Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Eric Bolden, Jeff Gamet, Marty Jencius, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, and Web Bixby discuss how smart watch use has spread, with the Apple Watch leading the pack. The panel debates the implications of Meta apparently throwing in the towel on competing with the Apple Vision Pro, and the wisdom of Microsoft sending its recall feature out to testers again. Threads is testing expiring posts, leading the panel to contrast one company wanting to capture everything you do on your computer, and another wanting to let you put a time limit on social posts. But will they really disappear?

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Show Notes:

Chapters:

00:00 Smartwatch Market Insights

09:50 Meta's Strategic Shift

18:12 Microsoft AI Recall Feature

22:18 Disappearing Posts and Threads

27:38 Outro and Social Links

Links:

Over A Fifth of the World’s Internet Users Now Own A Smartwatch

https://appleworld.today/2024/08/over-a-fifth-of-the-worlds-internet-users-now-own-a-smartwatch/

Meta has reportedly killed its Apple Vision Pro competitor

https://www.engadget.com/ar-vr/meta-has-reportedly-killed-its-apple-vision-pro-competitor-184446962.html

Microsoft’s revised Recall AI feature will roll out to beta testers in October

https://www.engadget.com/computing/microsofts-revised-recall-ai-feature-will-roll-out-to-beta-testers-in-october-200400450.html

Threads is testing disappearing posts that expire after 24 hours

https://www.engadget.com/social-media/threads-is-testing-disappearing-posts-that-expire-after-24-hours-211329320.html

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