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The One That's Super-charged
Five Favorites
English - August 05, 2019 07:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsTech News News Business Marketing marketing socialmedia Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On this week's episode, Barrows is back with apologies. Also, this episode is not an app "by Facebook". [thankfully].
[New to the show? Find out the stories we talk about in this week's episode below and connect with Amir and Chris on Twitter! Use the hashtag #FiveFavorites to share YOUR favorite stories each and every week - and YOU may be included on the show (including our new tweet of the week feature).]
1. Apple Drops Barclays Card Rewards Ahead of Goldman Launch [Bloomberg by Mark Gurman & Jennifer Surane]
2. Libraries are fighting to preserve your right to borrow e-books [CNN story by Jessamyn West]
3. Instagram and WhatsApp will add ‘from Facebook’ to their names [Verge story by Chris Welch]
4. Tesla brings back free unlimited supercharging for the Model S and X [Techcrunch story by Kirsten Korosec]
5. Hot Topic: Ninja's First Day on Mixer: Half A Million Free Subs, Mixer App Skyrockets on Mobile [Screenrant story by Bryan Lawver]
Honorable Mention:
Josh Hayley’s bill to limit your Twitter time to 30 minutes a day, explained [Recode by Emily Stewart]
Dishonorable Mention: Apple stops letting contractors listen to Siri voice recordings and will offer opt-out later [Verge story by Sam Byford]
Tweet of the Week: @TheRock