This week, the truth about those Amazon credits you’ve been hearing about on Facebook, choose your own adventure with Netflix, and watching Chick D grow up. But first, Travis Kalanick has resigned as CEO of Uber.

Uber CEO resigns

Uber, the ride-hailing technology company that has completely disrupted the taxi and limousine industries around the world, continues to shudder from the credible accusations of a sexist culture and questionable business practices.

This week, CEO Travis Kalanick resigned after being presented with a list of demands from five of the company’s biggest investors. Kalanick had, the week before, agreed to take a leave of absence.

Also last week, board member David Bonderman made a stupid, sexist comment during an Uber employee meeting.

Ariana Huffington said something about how females on boards lead to more females joining boards of directors.

“Actually, what it shows is that it’s much more likely to be more taling,” Bonderman said. Bonderman has since resigned.

Uber is now without a CEO, a CFO, and a COO. Other top executives are under scrutiny or have been fired.

Benefitting from the chaos is competitor Lyft, which is not yet operating in Canada.

eBook antitrust settlement credits expiring

People may have been frantic about all the posts this week about credits on Amazon accounts that are expiring tomorrow.

Well, you can relax, because unless you’re in the U.S. with a U.S.-based Amazon account, this does not apply to you.

The credits for U.S. Amazon customers are the result of a class-action lawsuit against Apple for price fixing with book publishers.

Earlier this year, Canada’s Compeition Bureau reached an agreeement to rebalance the e-book market, but there have been no settlement costs discussed for Canadian book buyers.

Netflix introduces “choose your own adventure” television

With a new episode of the animated series Puss in Boots, Netflix is giving audiences the chance to get involved in the telling of the tale.

When viewers watch Puss in Book, which is available now, on select devices, they will be given opportunities to pick a direction for the story. When Puss ends up in the Goldilocks story, for example, you can choose to make the bears friendly or menacing.

The story that plays out changes depending on your choices.

It’s the kind of thing that isn’t available on all systems that Netflix is on. The branching stories are only supported on smart TVs, streaming media players, game consoles, and iOS devices (and not the web, Android devices, or Apple TV).

An interactive episode of Buddy Thunderstruck will be coming in July.

Webcam gives us a chance to watch Chick D grow up

A new spotted owl chick is growing up before our very eyes.

Chick D is the offspring of Shania and Scud, two residents of Langley’s Northern Spotted Owl Breeding Centre. You can watch them on a webcam that is streamed by B.C.‘s Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program.

Explore has dozens of webcams that give you the chance to see wildlife in their natural habitat, including polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba and orcas and other marine animals off the coast of B.C.

The Alberta Conservation Association has webcams watching nine different peregrine falcon families.