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Celebrating the best of tech journalism in 2016

Every year since 2013, Bloomberg releases its annual Jealousy List, which is basically a list of articles from other media which were so good that Bloomberg wished they have written it themselves.

In accordance with e27‘s mission, we strongly believe in the role of quality tech journalism plays in empowering the startup ecosystem. And we are not going to pretend that we always know better –throughout 2016, we have seen many articles published by fellow tech blogs that wowed us. Even from our so-called competitor.

We built a mini-list of articles that have turned our eyes green with envy, and we have narrowed down six of our favourites here:

Tech In Asia – From fleeing Vietnam in a refugee boat to becoming Uber’s CTO: the journey of Thuan Pham

There is nothing better than a feel-good story about someone’s journey to success, especially if during the journey the lead character faced uncommon challenges. The article told the story of Thuan Pham, who spent his childhood as a refugee from Vietnam, before eventually becoming the Uber CTO that he is now. Even better, the story has a happy ending. Tech In Asia claimed that thanks to the article, the boat captain who saved Pham’s life back then had reached out to the publication to share his side of the story. No words yet on whether the two finally get to meet again after years of separation.

CNET – Black mirrors: Why are so many TV shows obsessed with tech?

The article explores the recent trend among television industry, which is the rise of shows showcasing fear of a digital future as a theme. It gave the examples of popular shows such as Westworld to Black Mirrors, and dig into the reason behind our fascination with the mysterious figures behind the technology, and our concern for a dystopian future.

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The Next Web – It’s time to stop using the :’D emoji

The author dubbed the Tears of Joy emoji as the “most hysterical, misused, obnoxious image macro in existence” and is calling the public to stop using it, citing exploitation and “his smug face” as reasons to do it. He even called for a help from Michael Jordan to convince you to just stop it :’D

TechCrunch – Google isn’t safe from Yahoo’s fate

Oh, we always love good arguments, especially those which encouraged to look the other way around. While the media constantly dubbed Google as the most powerful tech company around, the author reminded us that we used to see Yahoo! in the same light many years. With arguments such as consumers’ shift from search to discovery, perhaps Google’s downfall is not something to be taken lightly.

Motherboard – What Numbers Can—And Can’t—Tell Us About Gender In Tech

Gender diversity in tech is a never ending topic to discuss, and luckily Crunchbase had debuted its first gender diversity in tech report that enables us to quantify the problem that we are facing in the industry –and hopefully, making it easier for us to bring forth the case for diversity in tech. Apart from being a straight-up report on the statistics, we like how the author pointed out what the report need to give in order to give a better picture on the situation.

Also Read: Why I did not cover the GrabGas controversy

Tech.co – In 2017, Media Become Startups and Startups Become Media

A nice analysis on how startups and the media influenced each other, and why in 2017 we are going to see one becoming more like the other one. And it is actually a good thing.

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