Oh Snap! That ephemeral photo sharing company is going to IPO in March! That’s right, Snapchat (or Snap, or those really cool) shared more of their details this week. To be honest, not all the numbers look great. For example, after Facebook copied their Stories product, Snapchat’s growth stalled almost immediately. For a company that’s still losing money, that’s not great. That story and more below.
92d: Zynga gets a new boss [level]
Plus, the first solar-power transcontinental flight.
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93: Watching CEOs and Silicon Manufacturers
Douglas Engelbart lead the way on creating the mouse. Today, companies are pursing touch interfaces and wearable computing – especially watches.
We also talk about Yahoo’s purchase of BigNoggin and their overall strategy, Apple’s move from Samsung to TSMC for making their chips, MIT’s optical transistor research, Zynga’s new boss and the first solar-power transcontinental flight.
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- Yahoo bets big on fantasy sports, acquires one-man startup Bignoggins
- Marissa Mayer has been on a shopping spree at Yahoo, but is there any sign of a strategy?
- Best Buy apparently set to sell Pebble smart watch beginning this weekend
- Almost every major consumer electronics manufacturer is now working on a smart watch
- The stock market likes the new Zynga CEO, but it’s wrong. Here is why
- Twitter Wants to Start Tracking You on the Web, Here’s How to Opt-Out
- Google Flights
- Samsung bought Boxee
- Apple Turning to TSMC for chip production
- Douglas C. Engelbart Dies
- MIT develops an Optical transistor
- Solar Plane completes transcontinental flight
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Why Doesn’t Mark Listen To Us?
Episode 45 is a great one this week! The Daily lays off 70 people, Windows 8 Metro kinda gets a new name, NBC sets a new Olympic streaming record. We also talk about making apps irreducible, how Facebook can make more money, Facebook’s bot problem, iPhone secrets, and the future of social gaming. We also mention Twitter’s new $ tag, using a 3D printer to make a gun, the new new Digg, the Protean Echo Ubercard, Wahooly’s new CapLinked partnership, and the curious Mars Landing.
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- Twitter Launches Clickable Stock Symbols, StockTwits’ Howard Lindzon Says “Hey, We Already Do That!”
- Irreducible
- The Daily Lays Off a Third of Its Staff
- The Future of 3D Printing
- How Facebook Could Save Its Shattered Share Price
- The Protean Echo Reduces All Of Your Credit Cards To One Ubercard
- Wahooly Just Got a Little More Secure with CapLinked Partnership
- Facebook’s bot problem
- Windows 8 won’t be Metro Style
- Project Mayhem and the iPhone
- NBC Releases Olympics Streaming Numbers
- Zyngapocalypse Now (And What Comes Next?)
- Mars Lander To Touch Down
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Calling From The Happiest Place On Earth
It’s episode 35, on Memorial Weekend! We talk about Microsofts new So.cl project, why Uberconference sounds awesome and Apple & Samsung being the biggest chip buyers in the world. We then dive into the effects of the carrier subsidy, Facebook’s new Camera app, and Reddit founder’s Bat Signal idea for the internet. Plus a bunch more!
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- Microsoft quietly launches So.cl social network
- Google Voice Founder Tackles Conference Calls
- Apple and Samsung are the biggest chip buyers in the world
- The effect of the carrier subsidy
- Amazon brings test driving for Android games to mobile
- Leap & more info
- HP Launches Multi-year Restructuring to Fuel Innovation and Enable Investment
- Cramer: Apple is behind the fall of the personal computer
- Google+ for Android: polish and performance in a new app
- Facebook Camera App: This Is Why Instagram Was Worth $1 Billion
- Facebook Camera Could Backfire and Get All Of FB’s Apps Buried In A Folder
- Google to launch a new 7 inch tablet
- What’s Zynga doing at E3, anyway?
- Reddit Founder and Activist wants a Bat Signal for the Internet
- RIP WebOS
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No One Will Survive 10 Years
Episode 32 and there’s lots of news to cover this week. We talk about why Google & Facebook might be gone in 5-8 years. Why Moore’s law will be done in 10 years. The amazing Samsung Galaxy S III, Yahoo’s Disgrace, and AT&T’s biggest regret.
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- Why Facebook and Google might be gone in 5-8 years
- Moore’s Law is collapsing. It’s about to get fun again
- Samsung Reveals Galaxy S III & Demo Video
- The Disgrace of Yahoo
- AT&T’s biggest regret, and why Skype/iMessage Keep them up at night
Monday
- Rumor: Hulu Will Soon Require Viewers To Have A Cable Subscription [Update: It’ll Happen, But Not “Soon”]
- Start-Ups Look to the Crowd
- Google Wave reaches zero amplitude
Tuesday
- Rumor: Digg to be acquired by The Washington Post [Updated: site will remain, tech team transfers]
- HP reclaims top spot in PC sales, market as a whole climbs 21 percent
- Twitter’s big problem: It still needs better filters
- Apple CEO-in-waiting Scott Forstall sold 60,000 shares for a cool 38 mill
Wednesday
- Where Klout Meets Kickstarter: Wahooly Lands Angel Round
- EA to throw kill switch on Rock Band for iOS on May 31st
- BlackBerry offers $10k to developers
- Tectonic shift away from BlackBerry in the US Federal Government
Thursday
- Zynga’s New Ad Pitch for Draw Something: ‘Draw This Brand’
- LinkedIn to acquire SlideShare
- Target to Stop Selling Kindl
- 37% of internet users ages 12-17 participate in video chats
- Verizon pushing Android 4G hard over iPhone
Friday
- Draw Something Hemorrhages 5 million users after Zynga buyout
- The Father of disruption is concerned about Apple
- Google may pay more than $10 million fine
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