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Brian McCullough
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Wed. 09/25 - It's Alexas All The Way Down!
Amazon’s hardware event gives us more Alexa in just about anything you can think of, Oculus has some news on the VR front, the 2020 iPhones might echo...
Tue. 09/24 - Adam Neumann Out of (We)Work
Adam Neumann out as WeWork CEO, Facebook acquires CTRL-Labs to deliver computing controlled by your brain, Kik officially shuts down its app, and is M...
Mon. 09/23 - Google Play Pass And WeWork Soap Opera
Google Play Pass might usher in a new era of mobile gaming, the WeWork saga is becoming a soap opera, Facebook’s foes and (erstwhile) friends are talk...
Fri. 9/20 - Airbnb Plans an Open House in 2020
Airbnb says it will have an IPO in 2020, Twitter exposes more bad state actors, a French court says Steam digital games may be resold in the EU, hold...
Thu. 09/19 - Huawei Launches a Flagship Without Google Apps
Huawei tries to launch a flagship smartphone without a Google net, could Apple and Disney have merged? Some really interesting raises, for Automattic...
Wed. 09/18 - Does Anyone Know What "Unlimited" Means?
Facebook debuts Portal TV, and wants to make AR smart glasses to replace your smartphone, Google Fi has an “unlimited” plan that is every bit as unlim...
Tue. 09/17 - The iPhone 11 Reviews Are In
WeWork’s IPO is off for now, Amazon Music HD is going after Tidal, the Streaming Wars mean big price tags for Seinfeld and Big Bang Theory, and a wrap...
Mon. 09/16 - Did Amazon Change its Algorithms to Make Itself More Profitable?
If Amazon wants to tip-toe past the regulators, headlines like those from today can’t help, October is going to be filthy with major tech launch event...
(Bonus) Building AI We Can Trust With Gary Marcus
As I mentioned in the Weekend Longreads segment, Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis had an op ed in the times that has changed the way I think about the sta...
(Bonus) iPhone Event Debrief With John Voorhees of MacStories
We had the big iPhone announcement this week, so to break it down, our good friend at MacStories, John Voorhees is here to dive into… why so much back...
Fri. 09/13 - Cloudflare IPO: Good. WeWork IPO: (???...)
Cloudflare has a successful IPO, but will WeWork’s planned IPO be considered a success even if it actually has one? Is another investment bubble poppi...
Thu. 09/12 - Uber: We're NOT in the Ride Hailing Business!
Uber says the California contractor law doesn’t apply to it because it is… checks notes… not technically in the ride hailing business, will France blo...
Wed. 09/11 - California Borks The Gig Economy (?)
Will a California law change the entire landscape of the gig economy? Can Dutchie build a Shopify-like ecommerce platform for cannabis? Will Switzerla...
Tue. 09/10 - The iPhone 11 Event
All the news from the iPhone launch. Also, the Attorneys General officially go after Google… but why is California sitting this one out? And… is Masa...
Mon. 09/09 - Apple Hides Its Own Apps (Sorta)
The MIT Media Lab director steps down, Apple sort of hides its own apps in App Store searches, why big tech should worry about the states as much as U...
Fri. 09/06 - Sonos Goes Portable and Apple Music Goes To The Web
Apple might have just given us the final reason to delete iTunes, Sonos has its first portable speaker, the Attorney’s General are targeting Facebook...
Thu. 09/05 - Know When To Unfold Them
China tracked Uyghur travelers by hacking Asian telcos, the company formerly known as WeWork drops its IPO target, Samsung has found a fold fix, Apple...
Wed. 09/04 - A Phone to Save You From The Internet?
Google gets a fine and is about to be investigated by all the states, Android 10 is here, a $14k gaming chair is here, a slew of new Fire TV devices a...
Tue. 09/03 - Foldable Phones Refuse To Die
Samsung is gonna take another crack at foldable phones with a different design, sleep tracking is coming to the Apple Watch, Firefox 69 locks down eve...
Fri. 08/30 - The Worst iPhone Attack Ever
The biggest iPhone attack ever, Microsoft wants to make tablet mode on Windows 10 more desktop-y, airlines are banning Macbook Pros, Jack Ma and Elon...
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