Tech Brew Ride Home

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Tech Brew Ride Home episodes

September 07, 2021Tue. 09/07 – How Private IS ProtonMail?
What does it mean if ProtonMail regularly discloses user data to certain authorities? How private is WhatsApp if Facebook has more than 1,000 contractors moderating your messages? Heck, how secure is Bluetooth? There’s a new vulnerability. Would you want the authorities monitoring your poop thanks to new smart toilets? And a quick word on Solana.
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Links:
ProtonMail logged IP address of French activist after order by Swiss authorities (TechCrunch)
How Facebook Undermines Privacy Protections for Its 2 Billion WhatsApp Users (ProPublica)
Billions of devices impacted by new BrakTooth Bluetooth vulnerabilities (The Record)
TikTok reportedly overtakes YouTube in US average watch time (The Verge)
SMARTWATCHES TRACK OUR HEALTH. SMART TOILETS AREN’T TOO FAR BEHIND. (WSJ)
Ethereum Rival Solana Climbs to Seventh in Crypto Top 10 (Bloomberg)
22 min
September 06, 2021 (IHP Bonus) Shirish Nadkarni On Microsoft, Hotmail, MSN and Blackberry Internet Email
Serial entrepreneur Shirish Nadkarni came to the U.S. as a teenager with $25 in his pocket. After graduating from Harvard Business School, he worked at Microsoft where he engineered the $400 million acquisition of Hotmail and launched MSN.com, the world’s leading web portal.
Striking out on his own in 1999 at the height of the dot-com boom, he founded TeamOn Systems, an early pioneer of mobile email that was later acquired by BlackBerry before becoming BlackBerry Internet Email servicing over 50 million users at its peak.
His great new book is: From Startup to Exit: An Insider's Guide to Launching and Scaling Your Tech Business
35 min
September 05, 2021 Ride Home Early Stage Fund (And How To Maybe Invest In It)
If you're interested in investing in a Ride Home early stage investment fund, listen to this quick message, and then visit RideHomeFund.com to express your interest.
6 min
September 04, 2021 (TWTR SPC) This Week's NFT Explosion With @jacksondame And @SHL0MS
Chris and I get deep in this week's NFT craziness with two folks who are actually working right now in the space, @jacksondame And @SHL0MS.
1 hr 21 min
September 03, 2021Fri. 09/03 – An Alexa TV Coming Next Month?
It’s Rumor Friday! Are we getting an Alexa TV next month? Will Apple’s AR/VR headset need an Apple device to work? Is Reddit lining up an IPO? Also, Apple delays its controversial CSAM feature, the week in NFT madness, and, of course, The Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
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Links:
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon is close to launching its own TV in the US (Insider)
Apple’s AR/VR Headset Will Need Connection to Other Device Such as iPhone (The Information)
Exclusive: Reddit seeks to hire advisers for U.S. IPO -sources (Reuters)
Apple delays rollout of CSAM detection system and child safety features (9to5Mac)
Record Doge NFT Sale Highlights Growing Demand for Fractionalization (CoinDesk)
The Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
The Latest NFT Fad Is a Text-Based Fantasy Game Building Block (Coindesk)
Gimme the Loot! (Collisions)
NFTs, DeFi Boost for Ethereum Dims Clamor of Bitcoin Maximalists (Bloomberg)
Wall Street Is Looking to Reddit for Investment Advice (WSJ)
Here are all the companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 Demo Day, Part 1 (TechCrunch)
Here are all the companies from Day 2 of Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 Demo Day (TechCrunch)

Today's #WorldCupOfEntrepreneurs Matchup click here to vote!
19 min
September 02, 2021Thu. 09/02 – Now Apple Will Let Apps Acknowledge The Web Exists
Apple will let “reader” apps link to websites to manage accounts. WhatsApp faces a record GDPR fine. Twitter continues to at least test all the products. And has YouTube Music quietly become a major threat to Spotify and Apple Music?
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Links:
Apple will allow some media apps to link outside the App Store for payments (Engadget)
Apple concedes to let apps like Netflix, Spotify, and Kindle link to the web to sign up (The Verge)
Facebook’s WhatsApp Fined Around $270 Million for EU Privacy Violations (WSJ)
U.S. DOJ Readying Google Antitrust Lawsuit Over Ad-Tech Business (Bloomberg)
US asks Tesla how Autopilot responds to emergency vehicles (AP)
Twitter launches Super Follows on iOS (The Verge)
Twitter is testing a new anti-abuse feature called ‘Safety Mode’ (TechCrunch)
Twitter Plans New Privacy Tools to Get More People Tweeting (Bloomberg)
YouTube music services hit 50m subscribers in race to catch Spotify (Financial Times)

Today's #WorldCupOfEntrepreneurs Matchup: Zuck v. Jack!
18 min
September 01, 2021Wed. 09/01 – Apple Watch… Out?
Is the Apple Watch redesign causing supply issues? A larger roadmap for the health features Apple is looking to add to the Watch. Putting your driver’s license in your Apple Wallet is becoming a reality. LinkedIn abandons Stories. Facebook gets into Fantasy Sports and Wirecutter goes behind a paywall.
Today's #WorldCupOfEntrepreneurs Matchup: Jack Ma v. Jeff Bezos! Vote!
Links:
New Apple Watch With Larger Screen Suffers Production Snags (Bloomberg)
Apple Plans Blood-Pressure Measure, Wrist Thermometer in Watch (WSJ)
Apple secures first states to support digital driver's licenses, but privacy questions linger (TechCrunch)
Apple just banned a pay equity Slack channel but lets fun dogs channel lie (The Verge)
LinkedIn gives up on Stories (The Verge)
Facebook enters the fantasy gaming market (TechCrunch)
New York Times’ Wirecutter Product-Review Site Moves Behind Paywall (WSJ)
Google developing own CPUs for Chromebook laptops (Nikkei Asia)
Microsoft announces Surface event for September 22nd (The Verge)
20 min
August 31, 2021Tue. 08/31 – Windows 11 Will Launch Without Android Apps
Microsoft has missed the window for Windows 11 to support Android apps, at least at launch. Apple is getting into classical music and Amazon is going deeper into the red-hot audio space. Facebook turns the temperature down on politics. And a new initiative to get, especially younger technologists, to lend their expertise to the Federal Government.
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Vote for the first bracket in the World Cup of Entrepreneurs here
Links:
Windows 11 won’t include Android app support at launch (The Verge)
Apple buys classical music streaming service Primephonic (The Verge)
Scoop: Amazon quietly building live audio business (Axios)
Scoop: Facebook's new moves to lower News Feed's political volume (Axios)
Google, Apple Hit by First Law Threatening Dominance Over App-Store Payments (WSJ)
Apple Plans to Add Satellite Features to iPhones for Emergencies (Bloomberg)
White House launches US Digital Corps (FedScoop)
19 min
August 30, 2021Mon. 08/30 – iPhones With Satellite Internet?
It’s a day of wild rumors. Is Apple getting into the satellite networking game? Is the Apple Watch about to get its first meaningful design change? The rumors about a Chinese gaming crackdown just got real. Is South Korea about to meaningfully crack open the App Store? Why Apple and Google are fighting to keep the App Stores as they are. And the wild weekend in NFT-land.
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Links:
Kuo: iPhone 13 to Feature LEO Satellite Communications to Make Calls and Texts Without Cellular Coverage (MacRumors)
Tim Cook’s Run as Apple CEO Could End as Early as 2025. Who Will Replace Him? (Bloomberg)
China Slashes Kids’ Gaming Time to Just Three Hours a Week (Bloomberg)
Apple, Google Mobile Dominance Faces Tough Test in South Korea (Bloomberg)
Google allegedly offered Netflix a break on the usual Play Store commission (The Verge)
TikTok owner ByteDance takes first step into virtual reality with latest acquisition (CNBC)
CryptoPunks blasts past $1 billion in lifetime sales as NFT speculation surges (TechCrunch)
19 min
August 28, 2021 (TWTR SPC) 1000th Episode Spectacular
Talkin' OnlyFans. The founding and engineering team from Otter.ai share some exciting product news. And Chris interviews me about doing 1000 TRH episodes and how I produce this show every day.
1 hr 45 min