Episodes

Dec. 21, 2020

Mon. 12/21 – Big Day For Real Estate Tech

Huge day for Real Estate tech with Opendoor going public to a soaring valuation and RealPage getting bought for a ton of money. Microsoft might design its own custom silicon, cause, why not (to quote Vincent Hanna)? Is the first under the display selfie camera basically a fail? And could we actuall…
Dec. 18, 2020

Fri. 12/18 – Chinese Drone Maker DJI Blacklisted By The US

Drone maker DJI is blacklisted by the commerce department. Group video comes to Echo devices. Twitter launches Spaces. Sony offers refunds for Cyberpunk 2077. Coinbase files to go public. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors:Masterworks.io, promocode RIDE to skip the waitlis…
Dec. 17, 2020

Thu. 12/17 – The Apple-Facebook Cold War Is Getting Hot

Mommy and Daddy are fighting. This time it’s Apple and Facebook and it’s getting pretty heated. The EU okays Google’s acquisition of Fitbit. Substack has resurrected Google Reader, in spirit at least. And why the new antitrust lawsuit against Google is maybe the most serious yet, because we’re talk…
Dec. 16, 2020

Wed. 12/16 – Google’s Stadia Arrives on iOS and iPadOS In Beta

Day three of the SolarWinds hack fallout sees major investors unloading stock at a suspicious time. M1 chip support comes to some major apps. Periscope joins the Deadpool. Bitcoin crosses $20k. An AirPods Max review. And what...
Dec. 15, 2020

Tue. 12/15 – Europe’s Big New Rules for Big Tech

Europe’s big new regulatory regime for big tech. More fallout from what looks like the biggest hack our government has ever seen. The FTC asks basically everyone in tech how they get their data. A ‘faraday fabric’ that can se...
Dec. 14, 2020

Mon. 12/14 – The “10-out-of-10” US Treasury/SolarWinds Hack

Hackers attack the US Treasury in an attack so severe one person called it a 10 out of 10. Pornhub has removed millions of videos. Amazon’s Zoox has a robo electric taxi. Are the recent IPO pops sign of a bubble? And could Jo...
Dec. 12, 2020

(Bonus) - The Future of Video With A16Z's Connie Chan

Connie Chan, from Andreessen Horowitz, talking about: Live, Social, and Shoppable: The Future of Video Sponsors: VistaPrint.com/techmeme TinyCapital.com
Guest: Connie Chan
Dec. 11, 2020

Fri. 12/11 - Disney+ Is About to Get a Bit More Expensive

Disney+ is about to get a bit more expensive, but you’re also gonna get a lot more stuff to watch. Are we in a tech IPO bubble? X64 emulation comes to Windows. Apple whispers that it will likely be dropping Qualcomm like it d...
Dec. 10, 2020

Thu. 12/10 – The Big Facebook Antitrust Cases, Explained

I try to give you the outlines of the Facebook antitrust thing, and what it might mean for tech. Airbnb makes its market debut. Crunchyroll finds a safe home away from AT&T. I bet folks at HBO are jealous. Boston Dynamics fin...
Dec. 9, 2020

Wed. 12/09 – FireEye Says It Got Hacked By A Nation State

FireEye says it got hacked by a nation state. Microsoft’s cloud gaming is coming to iOS in the spring. Samsung’s unpacked event is coming in about a month, and we already got plenty of leaks about the phones we expect to see....
Dec. 8, 2020

Tue. 12/08 – Apple’s $549 AirPods Max

Say hello to AirPods Max. Cloudflare and Apple have developed a new internet privacy protocol. Google’s Stadia is finally flipping the switch on one of its biggest selling points. Uber is exiting the self-driving sweepstakes,...
Dec. 7, 2020

Mon. 12/7 – ARMpocalypse Soon For The Entire Mac Lineup?

Apple isn’t wasting any time when it comes to ARM-ing up its entire Mac lineup, according to Mark Gurman. Wish is about to go public too. Airbnb and DoorDash are lifting their ranges. Is email signatures a bigger market than ...
Dec. 5, 2020

(Bonus) Peter Kafka on Media, Hollywood, Substack and TikTok

As promised, here’s Recode’s Peter Kafka, the dean of the media reporters, someone we should have had on the podcast a long time before this. Do checkout his podcast, Recode Media with Peter Kafka . Sponsors: ProtonMail.com/t...
Guest: Peter Kafka
Dec. 4, 2020

Fri. 12/04 – CRACK! Warners Blows Up The (Traditional) Hollywood Business Model

Another monumental crack across the land as Warner Brothers has maybe signaled the death of the business model Hollywood has relied on for 100 years. Is Stripe signaling it wants to completely rewire the global monetary syste...
Dec. 3, 2020

Thu. 12/03 – A Law To Turn Crypto Basic?

A new bill could regulate crypto in a way that crypto folks say would defeat the point of decentralization. Facebook antitrust could be coming next week. Loon is the first to turn the skies over to artificial intelligence. Ha...
Dec. 2, 2020

Wed. 12/2 – A Salesforce/Slack Deal Analysis

A full analysis of the huge Salesforce/Slack deal. What HPE leaving Silicon Valley means, even if only symbolically. Qualcomm’s new flagship Snapdragon chip. All the announcements from AWS re:Invent. A smartwatch with a 9 day...
Dec. 1, 2020

Tue. 12/01 - Amazon Launches EC2 Mac Instances

Amazon launches EC2 Mac instances. Don’t call it Libra. At least, not the Libra Association. Is Samsung thinking about discontinuing the Galaxy Note line? Why DeepMind solving the protein folding problem is such a big deal. A...
Nov. 30, 2020

Mon. 11/30 – DoorDash’s IPO Seems To Be Cresting The Wave

DoorDash lines up for its IPO and seems to be cresting the wave perfectly. Airbnb is right behind it, swelling a bit as well. Salesforce looks like it will be buying Slack as soon as tomorrow. The UK finally, officially bans ...
Nov. 25, 2020

Wed. 11/25 – The Blue Checkmarks Are Returning To Twitter

Twitter is revving the little blue checkmark engine back up, but it will work slightly differently than before. Stripe is either already impossibly big, or not nearly as big as it should be, depending on your point of view. A...
Nov. 24, 2020

Tue. 11/24 – Apple’s Head Of Global Security Indicted On Bribery Charges

Apple’s head of global security is indicted on bribery charges. But… it’s a little nuanced. Facebook turned back the dial on divisive news stories after the election. Forget Substack; why OnlyFans might be the biggest story i...
Nov. 23, 2020

Mon. 11/23 - Snapchat Launches Spotlight, A TikTok Clone

Cloning Snapchat isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? Cloning TikTok. Even Snapchat has joined the bandwagon with Spotlight. Are people fleeing ads in feeds because the market is saturated? I break down all of last week’s big mo...
Nov. 21, 2020

(Bonus) Office Hours With Chris Messina

A deep-dive conversation with hashtag inventor Chris Messina about what makes good product design, how to Product Hunt effectively, and his unique advice about finding success in the Tech Industry. Sponsors: VistaPrint.com/te...
Guest: Chris Messina
Nov. 20, 2020

Fri. 11/20 – Facebook And Apple Trade Schoolyard Taunts

Facebook and Apple are calling each other names again. “Privacy Thief!” “Monopolist!” And why we might see more of this in the coming years. Roblox files maybe the most exciting S-1 of this IPO batch. Stadia is going to work ...
Nov. 19, 2020

Thu. 11/19 – Google Pay Pivots In An Interesting Way

A major strategy shift for Google Pay might be a big deal. But a minor shift in YouTube monetization is the same old, same old. Apple pays to settle an investigation into iPhone throttling. Affirm files for its IPO. Apple Sil...