Five Favorites

By Amir Zonozi and Chris Barrows

The Five Favorites podcasts covers the best stories in social media, digital marketing, and technology every week. Co-hosts Chris Barrows and Amir Zonozi help their listeners stay informed of all the ... more

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How many episodes does Five Favorites have?

The podcast currently has 95 episodes available.

Five Favorites episodes:

May 29, 2018Episode 91 - The One With An Update To Our Privacy Policy
On this week's episode, we have an important message for all our listeners. Also, we both clearly have never had to use a dating app. [New to the show? Find out the stories we talk about in this week's episode below and connect with Amir and Chris on Twitter! Use the hashtag #FiveFavorites to share YOUR favorite stories each and every week - and YOU may be included on the show (including our new tweet of the week feature).]

This week Five Favorites

1. Soldiers may soon have implantable health monitors and robotic surgeries done remotely [Army Times - story by Kathleen Curthoys]

2. Google Home overtakes Amazon Echo in smart speaker sales for the first time, study says [Geekwire story by Nat Levy]

3. Instagram Rolls Out Option to Mute Profiles [Social Media Today by Andrew Hutchinson]

4. Tinder's Days As Hookup App May Be Over [Wired - Story by Louise Matsakis]

5. Hot Topic: Eric Schmidt says Elon Musk is 'exactly wrong [Techcrunch - story by Anthony Ha]

DisHonorable Mention

Amazon's Alexa Recorded a Woman's Private Conversation and Sent it to a Contact [ MacRumors - Story by Juli Clover]

Honorable Mention

Facebook and Google hit with $8.8 billion in lawsuits on day one of GDPR [The Verge - story by Russell Brandom]

Five Favorites' Tweet(s) of The Week

@RianJohnson
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33min
May 21, 2018Episode 90 - The One With Yanni or Laurel (Yeah, We Went There)
On this week's episode, we gave in and shared our own Yanni versus Laurel debates. Also, we don't talk about the Royal Wedding at all. It's not that we were protesting it or trying to be cool by not talking about it - we just don't. [New to the show? Find out the stories we talk about in this week's episode below and connect with Amir and Chris on Twitter! Use the hashtag #FiveFavorites to share YOUR favorite stories each and every week - and YOU may be included on the show (including our new tweet of the week feature).]

This week Five Favorites (Google IO edition)

1. App Store Developers Form a 'Union' Ahead of WWDC Calling for Free App Trials, Better Rates [MacRumors - story by Juli Clover]

2. Introducing YouTube Premium [YouTube Team - story by YouTube Blog]

3. Instagram CEO confirms upcoming "time spent" Usage Insights [TechCrunch by Josh Constine]

4. Whole Foods will give Amazon Prime customers a 10 percent discount on sale items [Recode - Story by Jason Del Ray]

5. Hot Topic: Last Week's Top Stories That We Didn't Cover Because of Google IO

Best Buy Rebranding [Story by Biz Journals]

Snapchat Hosts Creators Summit [Story by TechCrunch]

Facebook Executive Shuffle [Story by Recode]

DisHonorable Mention

Man trespasses in Casey Neistat's workspace in yet another example of fan transgression [The Verge - story by Megan Farokhmanesh]

Honorable Mention

Google's Duplex AI Robot Will Warn That Calls Are Recorded [Bloomberg - Story by Mark Bergen]

Five Favorites' Tweet(s) of The Week

@AnnaGHughes
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36min
May 14, 2018Episode 89 - The One With Simplicity, Intelligence and Digital Well-Being (Google IO)
On this week's episode, we're thankful for everything mothers do. Also, we really enjoyed Google IO. [New to the show? Find out the stories we talk about in this week's episode below and connect with Amir and Chris on Twitter! Use the hashtag #FiveFavorites to share YOUR favorite stories each and every week - and YOU may be included on the show (including our new tweet of the week feature).]

This week Five Favorites (Google IO edition)

1. Google I/O 2018: The 10 biggest announcements [ BGR - story by Zach Epstein]

Updates organized as seen below

2. Small but notable

Smart compose in Gmail

Google Photos AI

Google Assistant voices and natural conversations

3. Decent Updates

Google News

Google Maps

Computer Vision

4. Big Updates

Android P (broken into three categories)

Intelligence

Simplicity

Digital well-being

5. Hot Topic: Google Duplex

DisHonorable (and Honorable) Mention

RIP Klout [Techcrunch - Story by Jon Russell]

Five Favorites' Tweet(s) of The Week

@TrippingBilly
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33min
May 07, 2018Episode 88 - The One Where Your Next Date Is On Facebook
On this week's episode, Chris and Amir see a future in which everyone can be like Star-Lord. Also, Mars - but this time - no Elon Musk. [New to the show? Find out the stories we talk about in this week's episode below and connect with Amir and Chris on Twitter! Use the hashtag #FiveFavorites to share YOUR favorite stories each and every week - and YOU may be included on the show (including our new tweet of the week feature).]

This week's Five Favorites:

1. When it comes to Apple's iPhone X sales, Wall Street got it wrong [ CNET - story by Shara Tibken]

2. NASA launches InSight lander toward Mars [CBS News - story by William Harwood]

3. All of the news from Facebook's F8 developer conference [The Verge by The Verge Staff]

4. Verizon doesn't care about Sprint and T-Mobile merger [ Digital Trends - Story by Andy Bozall]

5. Hot Topic: Eight things to expect at Google I/O 2018 [ The Verge - story by Nick Statt]

DisHonorable Mention

Twitter CTO: "We didn't have to" tell users about the password debacle [Fast Company - story by Cale G Weissman]

Honorable Mention

Elon Musk went rogue on Tesla's earnings call and its stock plummeted. Here's what he did and didn't say. [Recode - Story by Johana Bhuiyan]

Five Favorites' Tweet(s) of The Week

@RGA
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36min
April 30, 2018Episode 87 - The One Where Thanos Demands Your Silence
On this week's episode, we highly encourage everyone to remember that #ThanosDemandsYourSilence in regards to Avenger's Infinity War. Also, bad jokes, but that's normal. [New to the show? Find out the stories we talk about in this week's episode below and connect with Amir and Chris on Twitter!Use the hashtag #FiveFavorites to share YOUR favorite stories each and every week - and YOU may be included on the show (including our new tweet of the week feature).]

This week's Five Favorites:

1. Apple's working on a powerful, wireless headset for both AR, VR [CNET - story by Shara Tibken]

2. Exclusive: Inside The New Google Podcasts Strategy That Could Double Audiences Worldwide [Pacific Content - story by Steve Pratt]

3. Google Parent Alphabet Beats Q1 Earnings Expectations With Over $31 Billion Revenue, Reveals Nest Losses [Variety by Janko Roettgers]

4. Snapchat is selling a new, water-resistant version of Spectacles for $150 [Recode - Story by Kurt Wagner]

5. Hot Topic: Amazon is on Fire (multiple stories from Bloomberg, The Verge, Androidcentral, Techcrunch + Recode)

Amazon Home Robots

Amazon will now deliver packages to the trunk of your car

Amazon's Fire TV Cube might feature always-listening Alexa

Amazon is now selling home security services, including installations and no monthly fees

Amazon is wildly profitable but it's still taking huge losses overseas

Amazon's got a new Prime number — annual membership goes up to $119, from $99

Honorable Mention

How to enable the new Gmail right now [The Verge - Story by Natt Garun]

DISHonorable Mention

K-Swiss makes a sneaker for the Immortals esports group

[VentureBeat - story by Dean Takashi]

Five Favorites' Tweet(s) of The Week

@evilzenmuppet
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32min
April 23, 2018Episode 86 - The One Where Apple Is Full of SAAS
On this week's episode, Kanye West makes his first appearance on the show. Also, we got a lot of SAAS this week - punned intended. [New to the show? Find out the stories we talk about in this week's episode below and connect with Amir and Chris on Twitter!Use the hashtag #FiveFavorites to share YOUR favorite stories each and every week - and YOU may be included on the show (including our new tweet of the week feature).]

This week's Five Favorites:

1. Apple Is Planning to Launch a News Subscription Service [ Bloomberg Tech - story by Mark Gurman & Gerry Smith]

2. Netflix hits 125 million subscribers [CNN - story by Seth Fiegerman]

3. Amazon Exceeded 100m Paid Prime Members, CEO Bezos Says [Bloomberg Technology by Ben Livesey and Chiara Vasarri]

4. Snapchat has launched in-app AR shopping, with Adidas and Coty among the first sellers [The Drum - Story by Rebecca Stewart]

5. Hot Topic: Amazon, Best Buy team up to sell smart TVs [CNET by Ben Rubin Fox]

Honorable Mention

Kanye West Is Back on Twitter and Talking About Fashion [QQ - Story by Jake Woolf]

DISHonorable Mention

These Horrifying New Airline Seats Are Designed to Cut Legroom by Huge Amounts [Inc - story by Chris Matyszczk]

Five Favorites' Tweet(s) of The Week

@KanyeWest (tweet since deleted)
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23min
April 16, 2018Episode 85 - The One Where Amir Is Medicated
On this week's episode, Amir is on the mend. Also, we break our promise to not talk about Facebook for the betterment of mankin...actually, we really just couldn't avoid it. [New to the show? Find out the stories we talk about in this week's episode below and connect with Amir and Chris on Twitter!Use the hashtag #FiveFavorites to share YOUR favorite stories each and every week - and YOU may be included on the show (including our new tweet of the week feature).]

This week's Five Favorites:

1. Pixel and Nexus owners can now use Android Auto wirelessly [The Verge - story by Ashley Carman]

2. ESPN is launching ESPN+, its $5 streaming service that is not ESPN[Recode - story by Peter Kafka]

3. Instagram's new Focus tool brings portrait mode to most iPhones and some Androids [The Next Web by Rachel Kaser]

4. Adidas looks to 'create legends' with 30,000 personalized videos at the Boston Marathon [The Drum - Story by Kyle O'Brien]

5. Hot Topic: Senators propose legislation to protect the privacy of users' online data after Facebook hearing [ The Verge by Dani Deahl]

Honorable Mention

Elon Musk says 'humans are underrated,' calls Tesla's 'excessive automation' a 'mistake' [TechCrunch - Story by Katie Roof]

DISHonorable Mention

In a Leaked Memo, Apple Warns Employees to Stop Leaking Information [Bloomberg - story by Mark Gurman]

Five Favorites' Tweet(s) of The Week

@BradParler
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29min
April 09, 2018Episode 84 - The One That's Loaded With API
On this week's episode, we can't avoid talking about the impact of APIs on Facebook and Twitter. Also, the show is finally on Google Play Music. [New to the show? Find out the stories we talk about in this week's episode below and connect with Amir and Chris on Twitter!Use the hashtag #FiveFavorites to share YOUR favorite stories each and every week - and YOU may be included on the show (including our new tweet of the week feature).]

This week's Five Favorites:

1. Twitter postpones platform change that would cut off third-party apps [The Verge - story by Chris Welch & Dieter Bohn]

2. Smartphone Visits Are Becoming More Valuable, Says ADI [CMO.com- story by Giselle Abramovich]

Slideshare of Study

3. Music streaming service Spotify files to go public, lost $1.5 billion last year [CNBC by Michelle Castillo]

4. The Fascinating World of Instagram's virtual celebrities [BBC - Story by Damien Fowler]

5. Hot Topic: I spent one hour with Mark Zuckerberg and here's everything I learned about user data, elections, fake news, and the future of Facebook [Linkedin Post by Brian Solis]

Honorable Mention

Spotify's first hardware device might be this music player for your car [The Verge - Story by Chris Welch]

DISHonorable Mention

Grindr Is Letting Other Companies See User HIV Status And Location Data [Buzzfeed News- story by Azeen Ghoraysi & Sri Ray]

Five Favorites' Tweet(s) of The Week

@dantudor
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38min
April 02, 2018Episode 83 - The One That's Even More Better
On this week's episode, your hosts have some April Fool's Day fun. Also, the topic of data can't be avoided. Seriously, we tried. It was impossible. [Disclaimer: We didn't try that hard] [New to the show? Find out the stories we talk about in this week's episode below and connect with Amir and Chris on Twitter!Use the hashtag #FiveFavorites to share YOUR favorite stories each and every week - and YOU may be included on the show (including our new tweet of the week feature).]

This week's Five Favorites:

1. Snapchat is building the same kind of data-sharing API that just got Facebook into trouble [ Recode - story by Kurt Wagner]

2. Google loses Android battle and could owe Oracle billions of dollars [ CNN Money - story by Danielle Wiener-Bronner]

3. TV ad spending finally fell in 2017 [Recode by Rani Molla]

4. GoPro's new entry-level Hero camera costs $199 [The Verge - Story by Sean O'Kane]

5. Hot Topic: The 5 biggest announcements from the Apple education event [The Verge by Natt Garun]

Honorable Mention

Google's new privacy dashboard makes it easier to see what Google knows about you [The Verge - Story by Lauren Goode]

DISHonorable Mention

Facebook Delays Home-Speaker Unveil Amid Data Crisis [Bloomberg Technology - story by Sarah Frier]

Five Favorites' Tweet(s) of The Week

@iamdylancurran
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37min
March 26, 2018Episode 82 - The One With #BillionaireProblems
On this week's episode, we discover that Musk and Zuck have #billionaireproblems. Also, Chris' wife is a multi-tasking professional. [New to the show? Find out the stories we talk about in this week's episode below and connect with Amir and Chris on Twitter!Use the hashtag #FiveFavorites to share YOUR favorite stories each and every week - and YOU may be included on the show (including our new tweet of the week feature).]

This week's Five Favorites:

1. Apple is working on a 'foldable' iPhone for release in 2020, says Bank of America [ CNBC - story by Tae Kim]

2. What Twitter's New Rules Mean for Social Media Scheduling - [story by Meet Edgar]

Official Twitter Link

3. Instagram Is Bringing Newer Posts to the Top of Its Feed [ Adweek - story by David Cohen]

4. YouTube live-streaming gets easier from computers and phones [The Verge - story by Thuy Ong]

5. Cambridge Analytica's CEO Was Filmed Secretly Bragging About Entrapping Politicians With Sex Workers [Buzzfeed - story by Mark Di Stefano]

Honorable Mention

Why I Social Alum Raises 21k+ for St. Baldricks - [Post by Casie Shimansky]

DISHonorable Mention

Mark Zuckerberg says he's 'open' to testifying to Congress, fixes will cost 'many millions' and he 'feels really bad' [Recode - story by Kara Swisher and Nick Wagner ]

Five Favorites' Tweet(s) of The Week

@ElonMusk
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31min

FAQs about Five Favorites:

How many episodes does Five Favorites have?

The podcast currently has 95 episodes available.