Speaking in Tech #244 - Switch

This week, Greg is wasting away in Amsterdam while Ed, Melissa and Peter steer the podcast this week to discuss CES, SpaceX and cloud explosions.

(00:00) Banter (00:56) Peter at CES (not really) and stolen Razor laptops (02:19) Peter in the market for a new laptop (05:14) Melissa’s 3rd attempt on a Microsoft Surface Pro 4 (07:55) SpaceX recovers and successfully launches http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/16/spacex_successful_launch/ (10:49) Peter’s shoutout to Japan space agency for launching a rocket with 2 laptops and 8 people (12:08) Lily drone fails and San Francisco DA sues http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/13/lily_robotics_faces_lawsuit_for_false_advertising/ (20:53) Nintendo’s new Switch (29:17) Cloud computing revenue grows 25% YoY (35:06) Consolidation of platforms (37:42) Microsoft employees suing for PTSD (42:49) Alexa controlling VMware on AWS