Amplify Today: Tech, Social Media and Pop Culture

Hard to believe we talk about a gaming toaster, robot laundry, BMW's gesture radio, Facebook's new TV portal, a vertical TV for millennials,  Spotify's first hardware, taking your Amazon packages to Kohls and maybe the streaming services aren't going to play nice after all. 

Is podcasting mainstream? Consider these stories including JetBlue, Spotify, Kansas City Chiefs, HBO Max, Daniel J. Lewis, Podlife, Amplivoice.io and Netflix speeding up movies

Facebook changes their logo to differentiate themselves from other social media sites, but which ones? And do they need to? Because it seems like everyone lists Facebook as the top site. Let's take a look at today's modern history. 

How do we decide among streaming services? Disney +, HBO Max, Apple TV, Roku, Netflix, Gameboard 1, The last gameboard, Weather Poster Screen Printed Forecast. And what happened to Walmart's Vudu?

In today's episode we discuss the movie IO, Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Commercial space flight, limited prediction ability, the hyperloop, VR, Facebook, Mars, Bodily Adaptation, Real Player One and more.

Blade Runner was set in November of 2019 . . . were there predictions correct? How about Back to the Future 2? Total Recall? The Jetsons? Akira? The Running Man? And why is "video phone" so important to them all?

Google Buys Fitbit, The iPad Effect after 10 years, Capital One Hacked, App Store Bug Wipes out Reviews, $70,000 IPhone, Embers Smart Mug and $4.99 MarioKart

Today's show is a story. Just a story, About a crinkle.

Today we talk about forced sharing and how so wrong it is. Are you doing it?

Rachel's van exploded into fire, and the blind just got something awesome. Let's learn something about our own businesses through these blogging, social media, and tech news.