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229: 100 Amazing Kickstarter Facts, Number 64 Will Touch Your Heart

229: 100 Amazing Kickstarter Facts, Number 64 Will Touch Your Heart

Face Swap

Kickstarter funded 100,000 projects! To celebrate they shared 100 amazing facts! We also talk about the Crunchies, Face Swap Live, Moore’s Law, gravitational waves, Snapchat, and Amazon’s Lumberyard. See below for all the show notes.

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228: Alphabet Passes Apple, The Truth Will Bring A Tear To Your Eye

228: Alphabet Passes Apple, The Truth Will Bring A Tear To Your Eye

Alphabet Passes Apple to Be King Of The Hill

Alphabet passes Apple to become the new king of the stock market hill. In this podcast we dissect everything about it. We also talk about TrueBill, Eagle snatching drones, and Elon Musk’s awesomeness.

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227: You Won’t Believe Who Automated This Episode!

227: You Won’t Believe Who Automated This Episode!

Automated Robots

Is your job safe? With so much AI and robotic research happening, jobs are becoming automated at faster rates. This week we talk about that automation. Plus, we talking about Facebook cleaning house, Snapchat staying alive, the future of communication apps, Apple’s AR endeavors, Amazon’s new gift cards, Sony’s new company, AMD’s plan to open up, and the FCC proposed rules for cable boxes.

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226: Companies Fail To Build Up the Stack. First You’ll Be Confused, Then You’ll Be Inspired

226: Companies Fail To Build Up the Stack. First You’ll Be Confused, Then You’ll Be Inspired

Jenna Up The Stack

It’s really hard for companies to build up the stack because they have to guess what they’re customers want. Furthermore, there’ll be a tendency to try and make their existing business’s life easy. This is what causes disruption! This week we talk about companies trying to move up the stack along with a bunch of other topics. See below for all the show notes.

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225: You’ll Never Guess Who Will Win The Crunchies!

225: You’ll Never Guess Who Will Win The Crunchies!

Crunches

And we’re back to a “normal” week of tech. This week we start off with the kid on the block: Peach. We then talk about the struggles of Bitcoin and Wikipedia. That’s followed up by the nominations for this year’s Crunchies. There are some good choices! We also talk about Amazon’s new shipping business, an iOS listening hack, Tinder’s secret scoring system and one problem with automation. See below for all the links.

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224: We Didn’t Go To CES, And You Won’t Believe What Happened Next!

224: We Didn’t Go To CES, And You Won’t Believe What Happened Next!

CES 2016

We round up all the coolest CES news in this episode. Despite James’ downer attitude last week, CES proves that the future is bright, smart, and automated. The show notes below contain a huge laundry list of all the different products Matthew looked into. And yes, we talk about every single one. Think of this show like CES: a whirlwind of stories that’ll be mostly forgotten in a month.

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223: 79 Amazing Predictions For 2016

223: 79 Amazing Predictions For 2016

2016 Amazing Predictions

It’s season 6! And we’ve got some amazing predictions for you. We start with “Tier 1” companies like Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon & Microsoft. For each we talk about their products and other big tech related activities they’ll make. We think you’ll find it really helpful for thinking about how the year will shape up.

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222: Postdictions of 2015

222: Postdictions of 2015

Space X Rocket Landing

It’s time for our annual postdictions of 2015. James nails is and Matthew… We’ll… Let’s just say there’s room for improvement. We start off recapping the big stories of the year and then dive into how well we called things. Enjoy the show!

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221: Spoiled by Star Wars

221: Spoiled by Star Wars

Star Wars Storm Trooper On Hoth

This week we talk about Star Wars… A lot actually. We also dive into the world of self-driving cars, gaming, monopolies, and the future of medicine. All in all, it’s a solid show. Enjoy!

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220: The Death Of Standalone Virtual Reality

220: The Death Of Standalone Virtual Reality

Standalone Death of Virtual Reality Picture

Standalone apps were all the rage at the beginning of the year. Now they’re suddenly dying. Virtual reality seems poised to be all the rage next year. Will they also experience a quick death (like the hoverboard), or will they be around for the long-haul?

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