Episodes
May 29, 2019
Wed. 05/29 - Riders Can Now Get Banned From Uber
Amazon has a new Echo Show to go after the Google Nest Home Hub, the NYC subway is entering the mobile era, Uber says it will now ban RIDERS who get bad Uber ratings, and Microsoft outlines its vision for a modern operating s...
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May 28, 2019
Tue. 05/28 - The iPod touch Lives!
The iPod touch lives (and got an update), Dell’s whole laptop lineup got an update, the apocalypse is coming for small vendors on Amazon, MacKenzie Bezos signs the Giving Pledge, and why a laptop infested with malware sold fo...
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May 27, 2019
Helvetica® Now With Monotype's Charles Nix
Nerds and tech folk have always had a special fascination with typeface and font design, and especially with the venerable Helvetica. Today we're going to talk to Charles Nix, who's foundry Monotype had the challenge of updat...
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May 24, 2019
Fri. 05/24 - iFixit Tears Down the MacBook Keyboard Tweaks
The Facebook cryptocurrency could be here in about six months, SpaceX launches its first batch of internet satellites, iFixit tears down the MacBook keyboard tweaks, the robots are coming for MLB umpires, and a supersized wee...
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May 23, 2019
Thu. 05/23 - An Indie Game Boy for the 21st Century
The Playdate is a Game Boy for the 21st Century, GitHub launches a Patreon for open source developers, Amazon is working on a health app that can monitor emotions, Door Dash is emerging at the leader in the food delivery wars...
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May 22, 2019
Wed. 05/22 - The Huawei Mess Metastasizes
The Huawei mess metastasizes, the EU goes after Google again, Qualcomm loses to the FTC, and Comcast—of all people—is getting into health tech.
Sponsors:
AirTable.com/techmeme
Tech.FidelityCareers.com
The Castro Podcast App...
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May 21, 2019
Tue. 05/21 - Has Apple fixed the MacBook keyboard problem?
Has Apple fixed the MacBook keyboard problem? Huawei gets a 90 day reprieve, Instagram wants to copy Snapchat AND TikTok, the first self-driving mail trucks, and why would your smart car want to tell people if you’ve gained w...
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May 20, 2019
Mon. 05/20 - Why 5G Could Ruin Weather Forecasting
Why Google ghosting Huawei might lead to a chain reaction for all of tech, the Sprint/T-Mobile merger gets a shot in the arm, GM sort of gets the point of software, I guess, and why 5G might be horrible for weather forecastin...
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May 19, 2019
The Streaming Wars With Eric Jackson
Eric Jackson is an investor at EMJ Capital Ltd. He’s deep in the media space, he’s deep in the streaming wars, as I think I say in this episode, he’s shaped a ton of my thinking about the streaming wars. So… where are we? Who...
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May 18, 2019
Jay and Farhad Show Reunion Part II
You know them, you love them, Jay Yarrow of CNBC, Farhad Manjoo of the New York Times. It’s another Jay and Farhad Show Reunion! Today’s topics: Uber’s IPO, the Streaming Wars, and Game of Thrones! These are my favorite episo...
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May 17, 2019
Fri. 05/17 - Is Minecraft Earth The Killer App For AR?
Can Minecraft Earth be the killer app for AR? Are the best and brightest shunning working at Facebook? Has drone maker DJI beaten GoPro at its own game? And do I have some killer weekend longreads suggestions? You better beli...
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May 16, 2019
Thu. 05/16 - The Hammer Comes Down on Huawei
The hammer is coming down on Huawei, China blocks Wikipedia, Google clarifies the Works with Nest shutdown, a 1TB microSD, more 5G rollouts, what should we think of Quibi and you didn’t fall for that porn scam did you?
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May 15, 2019
Wed. 05/15 - Is Google Effectively Deprecating Search?
There’s a new major chip flaw called ZombieLoad, the major tech companies sign on to the so-called Christchurch Call to Action, San Francisco bans facial recognition tech, is Google effectively deprecating search, and did Bey...
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May 14, 2019
Tue. 05/14 - The Insane WhatsApp Flaw
WhatsApp discovered one of the craziest flaws I’ve ever heard about in mobile, Disney now controls all of Hulu, now we’ve got folding laptops, the One Plus 7 Pro is another strike against $1,000 phones and is bitcoin back?
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May 13, 2019
Mon. 05/13 - The App Store Has A Supreme Court Problem
A Supreme Court ruling might spell trouble for Apple and others, Amazon is automating the boxers out of a job, Discord is doing some serious MAU’s, what the death of Nest means for IOT, and a LITERAL Bitcoin treasure hunt.
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May 12, 2019
The Rise of Huawei with Dexter Thillien
Not too long ago I did a longreads suggestion about Huawei and listener Dexter Thillien got in touch, because he’s a telecoms analyst, and he was actually quoted in the article. Over email, he educated me about some of my mis...
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May 11, 2019
Is Uber A Good Business? With Shira Ovide
I knew Uber was going public this week, and it occurred to me that since this podcast started, my default position has been: Uber: super cool company, but a lot of people have a lot of doubts about them. But I realized, I had...
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May 10, 2019
Fri. 05/10 - The Uber IPO
Uber’s big IPO had some issues, smartphone shipments are at a 5 year low, do you need an app for unsubscribing to things and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
Sponsors:
MacStadium.com/ridehome
Metalab.co
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May 9, 2019
Thu. 05/09 - Chris Hughes Wants To Break Up Facebook
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes says it’s time to break up Facebook, more developer details from I/O, Uber has an arbitration problem, shoe tech is real, and get ready for 64 megapixel smartphone cameras.
Sponsors:
Wix.com/...
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May 8, 2019
Wed. 05/08 - The Pixel 3a and Flagship "Lite" Phones
Google is talking big on privacy, but going after cookies helps their bottom line as well, why the Pixel 3a might usher in a new era of flagship “lite” phones, the huge Binance bitcoin hack and why does Bird want to sell you ...
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May 7, 2019
Tue. 05/07 - All The Headlines From Google I/O
All the news that I could possibly grab from Google’s I/O keynote, again, Alexa IS spying on you, Cruise Automation raises a big round... and will we ever actually see the Galaxy Fold?
Sponsors:
Lightstream.com/ride
Metalab....
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May 6, 2019
Mon. 05/06 - Headlines From Microsoft's Build Conference
All the announcements from Microsoft’s Build 2019, Mozilla fixes the Firefox snafu, we think, a grab-bag of Apple rumors and why Netflix’s competitive resiliency might be here to stay.
Sponsors:
Legacybox.com/ride
Metalab.co...
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May 3, 2019
Fri. 05/03 - Facebook Coin Is Coming For Credit Cards
This Facebook cryptocurrency is real, people, Microsoft has a blockchain product as well, Verizon is looking to unload Tumblr, Softbank is considering an IPO for the vision fund and, of course, the weekend longreads suggestio...
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May 2, 2019
Thu. 05/02 - How Much Apple Actually Had to Pay Qualcomm
Facebook might get a federally appointed privacy official, Google lets you set a time-limit on what it tracks about you, what Apple had to pay Qualcomm, Russia might effectively leave the open web, a Wikipedia competitor, and...
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