Techmeme Ride Home

Techmeme Ride Home

Brian McCullough

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Wed. 01/03 – Why Is Facebook Rolling Out Link History?

Facebook has a new feature, Link History, but why are they doing this and why now? I’m asking. A look at those jockeying to get ahead of a bitcoin ETF...

Jan 3, 2024 15m

Tue. 02/01 – The Premium Smartphone Market, And The Premium-Premium

Telegram has completely redesigned its app. Microsoft has brought Copilot to iOS. Camera makers are remaking their hardware for the age of AI. There’s...

Jan 2, 2024 17m

(IHP) TheGlobe.com Saga Part III

Part three of our epic conversation with Stephan Paternot. Here's what happens when you've been through the wringer. When you've been to the top of th...

Jan 1, 2024 36m

(IHP) TheGlobe.com Saga Part II

Ok, part 2 of the Stephan Paternot mega-episode right now. This is where we get into the meat of it, the good stuff, the whole crazy roller coaster ri...

Dec 31, 2023 63m

(IHP) TheGlobe.com Saga Part I

The story of the quintessential dotcom company. Also, if you squint, you can see the birth of social media. I said in the book, I think TheGlobe.com w...

Dec 30, 2023 48m

Fri. 12/29 – The Media Industry’s Delicate Dance With AI

OpenAI has been talking to everybody in media, it turns out. But how would a partnership turn out for media? Google settles another big lawsuit. The f...

Dec 29, 2023 16m

Thu. 12/28 – Will 2024 Be The Year Apple Gets Serious About Gaming On Macs?

Researchers have found a gnarly zero-click, zero-day iMessage hack that has been exploited. Apple can sell watches again! What was the best performing...

Dec 28, 2023 16m

Wed. 12/27 – NYT Sues OpenAI

The NYT has broken the seal and sued OpenAI and Microsoft. Ads are coming to Prime Video in mere days. More rumors about Jony Ive founding an AI hardw...

Dec 27, 2023 16m

Tue. 12/26 – Apple’s AI Strategy Comes Into View

Apple’s whole AI strategy has been coming into focus these last couple of weeks. Two stories on this, including Apple’s first announced LLM. OpenAI is...

Dec 26, 2023 17m

(Bonus) Brian On Acquired Podcast Part 2

This time we talk about the AOL/Time Warner MergerSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/p...

Dec 25, 2023 102m

(Bonus) Brian On Acquired Podcast Part 1

The first time I went on the Acquired Podcast, back in March of 2017. We talked about Yahoo's acquisition of Overture. I know you probably haven't hea...

Dec 24, 2023 91m

(Bonus) Brian On The Newsworthy Podcast

Me on The Newsworthy Podcast talking the tech trends of 2023. Alliterative!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Pr...

Dec 23, 2023 14m

Fri. 12/22 – The Hyperloop Is Dead

The Hyperloop dream is dead. The attempt to bridge the iMessage divide is dead. China’s gaming industry isn’t dead, but it’s pretty wounded. The crazy...

Dec 22, 2023 22m

Thu. 12/21 – Big Galaxy S24 Spec Leaks; And What Is “Galaxy AI?”

The Galaxy S24 lineup had a big spec leak. So what do the new phones have and what is Galaxy AI? Get ready cause the Apple Vision Pro hype tsunami is...

Dec 21, 2023 18m

Wed. 12/20 – Sony Has Sold 50 Million PS5s

Rite Aid was apparently doing some crazy stuff with facial recognition software. Sony says the PS5 is killing it. ByteDance is definitely killing it....

Dec 20, 2023 16m

Tue. 12/19 – Google Might Owe You Some Money

Google has settled lawsuits from the states, has agreed to offer new billing tools, and may owe YOU some money as they’ve agreed to pay $700 million d...

Dec 19, 2023 16m

Mon. 12/18 – Adobe And Figma Call Off Their Merger

Big news Monday. Adobe and Figma have called off their wedding. Apple might stop selling its top-of-the-line Apple Watches, in the US, this week. I’ll...

Dec 18, 2023 16m

(Portfolio Profile) AdHawk Microsystems

You can learn more about AdHawk Microsystems.But especially learn more about the MindLink Air.And the link to the YouTube version of this in...

Dec 16, 2023 41m

Fri. 12/15 – Did Google Just Kill Geofence Warrants?

Did Google just kill geofence warrants? Intel wants you to know it’s in the AI game. Could we get a foldable iPad before we get a foldable iPhone? Soo...

Dec 15, 2023 18m

Thu. 12/14 – Threads Is Shipping Some Stuff!

The gates have been opened for Europeans on Threads, and it looks like Meta’s serious about tying Threads into to Fediverse. I argue that the release...

Dec 14, 2023 16m

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