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WSJ Technology columnist Chris Mims and I talk WFH best practices, and how the Tech Industry has responded to the Covid-19 crisis thusfar. Sponsors: DoubleUp.agency * KeepComingBackPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21 Maalis 202025min

Yelp is showing how the restaurant industry is in deep trouble. Instagram makes ready to clone the last Snapchat feature it hadn’t copped yet. The very interesting lessons behind a self-driving startup closing its doors. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: TinyCapital.com Zapier.com/ride Links: Amazon AWS launches $20 million initiative to help fight the coronavirus (CNBC) Instagram prototypes Snapchat-style disappearing text messages (TechCrunch) Microsoft’s DirectX 12 Ultimate unifies graphics tech for PC gaming and Xbox Series X (The Verge) Ex-Uber executive Anthony Levandowski pleads guilty to trade-secret theft (Washington Post) The End of Starsky Robotics (Medium) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: How Reddit's coronavirus community became a destination (NBC News) Can Smart Thermometers Track the Spread of the Coronavirus? (NYTimes) Correlation and Market Meltdowns (Fred Wilson/AVC) Zoom conquered video chat — now it has even bigger plans (Protocol) The tech industry’s quest to help us sleep better is just beginning (Fast Company) How TikTok Is Taking the Tunes out of Pop (HighSnobiety) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

20 Maalis 202017min

Square wants to become a bank. Microsoft Teams might be rocketing ahead of Slack in terms of user numbers. The EU wants streaming companies to cut back on HD streams. Covid might be depressing music streaming, and some analysis of the iPad becoming a regular old computer. Sponsors: TinyCapital.com Blinkist.com/techmeme Links: Square gains FDIC conditional approval for a banking license (Silicon Angle) Microsoft Teams passes 44 million daily active users, thanks in part to coronavirus (VentureBeat) What worries Mark Zuckerberg (The Interface) EU warns of broadband strain as millions work from home (Financial Times) Improved iPhone, AirPods availability suggests Chinese production nearing normality (Apple Insider) Music streaming may actually be falling because of coronavirus (QZ) Apple's iPad Pro becomes more like a Surface, and that's a problem for Microsoft (Windows Central) Steven Sinofsky tweet thread about the iPad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

19 Maalis 202017min

It’s a day of new! New iPads pro, new Macbooks Air, new Macs Mini, and more bye bye butterfly keyboard! A new Transcribe for Android, a new design overhaul for Slack, all the specs for the new Playstation 5, and why Cameo is a new app to keep your eye on. Sponsors: Tinycapital.com Zapier.com/ride Linkedin.com/ride Links: Apple announces new iPad Pro with trackpad support and a wild keyboard cover (The Verge) The MacBook Air gets an updated keyboard and souped-up specs, starting at $999 (TechCrunch) Apple's $799 Mac mini debuts with double the storage (Apple Insider) Google Translate launches Transcribe for Android in 8 languages (VentureBeat) Slack unveils its biggest redesign yet (The Verge) PlayStation 5 hardware specifications revealed (Polygon) How Cameo Turned D-List Celebs Into a Monetization Machine (Marker) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

18 Maalis 202017min

Big acquisition for GitHub... which really means: big acquisition for Microsoft as it continues to gobble up the entire developer stack. The iPhone 9 chips will not be underpowered at all. How Amazon is, in fact, trying to cope with the Corona-surge. And is this crisis the tipping point for streaming media? Sponsors: Tinycapital.com TryExpressVPN.com/ride Links: Microsoft's GitHub acquires npm to help JavaScript developers (WindowsCentral) iOS 14 code confirms Apple planning ‘iPhone 9 Plus’ with A13 as larger version of rumored entry-level model (9to5Mac) Amazon ramps hiring, opening 100,000 new roles to support people relying on Amazon’s service in this stressful time (Amazon Day One Blog) Uber, Lyft suspend pooled rides in U.S., Canada to limit spread of coronavirus (Reuters) Phones Could Track the Spread of Covid-19. Is It a Good Idea? (Wired) To Track Coronavirus, Israel Moves to Tap Secret Trove of Cellphone Data (NYTimes) With Movie Theater Shutdown, Universal Pictures to Stream New Release Films on Prime Video, iTunes, & More (The Streamable) Movie Crowds Stay Away. Theaters Hope It’s Not for Good. (NYTimes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

17 Maalis 202016min

Apple fined by France, the FCC nets a bundle at auction, new Beats earbuds, all the specs for the new Xbox Series X, and how Google got caught by surprise by President Trump’s announcement regarding Coronavirus work. Sponsors: Tinycapital.com TryExpressVPN.com/ride Links: Apple fined a record $1.2 billion by French antitrust authorities (CNBC) FCC’s largest spectrum auction nets $4.47 billion for 5G mmWave bands (VentureBeat) Beats announces $149 Powerbeats with 15 hours of battery life (The Verge) Inside Xbox Series X: the full specs (Eurogamer) Microsoft hits its goal of 1 billion devices running Windows 10 (The Verge) Trump Oversold a Google Site to Fight Coronavirus (NYTimes) Trump’s Google testing announcement mixed up several real projects (The Verge) Silicon Valley Was First to Send Workers Home. It’s Been Messy. (WSJ) Coronavirus Impact: Netflix Shuts Down Film, TV Work in U.S. and Canada as Production Nears Standstill (The Hollywood Reporter) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

16 Maalis 202017min

Has the Coronavirus proven that datacaps from ISPs are a sham? Comcast accidentally published the numbers of customers who paid them not to do that. Airbnb continues to be in trouble. Cool no-code tools from Atlassian, and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: DoubleUp.agency BuyRaycon.com/tech Links: Housebound Italian Kids Strain Network With Fortnite Marathon (Bloomberg) AT&T Suspends Broadband Data Caps During Coronavirus Crisis (Vice) Comcast accidentally published 200,000 “unlisted” phone numbers (ArsTechnica) Airbnb’s Loss Nearly Doubles in Fourth Quarter, Before Virus (Bloomberg) Atlassian brings new automation tools to Jira Cloud (TechCrunch) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: The Secret History of a Cold War Mastermind (Wired) TIM COOK’S TRICK FOR MAKING IPHONES IS NOW AT RISK FROM THE PANDEMIC (The Verge) Why All the Warby Parker Clones Are Now Imploding (Marker) How Google kneecapped Amazon’s smart TV efforts (Protocol) A Chatty Auction Site Is Taking the Classic Car World by Storm (NYTimes) The History of the URL (Cloudflare) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

13 Maalis 202017min

Are the factories coming back online in China? Is G Suite quietly one of the biggest platforms out there? Why is Magic Leap “exploring options” and why does it want everyone to know that? An interesting raise. And I really didn’t mean to crash the crypto markets with my comments yesterday. Sponsors: Protect.eset.com/ride DoubleUp.agency Links: Apple Closes All 17 Stores in Italy Amid Coronavirus Pandemic (Bloomberg) Twitter makes working from home mandatory for employees around the world in response to COVID-19 (TechCrunch) Resumption of work at Foxconn factories in China beats expectations, says founder (Reuters) Scoop: Google's G Suite cracks 2 billion users (Axios) Kuo: New MacBook Pro and MacBook Air Models With Scissor Keyboards to Launch in Second Quarter (MacRumors) The next iPhone will get a ‘world facing’ 3D camera (Fast Company) Augmented-Reality Startup Magic Leap to Explore a Sale (Bloomberg) Deep North raises $25.7M for AI that uses CCTV to build retail analytics (TechCrunch) Bitcoin Hits 10-Month Low Below $6K as Stocks Plunge in Massive Sell-Off (CoinDesk) End music: "Shoutout" by Cousin Stizz Link to the Coronavirus Daily Briefing podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12 Maalis 202016min