Aug 7th 2016
This Week in Tech 574
Headless Body in Topless Bar
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Planet of the Apps is bad for Apple, Amazon’s new jets, streaming the Olympics, and more
Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 22:15 UTC.
Guests:
Om Malik,
Philip Elmer-DeWitt,
David Coursey
Apple should be working on new computers instead of creating reality television, Amazon gets its own fleet of cargo jets, Comcast turns its cable boxes into Olympics machines while selling "near-worthless" service plans, and Slingbox creator Blake Krikorian has died at 48.
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Links
- Beloved Silicon Valley entrepreneur Blake Krikorian has died at 48
- Seymour Papert, 88, Dies; Saw Education’s Future in Computers
- Logo Foundation on Twitter on Seymour Papert Passing
- Turtle Academy
- Apple should stop selling four-year-old computers
- Taking the headphone jack off phones is user-hostile and stupid
- Apple And The Gun Emoji
- 'Carpool Karaoke' Series Coming Exclusively to Apple Music
- Apple's Planet of the Apps show will feature Will.i.am and Gwyneth Paltrow
- Exclusive: Apple acquires Turi in major exit for Seattle-based machine learning and AI startup - GeekWire
- Marissa Mayer's Payday Is Even More Insane Than You Think
- Wal-Mart’s Deal for Jet.com Said to Hinge on Keeping Its Founder - Bloomberg
- Amazon Prime airplane debuts after secret night flight
- Betting Billions on Rio, Comcast Hopes to Win the Future of Television
- Washington state says Comcast sold 'near-worthless' service plans | The Verge
- Comcast: ISPs should be able to sell your Web history to advertisers
- Facebook is changing its News Feed again, and you’ll never guess how! - CNET
- The world's first website went online 25 years ago today (Saturday, August 6th)
- The Samsung Galaxy Note7 is official with a Snapdragon 820, 5.7-inch curved AMOLED, iris scanner, and more
- Pokémon Go crosses $200M in global revenue one month into launch
- Pokémon Go drives a surge in smartphone backup battery sales | TechCrunch
- Instagram Just Became Snapchat With 'Stories' That Disappear After 24 Hours
- Theranos' Highly-Anticipated Defense of Its Tech Is Called a 'Bait-And-Switch'
- A real moon shot: Feds okay first private trip to the moon - CNET