Episode 120. Alexa on the wall and your wrist, Redditor reactions, and Google takes influencers shopping

As the gift-giving season is upon us, Amazon’s device group is going big… and small. We share thoughts on the significance of the Echo Show 15 as well as the Halo wearable. Plus, we took at why the Reddit community has concerns about the company’s filing to go public and how Google’s easy storefront play Qaya allows the company to squeeze into bios on Instagram<, TikTok, and, of course, its own YouTube.

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Episode 104. Facebook pwns the FTC, Instagram vs. TikTok, and teaming up against Teams

As Facebook’s court win against the FTC dredges up limitaitons of antitrust laws, Instagram chases TikTok, which is chasing YouTube. Meanwhile, in less entertaining applications, Salesforce, now armed with Slack, may be driving an alliance with Amazon and Dropbox to take on rival Microsoft as Windows 11 integrates Teams.

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96. Apple’s sales boom, Instagram’s Clubhouse features, and Samsung’s strengthening ecosystem

Join Shawn DuBravac of Avrio Institute and Ross Rubin of Reticle Research as they provide insights on the biggest tech stories, including:

—whether Apple’s earnings reveal continued pandemic demand or more generational change drivers as 5G expands
—how Facebook continues to seek business diversification via a Clubhouse-like Instagram mode, a greater commerce focus, and more 
—how Samsung has continued to weave its ecosystem message together with the Galaxy Book Pros

Episode 11: Apple Music on Echo and Stories on YouTube and Instagram

In this episode, Shawn DuBravac and Ross Rubin look at Apple and Amazon working together to get Apple Music on Amazon Echo devices and what it means for Apple’s continued moves into content. Plus, we look at the impact of Stories in social media as Instagram moves to reign in anonymous “finsta” accounts with its “close friends” feature and YouTube provides another way for its top content producers to reach out to their audiences with the ephemeral post format.