Episodes

April 2, 2019

Tue. 04/02 - YouTube's Turn In The Woodshed

The price of bitcoin soars, but is it for real? Walmart wants to let you shop with your voice, Andreessen Horowitz shakes up VC (again) and a scathing look at YouTube’s algorithm problems. Sponsors: Metalab.co LogiAnalytics…
April 1, 2019

Mon. 04/01 - Gmail Was the ONLY Good April Fools' Joke

Gmail celebrates an appropriate April Fool’s anniversary, the winners from the Lyft IPO, Mark Zuckerberg asks for regulation and food tech has delivered a meatless Whopper™. Sponsors: PaintYourLife.com: Text the word TECH t…
March 31, 2019

Space Tech With Bill Gattle of Harris Corp.

Today... another dipping of our collective toes into an adjacent tech space that we cover now and then, but don't know all that much about. Another episode where I learn more and hopefully you learn more. Speaking of spaces.…
Guest: Bill Gattle
March 30, 2019

Apple Event Debriefing with MacStories' Federico Viticci and John Voorhees

So, we did the pre-amble for the Apple Services event last week, I figured we should do a debriefing, especially since it was such a confusing event, at least to me. I knew I needed some Apple experts to help me out, so I re…
March 29, 2019

Fri. 03/29 - We have Lyft-Off! (Sorry)

Lyft IPO’d today, Huawei’s profits don’t seem affected by governmental pressures, Stack Overflow is looking for a new CEO, Alexa Business Blueprints allow you to create custom skills for your business and the weekend longrea…
March 28, 2019

Thu. 03/28 - Spotify Tests Subscriptions For Two

Facebook is charged with violations of the Fair Housing Act, the UK gives Huawei a pass but drags them at the same time, Spotify lets you share your account with your better half, and let’s take two on that Google podcast tr…
March 27, 2019

Wed. 03/27 - Microsoft Puts the Kibosh on April Fools' Jokes

The pioneers of modern AI win the Turing Award, Apple still hasn’t fixed its keyboard problem, India shot down a satellite in space and Microsoft puts the kibosh on April Fools’ jokes. The words to search for in Google podc…
March 26, 2019

Tue. 03/26 - The EU's Copyright Directive Cometh

The EU Parliament approves the “link tax” and the “upload filter.” Uber acquires Careem, McDonald’s makes a tech acquisition, and a wrap-up of the hot-takes from the Apple event. Sponsors: Datadog's Integration with Alibaba…
March 25, 2019

Mon. 03/25 - Apple Goes Hollywood!

The Apple event broken down piece by piece, YouTube wants out of the streaming video wars, Nintendo is working on two new Switch devices, is consolidation finally coming to the digital media space, and why you should know th…
March 24, 2019

The Ride Hailing Industry From The Driver's Perspective With The Rideshare Guy

Not too long ago I recommended The Rideshare Guy podcast because I’ve fallen in love with it. That and his website, the Rideshareguy.com. Harry Campbell allows us to look at a space from a different angle than we usually do …
March 23, 2019

Apple's Big Event With The Future Forward Podcast

Today, we’re going to talk Facebook’s pivot to privacy and Apple’s big event on Monday. Please do search your podcast apps and subscribe to the Future Forward podcast. Sponsors: Stamps.com, click the microphone and enter R…
March 22, 2019

Fri. 03/22 - AT&T's "5G E" is.... zzzzzzzzz.....?

Might Apple’s Monday event be a huge anticlimax? Is AT&T’s “5G E” slower than 4G? YouTube is responsible for 37% of mobile Internet Traffic, what programming languages are on the up and the weekend longreads suggestions. Spo…
March 21, 2019

Thu. 03/21 - Santa Tim Has Forsaken Us!

Reset the x number of days without a Facebook scandal calendar, Microsoft launches Virtual Desktop but begins sunsetting Windows 7, European Wikipedia goes dark, and the hottest coin in crypto is making people remember the g…
March 20, 2019

Wed. 03/20 - Give Us More, Santa Tim!

The EU Commission hits Google with another billion Euro fine, Santa Tim had another surprise for us this morning with next generation AirPods, and in fact, it was a day of quiet upgrades, to the Oculus Rift, to the Kindle, e…
March 19, 2019

Tue. 03/19 - Stadia is Google's Gaming Streaming Service

Google’s gaming service is called Stadia, the iMac lineup gets an update, Instagram ads in-app shopping, Intel wants to build an exascale computer and Y Combinator’s Demo Day, Day 1. Sponsors: DataDogHQ.com/RideHome Metalab…
March 18, 2019

Mon. 03/18 - MySpace Loses All Your Stuff From 2005

An iPad mini refresh and a new iPad Air, MySpace has lost basically all your stuff, details of the Lyft IPO and the state of Seed Investing. Sponsors: Legacybox.com/ride Metalab.co Links: Apple launches new iPad Air and i…
March 17, 2019

Technology and Policing with Matt Stroud, Author of the Book Thin Blue Lie

How technology has impacted policing has come up on this show far more than you would expect, if you think about it. So, when listener of the show Matt Stroud got in touch to talk about his new book about the impact of techn…
Guest: Matt Stroud
March 16, 2019

The State of Consumer Data and Privacy With Consumer Reports' Justin Brookman

When issues of consumer data, and consumer privacy come up on the show, I think I've asked a couple of times before, what are the laws here? In the United States. Who owns my data? What are the rules? What mechanisms are in …
March 15, 2019

Fri. 03/15 - Does Chris Cox’s departure from Facebook mean the pivot is real?

Does Chris Cox’s departure from Facebook mean the pivot is real, Apple responds to Spotify’s complaint, and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: DataDogHQ.com/ridehome techmeme.robinhood.com Links: FACE…
March 14, 2019

Thu. 03/14 - Facebook Under Criminal Investigation

Facebook’s data sharing is now under criminal investigation, and the company had a bad night with its services intermittently down across the globe, Dropbox is cracking down on freeloaders, Silicon Valley wants to build a mo…
March 13, 2019

Wed. 03/13 - Spotify Anti-Trust's Apple

Spotify files a pretty timely anti-trust complaint against Apple, Microsoft tries to get a jump on Google’s steaming video game announcement, is Google scaling back its hardware ambitions, what is Discord and why is it going…
March 12, 2019

Tue. 03/12 - The Web Is 30 Years Old!

Facebook self owns by taking down Senator Warren’s ads, Spotify will now give you Hulu for free, why the Bay Area is no longer the best place for startups, and the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web. Sponsors: Tiny.webs…
March 11, 2019

Mon. 03/11 - How TikTok Is Different

Nvidia buys Mellanox, Tesla reverses course, a handy primer on how TikTok is different, and we check in on the smart takes from last week’s big stories. Subscribe to the Premium, Ad-Free Podcast Feed! Sponsors: DataDogHQ.co…
March 10, 2019

State of Crypto With Coindesk's Brady Dale

Sometimes the bonus episodes are for getting news in areas that I might have missed or might not have made our show, but I still find interesting. This week I reached out to Brady Dale of Coindesk, because I know he’s a list…
Guest: Brady Dale