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Brian McCullough
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Tue. 01/05 – US Banks Can Now Issue Stablecoins
The OCC clears US banks to run crypto nodes and issue stablecoins. Microsoft wants to make One Outlook to rule all your email and calendar apps. Looks...
Mon. 01/04 – Some Google Workers Say Union YES!
Google/Alphabet workers launch an official union drive. We’ve got a date for the Galaxy Unpacked event. Microsoft wants to give Windows a good scrubbi...
Wed. 12/30 – Apple Loses A Copyright Lawsuit
Apple loses an interesting copyright law case. Get ready to see TikToks in your Google searches. Amazon’s “other” business unit is becoming a monster....
Tue. 12/29 – Coinbase To Suspend Trading of XRP
Coinbase is suspending trading of XRP. Ant Group tries to appease the CCP. Will we soon see immunity passports on our phones? We now know the identity...
Mon. 12/28 – After Jack Ma, Is China Freezing Its Entire Tech Sector?
The Chinese Communist Party is throwing serious cold water on its entire tech sector by continuing to target Jack Ma. Did Elon Musk once try to sell T...
Wed. 12/23 – XRP, The 3rd Biggest Cryptocurrency Might Be In Big Trouble
The SEC does indeed sue Ripple, and that could be a bigger deal than I thought. Twitter won’t hand over the @Potus Twitter followers to Biden. What Zo...
Tue. 12/22 – Why I Think The Apple Car Is For Real
See… I had a feeling. Reuters says Apple really is revealing an Apple Car in the coming years. More details on that suit charging Facebook and Google...
Mon. 12/21 – Big Day For Real Estate Tech
Huge day for Real Estate tech with Opendoor going public to a soaring valuation and RealPage getting bought for a ton of money. Microsoft might design...
Fri. 12/18 – Chinese Drone Maker DJI Blacklisted By The US
Drone maker DJI is blacklisted by the commerce department. Group video comes to Echo devices. Twitter launches Spaces. Sony offers refunds for Cyberpu...
Thu. 12/17 – The Apple-Facebook Cold War Is Getting Hot
Mommy and Daddy are fighting. This time it’s Apple and Facebook and it’s getting pretty heated. The EU okays Google’s acquisition of Fitbit. Substack...
Wed. 12/16 – Google’s Stadia Arrives on iOS and iPadOS In Beta
Day three of the SolarWinds hack fallout sees major investors unloading stock at a suspicious time. M1 chip support comes to some major apps. Periscop...
Tue. 12/15 – Europe’s Big New Rules for Big Tech
Europe’s big new regulatory regime for big tech. More fallout from what looks like the biggest hack our government has ever seen. The FTC asks basical...
Mon. 12/14 – The “10-out-of-10” US Treasury/SolarWinds Hack
Hackers attack the US Treasury in an attack so severe one person called it a 10 out of 10. Pornhub has removed millions of videos. Amazon’s Zoox has a...
(Bonus) - The Future of Video With A16Z's Connie Chan
Connie Chan, from Andreessen Horowitz, talking about: Live, Social, and Shoppable: The Future of VideoSponsors:VistaPrint.com/techmemeTinyCapital.comS...
Fri. 12/11 - Disney+ Is About to Get a Bit More Expensive
Disney+ is about to get a bit more expensive, but you’re also gonna get a lot more stuff to watch. Are we in a tech IPO bubble? X64 emulation comes to...
Thu. 12/10 – The Big Facebook Antitrust Cases, Explained
I try to give you the outlines of the Facebook antitrust thing, and what it might mean for tech. Airbnb makes its market debut. Crunchyroll finds a sa...
Wed. 12/09 – FireEye Says It Got Hacked By A Nation State
FireEye says it got hacked by a nation state. Microsoft’s cloud gaming is coming to iOS in the spring. Samsung’s unpacked event is coming in about a m...
Tue. 12/08 – Apple’s $549 AirPods Max
Say hello to AirPods Max. Cloudflare and Apple have developed a new internet privacy protocol. Google’s Stadia is finally flipping the switch on one o...
Mon. 12/7 – ARMpocalypse Soon For The Entire Mac Lineup?
Apple isn’t wasting any time when it comes to ARM-ing up its entire Mac lineup, according to Mark Gurman. Wish is about to go public too. Airbnb and D...
(Bonus) Peter Kafka on Media, Hollywood, Substack and TikTok
As promised, here’s Recode’s Peter Kafka, the dean of the media reporters, someone we should have had on the podcast a long time before this. Do check...
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