Techmeme Ride Home
Brian McCullough
Want full access? Sign up to get personalized summaries, transcripts, and more.
Get Started FreeEpisodes
(Bonus) CoinDesk's Brady Dale On Libra and the "Crypto Spring"
Well, given the news of the week, I knew we needed to do a deep dive on Libra, so I called up our friend Brady Dale at CoinDesk and we get into it. Wh...
Fri. 06/21 - Google Abandons Tablets
Google is getting out of the tablet business, there’s a MacBook Pro recall but not because of keyboard issues, a startup is aiming to disrupt the bill...
Thu. 06/20 - Slack's (kinda) IPO
Slack debuts as a publicly traded company, there will be Congressional hearings about Libra, a Florida city pays ransom money to hackers, getting your...
Wed. 06/19 - The Fallout From Facebook Coin
More revelations about the horrible job that is Facebook Moderation, Best Buy now doubles as a Genius Bar—sorta, YouTube has some new AR tricks and is...
Tue. 06/19 – Is Facebook Now in Crypto... or Just Payments?
Facebook announces Libra, Twitch acquires Bebo, are unmanned convenience stores something people even want, Facebook wants more houses in Silicon Vall...
Mon. 06/17 – The 5G iPhones Might Be Both Bigger and Smaller
The 5G iPhones might be both bigger and smaller, both Huawei and the chip industry prepare for tough times, Genius says it caught Google red-handed, i...
(Bonus) The Business of Content With Simon Owens
Simon Owens is a journalist who, in his writing, podcasting and newsletters, covers the whole gamut of digital media, from the creator side to the pub...
(Bonus) Among the Amazon Robots With Matt Simon
That Wired longread that I suggested yesterday, about Amazon’s warehouse robots really stuck with me for personal reasons you’ll hear in a second. I t...
Fri. 06/14 - Are Foldable Phones Cursed?
Are foldable phones cursed—and will we ever see one? Facebook coin might be coming as early as next week, the hottest crypto is up 330% YTD but you’ve...
Thu. 06/13 - The Most Interesting Startup I've Heard Of In A While
Telegram is getting DDoS’d, Google pulls a Radiohead on Pixel phone leakers, Bird buys Scoot, my dream TV is a wall, and the most interesting startup...
Wed. 06/12 - The DOJ is Telegraphing its Possible Punches to Silicon Valley
The state of the Internet according to Mary Meeker, Houseparty joins the Fortnite party, Uber Elevate is planning some important firsts, the DOJ is te...
Tue. 06/11 - "Any data that is collected, WILL be breached."
An abject example of the maxim, “any data that is collected, will be breached,” Foxconn isn’t worried about a trade war so maybe Apple doesn’t have to...
Mon. 06/10 - The New Xbox Looks Like a Beast
The next generation Xbox sounds like a beast, Salesforce buys Tableau, Apple might buy a self-driving car startup, we finally get some details on Quib...
WWDC Debrief With John Voorhees of MacStories
Does what is says on the tin. John Voorhees helps us sum up WWDC, get act dev reaction from the floor of the conference, and pick up some of the stray...
Fri. 06/07 - Walmart Wants To Deliver to Your... Fridge...
Now you can’t get Facebook on new Huawei phones, Barnes and Noble waives the white flag, WarnerMedia abandons that tiered streaming plan idea, Walmart...
Thu. 06/06 - This is Google Stadia (?)
Google Stadia details are revealed, Amazon shows off its delivery drone and Uber debuts Uber Copter, Facebook is going to do an official white paper f...
Wed. 06/05 - YouTube Takes Action-ish
YouTube actually DOES make some changes, Peloton is going public, could Prime open Amazon up to anticompetitive scrutiny, more on that Sign in with Ap...
Tue. 06/04 - What's The Problem With Sign In with Apple?
It looks like Washington is serious about going after Big Tech in a big way, Firefox blocks cookies, why are developers trepidatious about that Sign I...
06/03 - All the WWDC News
All the news and headlines from WWDC, the anti-trust brigade might be coming for Google in the US, a big chip acquisition, big news on the payments fr...
WWDC Preview and Consumer Startups With Dan Frommer
Y’all know Dan Frommer. Veteran tech journalist. We’re gonna do a WWDC preview here today, but before that, Dan has his own, excellent newsletter, the...
Ready to get started?
Join other podcast enthusiasts who are getting podcast summaries.
Sign Up Free