Tech on Tap

The lead-in to the top stories on tap is a shoutout to local startup founder Cindy Eckert (formerly Whitehead), who recently reacquired Sprout Pharmaceutical (sold to Valeant Pharmaceuticals) for next to nothing. Net Neutrality is back, depending on your state, and our team cuts through the clutter to get to what it means to the consumer. Epic Games' vision of cross-platform play is being stalled by Sony console manufacturers.

During the Amazon Watch 2018 segment, Jason, Michael and Laura talk about the recent studies around Bay area residents wanting to leave the region and the state, due to the rising cost of living. The team wonders whether or not this could be foreshadowing a future for the Triangle if Amazon and Apple choose our region.

During the conversation teaser with Infinia ML CEO, Robbie Allen, Jason and Robbie dig into the use cases and unintended implications of AI. The deep dive for the week is centered around privacy issues with Facebook (political and personal) and privacy safeguards announced by Apple at WWDC.

The lead-in to the top stories on tap is a shoutout to local startup founder Cindy Eckert (formerly Whitehead), who recently reacquired Sprout Pharmaceutical (sold to Valeant Pharmaceuticals) for next to nothing. Net Neutrality is back, depending on your state, and our team cuts through the clutter to get to what it means to the consumer. Epic Games' vision of cross-platform play is being stalled by Sony console manufacturers.

During the Amazon Watch 2018 segment, Jason, Michael and Laura talk about the recent studies around Bay area residents wanting to leave the region and the state, due to the rising cost of living. The team wonders whether or not this could be foreshadowing a future for the Triangle if Amazon and Apple choose our region.

During the conversation teaser with Infinia ML CEO, Robbie Allen, Jason and Robbie dig into the use cases and unintended implications of AI. The deep dive for the week is centered around privacy issues with Facebook (political and personal) and privacy safeguards announced by Apple at WWDC.

Jason Eder sits down with the Automated Insights CEO Marc Zionts to talk about what it really means to turn data into content. That conversation moves into a discussion on current use cases as well as potential opportunities for this innovation to extend further.

Toward the end of their conversation, Eder and Zionts delve into the "why" behind the beginnings of Automated Insights and what those beginnings can show entrepreneurs as they journey into a new venture.

Check out everything this fast-growing company is doing make robot-generated content unrecognizable from human-generated content and take a look at how to join their team on automatedinsights.com.

Jason Eder sits down with the Automated Insights CEO Marc Zionts to talk about what it really means to turn data into content. That conversation moves into a discussion on current use cases as well as potential opportunities for this innovation to extend further.

Toward the end of their conversation, Eder and Zionts delve into the "why" behind the beginnings of Automated Insights and what those beginnings can show entrepreneurs as they journey into a new venture.

Check out everything this fast-growing company is doing make robot-generated content unrecognizable from human-generated content and take a look at how to join their team on automatedinsights.com.

Michael, Jason and Laura forego talk of the top stories on tap to dig into the recent news of Amazon's desire to go urban and identifying downtown Raleigh as a more ideal location of HQ2.

The team talks to WRAL TechWire editor Rick Smith about the details of that story and what that means for a changing skyline and if both Apple and Amazon coming to the Triangle is still on the table.

After gaining insight with Smith, the team unpacks the news even further and look at the reactions and concerns from the larger triangle community.

After our conversation teaser with Marc Zionts, CEO of Automated Insights, Michael, Jason and Laura look at privacy concerns with smart home speakers, and how to protect yourself when your devices are always listening.

Michael, Jason and Laura forego talk of the top stories on tap to dig into the recent news of Amazon's desire to go urban and identifying downtown Raleigh as a more ideal location of HQ2.

The team talks to WRAL TechWire editor Rick Smith about the details of that story and what that means for a changing skyline and if both Apple and Amazon coming to the Triangle is still on the table.

After gaining insight with Smith, the team unpacks the news even further and look at the reactions and concerns from the larger triangle community.

After our conversation teaser with Marc Zionts, CEO of Automated Insights, Michael, Jason and Laura look at privacy concerns with smart home speakers, and how to protect yourself when your devices are always listening.

In the extended cut of our conversation with Momentum Learning co-founder and CEO Jessica Mitsch, Laney Tipton delves into the why behind the fully immersive coding school in an age when the options for continuing education are rampant.

After giving us the origin story of Momentum and how it is different, Jessica weighs in on how to get more women of all ages into the male-dominated tech workforce.

As a young entrepreneur, Jessica talks about how to achieve balance while also achieving success in business. Check out what Momentum Learning is doing at momentumlearn.com and register for their fall classes starting July 30th.

In the extended cut of our conversation with Momentum Learning co-founder and CEO Jessica Mitsch, Laney Tipton delves into the why behind the fully immersive coding school in an age when the options for continuing education are rampant.

After giving us the origin story of Momentum and how it is different, Jessica weighs in on how to get more women of all ages into the male-dominated tech workforce.

As a young entrepreneur, Jessica talks about how to achieve balance while also achieving success in business. Check out what Momentum Learning is doing at momentumlearn.com and register for their fall classes starting July 30th.

In this special breaking news edition of Tech on Tap, Laney Tipton is joined by Jason Eder to talk about the bombshell of Apple reaching a deal to plant roots in the Triangle, anticipating thousands of jobs paying over $100,000.

In order to bring more context to the story, Laney and Jason talk to the WRAL reporters who broke the story, WRAL TechWire editor Rick Smith and @NCCapitol reporter Travis Fain.

Rick details what he is hearing and the potential impact on the tech community in the Triangle, while Fain tells us how the deal got done and any pitfalls that may derail it.

In this special breaking news edition of Tech on Tap, Laney Tipton is joined by Jason Eder to talk about the bombshell of Apple reaching a deal to plant roots in the Triangle, anticipating thousands of jobs paying over $100,000.

In order to bring more context to the story, Laney and Jason talk to the WRAL reporters who broke the story, WRAL TechWire editor Rick Smith and @NCCapitol reporter Travis Fain.

Rick details what he is hearing and the potential impact on the tech community in the Triangle, while Fain tells us how the deal got done and any pitfalls that may derail it.