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April 04, 201998: Important Business People With Ties
Apple's News+ pitch failed with key newspapers--but Facebook might value news curation now? Future iPhones come into focus, but Apple's 5G timeline is called into question. And the "hearables" category (by which we mean wireless headphones) heats up.
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Links and Show Notes: “Are We at a Party, or a Wake?”: Journalists Wonder If Apple News+ Is a Trojan Horse | Vanity Fair Two-Way Wireless Charging and Larger Batteries Coming to 2019 iPhones - MacRumors Triple-camera iPhone rumors strengthened by claim parts leak - 9to5Mac Inside Apple's shaky plan to deliver a 5G iPhone in 2020 Dell XPS 13 review: A perfect ultraportable Global True Wireless Hearables Market Reaches 12.5 Million Units in Q4 2018 - Counterpoint Research Apple AirPods Review: Perfect Earbuds, but They Don’t Last - The New York Times Beats Powerbeats Pro share many new AirPods features but have better sound - CNET Millions of Facebook Records Found on Amazon Cloud Servers - Bloomberg Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook may pay publishers to put their stuff in a dedicated news section - Recode Team Human by Douglas Rushkoff Christian Yelich helps young girl get puppy Search for owner of dog who rode train alone to Dublin Devindra Hardawar (@Devindra) | Twitter
54 min
March 28, 201997: Shiny Titanium Trojan Horse
Apple's big services event leads us to discuss Apple TV+, Apple Card, Apple Arcade, and Apple News+; in other news, we touch on the perils of offering a service that lets random people upload content--especially in the European Union.
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Guest Starring:
David Sparks and Aleen Simms
Links and Show Notes: Aleen 🚀 (@Aleen) | Twitter David Sparks (@MacSparky) | Twitter Apple TV+ - Apple Apple TV App - Apple Apple News - Apple Apple Arcade - Apple Apple Card - Apple Microsoft leads the way in banning April Fools’ Day pranks - The Verge Europe is splitting the internet into three - The Verge EU Ignores the Public, Passes Internet-Wrecking Copyright Proposal - Motherboard Europe is splitting the internet into three - The Verge EU Ignores the Public, Passes Internet-Wrecking Copyright Proposal - Motherboard Facebook Bans White Nationalism and White Separatism - Motherboard Twitter may label notable tweets that violate its terms Nintendo could launch two new Switch consoles this year Double amputee veteran trains 3-legged puppy as therapy dog for kids - Story | WOFL Globe Life Park, Home of the Texas Rangers, Debuts Over-The-Top New Concessions - Eater Dallas
1 hr 7 min
March 21, 201996: Hanging With My Amazon Prime Buddies
Google unveils a cloud gaming strategy at GDC, Apple releases all the product updates, Instagram goes shopping, and MySpace deletes all your favorite music from 2009.
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Guest Starring:
John Voorhees
Links and Show Notes: Google hit with €1.5 billion antitrust fine by EU - The Verge Supporting choice and competition in Europe - Google BrowserChoice.eu - Wikipedia Instagram tests in-app shopping with Kylie Cosmetics, Nike and Huda Beauty - Digiday Amazon Spark MySpace admits losing 12 years' worth of music uploads - BBC News MySpace and the Loss of Memories: The Internet Is Not Your Friend – Rolling Stone Update on New Zealand | Facebook Newsroom New Zealand video: After shooting, YouTube struggled to shut down humans who outsmarted its systems - The Washington Post YouTube took down an ‘unprecedented volume’ of videos after New Zealand shooting - The Verge Facebook says that it removed 1.5 million videos of the New Zealand mass shooting - The Verge Google jumps into gaming with Google Stadia streaming service, coming “in 2019” | Ars Technica Hands on with Google Stadia: It works, but is that enough? | Ars Technica Google Stadia games, controller, and more details from GDC 2019 - Polygon Google Stadia wants to be the Netflix of gaming - YouTube AT&T CEO interrupted by a robocall during a live interview - The Verge CSPAN on Twitter: "AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson gets a robocall while onstage at @TheEconomicClub.… " Apple Announces New iPad Air, iPad mini – 512 Pixels Review: iPad mini 2019 is a modern version of a small classic - Six Colors Upgrade #237: New iMacs, iPads, and the 2019 March Event Draft - Relay FM Today is iMac day: Apple announces new models with faster processors and graphics - Six Colors Apple Updates iMac Line With New CPU, GPU Options – 512 Pixels AirPods, the world’s most popular wireless headphones, are getting even better - Apple Blind Love: Golden Retriever Gets His Own 'Seeing-Eye' Puppy - NBC 10 Philadelphia John Voorhees (@johnvoorhees) | Twitter
1 hr 1 min
March 14, 201995: "Game of Thrones" With Slide Rules
The complicated reality of trying to break up the power of large tech companies, Spotify takes on Apple, Apple sets its sights on services, and takiing lessons from "Captain Marvel."
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Guest Starring:
Lisa Schmeiser and Carolina Milanesi
Links and Show Notes: Elizabeth Warren wants to break up Apple, too - The Verge Where Warren’s Wrong – Stratechery by Ben Thompson I Blocked Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Apple Spotify files complaint with European Commission against Apple Apple vs. Spotify: Who’s Really Right? Apple Plans Gaming Subscription Service: Sources on Cheddar Apple March event officially announced - 9to5Mac Apple Races to Get Studios Signed Up for New Streaming Service - Bloomberg Captain Marvel: Woman in the Workplace and Superhero – Tech.pinions Roku Has Nearly Finalized AirPlay 2 Support - MacRumors Winter rescue: Stranded dog winched to safety on helicopter Pink adopts puppy after Nashville concert
58 min
March 07, 201994: From Switzerland to You
Fitbit unveils new low-cost fitness trackers, Apple goes hiring in Qualcomm's backyard, Zuck has a vision for private conversations, and we bring in our Special Automotive Correspondent to discuss electric car announcements.
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Guest Starring:
Casey Liss
Links and Show Notes: Fitbit’s $160 Versa Lite is a pared-down version of its entry-level smartwatch - The Verge Apple no longer refuses to fix iPhones with third-party batteries | Ars Technica Apple to add 1,200 employees in San Diego Samsung Is Said to Be Preparing More Foldable Smartphone Models - Bloomberg A Privacy-Focused Vision for Social Networking | Facebook Mark Zuckerberg promises a newer, more private Facebook - The Verge Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook's Future and What Scares Him Most | WIRED Facebook’s Privacy Cake – Stratechery by Ben Thompson A new Alexa skill lets you control your Roku devices All of the cars, concepts, and wild ideas from the 2019 Geneva Motor Show - The Verge Kia turned 21 phone screens into a concept car dashboard - The Verge Honda will open pre-orders for its tiny 'e Prototype' this year The Polestar 2’s secret weapon against Tesla’s Model 3 is Android Auto - The Verge VW ID Buggy concept at Geneva Motor Show 2019: technicolor dune raider - The Verge Audi’s new Q4 E-tron is a smaller electric SUV with great range - The Verge Tesla Model Y Rumors - Electrek Duane Kuiper’s pet project: His blind, deaf and hilariously awesome cats – The Athletic Casey Liss - YouTube Casey Liss (@caseyliss) | Twitter
1 hr 2 min
February 28, 201993: Cab Drivers Were Asking About It
Mobile World Congress brings folding phones, battery phones, camera phones, 5G machinations, and a new business-oriented HoloLens. Plus there's a robot on the streets of Memphis, and maybe Netflix is bringing the world closer together?
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Guest Starring:
Andy Ihnatko and Philip Michaels
Links and Show Notes: Huawei Launches the Mate X: Folding in a New Direction Huawei’s Mate X foldable phone is a thinner 5G rival to the Galaxy Fold - The Verge Huawei Mate X hands-on: our foldable future - The Verge TCL's foldable phone concept bends in half like a stack of cash LG V50 ThinQ: entering the 5G game at MWC 2019 - The Verge The Nokia 9 PureView has five cameras and a lot to prove - The Verge This 18,000mAh Energizer battery has a phone in it - The Verge Oppo’s 10x optical zoom system really works - The Verge FedEx unveils autonomous delivery robot - The Verge Microsoft's HoloLens 2: Why it's really all about the cloud | ZDNet Microsoft’s HoloLens 2: a $3500 mixed reality headset for the factory - The Verge Mobile World Congress 2019: Doctor uses 5G to direct surgery live onstage - CNN Mobile World Congress Overshadowed by Huawei 5G Spying Standoff New FTC task force will take on tech monopolies - The Verge Opinion | Netflix Is the Most Intoxicating Portal to Planet Earth - The New York Times Estonian workers rescued a dog from freezing waters — and then discovered it was a wolf - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Andy Ihnatko's Celestial Waste of Bandwidth – The blog of Andy Ihnatko, intermittently-beloved technology journalist. Tom's Guide: Tech Product Reviews, Top Picks and How To Andy Ihnatko (@Ihnatko) | Twitter Philip Michaels (@PhilipMichaels) | Twitter
1 hr 11 min
February 21, 201992: Trapper Keepers
We cover Samsung's big event, including new flagship phones, a low-cost model that should have a lot of crowd appeal, a perplexing 5G variant, and the device everyone's talking about, the unfoldable smartphone.
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Guest Starring:
Florence Ion
Links and Show Notes: Samsung Galaxy S10 announced: price, hands-on, and release date - The Verge Samsung Galaxy S10 and S10+ hands-on The new 1TB Galaxy S10 Plus costs an eye-watering $1,600 - The Verge The Samsung Galaxy Fold Captured Attention, but The Galaxy S10 Lineup Will Capture Sales – Tech.pinions You can remap the Bixby button on Samsung’s Galaxy S10 to do whatever you want - The Verge Samsung's first 5G phone is a higher-spec Galaxy S10 AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson interview on Recode Media Peter Kafka podcast - Recode You can remap the Bixby button on Samsung’s Galaxy S10 to do whatever you want - The Verge Samsung Galaxy S10e hands-on: High-end, but not too high Emoji are showing up in court cases exponentially, and courts aren’t prepared - The Verge Florence Ion - Emojipedia Samsung’s foldable phone is the $1,980 Galaxy Fold - The Verge Samsung Introduces Three New Wearables for Balanced and Connected Living - Samsung US Newsroom Samsung's true wireless Galaxy Buds are tailor-made for the S10 Orphaned Puppies Find Solace in Tortoise Grandpa Florence "U4EA" Ion (@Ohthatflo) | Twitter
58 min
February 14, 201991: N Isn't for Netscape
What happens when a tech giant buys the company that makes a product you like? Also: Ugly labor issues in tech and journalism, Apple plans a services event, Samsung readies new phones including one that folds, and Amazon ditches NYCHQ2.
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Guest Starring:
Lisa Schmeiser
Links and Show Notes: Apple Event Planned For March 25 Around A News Subscription Product Apple Invites Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon to Video Launch - Bloomberg Publishers Chafe at Apple’s Terms for Subscription News Service - WSJ The logic behind Apple’s give-us-half-your-revenue pitch to news publishers - Recode Samsung Galaxy S10 and foldable phone will feature at Samsung Unpacked - Business Insider You'll Have to Mark Your Drone With an ID Under Anti-Terror Rule - Bloomberg Amazon is buying mesh router company Eero - The Verge Why Amazon buying Eero feels so disappointing - The Verge Google, Amazon Want More Data From Your Home – Bloomberg The Fallout Of Activision Blizzard’s Massive Layoffs ‘Not All Fun and Memes’: BuzzFeed News Employees Plan to Form a Union - The New York Times An open letter to Los Angeles Times management about its intellectual property proposals — L.A. Times Guild - Los Angeles Times Guild Apple ‘Black Site’ Gives Contractors Few Perks, Little Security - Bloomberg Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Campus - The New York Times News Victoria dog beagle and baby possum unlikely friendship animals Lisa Schmeiser (@lschmeiser) | Twitter
1 hr 2 min
February 07, 201990: Spotify Buys Podcasting
Apple shuffles retail executives, Facebook turns 15 (and gets slapped on the wrists by Germany), Spotify spends a lot of money to embrace podcasting, and this year's new emoji are unveiled.
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Guest Starring:
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Links and Show Notes: Apple names Deirdre O’Brien senior vice president of Retail and People - Apple Daring Fireball: More From Angela Ahrendts on Whether She Misses Fashion (and London) NYT Opinion on Twitter: "Happy Birthday, Facebook! 15 years today — and what a rollercoaster it has been." Facebook 15th anniversary: Has Facebook been good or bad for the world? - Vox Facebook ordered by Germany to gather and mix less data - BBC News Julia Reda – Article 13 is back on – and it got worse, not better Google Assistant’s interpreter mode is now available - The Verge Spotify Buys Podcast Startups Gimlet Media and Anchor – Variety Lucas Shaw on Twitter: "Spotify says it is buying 2 podcasting companies." 230 New Emojis in Final List for 2019 Meth overdose, not a bear attack, killed man whose body was found in Smoky Mountains - NY Daily News PUPPY RESCUE: Oklahoma Man Uses CPR on Dogs Saved From Burning Home | FOX23 Video shows man using mouth-to-mouth to revive puppies
1 hr 11 min
January 31, 201989: The Second-Best of Times
Apple copes with declining iPhone sales and a bad FaceTime bug, then ends up coming down hard on Facebook for its misuse of a tool designed to read user data. Also, there's an imaginary bear in the woods... or is there?
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Guest Starring:
Jacqui Cheng
Links and Show Notes: Apple's dramatic Q1 2019 results - Six Colors This is Tim: Transcript of Apple's January 29 call with analysts - Six Colors Major iPhone FaceTime bug lets you hear the audio of the person you are calling ... before they pick up - 9to5Mac Mark Gurman on Twitter: "Apple killed FaceTime conferencing server side it seems. Right move.… " Volkswagen electrifies the dune buggy - Engadget Volkswagen reportedly has $23,000 Tesla competitor in the works - Engadget Facebook pays teens to install VPN that spies on them | TechCrunch Apple blocks Facebook from running its internal iOS apps - The Verge Google will stop peddling a data collector through Apple’s back door | TechCrunch The Apple-Facebook feud is now a shooting war | Revue Three-year-old boy missing in woods for two days says friendly bear kept him safe | US news | The Guardian This woman ran 19 miles of a marathon carrying a lost puppy Jacqui Cheng (@ejacqui) | Twitter
40 min

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