This week, like every week, we talk about the continuing corporate of tech companies. We talk about power companies, Facebook’s data, how well Tim Cook is running Apple, Nintendo’s head in their sand over the Wii, spreadsheets, VR stuff (of course), and the amount of money Uber is losing. Check out all the notes below for the links.
163: Excelling at Selling Albums
This week we talk about Interstellar, Google updates to material design with Inbox, Calendar, Maps and Lollipop, Flite Test makes a hellicarrier, Taylor Swift pulls her music from Spotify, Microsoft releases Word, Excel & PowerPoint on iOS the way it should be, Core Gamers are now mobile gamers, Amazon Prime allows unlimited photo storage and the ability to buy Echo on discount, Nest updates and goes free in Ireland, Apple Pay drives Google Wallet usage, OnBeep enables 2-way communication over wi-fi, and Mark Zuckerberg puts on an AMA.
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- T Swift Pulled Her Catalog From Spotify
- Why She Did It
- Core Gamers Aren’t Really The Core Of Gaming Anymore
- A new day for Google Calendar
- Google Maps: Your best accessory this season
- Android 5.0 Lollipop preview: Google’s biggest mobile update in years
- Microsoft Teams Up With Dropbox
- Amazon Wants All Your Photos
- Google’s Nest thermostat becomes a faster learner with major software update
- Google just removed the biggest obstacle to its real-world surveillance system’s spread
- This Dude Made A Drone That Launches Drones. I Have Dreamt Of This Day
- Apple Pay Causes Dramatic Increase In Google Wallet Usage
- Why Apple Drives Adoption Cross Platform
- OnBeep launches Onyx, a simple wearable two-way voice communication device that pairs with your smartphone
- Amazon Launches Echo
- Amazon Wants One Click To Become No Click
- The new Office for iPhone is everything it should have been on day one
- Mark Zuckerberg’s AMA: Messaging app, his favorite unreleased features and Social Network movie
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Furlo Bros Giveaway: Bob The Autographer Shirt
This week we talk about leadership and why it matters, Facebook buying Gowalla, how Crocs = iPads, Quadcopters, laggie Android phones, Molybdenite IC, 3D Memory Cubes, the new Netflix on Xbox, Verizon family data plans, A social Excel, and WebOS becoming open source.
We are also holding our very first content: The Furlo Bros Giveaway! We’ll be giving away a couple random Bob The Autographer shirts to a couple random people. How do you get the shirt? It’s easy, just do 2 things:
- “Like” our Furlo Bros Facebook Page
- Then do one of the following:
- Retweet this post (see the button below, getting the title and link is important)
- Or leave us a comment below telling us what excites you the most about our podcast.
The contest starts now and ends Saturday, December 17 at 8pm. We’ll choose the winner at random and contact them. This giveaway is for the US only.
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- Leadership Matters – Comparing Ballmer to Bezos and Lesson You Should Learn
- Facebook Buys Gowalla Team
- Crocs Laid the Path for Apples Current Patent Defense’s
- Quadcopters Building Big Structures
- Want To Make The Enterprise Social? Learn From Excel
- Why Android Phones Are Laggie and Always Will Be
- Molybdenite IC, a Potential Silicone Usurper
- 3D Memory Cube Could Be a Huge Game Changer
- Netflix Unveils New Xbox 360 Experience
- Verizon Family Data Plans Coming in 2012
- HP To Contribute WebOS to Open Source and Could Make A WebOS Tablet in 2013