Episodes

Nov. 19, 2021

Fri. 11/19 – ConstitutionDAO Lost The Auction For The Constitution.

ConstitutionDAO lost the auction for the Constitution. But it was really about the friends we made along the way, right? More Apple Car rumors. Xbox and PlayStation have harsh words for Activision Blizzard. Everyone wants in…
Nov. 18, 2021

Thu. 11/18 – So… Who Actually “Takes Delivery” Of The Constitution?

Paytm has a rough IPO. Nvidia has another in a long line of crushed earnings reports. Grammarly is an interesting raise. Twitter wants to take the pulse of the stock market. And if ConstitutionDAO wins its auction today, the…
Nov. 17, 2021

Wed. 11/17 – Apple Will Let You Do At-Home iPhone Repairs, Yourself

Hell freezes slightly over. Apple is gonna let you repair your own devices, at home, yourself. The Staples Center goes crypto. Meta wants to bring touch to VR. Netflix now WANTS you to know which shows have been watched the …
Nov. 16, 2021

Tue. 11/16 – The War Between The Furries And The NFTs

Twitter has followed through on its promise to decentralize and play nice with 3rd party developers. Will the Nvidia/ARM acquisition actually happen? Substack reaches a million subscribers. Apple defends buying Google Ads. A…
Nov. 15, 2021

Mon. 11/15 – Why Apple Buying Google Ads Might Be Weird

Some app developers say Apple is buying Google ads to cut App Store work-arounds off at the pass. Huawei thinks it has an end run around US sanctions. The audacious hacker that managed to send fake emails from the FBI’s own …
Nov. 13, 2021

(TWTR SPC) How To Build A Metaverse

Coming at the Metaverse from a different angle. If you're a dev or even just an enthusiast, how, from a technological perspective, will the Metaverse be built?
Nov. 12, 2021

Fri. 11/12 – MoviePass Is Coming Back

Beware a watering hole, zero day attack that affected macOS. Spotify is getting into the audiobook game. MoviePass looks like it might be coming back from the dead, and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
Nov. 11, 2021

Thu. 11/11 – Do Gamers Not Like Crypto?

Discord floats the idea of incorporating crypto, but backs down after a vicious backlash. Apple wants to manage IT for small and medium businesses. YouTube is starting to hide the dislike option. Disney+ growth is suddenly a…
Nov. 10, 2021

Wed. 11/10 – Big Tech Smacked Down In Court

Apple and Alphabet suffer setbacks in court. More hardware moves in the great Metaverse realignment of the tech landscape. Unity buys Weta Digital. No word on if Andy Serkis is part of the package. And Twitter Blue is finall…
Nov. 9, 2021

Tue. 11/09 – Robinhood Hacked By Unknown Bandits

Robinhood has been compromised by some true brigands. If you’ve got a Robinhood account, double down on being wary of phishing attacks. Netflix takes a page out of the TikTok playbook. And whole bunch of announces about new …
Nov. 8, 2021

Mon. 11/08 – McAfee To Go Private

McAfee is taken private. The recently passed Infrastructure Bill complicates the tax picture for crypto. Also, playing NFT games could seriously complicate your tax bill. The latest installment of Today In Elon Musk, and sin…
Nov. 6, 2021

(TWTR SPC) Where's The Money In The #CreatorEconomy?

Poking some holes in the Metaverse hype and also examining the financial realities of the Creator Economy.
Nov. 5, 2021

Fri. 11/05 – Meta To Open Metaverse Retail Stores?

Is Meta going to open actual physical retail stores to try to sell folks on the promise of the Metaverse? More tangible signs Apple’s silicon is leaving everyone, but especially Intel in the dust. The new Mavic 3 drone from …
Nov. 4, 2021

Thu. 11/04 – Instagram Can Post To Twitter Again

Instagram is playing nice with Twitter all of the sudden. But Meta has some new creator tools that try once again to shiv the App Stores. That South Korean law is actively cracking open the App Stores in that country. Google…
Nov. 3, 2021

Wed. 11/03 – Meta And Zillow Shut It Down

Facebook shuts down its decade-old face scanning and photo tagging feature. Zillow shuts down its house flipping business entirely. Netflix’s foray into games officially launches widely. And Microsoft says hey Zuckerberg, if…
Nov. 2, 2021

Tue. 11/02 – Apple Sacrifices iPad Production To Protect The iPhone

Apple is cutting iPad production in order to allocate more components to iPhone production. The Biden administration is getting serious about stablecoins. Zoom is going to start showing you ads unless you pay up. Zillow misj…
Nov. 1, 2021

Mon. 11/01 – How Much Money Is Apple’s ATT Costing Snap, Facebook, Et Al?

How Much Money Is Apple’s ATT Costing Snap, Facebook, Twitter and the like? $10B or more? The chip shortage is hitting Apple at the Worst Time. But new iOS devices might have crash detection built in. Why was Roblox down for…
Oct. 29, 2021

Fri. 10/29 – Signs Of A Meta Watch

Tons of meta commentary about the Meta move by Facebook, including the appearance of a Meta smartwatch. Small bit of earnings fallout for Apple and Amazon. Very important detail from the reviews of the new MacBook Pros invol…
Oct. 28, 2021

Thu. 10/28 – Facebook’s New Name Is Meta

Facebook’s new name is… Meta. All the headlines from Facebooks’ Connect event today. Also, is Copilot taking over Github? The new Raspberry Pi device. And how to handle the notch on the MacBook Pro if its driving you crazy.
Oct. 27, 2021

Wed. 10/27 – Is Robinhood The Company Doge Made?

Microsoft and Google continued to report earnings that boggle the mind. Meanwhile, Robinhood discovered that if you live by crypto trading revenues, you can be wounded by them too. Will the Facebook Files force some sort of …
Oct. 26, 2021

Tue. 10/26 – Facebook Pivots To Youth

Facebook whistles past the ATT graveyard, but Zuckerberg wants to target ‘da yoots.’ Adobe adds support for NFTs. Amazon is coming after Clubhouse, joining the Quantum Computing race, and lending Project Kuiper to Verizon. A…
Oct. 25, 2021

Mon. 10/25 – Everybody Dumps (Reports) On Facebook

Running down the headlines from all of those Facebook stories that we were promised would land this week. PayPal backs away from Pinterest, Tesla rolls back Full Self Driving, Microsoft keeps its eye on the ransomware gangs …
Oct. 23, 2021

(TWTR SPC) Metaverse? Name Change? Facebook Wither?

F*** it! We did it live! Chris and me and @Kantrowitz around my kitchen table! Are we in for the biggest week of Facebook's life?
Oct. 22, 2021

Fri. 10/22 – Is Apple’s ATT Bite As Bad As People Feared After All?

Snap’s earnings suggest Apple’s ATT bite is having an impact, and what might that mean for others like Facebook? Google lowers Play Store fees and piles pressure on Apple. Did law enforcement give REvil a taste of its own me…