This week Jeff Bezos steps down, RobinHood steps up and Google pays up

Show Notes:

• Jeff Bezos steps down from Amazon
• Robinhood’s Super Bowl ad
• Google will pay $3.8 million to settle discrimination accusations 
• T-Mobile continues growth
• Spotify’s 345 million listeners
• iCloud outage
• Amazon plans to install always-on surveillance cameras in vehicles
• Comcast delays data cap
• Call to the FCC to expand remote learning connectivity 

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This week, T-Mobile adds millions of customers, Apple’s App Store made billions, and an early preview of what’s coming to CES 2021

Show Notes:

• T-Mobile adds 5.6 million customers
• Apple announces record App Store spending
• Samsung C-Lab
• Samsung’s new Frame TV
• Sharp unveils Alexa-enable microwaves
• LG’s new stick vacuum 
• What to expect from 2021
• Amazon pledges $2 billion toward affordable housing
• Amazon Prime Pantry is dead
• Verizon puts 3G shutdown plans on hold
• Motorola launches 4 new sub-$400 phones
• Roku says Roku TV was best selling smart TV OS
• Essential software for a young student
• Apps that teach you to cook
• Robots at CES

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This week, Gmail goes down, Google Max goes away and HBO Max arrives on Roku

Show Notes:

• Google had outages
• Google is retiring the Google Home Max
• HBO Max on Roku
• FTC orders Amazon, Facebook, and others how they collect data
• Amazon Made for You
• Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony collaborate 
• Google Chromecast will get Apple TV soon
• BBC will launch a new subscription streaming channel
• Movies and TV shows coming to Disney+ in January 2021
• What’s coming to Hulu in January 2021
• What’s new on Netflix in January 2021
• Chocolate Marshmallow Pepsi

Continue reading So long 2020! Hello 2021! #079 →

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This week, Apple announced its AirPods Max and you would not believe what it will cost you, HBO Max saw a huge increase in subscribers, and Airbnb’s IPO shares more than doubled

Show Notes:

• Apple AirPods Max
• HBO Max hits 12.6 million subscribers
• Airbnb shares soars
• Spotify resets passwords
• AMC warns it’ll run out of cash
• YouTube TV subscribers are getting free Chromcasts
• Best photo scanners
• Has your bank account been hacked?
• Microsoft Bing can help you cook dinner

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This week, Apple fined 12 million dollars by Italy, Amazon is having a record-breaking sales season and PC sales are growing

Show Notes:

• Apple fined $12 million by Italy
• Amazon’s “biggest holiday season”
• Notebook PC sales with a 26% growth in Q4
• YouTube’s top trending videos list for 2020
• Google Play Awards
• Apple’s top apps of 2020
• Airbnb seeks valuation of up to $35 billion in its IPO
• Best laptops for kids
• 7 best cell phones for senior citizens 
• Bad Bunny is Spotify’s most-streamed artist of 2020
• AMC Theatres CEO critzies Warner Bros.
• HBO Max no longer offers free trials
• What’s new on HBO Max in December
• Mcdonald’s McRib

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This week, Apple brings in M1, YouTube had a global outage and a customer had a sideways misfortune with T-Mobile

Show Notes:

• Apple M1 Event
• YouTube outage
• T-Mobile customer shares frustration
• Google Photos is updating its storage policy
• Amazon recalls Ring doorbells
• Broadband power users explode
• Hasan Minhaj joins The Morning Show
• AMC launches private theater rentals
• Xor’s new luxury smartphone

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This week, Apple has one more thing, T-Mobile has to pay 300 million dollars to the FCC and Walmart has dropped their robots

Show Notes:

• Apple’s “One More Thing”
• iPhone 13
• T-Mobile to pay $200 million
• Walmart is dropping shelf-scanning robots
• Mass voters pass right-to repair 
• Portland Maine votes in favor of facial recognition ban
• Uber and Lyft win the battle over driver status
• Google ends Screenwise Meter
• Best unlocked phones
• Best wearables to gift
• 8 new uses for your old smartphone
• Best Wi-Fi USB adapters
• 6 apps that help you stick to a budget
• 5 ways to check if your Android device is hacked
• GameStop TikTok contest

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This week, Quibi shuts down, Verizon Q3 earnings go up, and Paypal brings in cryptocurrency

• Quibi shuts down
• Verizon Q3
• Paypal allows cryptocurrency
• PS5 will come with streaming services
• Xbox’s Phil Spencer hints at an xCloud streaming stick
• Netflix Q3
• The Animaniacs on Hulu
• What’s coming on Hulu in November
• Every new movie and show coming to Netflix in November
• What’s new on HBO Max in November
• The best movies to watch on Disney + in December
• Ways to turn your phone or camera into a webcam
• The websites to watch the best tv commercials
• Find out if any Mcdonald’s ice cream machine is not working

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This week, Apple has the need for speed, AT&T has DirecTV might be set up for a fire sale and also announcing layoffs and Gmail has changed its logo

Show Notes:

• Apple’s “Hi, Speed” Event
• Apple is starting to ship devices from its stores
• AT&T might offload DirecTV for a “fire sale”
• AT&T plans layoffs
• Gmail has a new logo
• Google Doodle honors pioneering Black journalist
• Google apps will add notifications for “critical” security issues 
• Android’s new sound notifications
• Microsoft Edge update
• Lyft partners with Grubhub
• Consumers spent a record $28 billion in apps in Q3
• Super Nintendo World will open its doors in Japan next year
• Apple is giving away a few extra months for Apple TV + users
• Roku Channel on Fire TV
• Apple extends Apple TV+ free trials
• 5 ways hackers use Facebook to steal from you
• Mess with your friends with email pranks
• 7 essential ways to secure your printer
• 8 apps which you let you stream local news for free
• Best Android tablets for kids
• 6 tips for securing your kids Chromebook
• Best Bluetooth speakers
• 10 ways to save battery on your Apple Watch
• You can purchase the Flippy ROAR for $30,000
• Hackers could have locked users inside a smart chastity device

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This week, Google launches the Pixel 5 and more but wait the DOJ is suing them, Amazon says you can pay with your palm and the LG Winds lands on Verizon for $1,000

Show Notes:

• Google Pixel 5
• The new Google TV
• Google Nest Audio
• U.S Justice department expected to sue Google
• Apple users don’t care about 5G
• LG Wing
• Amazon will now let you pay with your palm
• Amazon has donated $215 million through its charity program
• Airbnb seeks to raise $3 billion in IPO
• Disinfecting drones will clean Atlanta Stadium between events
• Kylie Jenner’s make-up firm warns of Shopify data breach
• A quarter of U.S. adults now get news from YouTube
• Dairy Queen customer has gone viral
• Subway bread is not legally bread

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