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Summary: A weekly podcast brought to you by The Information, a subscription tech news site doing deep dives and investigative looks at the tech and media industries. Each episode highlights some of the major happenings in tech business world, featuring the reporters at The Information. It's interviews, analysis, and wrap-ups to help give you insights into what the biggest companies in the industry are thinking.
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Excerpts from The Information's Subscriber Conference Call: "2017 IPO Preview"
Excerpts from The Information's Subscriber Conference Call: "2017 IPO Preview"
Tom and Amir talk about Lyft's future, the Uber-Alphabet drama and Uber's org chart. And Tom explains why food videos took over BuzzFeed.
Kevin and Jessica talk about the difficulties facing Google Fiber and why its made cutbacks. Also, Jessica argues why the Uber vs Lyft storyline doesn't make sense anymore. And Tom reflects on year one of the podcast.
Jessica, Reed and Tom talk about why journalists are not the ones responsible for invasions of privacy, despite what Peter Thiel claims. They also discuss Snapchat's acquisition of Vurb and the role of eye-tracking technology in VR. Plus: the tech angles to the Ryan Lochte saga.
Amir dives deep on LeEco to explains how the Chinese company works and what its plans are. Kevin makes his first appearance on the show to talk about Meg Whitman and the future of HPE.
In this week’s podcast, Amir talks about the implications for the global ride-sharing market of Didi Chuxing purchase of Uber’s Chinese operations. Yunan discusses the rude awakening that Uber’s roughly 800 employees in China got when they came to work the day of the deal.
Jessica explains why Yahoo can't be turned around, even within Verizon and under Tim Armstrong. Cory talks about why some media companies are disillusioned with live video on Facebook. Tom explains why Snapchat's camera section is its future.
Amir talks about the three brothers at Apple helping to build the software in its self-driving car. Zara explains why WeChat is different—and can do more—than any app Americans are familiar with.
Jessica explains why she's not sold on the augmented reality in Pokemon GO, or smartphones generally. Cory and Yunan delve into the headwinds for WeWork both in the US and in China. And Alfred lays out the trends in private tech financing.
In this week’s podcast, Zara talks about her exclusive interview with Didi Chuxing’s first angel investor. Tom and Amir share what they’ve learned at Allen & Co’s annual media and tech retreat in Sun Valley.
Cory explains why sharing is down on Instagram. Steve discusses why Salesforce is in a tough place after Microsoft bought LinkedIn. Then a lightening round on the bull or bear cases tech companies.
In this week’s podcast, Reed unpacks the proposal by Elon “Nerd Jesus” Musk to combine Tesla Motors and SolarCity. Cory explains why Facebook’s Live Video platform is being dominated by celebrities rather than news outlets and how the social networking company avoids the spotlight in Washington, D.C.
Amir discusses Apple’s performance at its annual World Wide Developer Conference and Amazon’s ambitious plans for its Echo voice-activated speaker. Steve mulls why Microsoft might have a tough time adding LinkedIn to its professional network. And Cory discusses why long commute times to Facebook’s suburban Menlo Park campus may be driving engineers who live in San Francisco into the arms of Uber and Airbnb, which have offices in the city.
Jessica talks about Larry Page's flying car side projects and why they should live inside Alphabet. Zara Zhang, our summer intern, makes her podcast debut to talk about China's live streaming market. Reed discusses the future of Nest post Tony Fadell.
