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Brian McCullough
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Wed. 03/25 - Google Podcasts Comes To iOS
How Facebook is coping with Corona, Google Podcasts comes to iOS, ad blocking officially comes to Safari, when Apple thinks it can re-open stores, Sin...
Tue. 03/24 - Instagram Co-Watching
A wicked Windows zero day is out in the wild without a patch. Google is open sourcing a cool new AI architecture. Instagram wants you to co-watch your...
Mon. 03/23 - The Pros And Cons Of Surveilling Against Covid19
The pros and cons of using big data, cellphones and the surveillance economy to combat the coronavirus. More iPhone rumors from Ming-Chi Kuo. Is the O...
(Bonus) WFH With WSJ's Chris Mims
WSJ Technology columnist Chris Mims and I talk WFH best practices, and how the Tech Industry has responded to the Covid-19 crisis thusfar.Sponsors:Dou...
Fri. 03/20 - Instagram Copies The Last Snapchat Feature Left
Yelp is showing how the restaurant industry is in deep trouble. Instagram makes ready to clone the last Snapchat feature it hadn’t copped yet. The ver...
Thu. 03/19 - This Is The Microsoft Teams Moment
Square wants to become a bank. Microsoft Teams might be rocketing ahead of Slack in terms of user numbers. The EU wants streaming companies to cut bac...
Wed. 03/18 - The iPad is a Laptop Now!
It’s a day of new! New iPads pro, new Macbooks Air, new Macs Mini, and more bye bye butterfly keyboard! A new Transcribe for Android, a new design ove...
Tue. 03/17 - Microsoft Wants To Own The Dev Stack
Big acquisition for GitHub... which really means: big acquisition for Microsoft as it continues to gobble up the entire developer stack. The iPhone 9...
Mon. 03/16 - What REALLY Happened W/That Google Coronavirus Project?
Apple fined by France, the FCC nets a bundle at auction, new Beats earbuds, all the specs for the new Xbox Series X, and how Google got caught by surp...
Fri. 03/13 - Has Coronavirus Proven ISP Datacaps Are A Sham?
Has the Coronavirus proven that datacaps from ISPs are a sham? Comcast accidentally published the numbers of customers who paid them not to do that. A...
Thu. 03/12 - Bye, Bye, Butterfly
Are the factories coming back online in China? Is G Suite quietly one of the biggest platforms out there? Why is Magic Leap “exploring options” and wh...
Wed. 03/11 - Now E3 Is Cancelled
E3 is cancelled. Uber might ban drivers AND riders who test positive for Coronavirus. A 2nd gen Chromecast Ultra might be coming. A Peloton-style work...
Tues. 03/10 - Hold Me Closer, Tiny iPhone
A leaked version of Apple’s iOS 14 reveals a treasure trove of details about an upcoming iPhone and iPad, augmented reality software, and tracking tag...
Mon. 03/09 - @Jack Lives To Fight Another Day
Another day of markets in turmoil, another Robinhood outage. Jack Dorsey lives to fight another day. Apple is repairing some iPad Airs for free, and m...
(Bonus) Inside Facebook with Steven Levy
I’ve said before, Steven Levy is the dean of the tech writers. All the way back in 1984 his classic book Hackers defined a tech space that wasn’t even...
Fri. 03/06 - Sonos Won’t Brick Your Old Hardware Anymore
Another flaw in Intel chips, this time unfixable. Y Combinator demo day is going online only. Sonos won’t brick your old hardware anymore. Jack Dorsey...
Thu. 03/05 - Apple Allows Ads in Push Notifications!?
More Cornavirus worries, Apple is allowing ads in push notifications, Google is switching to mobile first indexing, hackers can hack your car keys, Sa...
Wed. 03/04 - Are Fleets On Fleek?
You already know Tweets, but let me introduce you to Fleets. Robinhood explains its outages. Google assistant can now read you webpages out loud. Netl...
Tue. 03/03 - What If Golf Is The Most Like Fortnite?
Waymo has an interesting raise. Interesting for what it says about self-driving and about Google Moon Shots. Robinhood has the worst possible outages...
Mon. 03/02 - I Don't Think Streaming Platforms Have Coke Habits
Some investors want Jack out as Twitter CEO. Apple settles a class action lawsuit for half a billion dollars. If you listen regularly, I bet you can g...
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