TikTok's Bad Week, RIP Quibi, mmhmm

• mmhmm is a fun new way to use meeting software
• US might ban TikTok, India already has. What is the future for the embattled platform? Is TikTok safe to use?
• Apple Glass on the way: Foxconn is making thousands of semi-transparent lenses for Apple glasses
• Amazon wants to rule the world. Is that really all that bad?
• Is there any hope for Quibi? (Nope)
• Google's "Works With Google" virtual event demonstrated Android 11's new IoT features and their Smart Home devices.
• Is Microsoft looking to buy Magic Leap? MS exec becomes Magic Leap CEO - is she a Trojan Horse?
• Ninja joins YouTube after Mixer dies
• Twitter partner Dataminr accused of giving Black Lives Matter protester surveillance to police
• TikTok, Linked In, and others accused of copying users' clipboards, blame a bug in a Google SDK
• Amazon briefly tells employees to take TikTok off their phones, backpedals furiously when their marketing department throws a fit
• How much of the TikTok hate is just anti-Chinese bias?
• US teens worried about losing TikTok
• How mmhmm works with Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet
• Microsoft Teams adds "Together Mode," which puts meeting attendants in seats in an auditorium
• AR still isn't ready for the outside world, but it works great for Snapchat and TikTok filters
• North Focals, Jins Meme ES, Amazon Lens, Snap Spectacles, Bose Frames - different smart glasses with different use cases
• When will AR get a killer App? User-focused design is the answer, but not a lot of AR companies are doing that.
• Foxconn invests $1B to open a factory in India
• Searching for the perfect car phone holder
• Are Millennials killing IoT?
• Walmart is launching an Amazon Prime competitor in July
• Jack Dorsey donates $3 Million to Basic Income
• Twitter might be starting a subscription service

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Louise Matsakis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Phil Libin

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