Episodes

Oct. 21, 2021

Thu. 10/21 – PayPal To Buy Pinterest? Why?

PayPal wants to buy Pinterest and everybody is trying to figure out why. Devs, you can now begin testing Android apps on Windows 11. Gamers, you can now do some powerful gaming for the low, low price of $100 a month. Some, j…
Oct. 20, 2021

Wed. 10/20 – Facebook To Change Its Name?

Dropping the “the” from The Facebook isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? Dropping Facebook as a name entirely. All the news from today’s Samsung event. Spotify and Shopify finally team up in the greatest crossover event of tec…
Oct. 19, 2021

Tue. 10/19 – The Google Pixel Event And The Pixel 6

All the headlines from Google’s latest Pixel event with the new Pixel 6. Some odds and sods from yesterday’s Apple event. Maybe Facebook’s crypto project is about to debut. How much money can the delivery space attract or ev…
Oct. 18, 2021

Mon. 10/18 – Apple’s MacBook Event

All the headlines from Apple’s event today. The Bitcoin future’s ETF is real, as of tomorrow. Apple’s privacy changes have indeed upended the mobile advertising space… in Apple’s favor. Steam doesn’t want to play the NFT gam…
Oct. 16, 2021

(TWTR SPC) What IS The Metaverse?

What is the Metaverse? Why is everyone talking about it? Why is Mark Zuckerberg talking SO MUCH about it lately? And come to think of it, what is Facebook's play for the future?
Oct. 15, 2021

Fri. 10/15 – Will The SEC Allow You To Trade The (Bitcoin) Future?

The SEC is poised to let the first Bitcoin futures ETFs trade a soon as next week. Google finally does away with pagination on the mobile web. Why are Waymo autonomous taxis all piling up on one dead end street in San Franci…
Oct. 14, 2021

Thu. 10/14 – LinkedIn Shuts Down In China

Microsoft is shutting down LinkedIn in China. The first major tech regulation bill of this wave is set to debut in the Senate today. TCL’s cheap smartphones sound pretty good, actually. The gaming industry is serious about c…
Oct. 13, 2021

Wed. 10/13 – Supply Chain Woes Come For The iPhone

Apple is forced to cut iPhone 13 production due to lack of parts. Are health features coming to the AirPods? NFT’s are coming to Coinbase. Stripe is hiring for a big push into crypto. Would you like a laptop with a 3D screen…
Oct. 12, 2021

Tue 10/12 – Twitter Lets Your Do Your Own Shadow Banning

Twitter lets you remove followers without having to block them. Magic Leap is back with a fresh $500 million dollars. Canva gets into video while 1Password wants to make it easier to share your password. Microsoft and Nvidia…
Oct. 11, 2021

Mon. 10/11 – Pixels To Go Big On Cameras?

Is Google aiming to take back the smartphone camera crown with next week’s Pixel event? That Twitch leak reinforces the idea that on platform ecosystems, there very much is a 1%. The Chinese Tesla competitors that are hittin…
Oct. 8, 2021

Fri. 10/08 – Tesla Goes Texas; Apple Goes Hollywood

Tech real estate report. Tesla leaves for Texas, while Apple rocks up in Hollywood. YouTube is gonna stop doing those year-end Rewind videos. A developer says Facebook banned him for life cause they didn’t like his app. And …
Oct. 7, 2021

Thu. 10/07 – Forget The iCar, Apple Wants To Take Over Your EXISTING Car

Forget the iCar, Apple wants to take over your existing car. The first candidate to test the App Store cracks has stepped forward. AMD warns that if you install Windows 11, your computer could run slower. GM gets me closer t…
Oct. 6, 2021

Wed. 10/06 – ALL Of Twitch Leaked?

The entirety of Twitch has allegedly been leaked. Like, everything from the source code to a creator payout spreadsheet. Snap gears up in the creator economy platform wars. Some AirPods gain Find My Support. The SEC says it …
Oct. 5, 2021

Tue. 10/05 – The Great Facebook Outage

About that Facebook outage yesterday… A Google moonshot project has a surprise profit. But only because its propping up other Alphabet bets. And then, it’s review day. What you can expect if you download Android 12. What you…
Oct. 4, 2021

Mon. 10/04 – Facebook Whistleblower On 60 Minutes

The Facebook whistleblower reveals her identity on 60 Minutes. You can preorder the Apple Watch Series 7 this week. New MacBook Pros could still be coming “this month.” Apple is actually the biggest force in the gaming indus…
Oct. 2, 2021

(Bonus) World Cup Of Entrepreneurs Part 2

Who wins? Jobs? Gates? Musk? Bezos? Collison, even? The grand finale of our #WorldCupOfEntreprenurs.
Oct. 1, 2021

Fri. 10/01 – TikTok And NFTs, Two Great Tastes That Taste Great Together

TikTok has joined the NFT craze, so the singularity must be nigh. USB-C tries to clear up its customer confusion problem. Zoom abandons a huge acquisition. And a crypto developer is begging users to give $90 million dollars …
Sept. 30, 2021

Thu. 09/30 – Facebook: Who You Gonna Trust? Us? Or Your Lying Eyes?

Facebook finally releases the controversial slides to let them speak for themselves, but doesn’t actually let them speak for themselves. A 4K Nintendo Switch was apparently coming, but now is it never coming? Nreal has some …
Sept. 29, 2021

Wed. 09/29 – Is Amazon’s Astro Robot… Ready?

Amazon’s Astro Robot apparently has a tendency to throw itself down stairs. Netflix acquires its first game studio. The interesting company that acquired Genius and now Imgur. Explaining Facebook’s interest in the Tween audi…
Sept. 28, 2021

Tue. 09/28 – The Amazon Hardware Event

As many headlines from the Amazon hardware event as I can manage to squeeze in. Facebook defines the Metaverse as it sees it. Cloudflare wants to be the 4th big player in the cloud. And Satya Nadella himself dishes on that t…
Sept. 27, 2021

Mon. 09/27 – Instagram Kids On “Pause”

Adam Mosseri pumps the breaks on Instagram Kids but still says it’s a good idea. Tesla is letting people into the “full self-driving” beta, and some folks think that’s a bad idea. Apple knows about that Apple Watch bug. What…
Sept. 25, 2021

(TWTR SPC) Facebook's Fortnight Of Controversy

While I was off observing my wedding anniversary, your host @chrismessina spoke with @justinhendrix and @AuthorPMBarrett about Facebook's recent controversies as well as their own research into social media and political pol…
Sept. 24, 2021

Fri. 09/24 – China: No, Really. No Crypto.

China really, really, really wants you to know it’s serious about its Crypto crackdown. Google brought some Pixel-only features to everybody. Leaks ahead of next week’s Amazon event. New York passes a law on gig worker pay. …