November 08, 2018

79: The New Flip Phone

1 hour 4 minutes

Samsung shows off a foldable phone, Apple grows its revenue and ships new products, Amazon gets into catalogs and embraces the east coast, Comcast builds a cable box for cord cutters, and we mourn a couple of casualties of the streaming-service wars.

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Guest Starring:

Shelly Brisbin and Natalie Jarvey

Links and Show Notes: This is Samsung’s foldable smartphone - The Verge Samsung's folding Galaxy phone reveal was a giant disappointment | PCWorld Android will natively support devices with foldable displays - The Verge Samsung cleans up its Android skin with 'One UI' Apple results: A record September quarter with $62.9B revenue - Six Colors Apple Hits $10 Billion in Revenue From Services Like iTunes | Hollywood Reporter 7-Eleven is bringing cashier-less payments to its stores | TechCrunch Was Amazon’s Headquarters Contest a Bait-and-Switch? Critics Say Yes - The New York Times Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 Between Long Island City, N.Y., and Arlington, Va. - The New York Times Amazon begins mailing printed holiday toy catalog Amazon Expands Free Shipping to Everyone for the Holiday Season | Amazon.com, Inc. - Press Room Comcast making video-streaming box for broadband-only customers Defy Media Shutters, Lays Off Staff | Hollywood Reporter FilmStruck's Demise Is Part of a Bigger Pattern - The Atlantic Roku Stock Plummets After Third-Quarter Earnings Report | Hollywood Reporter British Army veteran who cleared IEDs in Syria reunited with stray dog he found cowering in Raqqa rubble Natalie Jarvey (@natjarv) | Twitter Shelly Brisbin (@shelly) | Twitter