More reported casualties in the Google Civil War, more strife between Amazon and FedEx, can Amazon turn Alexa into a healthy ecosystem, developers: get busy on Edge extensions, and the top apps of the decade have one big thing in common.
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Google accused of firing another worker in union-busting driv ... Show More
Jun 25
Hope You Weren't Putting Off Buying A Mac
Apple hiked Mac and iPad prices 15-25% on the memory crunch; iPhones held steady. Anthropic accused Alibaba of distilling Claude 28.8 million times. IBM detailed a 0.7nm chip, Facebook revived its Creator Studio app, and Kalshi chased a $40B valuation. Apple raises Mac, iPad, and ... Show More
22m 8s
May 2020
E1064: News Roundtable! Sam Parr & Zach Coelius on Barstool Sports vs. Call Her Daddy, SoftBank’s $17B loss, TikTok poaches former Disney exec as CEO, Facebook launches Shops & more!
0:51 Jason intros Zach Coelius & Sam Parr<br />
2:28 Barstool Sports vs. Call Her Daddy<br />
6:49 Penn National Gaming stock soaring, Dave Portnoy winning this controversy<br />
13:17 SoftBank reports $17.7B annual loss, worst figures in 39-year history<br />
17:19 Does Soft ... Show More
1h 2m
Feb 2025
The high stakes for AI Alexa
AI will fix everything, right? In this episode, friend of The Verge (and Waveform co-host) David Imel joins Nilay and David to talk all about Alexa Plus, and the AI-powered voice assistant Amazon thinks can do everything from turn on your lights to order your friend an Uber. The ... Show More
1h 56m
Nov 2022
🧙♂️ “Killing the magic… of Magic” — Hasbro: The Gathering. Twitter’s fake Mario. Alexa’s nightmare dream.
Hasbro stock fell 10% because it’s messing with Magic: The Gathering. Twitter’s latest problem is fake-but-verified accounts (like Super Mario giving us the finger), which makes Twitter a dangerous place for brands. Amazon is reportedly laying off 10,000 people, mostly on the Ale ... Show More
21m 2s
Nov 2024
What's New In Amazon Marketing Cloud
Episode #059 - This episode brings Alan Lewis, Amazon’s AMC Director, and Dustin Wassner from BTR Media to discuss the major updates to Amazon Marketing Cloud (AMC) announced at Unboxed 2024. Get a clear look at new tools like audience bid boosting, template audiences, and no-cod ... Show More
38m 9s