MashTalk

MashTalk episodes:

• 12.19.2018

  How GoPro rebooted itself, with guest CEO Nick Woodman

  For GoPro, things are looking up.   After a tumultuous couple of years — which saw the action-camera company enter and then leave the drone business, get squeezed harder by increasingly competitive smartphone cameras, and ride a steady wave of criticism of...

  
• 11.20.2018

  The future of crowdfunding, with guest Indiegogo CEO David Mandelbrot

  Ten years ago, Indiegogo launched the modern era of crowdfunding by creating a place where anyone could pitch their idea, product, or creative endeavor to the entire world, asking for the funds to make it reality. Today there are no...

  
• 10.26.2018

  Why we’ll never get rid of program guides, with guest Sling TV’s Jimshade Chaudhari

  Want live TV over the internet? Today you have several options, including Hulu, YouTube TV, PlayStation Vue, and more. It’s hard to remember, though, but there was a time when there were virtually no options for consumers who wanted to...

  
• 10.12.2018

  The secret to Candy Crush's success, with guest King CEO Riccardo Zacconi

  What does ‘time well spent’ mean for games like ‘Candy Crush?’   If you own a smartphone, chances are you know Candy Crush and maybe even the game’s latest incarnation, Candy Crush Friends Saga. What you may not know is the story...

  
• 08.17.2018

  How to do consumer robots right, with guest Anki CEO Boris Sofman

  In case you missed it, the robots are here. No, not the apocalyptic hordes of artificially intelligent machines that some believe are destined to enslave or eradicate us (hello, Boston Dynamics!), but the everyday devices and companions that are rapidly becoming...

  
• 08.09.2018

  Apple's 2018 iPhones have a serious naming problem

  Everyone knows Apple will unveil new iPhones in the fall, and the consensus is there will be three models: a successor to the iPhone X, a large-screen version of that phone, and a new model that looks kind of like...

  
• 07.20.2018

  Why the gun emoji is no more, with guest Jeremy Burge of Emojipedia

  Emoji have conquered the world, no doubt, but what happens after the conquest? The answer: Things change. Emoji are constantly evolving, not only with new symbols that arrive on our smartphone keyboards year after year, but also the symbols themselves. A...

  
• 07.13.2018

  The frightening world of online 'spiritual gurus,' with guest Jennings Brown

  We all know YouTube. YouTube is the biggest video platform on the planet, with about 400 hours of video uploaded to the service every second. But YouTube, of all the current content "platforms," is arguably the most fragmented. There's no newsfeed,...

  
• 06.22.2018

  The future of Microsoft Cortana, with guest Javier Soltero

  When Google wowed the tech world with its demo of Duplex -- the tech that allows its digital Assistant make phone calls to perform mundane tasks like booking haircuts or making restaurant reservations -- Microsoft's Cortana chief was impressed, but...

  
• 06.14.2018

  Why the gig economy was doomed from the start, with guest Sarah Kessler

  For a while there, it seemed like "Uber for X" was the only pitch that mattered. To many, the rapid rise of Uber wasn't just a major tech success story -- it signaled a wholesale change that was coming to how...

  
• 06.09.2018

  WWDC recap: Why Apple is slamming Facebook hard, with Philip Elmer-DeWitt

  WWDC. Apple's software show. "Dub-dub." Whatever you call Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, it's the event where we find out what cool new features are coming to the company's multiple platforms: iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS. It's also where we get to...

  
• 05.18.2018

  How should cryptocurrency be regulated?

  Does Facebook know something about blockchain that we don't? Probably. If there's one thing we can all agree on about blockchain tech and cryptocurrency, it's that most people don't understand them. Facebook, which recently re-organized itself to make blockchain one of...

  
• 05.10.2018

  The ethics of Google Duplex, with Assist CEO Shane Mac

  It was possibly the most mind-blowing tech demo in years: During the opening keynote of the Google I/O developers conference, CEO Sundar Pichai showed the company’s AI-driven Assistant making a phone call to a business and carrying out a verbal...

  
• 05.04.2018

  'Free' doesn't have to mean you're the product (with Viber CEO Djamel Agaoua)

  If you're not paying for the service, are you the product? That's been Silicon Valley conventional wisdom for at least a decade, but the new focus on data privacy in the wake of Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal has inspired the world...

  
• 04.27.2018

  Apple vs. the FBI never ended, and the FBI is winning, with guests Joseph Cox and Joe Hall

  If you own an iPhone, you should be concerned about GrayKey. That's the name for a new kind of device that's becoming increasingly popular with law enforcement agencies across the U.S., according to recent reports. It's popular because it unlocks...

  
• 04.12.2018

  Did Mark Zuckerberg just beat Congress? (with Matt Navarra and Michael Nuñez)

  Mark Zuckerberg survived Congress. Now what? That's the big question now that the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have put Zuckerberg and Facebook under the microscope. After 10+ hours of testimony, plenty of clueless questions, and multiple promises that Facebook's...

  
• 04.06.2018

  If Apple breaks from Intel, will Macs get cheaper? (with guest Shara Tibken)

  When Apple makes a move, it usually causes an earthquake. The chip industry definitely felt tremors upon the report that Apple would soon be turning away from Intel for the chips in its MacBooks. Or at least one MacBook. As early...

  
• 02.16.2018

  Preventing a dark future, with guest Andrew Keen

  Is the future broken? Maybe not, but, by many measures, the present is. Over the past couple of years, the networks and devices that we've come to rely on for our information, consumption, and social interactions have been exposed to have...

  
• 02.09.2018

  Why Evan Spiegel turned down a billion dollars, with guest Billy Gallagher

  Snap is starting the year off strong. Its quarterly earnings blew past expectations, and while its redesign is angering some users, the change is expected to improve the app experience for everyone, with time. But life hasn't always been so great...

  
• 02.02.2018

  The real story of Steve Jobs 'getting fired' from Apple, with guest John Sculley

  It's legend in the computer industry: In the mid '80s, Steve Jobs was ousted from Apple, the company he co-founded and went on to eventually lead to worldwide dominance, after a boardroom battle with the CEO at the time, John...

  
• 01.12.2018

  CES 2018: What it all meant

  The Mashable team is back from CES 2018, and we have lots of things to say about what impressed us, disappointed us, and just plain weirded us out. This year's show was filled with driverless cars, wall-sized TVs, and enough...

  
• 01.04.2018

  Why Android is immune to the iPhone's battery problem, with guest John Poole of Geekbench

  After it was revealed in late 2017 that Apple intentionally slows down the performance of older iPhones when their batteries deteriorate, people freaked. There were explanations, recriminations, apologies, lawsuits, and, finally, solutions. But in the wake of that specific controversy, a...

  
• 12.15.2017

  Fire TV's secret weapon, with guest Amazon's Scott Henson

  If you did some online shopping this holiday season, chances are you bought something from Amazon. And if you did, you certainly saw a splash ad for the company's own devices, including one for the Fire TV Stick, whose price...

  
• 12.08.2017

  How to re-invent the home phone, with guest Republic Wireless CEO Chris Chuang

  Got a smartphone? Then you must also have a wireless plan, and if you live in the U.S., chances are it's with one of the big four — Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, or Sprint. However, there are a bunch of other carriers...

  
• 12.01.2017

  Why you hate video conferencing, with guest Polycom CEO Mary McDowell

  The video conference is one of the least-liked parts of modern office culture. Despite the plethora of video conferencing services -- Google Hangouts, BlueJeans, Highfive, Skype, FaceTime, and dozens more -- the first five minutes of every meeting tends to be...

  
• 11.17.2017

  How the OnePlus 5T was built, with guest Kyle Kiang

  Is hardware really that hard? OnePlus pointed to the borderline-cliché catchphrase, "Hardware is hard" at its event on Thursday to launch the OnePlus 5T. But the company's own product release schedule appears to belie the saying, with the 5T coming a...

  
• 11.02.2017

  iPhone X: The 10-day review, with guest Nicole Nguyen

  Apple's catchphrase, "Think different" is so well-known, that it's not often used in its original context, more often pulled out as an ironic dig when the company does something users don't like (eliminating a certain jack comes to mind). In the...

  
• 10.27.2017

  All the reasons you should be creeped out by Amazon Key

  As it has evolved from digital storefront to ecommerce empire, Amazon built up a lot of trust over the years. Now it's testing the limits of that trust with Amazon Key. It's a simple enough concept, which really solves a problem:...

  
• 10.13.2017

  Google's secret hardware ingredient is AI

  What does Google know about hardware that no one else does? If you said software, you're almost right. What Google likes to think is its secret sauce is artificial intelligence, which manifests in its consumer products as the Google Assistant. The...

  
• 10.06.2017

  How to hold companies accountable for data breaches, with guest Todd Thibodeaux

  Another day, another data breach. That would definitely be an apt catch phrase for 2017, with major, high-profile hacks or breaches coming with disturbing regularity. Equifax and HBO were all hit hard, and the WannaCry ransomware crippled infrastructure around the globe....

  
• 09.22.2017

  Why the iPhone 8 is so boring, with guest Lisa Eadicicco

  Should you get the iPhone 8? Depends: Are you easily bored? Because the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are definitely the ho-hum iPhones this year. Although Apple would never say it, the improvements over the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus...

  
• 09.15.2017

  What the iPhone X means for the iPhone 11, with guest Christina Warren

  This is no ordinary iPhone year. After three years of dual-release events -- where Apple would launch two phones with generally the same abilities but different sizes -- we finally got something new. On Sept. 12, 2017, Apple announced three new...

  
• 09.08.2017

  Secrets of the iPhone 8, with guests Mark Gurman and Jim Dalrymple

  When Apple throws its annual iPhone bash on Tuesday, everyone will finally get their first look at the most awaited gadget of the year, the new "premium" iPhone, the so-called iPhone 8. Everyone except Mark Gurman, that is. The Bloomberg reporter has...

  
• 09.01.2017

  What Joel Osteen learned about social media from Hurricane Harvey

  Thank heaven for social media. That sentiment was definitely on the minds of many people caught in the path of Hurricane Harvey, which is shaping up to be one of the worst disasters in U.S. history. It dumped 24.5 trillion gallons...

  
• 08.25.2017

  Is Samsung's Galaxy Note 8 really worth $930?

  After months of leaks and a year of explosion jokes, Samsung's Galaxy Note 8 is finally here and it's packing some serious hardware with dual cameras and new S Pen features. It might even be Samsung's best phone yet, but it's...

  
• 08.11.2017

  How Apple spilled the beans on iPhone 8

  For those who obsess about the iPhone, it was the mother lode. After a long period without any substantive informations (although plenty of whispers, speculation, and questionable photos), if finally happened: the biggest iPhone 8 leak so far. In what looks...

  
• 07.28.2017

  The thing about AI that should have us all worried (hint: It's not Skynet)

  Guys, did you hear the news? The robots are going to kill us. At least that appears to be the primary fear of tech mogul Elon Musk regarding artificial intelligence. This week, when fellow tech titan Mark Zuckerberg was hailing the...

  
• 07.21.2017

  How emoji is changing the

  It's been a big week for emoji

  
• 07.14.2017

  What happens after Net Neutrality falls?

  The internet five years from now could look a lot different than what it is today. Building an online business might be harder than ever thanks to the FCC throwing out the rules surrounding Net Neutrality -- the premise that all...

  
• 07.07.2017

  The real point of Amazon Prime Day

  It's right there in the title. Amazon Prime Day, which is Tuesday, July 11 (though it technically starts on July 10), boasts some of the best deals you'll be able to get on tech, appliances, beauty products, and all the other...

  
• 06.29.2017

  iPhone 2020 roundtable: Imagining the future of Apple's 'one device'

  For the 10th anniversary of the iPhone, Mashable's Tech Team embarked on an ambitious project: to imagine what the iPhone of 2020 would look like. The idea wasn't to just throw out a bunch of futuristic ideas, but to look...

  
• 06.23.2017

  Is Uber the MySpace of ride-hailing companies?

  Uber has been been having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year. Co-founder Travis Kalanick was forced to resign as CEO after pressure from investors over recent scandals. But does the exit of Kalanick -- who had been on...

  
• 06.15.2017

  All your Microsoft Surface questions answered, with guest Panos Panay

  The Microsoft Surface line has grown a lot in the five years since its debut. It now encompasses the Surface Pro tablet, Surface Book convertible, Surface Studio all-in-one, Surface Hub digital "whiteboard," and the brand-new Surface Laptop. With Microsoft device...

  
• 06.10.2017

  Why iOS 11 is really all about the iPad Pro

  Apple WWDC 2017 was jam-packed with news, including new iMacs, the iMac Pro, macOS High Sierra, a new iPad Pro, iOS 11, HomePod, and more. We break it all down with special guest Jason Snell of Six Colors.

  
• 06.02.2017

  Is Andy Rubin's Essential Phone the iPhone killer we've been waiting for?

  On this week's MashTalk, the tech team discusses Andy Rubin's Essential Phone and Essential Home, the Code Conference, and what to expect from WWDC 2017.

  
• 05.26.2017

  Can machine learning and AI help Facebook better moderate bad content?

  On this week's MashTalk, the tech team chats the Facebook Files, DJI's new tiny Spark drone, and Microsoft's new USB-C-less Surface Pro.

  
• 05.19.2017

  Google finally shows why we should all be excited for AI

  On this week's Mashtalk we recap Google's I/O developer conference and its new mission to put AI in everything, and discuss the WannaCry ransomware attack.

  
• 05.12.2017

  Could you really remove Facebook from your life?

  On this week's MashTalk, we chat about removing Facebook from your life, Amazon's new Echo Show, and everything from Microsoft Build.

  
• 05.05.2017

  Does Microsoft now make more exciting computers than Apple?

  On this week's MashTalk, we chat Microsoft Windows 10 S and Surface Laptop, Apple earnings, and review the BlackBerry KEYone.

  
• 04.28.2017

  Is Twitter's growth all thanks to Donald Trump?

  On this week's MashTalk, we chat Twitter's recent user growth, Amazon's new Alexa-powered Echo Look camera, and the mysterious-sounding Kairos Society.