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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
68: False Flag
This week graphics cards got way better; the App Store came under criticism; and Facebook did a bunch of controversial stuff... again.
00:47:17 |
Thu 23 Aug 2018
67: Anything With a 'C'
Behavioral surveillance in apps; Alexa and Cortana shack up; a spaceship files toward the sun; Twitch backs up a truck full of money to the doors of star YouTubers; and Apple evangelizes the app subs…
00:54:05 |
Thu 16 Aug 2018
66: This Year Has Felt Like 10 Years
Tech giants move to ban a peddler of conspiracies and snake oil, but not Twitter; MoviePass nears death, but everything may still be a service; and Samsung rolls out a bunch of new products.
00:55:57 |
Thu 09 Aug 2018
65: Death March With Cocktails
Google may be returning to the (censored) search business in China, YouTube Premium and Facebook Watch face the icy stares of skeptical TV critics; and Apple breaks a trillion but still has trouble w…
00:57:11 |
Thu 02 Aug 2018
64: A Perfect Storm of Outrage
Apple's much-criticized MacBook Pro weathers a weeklong PR crisis; Google makes money but struggles with its identity; and Facebook continues to have a really bad year.
00:57:14 |
Thu 26 Jul 2018
63: Satisfying the Punisher
Google gets fined, swallows Nest whole, and plots its next-generation operating system. In other news, there are new moons and even newer emojis. 😎
00:50:37 |
Thu 19 Jul 2018
62: Get My Gecko Out of Hiding
Is Microsoft's new Surface a laptop or tablet, and what it does it mean for the future of computing? Also, HBO's new owner AT&T wants to make it more like Netflix, and we celebrate 10 years of the Ap…
01:00:55 |
Thu 12 Jul 2018
61: Someone Else Call 911
Companies love buying other companies; Disney and Amazon are making big moves this week, while Apple is getting serious about midterm election news coverage and nerds get to play with beta software a…
00:49:49 |
Thu 28 Jun 2018
60: Evil Spreadsheets
Tech finds itself in the middle of a U.S.-China trade war and discovers that taking on governmental clients might make employees uncomfortable. Also, Instagram dives into longform video.
00:54:53 |
Thu 21 Jun 2018
59: Infinite Hyde Park Corner
We list our favorite game announcements from E3, ponder the industry trend toward consolidation, watch as Twitter continues to rearrange deckchairs, and celebrate Tennesseean supercomputers.
00:43:24 |
Thu 14 Jun 2018
58: Focus on our Most Profitable Children
Live from Apple's developer conference in San Jose, we're joined by some Apple experts to discuss iOS and macOS announcements. Plus Amazon and Sonos make some home theater announcements.
00:56:54 |
Thu 07 Jun 2018
57: Extra Letters!
Google's struggle with AI and military projects, Plex expands to podcasting, and we talk the joys of mechanical keyboards with one of the editors from The Wirecutter.
00:50:36 |
Thu 31 May 2018
56: President of Netflix
Elon Musk reacts badly to media criticism of Tesla's products and labor practices; The Obamas get a production deal with Netflix; Comcast tries to snipe Disney in a bid for Fox; and cities move to ta…
00:56:38 |
Thu 24 May 2018
55: Tachy Goes to Coventry
Microsoft has a Surface so big you can hang it on a wall, and is making one small enough to take on Chromebooks and iPads. Meanwhile, Twitter tries to fight trolls with algorithms and continues to ti…
00:56:56 |
Thu 17 May 2018
54: Give Me All the Nannies
This week brought developer conferences from Google and Microsoft, and with them came a lot of news. We discuss Google's commitment to "digital well-being", updates to Google Assistant, an unnerving …
00:57:18 |
Thu 10 May 2018
53: Horizontal Integration of Relationships
T-Mobile and Sprint take another run at merging together; Facebook releases its standalone VR headset, gets into the dating game, and offers some data opt outs; and the gig economy takes a body blow.
00:57:10 |
Thu 03 May 2018
52: Danger Bubble
Google fails to get the message about texting privacy, Amazon's got home robots and is now letting people open your car, and on this podcast's first birthday we consider some trends we've noticed ove…
01:05:45 |
Thu 26 Apr 2018
51: Planet Netflix
The U.S. takes on ZTE, Russia takes on Telegram, San Francisco takes on scooters, and video-streaming services take on your wallet.
00:49:27 |
Thu 19 Apr 2018
50: I Ran Out of Metaphor
Mr. Zuckerberg goes to Washington, Apple goes all in on renewable energy, Hulu and Spotify rebuild the bundle, Snap gives it a second try, and Google releases its own fuzzy-puppy update.
00:49:53 |
Thu 12 Apr 2018
49: Good Plus
Intel unveils new mobile chips, Apple dumps Intel, Google loses its AI chief to Apple, and Microsoft reorgs Windows. All that, plus scooters litter the streets of San Francisco, drones are crashing a…
00:59:44 |
Thu 05 Apr 2018
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