Ten Minute Tech Talk

By Emily Bamforth & Taylor Olmstead

A journalist and a digital marketer tell you about all of the week's tech news in ten minutes or less.... more

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Ten Minute Tech Talk episodes:

February 22, 2019 81: Infinity-O's & Foldable Phones
A recap of Samsung's latest hardware announcements including a new foldable smartphone.

Show Notes

Nest's Guard security system has a hidden microphone

Samsung announces Galaxy Buds

Everything you need to know about the Samsung Galaxy S10

Everything you need to know about the Samsung Galaxy Fold

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February 14, 2019 80: A Shady Week
Jack Dorsey is dodging questions, Apple's news subscription service and Amazon's purchase of Eero.

Show Notes

Kara Swisher interviewed Jack Dorsey on Twitter

Apple announces News subscription service rates for publishers

Amazon acquires Eero -- Buzzfeed

Who is the Apple of Routers? -- 9 to 5 Mac

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February 08, 2019 79: Surprisingly Smart Blinds
Apple fixed FaceTime, Samsung's stock disappointed and Ikea announced Smart Blinds!

Show Notes

Apple releases iOS 12.1.4 with Group FaceTime Fix

Samsung shares Q4 2018 Earnings Report

Ikea's Slow and Steady Plan to Save the Smart Home

Germany bans Facebook's Combined Data Mining

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February 01, 2019 78: A Bad Week for Big Tech
Facebook and Google are fighting with Apple this week while FaceTime is down.

Show Notes

Facebook's "Research" App spied on users before being shut down by Apple

Google was also buying user data through Apple's backdoor

Apple disables Group FaceTime due to bug

Facebook announces Q4 2018 earnings

Apple's dramatic Q1 2019 earnings report

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January 25, 2019 77: Adorable Robots & Ad-Blockers
Amazon made a new robot, Google is blocking at Ad-Blockers and Michael Dell is upset about taxes.

Show Notes

Apple Pay expands to more US Retailers

Amazon announces "Scout" robot

Google tries to Block Ad-Blockers

Google lobbies for Regulation of Corporate Email

Michael Dell criticizes Alexandria Ocasio Cortez

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January 21, 2019 Bonus: LIVE from Podcon 2
A look at our smartphone addiction recorded live at PodCon 2.

Recorded at the LiveU Recording Studio at PodCon 2!

Show Notes

How to Set Up ScreenTime on iOS

Facebook gave private messaging data to third-party apps

Still Buffering

History is Gay

Friends in Your Ears

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January 18, 2019 76: A Bad Week for Privacy
Tech companies continued to have issues with privacy this week and Tim Cook is upset about it.

Show Notes

Google's Pixel 3 Lite is Leaked

YouTube banned "Violent Pranks" in new Community Guidelines

Instagram sold ads for follower-buying services it banned

Ajit Pai refused to brief congress on cell network tracking

Tim Cook's op-ed on privacy for Time

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January 10, 2019 75: CES Highlights 2019
This week we picked out some of our favorite pieces of tech announced at CES.

Show Notes

Samsung Digital Cockpit

Samsung Space Saving Monitor

Apple brings Airplay 2, iTunes and HomeKit to TVs

Otterbox + PopSockets Collaboration

GE KitchenHub

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January 04, 2019 74: Apple's Bad Week
Apple issued an earnings warning and failed to release AirPower on time.

Show Notes

A Letter from Tim Cook to Apple Investors

Apple's Terrible No Good Very Bad Earnings Warning -- John Gruber (Daring Fireball)

The Ride is Over: Apple faces the end of the iPhone Boom -- Jason Snell (Tom's Guide)

Apple's China Problem -- Ben Thomson (Stratechery)

Where is AirPower -- Rene Ritchie (iMore)

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December 20, 2018 You Know What Else Is Skeevy And Gross?
Amazon made some Echo updates, Elon Musk is flinging cars around and Facebook is still awful.

Show Notes

Forbes fools Android phones' facial recognition with 3D printed head

Amazon announces Alexa Guard features

Engineer builds glitter bomb package

Apple Music comes to Echo and is announced to iPhone users via notification

Facebook's poorly managed data sharing "partnerships"

Facebook's follow-up statement on "partnerships"

Elon Musk and The Boring Company debut "The Loop" car-flinging tunnel

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FAQs about Ten Minute Tech Talk:

How many episodes does Ten Minute Tech Talk have?

The podcast currently has 153 episodes available.