Episodes
March 4, 2020
Wed. 03/04 - Are Fleets On Fleek?
You already know Tweets, but let me introduce you to Fleets. Robinhood explains its outages. Google assistant can now read you webpages out loud. Netlify is an interesting raise. And why getting a big-named VC in your seed ro...
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March 3, 2020
Tue. 03/03 - What If Golf Is The Most Like Fortnite?
Waymo has an interesting raise. Interesting for what it says about self-driving and about Google Moon Shots. Robinhood has the worst possible outages at the worst possible time. A new player in the quantum computing race. And...
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March 2, 2020
Mon. 03/02 - I Don't Think Streaming Platforms Have Coke Habits
Some investors want Jack out as Twitter CEO. Apple settles a class action lawsuit for half a billion dollars. If you listen regularly, I bet you can guess why some game developers don’t want to work with Stadia. Spotify wants...
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Feb. 28, 2020
Fri. 02/28 - Is Apple Gonna Give the iPad a Trackpad?
Are S10 sales in Korea the first indication of the Covid-19 effect? Is the FCC gonna fine the wireless carriers enough for selling location data? Is Apple going to release an iPad Pro with a trackpad? A hybrid scooter/tiny ca...
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Feb. 27, 2020
Thu 02/27 - The Year Of No Conferences
What else? More Coronavirus stuff. F8 8'nt gonna happen. Roblox is the most interesting raise in a long time. DoorDash files for an IPO but don’t expect it soon. Nokia is exploring its options. Oh, and the first reviews for t...
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Feb. 26, 2020
Wed. 02/26 - Bad Guys Can’t Use iPhones
Facebook bans ads around the Cornavirus, a deeper dive into how the Coronavirus crisis might be affecting iPhone development, Bob Iger is no longer Disney’s leader (kinda), why Waymo is hiring like crazy in hopes of a self-dr...
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Feb. 25, 2020
Tue. 02/25 - Is Signal The Next Big App?
Netflix launches Top 10 lists, Firefox rolls out DNS over HTTPS, Amazon Go Grocery means no cashiers or checkout lines, consolidation or super app in the Southeast Asian on demand transport space, and why this might be Signal...
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Feb. 24, 2020
Mon. 02/24 - ARM-based Macs By Early 2021?
The phantom announcements from MWC start trickling in. Safari might be getting strict with HTTPS certificates. Apple might release an ARM-based Mac as soon as early 2021. TONS of specs revealed concerning the Xbox Series X. A...
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Feb. 23, 2020
(Bonus) Stanford's Medical School Dean Lloyd Minor On The Promise of Precision Health
I am honored to be speaking today to Lloyd Minor, the Dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine. He has a new book out called Discovering Precision Health , and if you are interested in health tech at all, ESPECIALLY...
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Feb. 22, 2020
(Bonus) Elon Check-in With The Tesla Daily Podcast
Well, we mentioned it a couple weeks ago, but Tesla has had quite the month. Maybe one of the banner months of its entire life as a company. No better time to check in on the world of Elon Musk with Rob Mauer of the always ex...
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Feb. 21, 2020
Fri. 02/21 - Libra Gets A (Shopify) Win!
Shopify joins the Libra Association, Facebook will pay you for your data in one specific instance, Google is cutting down on apps using background location, more Coronavirus cancellations and the Weekend Longreads Suggestions...
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Feb. 20, 2020
Thu. 02/20 - What’s a Pirate’s Favorite Business Model? ARR…
Apple might let users choose third-party default apps, Twitter further embraces tweet storms, Morgan Stanley buys E*Trade, a rundown of all the stuff in the new Android developer preview, and if anything, it looks like cord c...
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Feb. 19, 2020
Wed. 02/19 - It’s Friggin’ App News Wednesday
The ways in which Twitter might be taking a page out of Facebook’s book, and Facebook might be trying some Twitter-like feed experiments. Spotify finally starts showing lyrics. Ring finally requires two factor authentication....
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Feb. 18, 2020
Tue. 02/18 - Apple's Coronavirus Warning
The Coronavirus crisis forces Apple to miss their already cautious revenue guidance. Wait. Is the Galaxy Z Flip using real glass or not? Qualcomm claps back at Apple with its next gen 5G modem. And Jeff Bezos plans to donate ...
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Feb. 17, 2020
Mon. 02/17 - HQ Trivia Into The Deadpool
The world’s most powerful climate supercomputer, HQ Trivia joins the Deadpool, Apple isn’t happy with Qualcomm’s chips again, foldable phones are having crease issues again, and a bit of an explainer about the Indian e-commer...
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Feb. 15, 2020
(Bonus) The Samsung Event With Gizmodo's Sam Rutherford
When a company does one of their big product events late in the day, it’s always a mad rush for me to get it out. Apple events are hard, but at least they start a bit earlier. The Samsung event this week just felt like me mak...
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Feb. 14, 2020
Fri. 02/14 - Is It Time For a $500 PlayStation?
The DOJ charges a bitcoin mixing service. A judge has blocked Microsoft’s JEDI contract. What happens if the PlayStation 5 is $500? Google takes down some malicious browser extensions. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Su...
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Feb. 13, 2020
Thu. 02/13 - Modular Apple Watches and Quantum Internets?
The US charges Huawei with racketeering. Could the future of the Apple Watch be modular? Uber trials ordering an Uber via 800 number. Interesting raises in robotics and in space. And why quantum entanglement could lead to a t...
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Feb. 12, 2020
Wed. 02/12 - Is CISO A Thankless Job?
Does Uncle Sam have a smoking gun when it comes to Huawei? Could Airbnb’s recent financials imperil its IPO plans? Is Apple Pay eating the payments market? Is the CISO job actually a miserable one? And might the Z Flip actual...
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Feb. 11, 2020
Tue. 02/11 - The Samsung Galaxy Unpacked Event
All of the headlines from the big Samsung Unpacked event, the T-Mobile-Sprint merger is officially a go… mostly, Brandless is the first Softbank company to shut down entirely, a Sirius lifeline for Soundcloud, and has the CIA...
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Feb. 10, 2020
Mon. 02/10 - The Race To Make The Cloud Redundant (For AI)
The DOJ says the Chinese were behind the Equifax hack, MWC is becoming a ghost conference, the Razr reviews are in, the Corp.com domain name is a weird story, and why ARM’s new edge chips could revolutionize the Internet of T...
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Feb. 7, 2020
Fri. 02/07 - Uber Can See The Promised Land
Uber says it will be profitable quicker than it had expected to, yet another entrant into the lists at the Streaming Wars, what’s it like to use a 64-core processor, and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors:...
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Feb. 6, 2020
Thu. 02/06 - Google Maps Freshens Up For Its Birthday
Google Maps turns 15 and puts on a fresh coat of paint, it turns out you WILL be able to unlock your car via iPhone and really soon, Huawei is suing Verizon, Twitter impresses investors, Casper has a rollercoaster IPO, and do...
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Feb. 5, 2020
Wed. 02/05 - It Turns Out…
Spotify officially buys The Ringer, we have the official Disney+ subscriber numbers, Jeff Weiner is officially stepping down as LinkedIn CEO, a Rockstar Games co-founder is apparently leaving the company, and what languages d...
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