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December 08, 2016100: We're Judging
Georgia Dow joins Christina Warren, Simone de Rochefort and — surprise! — Brianna Wu for episode 100. They talk the Oculus Touch controllers, Fitbit's purchase of Pebble, and our Amazon Go future.
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Guest Starring:
Georgia Dow
Links and Show Notes Oculus Touch review - Polygon Fitbit Buys Software Assets From Smartwatch Startup Pebble - Bloomberg Fitbit formally announces that it is buying smartwatch maker Pebble - The Verge Pebble Is Dead, and Its Customers Are Completely Screwed Amazon Go Will Offer Checkout-Free Shopping | WIRED Amazon Tests Grocery Store With No Checkout The Hellscape of Waiting 5 Hours in Line for Spectacles Prime of Life: The Story of My 20s, as Told in Amazon Purchases
1 hr 11 min
December 01, 201699: Return of Team Old
Glenn Fleishman joins Christina Warren and Simone de Rochefort to talk about Reddit's latest disaster, Netflix's downloadable content, and AT&T ruining the Internet.
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Guest Starring:
Glenn Fleishman
Links and Show Notes Reddit Vows to Police Its 'Most Toxic Users' Reddit Is Tearing Itself Apart The Far Right Has a New Digital Safe Space - The New York Times DirecTV Now: everything you want to know - The Verge Failing media to be replaced by 24-hour Taylor Swift channel · Newswire · The A.V. Club Is DirecTV Now Really Worth It? Taylor Swift Now: what will the popstar's TV channel look like? | Music | The Guardian Netflix rolls out downloads for offline, mobile viewing - Polygon The Best 50 Movies and TV Shows You Can Download From Netflix Right Now The Trouble - Kindle edition by Daria Defore. Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
1 hr 8 min
November 23, 201698: At the End
Christina and Simone are joined by Alex Cranz to talk about Facebook in China, Snap Spectacles and Heathers.
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Guest Starring:
Alex Cranz
Links and Show Notes My New $2,500 MacBook Pro Was DOA We Have a Bad News Problem, Not a Fake News Problem : snopes.com Facebook Said to Create Censorship Tool to Get Back Into China - The New York Times Snap Spectacles review: Fun that's totally worth the trouble - The Verge Snapchat's Spectacles have arrived in New York City - The Verge Spectacles by Snap Inc. Shannen Doherty, Original 'Heathers' Star, Confirmed for TV Land Reboot | Hollywood Reporter Lessons from the Screenplay - YouTube
1 hr 15 min
November 17, 201697: I'm An I-Guy
Relay FM Big Boss Stephen Hackett joins Christina and Simone for a spirited discussion on the erosion of journalism (fake Facebook news!), that smooth MacBook Pro Touch Bar action, and the peach emoji's restored butt status.
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Guest Starring:
Stephen Hackett
Links and Show Notes Facebook's Fight Against Fake News Was Undercut by Fear of Conservative Backlash On the Liberal Bias of Facts - The New York Times Viral Fake Election News Outperformed Real News On Facebook In Final Months Of The US Election - BuzzFeed News Google to Bar Fake-News Websites From Using Its Ad-Selling Software - WSJ Facebook Bans Fake News Sites From Using Its Advertising Network - WSJ Facebook's fake news problem, explained - Vox The MacBook Pro's Touch Bar Is a Gimmick That's Not Worth the Money (Yet) MacBook Pro with Touch Bar review: a touch of the future - The Verge Mixed Feelings - Relay FM 512 Pixels "We're His Problem Now" Calling Sheet Whoismyrepresentative.com - Find Your Member of Congress by Zip Code Find Your Representative · House.gov
1 hr
November 11, 201696: Let's Have A Normal Show
Brianna, Christina, and Simone have a normal episode where they talk about normal things such as: the PlayStation 4 Pro! Lipnet, some cool new lipreading software! X-Men movies!
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Links and Show Notes Should I buy a PlayStation 4 Pro for my PlayStation VR? - Polygon Do you need the PS4 Pro? - Polygon Researchers Just Created the Most Amazing Lip-Reading Software Fox Is Scrambling to Reboot Its X-Men Franchise: Report Actual Snake Found on Actual Plane
52 min
November 04, 201695: Christina's Layers O'Laughs
Brianna, Christina, and Simone go over the latest Apple event and delve into their impressions of the new Macbook Pro.
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Links and Show Notes Apple’s MacBook Pro event: all the news from the October 2016 keynote - The Verge Apple Invents TV Apple's New TV App Is Worthless Without Netflix and Amazon Video Apple's New MacBook Pro: Everything You Need to Know MacBook Pro review: the Air apparent - The Verge I Just Stroked the New MacBook Pro's Touch Bar Polygon - Timeline The end of the cleavage: breasts piled together like cream buns do not make a subtle statement | Fashion | The Guardian
1 hr 12 min
October 27, 201694: Thanks Microsoft
Christina, Brianna, and Simone tackle a fraction of a heavy week! Microsoft's event showed some promising products (Surface Studio!) and last week's DDoS attack showed us a glimpse of a dark future. Finally the AT&T/Time Warner merger shows us an even worse future, where AT&T won't let us watch Westworld.
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Links and Show Notes The 8 biggest announcements from today's Microsoft event | The Verge Surface Studio: The Basics Surface Studio Hands On: Touched For the Very First Time What caused Friday's internet outage - Vox Chinese Company Recalls Cameras Used in Last Week's Huge Cyberattack The AT&T-Time Warner Merger: What Are The Pros And Cons For Consumers? : All Tech Considered : NPR AT&T-Time Warner: A Deal Hedge Funds Won’t Touch - WSJ AT&T Reaches Deal to Buy Time Warner for $85.4 Billion - WSJ
1 hr 6 min
October 20, 201693: Reported to Death
Brianna, Christina, and Simone discuss the quickly approaching new MacBooks (finally!), and talk for longer than they meant to about how Twitter could save itself. The new Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 teaser also dropped so we have a little rant!
This episode of Rocket is sponsored by:
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Links and Show Notes Apple plans to launch new Macs at an October 27 event - Recode Apple to announce new Macs on October 27th, Recode confirms - The Verge USB Type C vs Apple’s Lightning Connector: Smartphone cable showdown | Pocketnow WSJ: Apple to launch new Mac laptops with E-Ink dynamic keyboards in 2018, contextually display emojis and special characters | 9to5Mac ‘Life is short’: Jack Dorsey’s message to employees after failed Twitter sale | New York Post Salesforce says it won’t buy Twitter, either - Recode Twitter Gets NFL Thursday Night Games for a Bargain Price - Bloomberg Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 gets sneak peek video, new teaser poster (update) - Polygon Can You Tell Which Paul Rudd Is Older? -- Vulture
59 min
October 14, 201692: A La Carte Fate
Brianna, Christina, and Simone discuss exploding Samsung phones, missing movies on Netflix, and Westworld.
This episode of Rocket is sponsored by:
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Links and Show Notes Samsung Finally Kills the Galaxy Note 7 - Gizmodo Samsung knew a third replacement Note 7 caught fire on Tuesday and said nothing - The Verge Idiot Blogger Quotes Fight Club to Argue That Actually, Exploding Phones Are No Big Deal - Gizmodo You can pry this Galaxy Note7 from my cold, possibly scorched hands - Mashable Where Did All the Good Movies on Netflix Go? - Gizmodo The Number of Titles in the Netflix Library is Down 50% the Past Four Years The important, unanswered questions about Westworld’s sex and murder bots - Polygon Westworld’s second episode proves it's an open-world game about human behavior - Polygon
1 hr 6 min
October 07, 201691: The Virtual Reality Is
This week on Rocket, Google's new Pixel phone, Samsung's new problem and PlayStation's new VR system.
This episode of Rocket is sponsored by:
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Links and Show Notes Pixel ‘phone by Google’ announced - The Verge The Google Phone Pixel, Phone by Google – Made by Google The Pixel phone is exactly what we wanted, so of course we’re unhappy - The Verge Replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone catches fire on Southwest plane - The Verge PlayStation VR: The Kotaku Review The PlayStation VR is the most comfortable VR headset ever made - Polygon PlayStation VR REVIEW! Hardware, Set-Up, Games & More! - YouTube Playstation VR Review: This Is the VR System You Actually Want Kim Kardashian, Elena Ferrante, and the Right to Privacy U2 - Discothèque (DM Deep Extended Club Mix) - YouTube
56 min

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