Beyond Devices Podcast
136 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsThe Beyond Devices podcast is brought to you by Jan Dawson and Aaron Miller. Jan is the author of the Beyond Devices blog, as well as the owner and Chief Analyst at Jackdaw Research, a research and advisory firm focused on the consumer electronics market. Aaron is a business school professor, but in a past life ran one of the most popular iMovie blogs and co-authored several books in the iMovie: the Missing Manual series with David Pogue, and remains an avid follower of all things Apple.
Jan can be found on Twitter at @jandawson, while Aaron is @aaronmiller. We welcome your feedback on any of our episodes or the podcast in general.
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Episodes
Week 120 – BD Podcast News, State Of The Industry Discussion
November 21, 2017 20:41 - 36 minutes - 50.2 MBJan's taking on a new full-time job and stepping away from his role as an independent analyst, which means we're taking a bit of a break from the podcast after this episode, and will post less frequent episodes in future. With that context, we're in a contemplative mood and decided to make this episode a discussion about the state of the tech industry. We tackle a few distinct themes: the power of incrementalism in the face of a bias towards big inventions; the maturity of key markets and the...
Week 119 – NR – Snap Earnings, Twitter 280, IPhone X First Impressions
November 10, 2017 22:51 - 35 minutes - 49.5 MBWe're back on our normal schedule for this week's News Roundup episode, and back to covering three distinct topics. This week those are: Snap's disappointing earnings and the proposed changes to the product and strategy there; Twitter's broader rollout of the 280 character limit and criticism over its use of user verification, and Aaron and Jan's first impressions of the iPhone X, which we've both been using for a few days now. The show notes below include links for the various stories we co...
Week 118 – NR – Apple And Facebook Q3 2017 Earnings
November 06, 2017 16:29 - 36 minutes - 50.6 MBWe're a couple of days late with this episode – Jan was traveling late last week, but we still wanted to cover Apple earnings, so we recorded first thing on Monday morning, and should still have another episode later this week. Apple earnings are the major focus for this episode, as we go through the various reporting segments in order of size by revenue. But we also spend a few minutes towards the end of the episode talking about Facebook's earnings. The show notes below include links for t...
Week 117 – NR – Amazon, Alphabet, Twitter, And Microsoft Earnings
October 27, 2017 20:01 - 30 minutes - 42.9 MBThis week's episode is entirely devoted to Q3 2017 earnings reports which were released this week from four big companies: Amazon, Alphabet, Twitter, and Microsoft. We talk through the highlights of each company's earnings, the strengths and weaknesses (and warning signs) and the broader competitive landscape around these companies. We'll likely do a deep dive on Apple earnings among other things in our next episode. The show notes below include links to all these stories on Tech Narratives ...
Week 116 – NR – Samsung Dev Conf, Pixel 2 Reviews, Netflix Earnings, IPhone Rumors
October 20, 2017 22:47 - 35 minutes - 49.2 MBOn this week's News Roundup, we kick things off with Samsung's Developer Conference and the announcements the company made there, which were more strategic and big picture in nature than most of its hardware announcements. Secondly, we talk about the reviews for Google's Pixel 2 smartphones, which were published this week and were a surprisingly mixed bag, especially with regard to the displays on the larger phones. Third, we cover Netflix's earnings, which kicked of the Q3 earnings season ea...
Week 115 – NR – Oculus, Apple:Spielberg, Movies Anywhere, Snapchat Context Cards, Twitter
October 13, 2017 21:37 - 32 minutes - 44.5 MBThis week's episode kicks off with a discussion of Netflix's price increases, and the context and reason for those. Next, we do a deep dive on Google's event this week and all that it announced, from new Pixel phones to new members of the Home family and a few other products also unveiled. Lastly, we talk about the other event that happened on Wednesday this week, the launch of the first voice-enabled speaker from Sonos. The show notes below include links to all these stories on Tech Narrati...
Week 114 – NR – Netflix Prices, Google Launch, Sonos Event
October 06, 2017 21:51 - 35 minutes - 49.1 MBThis week's episode kicks off with a discussion of Netflix's price increases, and the context and reason for those. Next, we do a deep dive on Google's event this week and all that it announced, from new Pixel phones to new members of the Home family and a few other products also unveiled. Lastly, we talk about the other event that happened on Wednesday this week, the launch of the first voice-enabled speaker from Sonos. The show notes below include links to all these stories on Tech Narrati...
Week 113 – NR – Amazon Event, Twitter 280, Ecosystem Wars, Google Shopping, Google Event Preview
September 29, 2017 20:07 - 27 minutes - 37.8 MBAaron is traveling this week, so this is a solo episode from Jan, which means it covers a little more ground than usual. We kick things off with the Amazon event this week and how to think about the announcements made there. Secondly, Jan talks about Twitter's test of a 280-character limit for tweets, whether it's a good idea, and what else it should be doing as well (or instead). Thirdly, we touch on a theme in the news this week, which is ecosystem wars between Amazon, Apple, and Google, an...
Week 112 – NR – Nest Launch, Apple Reviews, Google - HTC
September 22, 2017 21:39 - 34 minutes - 48.1 MBThis week's News Roundup episode focused on three news stories. We kicked things off with a discussion of Nest's biggest set of announcements in recent memories and what it means for the smart home market. Next, we discussed the various reviews that came out for Apple's new products this week. And lastly, we talked through Google's investment in / acquisition of part of HTC's smartphone business. The show notes below include links to all these stories on Tech Narratives and original sources...
Week 111 – NR – Facebook Ad Targeting, Amazon Buying Channels, Apple Roundup
September 15, 2017 22:06 - 34 minutes - 48.1 MBThis week's news was rather dominated by Apple, but we did still find some other things to talk about in our News Roundup episode. We kick things off with news that Facebook (as well as Google and Twitter) has been offering advertisers the option of targeting users by some pretty unpleasant terms including several antisemitic ones. Secondly, we talk about news from NBC that Amazon is looking at buying several less-watched TV channels from big traditional TV companies that are looking to offlo...
Week 111 – QotW – Apple September 2017 Event
September 12, 2017 23:04 - 1 hour - 84.7 MBAs per tradition, this week's Question of the Week episode is a deep dive on Apple's September 2017 event, which happened this morning. Jan was there in person, while Aaron followed along remotely, and in keeping with our usual format we discuss the announcements largely in the order in which they were made, starting with the tribute to Steve Jobs and discussion of the new Apple Park campus, as well as an update on the retail business, and moving into a discussion of the Apple Watch, Apple TV...
Week 110 – NR – Roku IPO, Streaming Partners, Amazon HQ2, Equifax
September 08, 2017 21:22 - 38 minutes - 53.1 MBThis week's News Roundup episode covers four major topics. We kick off with a discussion of the Roku IPO filing and the launch of the Roku movie channel, and the implications of the company's increasingly ad- centric business model. Secondly, we discuss various streaming partnerships including T-Mobile giving away Netflix, Spotify bundling Hulu into its student subscriptions in the US, and Disney moving away from Netflix. Third is a discussion of Amazon's search for a second headquarters, and...
Week 110 – QotW – Mark Bergen On Alphabet And Google
September 06, 2017 19:23 - 37 minutes - 51.3 MBAs with our last Question of the Week episode, this one is an interview rather than a discussion between Aaron and Jan. This time around, Jan talks to Mark Bergen, who is the Alphabet and Google beat reporter at Bloomberg, and previously did the same job at Recode. As such, he's one of the most knowledgeable people out there about what's going on both at Google and the broader set of Alphabet companies, and has lots of interesting thoughts about all of them. We talk about the Alphabet structu...
Week 109 – NR – Fitbit Ionic, Uber CEO, Google ARCore & EU, Cortana - Alexa
September 01, 2017 20:55 - 26 minutes - 36.7 MBThis week Aaron was traveling and so you get a solo episode from Jan again, with five news items from this week. First up is Fitbit's announcement of its Ionic smartwatch, which will be available in October. Second is Uber's new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and what he means for the company. Third is Google's surprise announcement of ARCore, its response to Apple's ARKit developer tools for augmented reality apps on the smartphone. Fourth is another Google story, this time its intent to comply with ...
Week 108 – NR – Samsung Note8, Amazon - Whole Foods, Apple Car
August 25, 2017 21:09 - 29 minutes - 41.1 MBThis is our News Roundup episode for the week, and as usual we discuss a few of the week's big news stories. First up is Samsung's launch of the Note8 device, the successor to last year's ill-fated Note7, which took place this week in New York City. Jan attended in person and shares some of his thoughts, but we also talk about some of the other ins and outs of the device and how it might do. Secondly, we talk about Amazon's very rapid progress in closing its Whole Foods acquisition and the im...
Week 108 – QotW – Mary Jo Foley On Microsoft
August 22, 2017 13:37 - 32 minutes - 45.5 MBAfter a couple of weeks off for the Question of the Week episode, we have an interview with Mary Jo Foley, a reporter who's been covering Microsoft pretty much exclusively for 20 years, and who's one of the most knowledgeable and respected journalists on the Microsoft beat. We talk through the state of Microsoft and the various transitions and cultural shifts it's going through at the moment, whether things really are changing at Microsoft, how, and why. But we also talk through some more top...
Week 107 – NR – Essential Phone, Apple Watch, Original Video Content
August 18, 2017 22:11 - 29 minutes - 41.2 MBAaron's back, and so we're back to our usual back and forth format, this time around three major topics. First up, we talk about the belated launch of the Essential Phone from Andy Rubin's company, and the reviews which came out on Friday. Secondly, we discuss recent reports about the Apple Watch, including the possibility of an imminent LTE version and suggestions that Apple is talking to health insurer Aetna about subsidizing devices for its members. Lastly, we talk original video content, ...
Week 106 – NR – Google Memo, Uber Board, Netflix/Disney, Facebook Watch, CR & Surface, SoundCloud
August 11, 2017 20:20 - 27 minutes - 38.3 MBWith Aaron away, this is a solo episode of the News Roundup by Jan. Because there's only one of us talking, there are more topics than usual on this week's episode: six, to be precise. These are: the controversial Google memo; Uber board shenanigans; Netflix and Disney's announcements this week; Facebook's new Watch tab; Consumer Reports' decision to withdraw its recommendation of two Surface models from Microsoft; and the conclusion of the recent SoundCloud funding saga. The show notes bel...
Week 105 – NR – GoPro & Fitbit Earnings, FB Hardware, iPhone Leaks, Market Share Numbers
August 04, 2017 21:05 - 30 minutes - 42.3 MBThis week's News Roundup episode features a discussion of GoPro and Fitbit earnings, how they're similar and how they're different; Bloomberg's reporting on potential Facebook hardware for the home; iPhone details emerging from the HomePod firmware leak; and a discussion of recent numbers on market share and shipments in the smartphone, tablet, and wearables markets. As usual, we spend a few minutes on each topic, with each of us chiming in. The show notes below include links to all these s...
Week 105 – QotW – Apple Q2 2017 Earnings
August 02, 2017 22:01 - 42 minutes - 59.2 MBWe're back with another deep dive, this time around our quarterly review of Apple's earnings for the June 2017 quarter, Apple's fiscal Q3. We talk through three sets of things: the numbers announced for the quarter, the guidance offered for next quarter, and additional comments on topics like China, augmented reality, autonomy, and original video content. We dive into the performance of Apple's various business lines, both in terms of what's been happening and what we expect to happen going f...
Week 104 – NR – Twitter And Amazon Earnings, IPod Line Culled, End Of Flash
July 28, 2017 22:15 - 32 minutes - 45.1 MBThis is the week's News Roundup episode. We'd hoped to have a Question of the Week for you too, but we had a technical hitch in recording and it'll be out at some point in the next couple of weeks instead, with a deep dive on Apple earnings as usual next week. For today, we cover two other companies' earnings: Twitter and Amazon. Both offered more of the same, albeit in very different ways, with Twitter seeing more revenue declines and anemic user growth, while Amazon posted rapid growth but ...
Week 103 – NR – Netflix Earnings, Lyft Self-Driving System, Google Glass, Twitter Abuse
July 21, 2017 19:57 - 27 minutes - 38.4 MBHere's our News Roundup episode for the week, with a deeper dive on a few of the big news items from the past few days. We kick off earnings season with a discussion of Netflix earnings and what if anything it has to worry about in future. Secondly, we discuss Lyft's announcement that it's working on a self-driving system, as a complement to recent announcements on working with partners on this area. Third, we talk about the rebirth of Google Glass as an enterprise and industrial product, and...
Week 103 – QotW – Apple Health And Wellness
July 20, 2017 21:21 - 34 minutes - 47.2 MBAfter a couple of weeks' break, we're back with another Question of the Week, this time focused on Apple's health and wellness products and services and the ecosystem it's built around them. Jan attended a set of briefings last week in which Apple laid out its portfolio and that of its device and software partners, and it makes for a good jumping off point for an evaluation of the breadth of Apple's portfolio in this space, and the value third parties add. We run through a brief history of Ap...
Week 102 – NR – Microsoft Broadband, Prime Day, Uber - Yandex, Facebook VR
July 14, 2017 00:47 - 29 minutes - 41 MBOnce again, there's no Question of the Week episode this week, but here's our roundup of the major news of the week. We start with Microsoft's push to expand access to broadband in the rural United States through the use of wireless technology running in white spaces spectrum. The second item is Amazon's third annual Prime Day and what it's likely to mean for the company. Third, we discuss Uber's capitulation in the Russian ride sharing business and its decision to merge its operations there ...
Week 101 – NR – Jawbone, Preliminary Samsung, LG, Xiaomi Results, Amazon Prime Subs, IPhone Touch ID
July 07, 2017 21:07 - 31 minutes - 44.2 MBThere's no Question of the Week episode this week, but here's our roundup of the major news of the week. We kick things off with a discussion of Jawbone's reported liquidation and what it might mean for the broader wearables market. Secondly, we discuss preliminary disclosure of financial or operating results from Samsung, LG, and Xiaomi, which emerged this week. Third is a quick evaluation of a report from CIRP that Amazon now has 85 million Prime subscribers in the US, which Jan is skeptica...
Week 100 – NR – Google & EU, Facebook 2 Billion, Amazon Echo Show Reviews
June 30, 2017 20:10 - 37 minutes - 52 MBThis week's News Roundup episode focused on three major news items, plus one smaller related one. First up, we discuss the European Commission's action against Google over Google Shopping integration in search, including a 2.4 billion Euro fine. Secondly, we discuss Facebook's announcement of 2 billion monthly active users and its significance, as well as a subtle shift recently in Facebook's focus. In the context of those two items about giant companies, we also talk briefly about the Canadi...
Week 100 – QotW – Voice And Amazon
June 28, 2017 20:14 - 35 minutes - 48.9 MBThis is our Question of the Week episode for this week, with our News Roundup to follow on Friday. This week's question is "Is Voice the Next Big User Interface, and is Amazon Really Winning? " The question comes from the prevailing narrative in the media, which often seems to hold both that voice is going to be the user interface that replaces current ones like touch screens and smartphones, and that Amazon is dominating that voice interface market. We pour some cold water on both assertions...
Week 99 – NR – Uber Changes, Amazon Whole Foods, New Xbox, Apple TV Execs, Gmail Scanning
June 23, 2017 19:42 - 30 minutes - 41.8 MBThis is our first episode for two weeks, as Jan's been traveling, and since Aaron is now busy this is a solo News Roundup from Jan on some of the big news stories from the last two weeks. On the agenda today are all the big Uber news including the Holder Report and the resignation of Travis Kalanick as CEO; Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods; a new Xbox from Microsoft; the hiring of two former Sony TV execs by Apple; and an end to email scanning for the purposes of targeting ads by Gmail. ...
Week 98 – NR – Uber Hires And Fires, Boston Dynamics Sale, Apple Business Chat &
June 09, 2017 17:42 - 33 minutes - 46.5 MBFollowing our deep dive on Apple’s WWDC news on Monday, here is our News Roundup episode for the week. We kick things off with a bunch of Uber news, much of it involving hiring and firing of executives and others, in a sign that Uber may finally be taking its cultural problems seriously. Secondly, we talk about Alphabet’s sale of its Boston Dynamics and Schaft robotics businesses to SoftBank. And third, we talk about two other bits of Apple news from later in the week: Apple’s launch of Busin...
Week 98 – QotW – WWDC 2017
June 05, 2017 23:59 - 57 minutes - 79.1 MBThis is our annual deep-dive episode on announcements from Apple's WWDC developer conference. We handle the news from today's keynote in more or less chronological order: • Introduction, tvOS, watchOS • macOS and new Mac hardware • iOS and iPad • HomePod. We discuss each of the announcements and share our thoughts and what we think the implications and prospects are for the products announced. Here are two links relevant to today's discussion: Jan's media comment on WWDC: https://jackdawre...
Week 97 – NR – Essential Phone, Nest Cam IQ, Apple Tidbits
June 02, 2017 20:15 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MBThis is our News Roundup episode for the week. Our three topics this time around were the Essential Phone and related products and services announced by Android creator Andy Rubin; the Nest Cam IQ announced by Nest; and a set of minor news items regarding Apple, including a report from late last week about a dedicated AI chip, another that manufacturing has begun on Apple's home speaker; and two press releases from Apple around Swift Playgrounds and $70 billion paid out to developers cumulati...
Week 97 – QotW – Mary Meeker's Internet Deck
June 01, 2017 21:39 - 35 minutes - 48.6 MBWe skipped last week's Question of the Week but it's back this week with a deep dive on Kleiner Perkins analyst Mary Meeker's annual deck on Internet trends, which was delivered at the Code Conference run by Recode. It's a massive deck with 355 slides and 11 separate topics, but Aaron spent some time pulling out some of the most interesting insights on three topics: Mobile, China, and India, and shares both those and some thoughts on how to approach the deck with us. Here's a link to the de...
Week 96 – NR – New Surface Pro, LeEco Meltdown, Assistant Ads, Apple News Editor
May 26, 2017 19:08 - 31 minutes - 43.2 MBThis is our News Roundup episode for the week and also our only episode, as we didn't have time for a Question of the Week episode this week. This was something of a quiet week with only a couple of major announcements, but we still found some stuff to cover. We talked about Microsoft's new Surface Pro, LeEco's US retrenchment, Google execs' comments about monetization Assistant and Home, and Apple News hiring its first Editor in Chief. As always, you'll find links to these stories and othe...
Week 95 – NR – Spotify FInancials, Uber/Waymo Lawsuit, Apple Tidbits
May 19, 2017 20:42 - 32 minutes - 45.4 MBThis is our News Roundup episode for the week. Having discussed the week's big Google news in the Question of the Week deep dive episode, this one covers the other tech news, including Spotify's 2016 financials, developments in the Uber/Waymo lawsuit, and a grab bag of Apple news including its acquisition of Lattice Data, reports of Tim Cook wearing an Apple Watch-connected glucose monitor, and manufacturing iPhones in India. As always, you'll find links to these stories and other things we ...
Week 95 – QotW – Google IO
May 18, 2017 20:16 - 47 minutes - 65.8 MBFor the second week in a row, our Question of the Week episode focuses on a developer event, this time around Google's I/O conference. We focus mostly on the first day keynote, which covered a ton of ground in two hours, from a general pitch around Google's AI and machine learning capabilities to the Google Assistant and Home, Google Photos, YouTube, Android, and VR and AR. We discuss most of these things and the overall structure and focus and what it says about Google's strategy. The foll...
Week 94 – NR – Echo Show, Snap Earnings, Uber Court Case
May 12, 2017 21:01 - 20 minutes - 29 MBThis is our News Roundup episode for the week, in which we discuss the announcement of Amazon's Echo Show device with a screen; Snap's first earnings as a public company; and Uber's failure to have its court case with Waymo settled in arbitration and related news. Aaron's away this week, so this is a solo effort from Jan. As always, you'll find links to these stories and other things we discussed below. News stories we covered (Tech Narratives links): Amazon Echo Show: https://www.technarr...
Week 94 – QotW – Microsoft Build
May 12, 2017 20:26 - 31 minutes - 44 MBThis is our Question of the Week episode, with a deep dive on Microsoft's Build developer conference and the announcements it made there. As Aaron is away this week, Jan – who attended Build in person – talks through the major announcements from the two keynotes. The first part of the episode discusses the first-day keynote, which focused on cloud and AI as well as Satya Nadella's new vision for the company, which is all about the Intelligent Cloud and Intelligent Edge. The second half of the...
Week 93 – NR – Microsoft Announcements, Hulu Live TV, YouTube & Twitter TV Shows
May 05, 2017 20:24 - 32 minutes - 45.6 MBEarlier this week, our Question of the Week episode was our quarterly deep dive on Apple's earnings. This News Roundup episode covers some of the week's other big tech news: • The first eighteen minutes or so of the episode are a discussion of Microsoft's education-focused event in New York, and we talk both about Windows 10 S and the Surface Laptop, and Jan shares his theory about what's really going on with Windows 10 S. • Our second topic is Hulu's long-awaited launch of its Live TV offer...
Week 93 – QotW – Apple Earnings
May 03, 2017 16:10 - 31 minutes - 44 MBThis is our Question of the Week episode, with the question being what we should make of Apple's March quarter earnings, reported on Tuesday this week, so this is our quarterly deep dive on Apple's earnings. We talk through each of the major product segments – iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch (and wearables generally), Mac, and Services, and also talk a little about trends in China and in R&D spending, among other things. You might also be interested in Jan's Tech Narratives post (free even if you'...
Week 92 – NR – Amazon News, Apple Payments, Mobile & Twitter Earnings
April 28, 2017 20:15 - 31 minutes - 43.4 MBEarlier this week, we did our Question of the Week episode, which covered the state of retail, while this News Roundup episode covers some of the week's big tech news: • Three Amazon topics: its announcement of the Echo Look fashion-focused device; its launch of its "Subscribe with Amazon" hub; and its Q1 earnings • Recode's report that Apple is working on a peer to peer payments service a la Venmo and possibly also a debit card • Mobile earnings from Verizon (last week), AT&T, and T-Mobile,...
Week 92 – QotW – Retail
April 26, 2017 20:44 - 27 minutes - 38.3 MBThis is the Question of the Week episode for this week, and the News Roundup episode should be up on Friday. This week's question is about whether the death of physical retail has been exaggerated, and ultimately what the state of physical retail is in a world where Amazon and e-commerce in general seems to be wreaking havoc. We talk through recent trends in retail, from the supposed apocalypse to those companies investing despite the downturn including Apple and T-Mobile. Aaron uses the job...
Week 91 – NR – Apple Tidbits, Google Home Multi - User, Netflix Earnings, S8 Reviews
April 21, 2017 21:54 - 30 minutes - 42.3 MBEarlier this week, we did our Question of the Week episode, which covered the Facebook F8 announcements, so this News Roundup episode covers some of the other big news for the week: • Several Apple news tidbits, including a set of environmental announcements, hires of satellite experts from Google, the purchase of a music documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival, web embedding of Live Photos, and purported shots of the chassis for the next iPhone • Google Home announcing multi-user support, ...
Week 91 – QotW – Facebook And Innovation
April 20, 2017 21:35 - 33 minutes - 46.4 MBThis is the Question of the Week episode for this week, and the News Roundup episode will be up tomorrow. This week, Jan attended F8 and our Question of the Week is "What's the state of innovation at Facebook?" We use Facebook's F8 announcements and presentations as a lens to look at how Facebook is innovating both in the products it's creating today and in the research and development work it's doing over the longer term. We also talk about what Facebook needs to do differently. As usual, ...
Week 90 – NR – Spectrum, Apple R&D, Uber Finances, Bixby Delay, LeEco News
April 14, 2017 21:32 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBThere won't be a Question of the Week episode this week as we've both been busy. Here is this week's News Roundup episode, in which we cover the following five topics in quick-fire order: • Spectrum news including the conclusion of the FCC's spectrum auction and AT&T's proposed purchase of Straight Path • Two pieces of news about Apple R&D efforts: it appeared on the California DMV's list of companies with permission to test self-driving cars on public roads, and CNBC reported that it's been...
Week 89 – NR – Apple GPU And Mac, Comcast Mobile, Facebook Content, Samsung Results
April 07, 2017 18:27 - 26 minutes - 36.6 MBHere is this week's News Roundup episode, which is a solo effort from Jan as Aaron is traveling. This week, we cover: • Two unusual announcements of future plans from Apple: its intention to build its own GPU, and its roadmap for pro Macs • Comcast's announcement of its wireless service, Xfinity Mobile • Facebook's testing of a tab surfacing recommended content not shared by your friends • Samsung's preliminary financial results for Q1 2017. Links to Tech Narratives comments on each of thes...
Week 89 – QotW – Accessibility and Devices
April 07, 2017 17:36 - 30 minutes - 41.9 MBThis is the Question of the Week episode for this week, and the News Roundup episode will be up shortly too. This week's format is a little different, as Aaron is traveling, and so I spoke to an old colleague of mine, Chris Lewis, who is also an analyst and is registered blind. I spoke to Chris via Skype about his use of accessibility technology on his various devices, and also about the work he's been doing helping organizations think through some of the issues around accessibility and usin...
Week 88 – NR – ISP Privacy, Twitter Changes, Streaming Music
March 31, 2017 21:55 - 34 minutes - 47.8 MBThis is the second of our new News Roundup episodes, which will usually appear on Fridays and discuss several of the week's top tech news stories. This week, we cover: • Congressional action to roll back privacy regulations for ISPs, which has been covered in somewhat hyperbolic fashion • Three tweaks to Twitter features, including a new model for @-replies, DM protections, and an avatar change • New RIAA numbers on the size of the US music market in 2016, and especially the contribution of ...
Week 88 – QotW – Samsung Galaxy S8 Event
March 29, 2017 22:39 - 30 minutes - 41.8 MBThis is the second week of our new split format, and this is the Question of the Week episode. This week's News Roundup should follow on Friday. This week's question is "What do you make of the Samsung announcements this week?" Samsung held an event on Wednesday in New York City at which it announced its latest smartphones, the Galaxy S8 and S8+, as well as several other accessories, including updated Gear 360 and Gear VR devices, and a new mesh WiFi router-plus-IoT-hub called Connect Home....
Week 87 – News Roundup – YouTube, Bixby, Twitter Subs, Apple News
March 24, 2017 16:21 - 33 minutes - 46.8 MBThis is the first of our new News Roundup episodes, which will usually appear on Fridays and discuss several of the week's top tech news stories. This week, we cover: – Advertisers in the UK and now the US boycotting YouTube and to some extent Google more broadly over ads appearing next to undesirable content – Samsung's pre-announcement of its Bixby virtual assistant, which will ship with the Galaxy S8 smartphone it's expected to announce next week – Twitter testing a paid subscription serv...
Week 87 – QotW – Apple Pricing Strategy
March 23, 2017 16:30 - 23 minutes - 33.2 MBAs we announced last week, we're embarking on a change in the format of the podcast, and from here on out you'll see two episodes from us weekly, with each encapsulating one of the segments of the old format – the Question of the Week, and the News Roundup. The News Roundup will generally go up on Fridays so that we can capture the week's news, while the QotW episode will probably go up earlier in the week. Here, then, is this week's Question of the Week (QotW) episode, which answers the que...