Tech News Weekly

May 31st 2018

Tech News Weekly 34

Mr. D's Conference Room

IFTTT and the Smart Home

Records every Thursday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 19:00 UTC.
Category: News
  • 1:22 IFTTT (If This Than That) is an app that works with everything. The company's CEO and creator Linden Tibbets talks about how and why he created it.
  • 14:23 Amazon adopts the Rooney Rule for hiring board members. Jori Ford from the G2 Crowd explains why this isn't enough to bring true diversity to tech hiring.
  • 36:53 Mary Meeker has released her trend report. Recode's Rani Malla offers highlights what's important and gives us a sneak peak into other interviews from ReCode's Code Conference.
  • 48:52 Fraud.org helps consumers avoid scams. John Breyault, VP of Public Policy, Telecommunications and Fraud with the National Consumers League, tells us about typosquatting and other tricks that cybercriminals are still using.

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