Episodes

June 22, 2020

Mon. 06/22 – WWDC 2020 (Virtually)

All of the headlines I can manage to cram in from today’s World Wide Developer Conference from Apple. Hey gets approved, by the way. Google’s ad revenue will decline for the first time probably in, well, ever. And why Animal…
June 19, 2020

Fri. 06/19 – It’s Gonna Be An Interesting WWDC…

Apple officially says no to HEY and people are pissed, kind of just about the WAY they said it. A look at the internal divisions inside Apple over those rumored Apple Glasses. Twitch is growing as a platform for live music. …
June 18, 2020

Thu. 06/18 – Audio Comes To Tweets

Apple has rejected a Facebook app five times, so back to that debate again. Twitter lets you add audio to tweets. Door Dash raises a round. Surprise! Reliance Jio raises another monster round. And stick around for the last s…
June 17, 2020

Wed. 06/17 – HEY! The Whole Brouhaha Between Apple And Basecamp

We dive deep into the whole HEY brouhaha and wonder if this is the best time for Apple to draw attention to App Store policies. Uber is getting into the software business. TikTok’s business is a pretty good one, it seems lik…
June 16, 2020

Tue. 06/16 – Apple’s Turn in The EU Antitrust Toolshed

The EU is investigating Apple for antitrust. Is Instagram surpassing Twitter as a news source? A look at that new Hey email service. A look at a whole slew of new services from Dropbox. And if you wanted to get your hands on…
June 15, 2020

Mon. 06/15 – People Are Actually MORE Honest On Their Cellphones

The zero interest Mac financing is here. Shopify and Walmart team up, as they probably should. Is Mr. Bezos about to go to Washington? Interesting checkins with Quibi and Softbank. And why researchers think people are more h…
June 12, 2020

Fri. 06/12 – Why Chris Cox Returning to Facebook is Such A Big Deal

Twitter takes down a bunch of accounts it says are government propaganda. UK regulators are gonna take a hard look at Facebook’s Giphy acquisition. I explain, in depth, why Chris Cox returning to Facebook is such a big deal.…
June 11, 2020

Thu. 06/11 – Regulation News Thursday

It’s regulation news day. The EU might be about to file antitrust charges against Amazon and California officially labeled Uber and Lyft workers as employees. Amazon also hit pause on its facial recognition tech as it waits …
June 10, 2020

Wed. 06/10 – Robocallers Face The Music

Another day, another flaw in Intel chips discovered. More analysis of Apple’s presumed move away from Intel chips for Macs. Is Just Eat Takeaway about to swallow up Grubhub? What happened to Zynn on the Play Store? And an in…
June 9, 2020

Tue. 06/09 – Apple Could Announce Arm Chips For Macs at WWDC In A Matter Of Days

The shift to Arm-based chips for Macs might be announced in a matter of days. IBM says it is straight out exiting the facial recognition business. Google Maps will help you avoid Covid-crowding. A deep dive into Nextdoor’s “…
June 8, 2020

Mon. 06/08 – Airbnb Is Suddenly Seeing More Travel Bookings Than It Did This Time Last Year

Might we see a V-shaped recovery after all? Airbnb says there IS a lot of pent-up demand out there. Brave got caught doing basically the shadiest thing a web browser can do. Proof that YouTube owns the kids. And soon you mig…
June 5, 2020

Fri. 06/05 - What If Self-Driving Cars Won’t Prevent As Many Accidents As We Hoped?

Amazon and Slack form an interesting alliance. Google outlines evidence hackers are already attacking the Presidential campaigns. What if self-driving cars won’t prevent as many accidents as we hoped? And, of course, the wee…
June 4, 2020

Thu. 06/04 – A Class-Action Lawsuit Around Incognito Mode

The whole land-grab in the Indian telecom market continues to blow my hair back. A class-action lawsuit around Incognito Mode. More hints at an Apple Prime subscription. CES refuses to give up the ghost, while Kitty Hawk see…
June 3, 2020

Wed. 06/03 - Is On-Device Translation Coming to iOS?

Zoom is the new tech earnings report worth covering. Is on-device translation coming to iOS? Google is blocking a Remove China Apps app. The Brave browser is growing. Zuckerberg tries to calm his restless troops. And is FC B…
June 2, 2020

Tue. 06/02 – Everything is Postponed

Facebook finally lets you clean out your old crap from your basement (I mean, past). AT&T won’t count HBO Max against your mobile data cap. Every tech event is postponed again. A whole bunch of OS update news, and a time cap…
June 1, 2020

Mon. 06/01 – The Facebook Walkout

What I believe is the first ever walkout in Facebook history, the biggest acquisition in Zynga history, Samsung Access is an interesting ARR play to get ahead of an Apple Prime subscription, and an Android event this week wa…
May 29, 2020

Fri. 05/29 – The Best Summary of the Executive Order I Can Muster (Replacement)

I do my best to breakdown the who Twitter/executive order situation, at least at the time of this recording. Hall of Fame fundraiser drops mic and rides off into the sunset. TikTok has an interesting new rival. And, of cours…
May 28, 2020

Thu. 05/28 – The Most Consequential Tweets For Silicon Valley of All Time?

Is the Trump administration finally willing to go to war with big tech? Another Apple startup acquisition, but also why Fraggle Rock might indicate a strategy shift for Apple TV+. Remember 4k TV’s? And the microcredit app th…
May 27, 2020

Wed. 05/27 – Amazon Joins The Self-Driving Race

Amazon joins the self-driving race, and actually, why haven’t they before? Google’s plans to get back to the office. HBO Max debuts, but with one major handicap. Facebook faces a novel whistleblower complaint and looking bac…
May 26, 2020

Tue. 05/26 – What Does A 3-Day Weekend Even Mean Anymore?

The ARM chips for the next several years are here. End-to-end encryption might be coming to RCS. Jailbreaking might be returning to iPhones. JioMart’s big play arrives and more on the remote work conversation. Sponsor: Toval…
May 23, 2020

(Bonus) Bryan Salesky, CEO of Argo

The founder and CEO of a company we talk about all the time: Bryan Salesky of Argo AI. Bryan tells us more about the unique Silicon Valley/Detroit hybrid that Argo represents, we discuss the unique business model strategy th…
Guest: Bryan Salesky
May 22, 2020

Fri. 05/22 – I Do A Complete 180 on WFH

Yeah, mea culpa on my whole work-from-home/remote work skepticism. Also, I was wrong about Magic Leap being a goner. But that subscription aggregator we’ve all been anticipating is showing up right on time, and in the weeken…
May 21, 2020

Thu. 05/21 – The Galaxy S20 Tactical Edition

Twitter is testing another new feature to limit trolls and give users greater control of their threads, the Google and Apple contact tracing API is here, what is the Tactical Edition of a Galaxy phone and why might you need …
May 20, 2020

Wed. 05/20 – Joe Rogan is Podcasting’s Howard Stern Moment

Facebook takes another major run at cracking ecommerce. And why this might be a highly opportune moment to do so. In short: the corona moment might be the moment ecommerce finally wins. Also, will Apple ship iPhones without …