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Brian McCullough
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Wed. 07/12 – Microsoft Wins Big In The FTC Case
A big win for Microsoft leads critics of FTC chair Lina Khan to come out of the woodwork. Anthropic has released its Claude 2 chatbot. Say hello to th...
Tue. 07/11 – A Meaningful Anti-Tracking Law
Could Massachusetts pass the first meaningful anti-tracking law in the country? With social media in transition, what’s the lane for someone like Tumb...
Mon. 07/10 – Evernote Deadpool?
Time to get worried about your Evernote files. Looks like Meta won’t have to leave the EU. OpenAI has a new product that people are raving about. More...
Fri. 07/07 – I’ve Never Seen Anything Like Threads
It’s been my job for over a decade now to analyze the competitive landscape of the tech industry, and I’ve simply never seen anything like what Thread...
Thu. 07/06 – Uh, Did Threads Just Win?
There’s only one story today. Threads. Threads. Threads. Has Threads already won?Links:Meta launches Instagram Threads in a direct challenge to Twitte...
Wed. 07/05 – Twitter Chaos: The Real Fireworks
Chaos at Twitter emphatically did NOT take the 4th of July weekend off. Instagram’s Twitter clone looks like it’s going to take advantage of this chao...
(IHP) Amazon's Founding Part 2
Originally published April 2015It’s part two of our Amazon founding story. How did Amazon come to completely dominate e-commerce? How did Jeff Bezos’...
(IHP) Amazon's Founding Part 1
Originally published February 2015.Finally, the long-promised foray into e-commerce, starting with… not the first… but practically the first… pla...
Fri. 06/30 – Apple $3T?
Second time the charm for Apple to close above $3 trillion? Google says it will remove news links in Canada. Meta will allow you to download apps dire...
Thu. 06/29 – Big Interesting (AI) Raises
Satya Nadella had his day in court. Looks like the FTC is finalizing its big case against Amazon. YouTube has advertisers asking for refunds. Big new...
Wed. 06/28 – Who Needs A Mac Pro?
Even in bankruptcy, even FTX is like, maybe we’ll hold on to these AI investments. Could Windows itself become a fully cloud product? Has Google cance...
Tue. 06/27 – What If OpenAI Did Its Own Copilot?
Checking in with the FTC vs. Microsoft case. Checking in with the effort to recover funds from FTX. What if OpenAI did its own Copilot? Would Microsof...
Mon. 06/26 – The M&A Deluge In AI Begins
Well, this AI moment is only about 6 months old, but it looks like the mergers and acquisitions are beginning in earnest. Wait, we’re still worried ab...
(Portfolio Profile) The Player's Lounge
Find out more at ThePlayerslounge.ioSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do...
Fri. 06/23 – Meta To Turn Off The (Canadian) News Spigot?
Are Canadians about to lose their access to news on Instagram and maybe Google too? More details about what that Apple headset will actually be like t...
Thu. 06/22 – So, Elon And Zuck Are Gonna Fight, I Guess
Well, I guess Elon and Zuck are gonna fight? Literally? New Stability AI. Xbox prices are going up. The visionOS SDK is out. A Motorola Razr Plus revi...
Wed. 06/21 – Dropbox AI
Dropbox joins the AI bandwagon. Lots of news from Twitch. Netflix changes how it calculates its top 10. Mark your calendars for Prime Day. And what al...
Tue. 06/20 – Spotify To Go “Supremium”
Spotify is thinking of bucking the “max” and “ultra” naming convention and might introduce “supremium.” What if FTX, the exchange, makes a comeback? O...
(IHP) Eugene Wei On How Amazon Won
No joke, this is one of my favorite episodes we've ever done. Eugene Wei was an early employee at Hulu, so we get some details on that company for the...
Fri. 06/16 – Google Does it Again
Google does it again. For like the 10th time just since I’ve been doing this podcast. What is “it?” You’ll hear in a second. The whole Reddit thing is...
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