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Brian McCullough
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Fri. 03/19 – A Rebel Alliance, Led By Facebook, And Born In A Clubhouse Room?
It’s app platform product news day! Instagram is working on a version of the service suitable for kids. Twitter wants you to watch YouTube in-stream....
Thu. 03/18 – An April Apple Event?
It’s an Apple rumor Thursday from both the boys, Gurman and Kuo. Sony is taking what it’s learned from the DualSense controllers and bringing that to...
Wed. 03/17 – Samsung’s 2nd Unpacked Brings New A-series Phones
Samsung’s second Unpacked event of the year brings new midrange phones. But are they really discontinuing the Galaxy Note, and are chip shortages the...
Tue. 03/16 – The 2nd Gen Nest Hub Gets Sleep Tracking
Google’s 2nd gen Nest Hub gets sleep tracking thanks to the Soli chip. Intel’s 11th Gen desktop chips launch. Xi brings the hammer down on Chinese tec...
Mon. 03/15 – Stripe The Most Successful (Private) SV Startup Ever?
Stripe, by some measures, has become the most successful Silicon Valley startup of all time, with their recent raise. Airtable too has an impressively...
Fri. 03/12 - Netflix Is Cracking Down On Password Sharing
Netflix is cracking down on password sharing. Apple sues a former employee for allegedly stealing trade secrets. Masa Son is back, baby! I guess we ha...
Thu. 03/11 – The Roblox Debut
Roblox’s public market debut and why people are so excited about it. Twitter to open up spaces to everyone next month. An Apple silicon friendly versi...
Wed. 03/10 – Now The Hackers Are In The Security Cams
Hackers breached the security cameras used by everybody from prisons and hospitals to Tesla factories. Why you will no longer “subscribe” to this podc...
Tue. 03/09 – An FTC Commissioner To Make Silicon Valley Cower?
Is Joe Biden about to name the architect of the current antitrust movement to a seat on the FTC? Are other bad actors swooping in to take advantage of...
Mon. 03/08 – Apple AR Contact Lenses As The Apple Rumor Singularity
Ming-Chi Kuo’s grand unified Apple rumor includes AR enabled contact lenses. Is the US about to retaliate in kind for the SolarWinds hack? Mobile Worl...
(Bonus) What Are NFTs? With CoinDesk's Brady Dale
I don’t think this one requires any in depth intro. The great Brady Dale of Coindesk, walks us though the whole NFT phenomenon. What are NFTs? How do...
Fri. 03/05 – Eyes Emoji On Tim Wu Joining The Biden Administration
Tim Wu joined the Biden administration and that sound you hear is a big collective gulp from Silicon Valley. A tweet undo button has been unearthed. T...
Thu. 03/04 – Is Square Buying Tidal A Watershed Moment For The Creator Economy?
Square is acquiring a majority stake in Tidal, and either this makes little sense, or it’s a watershed moment in this NFT/creator economy phenomenon t...
Wed. 03/03 – Google (Sorta) Pivots To Privacy
Google says it’s getting out of the ad tracking game. Kinda. I’ll explain what’s really going on here. Headline wrapup from Microsoft’s Ignite confere...
Tue. 03/02 – iPhone 13 To Go Notch-Less?
Is the iPhone about to lose the notch and join the hole-punch universe? Whole bunch of new features for Microsoft Teams, and also a new Microsoft smar...
Mon. 03/01 – Instagram Launches Live Rooms For Group Broadcasts
Instagram launches Live Rooms for group broadcasts, which, depending on how you use it is either basically FaceTime for Instagram, or another shot acr...
(Bonus) Techmeme Experience On Clubhouse
Chris Messina and I go deeper on some of the news of the week.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https:/...
Fri. 02/26 – Twitter Does ALL The Things (Even $$$ For Tweets)
Twitter just wants to give us everything all of the sudden, including charging for tweets, sort of groups based on interests, and even blocking and mu...
Thu. 02/25 – The Biden Administration Addressed The Chip Shortage
The Biden administration signs an executive order addressing the chip shortage. I’ll tell you why this is evolving into a big deal. Coinbase files its...
Wed. 02/24 - Facebook Defends Its Stance In Australia
Facebook defends its stance in Australia. MicroStrategy doubles down on its stance vis-à-vis bitcoin. Is “Sign In With Apple” the new stick the antitr...
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