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Brian McCullough
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Fri. 10/28 – It Actually Happened
Area man completes acquisition of social media platform. And now the fun begins? Amazon had bad earnings, but Apple mostly didn’t. YouTube is trying t...
Thu. 10/27 – Meta (Insert Bomb Emoji Here)
(BOMB SOUND). That’s the sound of Meta’s disastrous earnings announcement yesterday. That’s the sort of insightful analysis you come to this podcast f...
Wed. 10/26 – Meta Calls Apple On Its "Rentier Capitalism"
Meta and Spotify both call Apple out on their recent App Store aggressiveness. Soft earnings from Microsoft and worrying earnings from Alphabet. Twitt...
Tue. 10/25 – “Extractive Rentier Capitalists”
Apple tries to wedge the App Store vig into another market. Prices are going up for your favorite Apple services. Shutterstock is partnering with Open...
Mon. 10/24 – Investing In Chinese Tech Means Investing One Man’s Whims?
Did investing in Chinese tech become a fool’s errand over the weekend? A deep dive on how TSMC is caught in the middle of all the things. Is Elon’s Tw...
(TWTR SPC) The AI Moment With @pt, @miguelisolano & @mignano
Talking this week's big week for AI, with Parker Thompson (@pt) plus@miguelisolano&@mignanoSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Cal...
Fri. 10/21 – What If Uncle Sam Let’s Elon Off The Hook?
I said Elon’s name five times in front of a mirror and the whole Elon/Twitter headlines came flooding back into our lives. Forbes alleges that they’ve...
Thu. 10/20 – A Day Of Reviews
The big Solana challenger had a terrible first day of trading. Previews of the new Thunderbolt standard. Reviews of the new Raptor Lake chips. Uber ta...
Wed. 10/19 – What Even IS Apple’s iPad Strategy?
Netflix actually beat on earnings and customer additions. Why their pivot to ads might actually be in line with their long-term strategy. Yesterday’s...
Tue. 10/18 – It’s AI Vs. The Metaverse, And AI Seems To Be Winning
New iPad Pros and new Apple TV 4ks. Meta walks away from the Giphy acquisition. Layoffs at Microsoft. High attrition at Amazon. Mobileye is probably g...
Mon. 10/17 – Kanye To Elon: Hold My Beer
Looks like Ye, née Kanye West, is going to try to buy the social network Parler. A look at the Chinese export controls that could potentially force Am...
Fri. 10/14 – Meta Lied About Legs?
We now know how much Netflix with Ads will cost; we think we know how many ads they have to show us to make up for the lost revenue. What is unclear i...
Thu. 10/13 – The End Of The Office Era
Signal is phasing out SMS and MMS. Microsoft is sunsetting Microsoft Office branding. The SEC is poised to officially ban some Chinese hardware. Is AR...
Wed. 10/12 – Meta’s VR Event; Microsoft’s Surface Event
Only two big stories really. We break down yesterday’s Meta VR event, including the new high end Quest Pro. But did Zuck show us anything that will ge...
Tue. 10/11 – Odds And Sods
A whole bunch of things, including a major US bank getting into crypto custody, paying for Google cloud with crypto, Chromebooks made for gaming, the...
Fri. 10/07 – What Is It With These Dang Bridges?
There’s another huge crypto hack and I’ll give you two guesses as to what folks think the culprit is. The Twitter/Elon trial is officially paused. Met...
Thu. 10/06 – The Made By Google Event
All the headlines from the Made By Google event. Elon sure wants to avoid being deposed. Why a guilty verdict for Uber’s former Chief Security Officer...
Wed. 10/05 – Elon Wants Twitter Now. We Think. Who KNOWS ANYMORE!!??
Yes, we’ll get into the whole Twitter/Elon thing. Seems he wants the original deal again… or does he? Tesla is removing more sensors from their cars....
Tue. 10/04 – The End Of Lightning
The EU has made USB-C the charging port law of the land. Xiaomi’s new flagship smartphone with a 200MP camera. New Google Nest things. Is YouTube tryi...
Mon. 10/03 – Kim Kardashian In Crypto Trouble
Kim Kardashian has settled with the SEC over crypto promotion on social media. I continue to Wonder if, aside from TikTok, the biggest threat to Zucke...
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