Feb 5th 2017
This Week in Tech 600
Bloviating Blowhards
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Apple’s AR play, FCC changes, microdosing for unfettered creativity, Snap’s IPO, and more.
Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 22:15 UTC.
Apple may launch an alternate reality device this year, FCC clears its investigations into Zero Rating and opening cable boxes, Oculus Rift loses $500 million suit, Google must turn over foreign emails, Snap IPO, Tesla's new tunnel.
- Robert Scoble is staking his career on his claim that Apple will launch an AR device this year
- Leo is staking dinner in Paris that Apple will not release a see-through iPhone this year
- Peter Cohen is furious about Zero Rating
- Georgia Dow wants to fight Leo in VR
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Links
- Apple returns to revenue growth in Q1 2017 with $17.8 billion profit | VentureBeat | Mobile | by Jordan Novet
- Facebook Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016 Results
- KGI: Apple to incorporate wireless charging into ‘all-glass’ iPhone 8 in 2017, but wireless charger may not be bundled in the bo
- uBeam shows off futuristic wireless charging tech in its first public demo
- Google, unlike Microsoft, must turn over foreign emails: U.S. judge | Reuters
- AT&T and Verizon just got a free pass from the FCC to divide up the internet
- Here’s Exactly How the Internet Is Now Under Threat
- The FCC is stopping 9 companies from providing federally subsidized Internet to the poor
- Zero Rating: What It Is and Why You Should Care
- Alexa will now take your Starbucks order
- Amazon has at least 66 million Prime members but subscriber growth may be slowing
- Amazon soars to more than 341K employees, adding 110K people in a single year
- Inside the ‘Tunnel’ Elon Musk Is Already Digging Under Los Angeles
- Windows 10 Cloud looks just like Windows 10 in leaked screenshots
- VR-heavy Windows 10 Creators Update adds WebVR to Edge
- Doom co-creator defends his code against ZeniMax copying accusations | Ars Technica
- Snap is finally going public