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Fri. 05/15 – Facebook Buys GIPHY
The US strikes at Huawei again. Apple acquires a VR startup and there’s conflicting rumors on those AR glasses. Is Silicon Valley really about to beco...
Thu. 05/14 – “Monstrous” Chip News
There is "monstrous" chip news from Nvidia, the world’s first camera sensor with AI built-in, a crypto experiment on Reddit that I feel like might act...
Wed. 05/13 – What If We Never Go Back To The Office?
New XPS laptops, new Fire HD tablets, Facebook is compensating content moderators, how the pandemic has affected clothes shopping, and how the afterma...
Tue. 05/12 - Quibbling With Quibi
Is Uber about to gobble Grubhub? Twitter does something Facebook and YouTube did a long time ago. Details on Apple’s forthcoming over the ears headpho...
Mon. 05/11 – Why Call it “Thunderspy” and not “Thunderstruck” or “Thunderstorm?”
A flaw in Thunderbolt basically means no computers are secure. Qualcomm’s new flagship chip. Eric Schmidt has finally left the Googleplex. Detecting m...
(Bonus) Did Al Gore Invent The Internet?
Of course not. But also: it's more nuanced than you might think... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri. 05/08 – How Good Can an $18 Apple Watch Knock-Off Really Be?
Uber continues the things-could-be-worse tech earnings parade, Google is consolidating all of its messaging efforts under one team, this whole Relianc...
Thu. 05/07 – Do Lyft Earnings Mean Ride Hailing As An Industry Might Survive?
Zoom makes its first acquisition, Google Authenticator now makes it easier to switch phones, Lyft earnings gives hopes to the ride hailing industry, n...
Wed. 05/06 – Disney+ Is Saving Mickey’s Bacon At The Moment
New Surface Gos, New Surface Books, New Surface Headphones and the Surface Buds finally arrive. The rumored layoffs come to Uber and Airbnb. Disney+ i...
Tue. 05/05 – UK’s Contact Tracing App Won’t Work In the Background
The virtual WWDC begins June 22! The UK hasn’t played by Google and Apple’s rules and it seems like their contact tracing app is failing because of th...
Tue. 05/05 – UK’s Contact Tracing App Won’t Work In the Background
The virtual WWDC begins June 22! The UK hasn’t played by Google and Apple’s rules and it seems like their contact tracing app is failing because of th...
Mon. 05/04 - Usable Keyboards Return to the 13-inch MacBook Pro
Usable keyboards return to the 13-inch MacBook Pro. What is going on at Amazon? Jio Platforms gets another huge investment. Another potential blockbus...
Fri. 05/01 - Sometime Sanity Wins (ICANN Edition)
ICANN finally does the right thing on the whole .org mess. Earnings from Apple and Amazon. Could Amazon face actual perjury charges? Reddit walks back...
Thu. 04/30 – Don’t Fight The Tape (Tech Earnings Edition)
Four big earnings reports for four big tech companies, but we’ll leave that to the end. Intel launches a new flagship clip line, Andreessen Horowitz l...
Wed. 04/29 – Here Come the Tech Earnings…
The biggest tech earnings season in a while kicks off and so far, it’s so good for Alphabet. Spotify says its holding up as well. Though Uber might la...
Tue. 04/28 – Deepfakes As A Killer (Advertising) App
Shopify unveils its own shopping app. DJI unveils the Mavic Air 2. The Pixel Buds 2 finally arrive. Tesla pushes out a new auto driving update. What r...
Mon. 04/27 – It’s Always A Good Day When Your Starship Doesn’t Explode
iPhone production might be delayed, but the launch might not be, and actually, that might bounce in Apple’s favor. Autocomplete for coding. A little m...
(Bonus Bonus) The Alfred P. Sloan Era of the Internet Era
This piece: John Luttig's When Tailwinds Vanish caused me to go on a random jag this afternoon. Since I had nothing better to do than post it to Mediu...
(Bonus) Why Shopify Is #Winning With James McLeod
As you’re about to hear, I’ve wanted to do a deep dive episode discussion on Shopify and how they’re suddenly the big up and coming, potential tech be...
Fri. 04/24 - Google Battens Down The Hatches
AT&T’s CEO rides off into the sunset is both a surprise and not a surprise at all. Whole bunch of interesting Google news all at once. More on that iO...
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