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From products and companies to services and trends, Download’s weekly panel of experts analyzed the biggest topics in tech … and a few you may have missed. Hosted by Jason Snell and Stephen Hackett.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 108
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2019
108: Keep Watching the Headlines
Apple releases public betas earlier than expected, Bill Gates muses on Microsoft's missed opportunity and the power of tech giants, and we're all going to need a fuzzy puppy update this week because …
00:35:17 |
Wed 26 Jun 2019
107: Embankment for the Unbanked
Facebook's cryptocurrency move, 5G in rural areas, Google steals lyrics, Apple hedges on China, JJ Abrams cuts a big deal with Warner Media, Snapchat's original programming strategy, and much more.
01:00:45 |
Thu 20 Jun 2019
106: I Think It's Us
The tech industry has a lot to apologize for, the Huawei mess escalates, and is Apple still thinking about autonomous vehicles?
00:46:08 |
Thu 13 Jun 2019
105: Live From WWDC: Dark Mode People
From Apple's podcast studio within its Worldwide Developer Conference, we're joined by John Siracusa and Shelly Brisbin to discuss iPadOS, iOS, Catalyst, SwiftUI, and Apple's new pro hardware.
00:49:06 |
Thu 06 Jun 2019
104: I Don't Know What X Means Anymore
The increasingly messy tech Cold War, Apple's keyboard troubles, the prospects for data protection laws in the U.S., and Wi-Fi stalking on the Tube.
00:50:27 |
Thu 23 May 2019
103: Where OS?
Apple gets a bad Supreme Court ruling, Disney buys the rest of Hulu, and Florence Ion joins us to discuss last week's Google IO, including the Pixel 3a and the fate of all our Nest thermostats.
01:06:16 |
Thu 16 May 2019
102: More Ham Figures Into It
Philip Michaels joins us to talk about interesting things in Apple's latest financial results, the death of a product that never existed, and Facebook's F8 product announcements.
00:42:00 |
Thu 02 May 2019
101: Painting Something Pink
Carolina Milanesi joins Jason to discuss her time using an unbroken Samsung Galaxy Fold, Tim Cook talking up tech regulation, Jack Dorsey visiting the White House, and the words tech writers use to d…
00:55:21 |
Thu 25 Apr 2019
100: Modems Modems Modems!
Apple and Qualcomm make up over fried chicken, social-media companies continue to not get it, and the Galaxy Fold makes a very bad first impression.
00:57:23 |
Thu 18 Apr 2019
99: My Memory is Beyond the Event Horizon
Netflix ties its own hands, new Kindles arrive, Amazon gets criticized for cozying up to oil companies while touting its own green-energy efforts, web accessibility is trickier than you'd think, and.…
01:06:11 |
Thu 11 Apr 2019
98: Important Business People With Ties
Apple's News+ pitch failed with key newspapers--but Facebook might value news curation now? Future iPhones come into focus, but Apple's 5G timeline is called into question. And the "hearables" catego…
00:53:02 |
Thu 04 Apr 2019
97: Shiny Titanium Trojan Horse
Apple's big services event leads us to discuss Apple TV+, Apple Card, Apple Arcade, and Apple News+; in other news, we touch on the perils of offering a service that lets random people upload content…
01:06:52 |
Thu 28 Mar 2019
96: Hanging With My Amazon Prime Buddies
Google unveils a cloud gaming strategy at GDC, Apple releases all the product updates, Instagram goes shopping, and MySpace deletes all your favorite music from 2009.
01:00:36 |
Thu 21 Mar 2019
95: "Game of Thrones" With Slide Rules
The complicated reality of trying to break up the power of large tech companies, Spotify takes on Apple, Apple sets its sights on services, and takiing lessons from "Captain Marvel."
00:57:18 |
Thu 14 Mar 2019
94: From Switzerland to You
Fitbit unveils new low-cost fitness trackers, Apple goes hiring in Qualcomm's backyard, Zuck has a vision for private conversations, and we bring in our Special Automotive Correspondent to discuss el…
01:01:21 |
Thu 07 Mar 2019
93: Cab Drivers Were Asking About It
Mobile World Congress brings folding phones, battery phones, camera phones, 5G machinations, and a new business-oriented HoloLens. Plus there's a robot on the streets of Memphis, and maybe Netflix is…
01:10:59 |
Thu 28 Feb 2019
92: Trapper Keepers
We cover Samsung's big event, including new flagship phones, a low-cost model that should have a lot of crowd appeal, a perplexing 5G variant, and the device everyone's talking about, the unfoldable …
00:57:33 |
Thu 21 Feb 2019
91: N Isn't for Netscape
What happens when a tech giant buys the company that makes a product you like? Also: Ugly labor issues in tech and journalism, Apple plans a services event, Samsung readies new phones including one t…
01:01:19 |
Thu 14 Feb 2019
90: Spotify Buys Podcasting
Apple shuffles retail executives, Facebook turns 15 (and gets slapped on the wrists by Germany), Spotify spends a lot of money to embrace podcasting, and this year's new emoji are unveiled.
01:10:17 |
Thu 07 Feb 2019
89: The Second-Best of Times
Apple copes with declining iPhone sales and a bad FaceTime bug, then ends up coming down hard on Facebook for its misuse of a tool designed to read user data. Also, there's an imaginary bear in the w…
00:39:32 |
Thu 31 Jan 2019
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