Digital RF/IPTV convergence

7. iOS 9.3 is out now for everyone; here's everything that's new (Todd Haselton, TechnoBuffalo)

8. Five of the worst user interface disasters (David Pogue, Scientific American)

9. Transparent wood could replace glass (via Science Daily)

10. From the Wire@SVConline: Martin unveils CDD-Live!

For more, see the WHY THIS MATTERS archive. Thanks, Cynthia

For daily AV industry headlines see #SVCWIRE archive

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