Episodes
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 caps...
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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 was...
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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 course...
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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 tha...
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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 back...
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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: Tovala...
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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 the...
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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 weekend...
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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 o...
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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 a...
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May 19, 2020
Tues. 05/19 - If You Virtual Build It, They Will Come
Microsoft’s virtual version of its Build conference unleashes an array of news, including Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, a new component system for live document editing, a collaboration with Sony on embedded AI in camera se...
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May 18, 2020
Mon. 05/18 – Pizza Arbitrage Shows How The Food Delivery Space Is Broken
The tech trade war is really heating up again, in case you missed it. What if Coronavirus is what helps Google win at messaging? Clubhouse is an interesting raise raising eyebrows. And why Pizza arbitrage shows that the food ...
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May 16, 2020
(Bonus) Listener Call in I - The "Call-in-an-ing"
Questions about: tech in the time of coronavirus, podcasting in the time of coronavirus, WeWork and co-working spaces after the coronavirus, Netflix's position among the competition right now, are subscriptions the future of ...
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May 15, 2020
Fri. 05/15 – Facebook Buys GIPHY
The US strikes at Huawei again. Apple acquires a VR startup and there’s conflicting rumors on those AR glasses. Is Silicon Valley really about to become a ghost town? And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsor...
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May 14, 2020
Thu. 05/14 – “Monstrous” Chip News
There is "monstrous" chip news from Nvidia, the world’s first camera sensor with AI built-in, a crypto experiment on Reddit that I feel like might actually have a shot at working, how long will Google stick with hardware, and...
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May 13, 2020
Wed. 05/13 – What If We Never Go Back To The Office?
New XPS laptops, new Fire HD tablets, Facebook is compensating content moderators, how the pandemic has affected clothes shopping, and how the aftermath of the pandemic might affect offices in the sense of: will we actually e...
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May 12, 2020
Tue. 05/12 - Quibbling With Quibi
Is Uber about to gobble Grubhub? Twitter does something Facebook and YouTube did a long time ago. Details on Apple’s forthcoming over the ears headphones. New releases for developers and music producers. And look, let’s have ...
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May 11, 2020
Mon. 05/11 – Why Call it “Thunderspy” and not “Thunderstruck” or “Thunderstorm?”
A flaw in Thunderbolt basically means no computers are secure. Qualcomm’s new flagship chip. Eric Schmidt has finally left the Googleplex. Detecting malware via grayscale images. Apple is reopening stores, and we might have a...
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May 9, 2020
(Bonus) Did Al Gore Invent The Internet?
Of course not. But also: it's more nuanced than you might think...
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May 8, 2020
Fri. 05/08 – How Good Can an $18 Apple Watch Knock-Off Really Be?
Uber continues the things-could-be-worse tech earnings parade, Google is consolidating all of its messaging efforts under one team, this whole Reliance Jio Platforms story really has me intrigued, a semi-decent $18 Apple watc...
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May 7, 2020
Thu. 05/07 – Do Lyft Earnings Mean Ride Hailing As An Industry Might Survive?
Zoom makes its first acquisition, Google Authenticator now makes it easier to switch phones, Lyft earnings gives hopes to the ride hailing industry, new Sonos gear and a deep dive into Facebook’s new Oversight Board. Sponsors...
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May 6, 2020
Wed. 05/06 – Disney+ Is Saving Mickey’s Bacon At The Moment
New Surface Gos, New Surface Books, New Surface Headphones and the Surface Buds finally arrive. The rumored layoffs come to Uber and Airbnb. Disney+ is saving Disney’s bacon at the moment. And why Peloton is one of those comp...
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May 5, 2020
Tue. 05/05 – UK’s Contact Tracing App Won’t Work In the Background
The virtual WWDC begins June 22! The UK hasn’t played by Google and Apple’s rules and it seems like their contact tracing app is failing because of that. And yet, are Google and Apple making decisions above their station? Ube...
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May 4, 2020
Mon. 05/04 - Usable Keyboards Return to the 13-inch MacBook Pro
Usable keyboards return to the 13-inch MacBook Pro. What is going on at Amazon? Jio Platforms gets another huge investment. Another potential blockbuster acquisition in the Israeli transport-tech space. And can the Apple watc...
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