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An inside look at today's tech and business news, brought to you by Silicon Valley journalist Annie Gaus | This podcast was created in Anchor. To make your own podcast for free, visit https://anchor.fm/svb

Annie Gaus

  • Oct 25, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
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A New CEO for Apple?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2017 4:35


Could Apple Have A New CEO soon? If you want 500k/year, be an AI specialist. Google Pixel users report a terrible noise.

Walmart Wants to Deliver, Put Away Your Groceries

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2017 5:42


Music Streaming Up 48% This Year, Revenues Spiking: Report • Walmart Wants to Deliver, Put Away Your Groceries For You

How Bad Do You Need a $350 Smart Jean Jacket?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2017 4:45


Apple's Siri Dumps Bing Search for Google • Do You Need a $350 Smart Jean Jacket? • Facebook + Microsoft Complete Massive Undersea Cables

Equifax CEO 'Retires', Gets $90 Million After Hacking Disgrace

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2017 5:08


Twitter Freaks Out Over New 280-Character Limits • Equifax CEO 'Retires', Gets $90 Million • Bill Gates Reveals He's an Android Guy

Amazon Shows off New Alexa Devices, Uber Shuts Down Controversial Auto Leasing Exchange

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2017 3:58


Amazon Shows Off New Echos, Alexa Devices • Uber Shuts Down Controversial Auto Leasing Program

Ex-Uber CEO Shocks Board by Naming Board Members By Surprise

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2017 3:24


Google is Building an Echo Show Competitor, Codenamed 'Manhattan' • Ex-Uber CEO Shocks Board by Naming Two New Directors

Better Go Check Your Mac's Firmware: Security Experts

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2017 1:50


Go Check Your Mac's Firmware, Security Researchers Warn

IKEA Buys On-Demand App Taskrabbit

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2017 1:38


IKEA Buys On-Demand App Taskrabbit

Mattel Cancels 'AI BabySitter' After Spying Fears, Google Intros Pixel Buds

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2017 3:57


Google Says 'Pixel Buds' Translates 40 Languages in Real Time • Mattel Cancels 'AI BabySitter', Aristotle, After Privacy Outcry

Amazon May Sell You Drugs Someday

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2017 4:07


T-Mobile + Sprint Merger Could Happen Very Soon: REPORT • Hulu Bets on Original eSports Video • Amazon Might Sell You Drugs Someday

Zuckerberg Apologies After Awkward VR Demo, Lebron James Reps Self-Driving Cars

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2017 5:47


Oops: Security Flaw in Google Home Mini Could Listen to You 24/7 • Scared of Self-Driving Cars? Lebron James Says Don't Be • Mark Zuckerberg Apologizes After Super Awkward VR Demo

Google Yanks Home Mini Feature After Embarrassing Bug; Teens Love iPhone X

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2017 3:33


Teens are Way Excited for the iPhone X • Google Pulls Home Mini Feature After Embarrassing Bug

For $36K, Amazon Wants to Sell You a House

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2017 5:57


For $36K, You Can Buy an Entire House on Amazon • Alphabet's 'Project Loon' Wants to Beam Internet Around the World • Twitter Promises 'Aggressive' Stance on Hate, Bullying

Tesla Fires 100s Of Workers

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2017 3:26


Tesla fires hundreds, blaming poor performance, Facebook buys teen app TBH

Instagram Bug Targets Celebs

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2017 4:14


PayPal has a new cash back credit card, smartwatches are on the rise, and a bug targets "high profile" Instagram users

Alexa + Cortana = New BFFs

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2017 6:27


Alexa and Cortana are new besties, UBER CEO's IPO plans, and a massive email screwup by Essential

Fitbit's New $300 Smartwatch

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2017 8:22


Fitbit reveals $300 watch, Amazon pushes Echoes at Whole Foods, and Facebook's fake news fight

Uber Picks A New CEO

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2017 5:44


Uber has a new CEO, and why people aren't downloading apps anymore

Apple to Blow $1B On Video

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2017 5:01


Apple plans to spend $1B on original shows, Color Genomics raises $80M, and Google's pollen play

Study: 67% Of You Are Sexters

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2017 3:07


Uber agrees to 20 years of FTC privacy audits, study reveals that 67% of you sext

Dota 2 Champion Defeated By AI

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2017 3:11


Google may buy a digital health startup Senosis, and a Dota 2 champ falls to an AI

Coinbase Scores $100M

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2017 8:08


Coinbase gets $100M to bring crypto to the masses, ousted Uber CEO sued for fraud, and how Instagram posts might reveal depression.

Tech Hiring In The Trump Era

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2017 6:23


Silicon Valley is Spooked on Hiring Foreign Tech Workers: Study • Hired CEO Mehul Patel on Tech Hiring in the Trump Era

Facebook Kills App For Teens

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2017 8:53


Google CEO's Vacation Ruined by Viral Manifesto • CALL IN: Google's Free Speech Policies • Facebook Kills Teen App, 'Lifestage' • CALL IN: Snap Drones a Good Move? • Snap: Is the hardware play a good idea??

Googler Fired For Viral Screed

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2017 4:28


Netflix Makes First-Ever Acquisition – of Comic Book Maker • Hackers Demand $6M Ransom for HBO 'Game of Thrones' Leaks • Google Engineer Fired for Strange, Viral Manifesto

Yelp Sells Eat24 For $287M

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2017 5:12


Yelp is Selling Off Delivery Service Eat24 for $287M • Google Offered $30 Billion To Buy Snap in 2016: Report • Trackr Raises $50 Million for 'Personal Organization'

$1200 'Red Phone' All Hype?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2017 6:07


Is the $1200 'Red Phone' Worth the Hype? • Fitbit is Launching an 'App Gallery' + Smartwatch for Fall • PSA: Glittery iPhone Cases are Giving People Chemical Burns

Bitcoin 'Forks' Into Two

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2017 8:53


Snap Is Looking to Buy 'Selfie Drone' Maker: Report • Facebook is Building a 'Video Chat' Device for Your Living Room • Bitcoin Feud, 'Hard Fork' Splits the Currency into Two • CALL IN: Google a Monopoly? • Reply to Google Monopoly

RIP, Microsoft Paint

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2017 6:34


WebMD Sells For $2.8 Billion • Surprise: Alphabet is Still Making Mega Bucks • Microsoft Paint is Going Away...Or is it?

Go To Space With Google Earth

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2017 5:22


Delta Lets You Board Flights with Your Fingerprints • Google Earth Now Takes You to Space • any advice for others trying to document the startup scene in other cities? • CALL IN: Advice on Covering Tech?

YouTube Has A New King

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2017 6:24


Alphabet Launches New AI-Focused Venture Fund • Twitter Gets a New CFO (Finally) • Logitech Buys Astro Gaming for $85M, Aiming at Consoles • 'Gangnam Style' is No Longer the Most-Watched Youtube Video

$35K Tesla Debuts, Snap Sinks

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2017 8:10


Tesla's New $35K Model 3 Makes its Debut • Twitter Releases New Anti-Troll Blocking Tools • Snap's Shares Sink Below IPO Price, Worrying Investors • CALL IN: Can Snap Survive Long-Term?

2 Layoffs and a Liquidation: Soundcloud Cuts 40%, Jawbone Dies, and Microsoft Confirms Job C

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2017 8:25


SoundCloud Lays Off 40% of Staff, Shuts Offices • How does pandora even think they have a viable biz model? • Jawbone is Going out of Business, Liquidating Assets • Microsoft Confirms Layoffs of 10% of Sales Force • Really great content!

Uber Fires 20 After Harassment Probe, Apple's Reality Show, and Do Entrepreneurs Need to Be in Silic

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2017 8:37


Uber Fires 20 People After Harassment Allegations • So Yeah, Apple Has a Reality Show Now • Homepod - Can they may a truly iHome • Do Tech Entrepreneurs Need to be in Silicon Valley? • Do SV investors care where the startup is? • Nope, Entrepreneurs Don't Need to be in Silicon Valley

New Report Explains Why Siri is So Dumb

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2017 3:53


Why is Siri Still So Dumb? New Report Explains • Sounds similar to Google Home

Amazon Offers 45% Discount to Low-Income Consumers, Apple Vendors Caught Selling User Data on Black

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2017 5:19


Amazon To Give 45% Discount to Lower-Income Consumers • Chinese Apple Vendors Caught Selling User Data for $7 Million on Black Market • More Than 2,000 Layoffs Expected in Yahoo/AOL Merger (Here Comes Oath)! • Uber to Buy Engineering Team at Struggling On-Demand Valet, Luxe

Netflix Still Dominates Streaming Market, Texting + Walking Makes You Walk Weird (Says Science)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2017 7:38


Study: Texting While Walking Makes You Walk Funny • Screentime Addiction • Netflix is #1 Among Streamers by a Huge Margin: Comscore • Youtube tv vs netflix -The Peoples Paradise • Can Netflix + YouTube TV Coexist?

Microsoft Layoffs on the Horizon, Apple Wants to Scan Your Face, and Facebook' Wifi Locator

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2017 3:46


Microsoft Could Lay Off Thousands To Focus on Cloud Biz: Reports • New iPhone May Have Face Scanning Security Features • Facebook Helps You Find Free Wifi Hotspots

Facebook Fake News Crackdown, Apple's New 'Mothership' Is Open for Visitors (Someday)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2017 4:34


Facebook Buries Spam Accounts That Post 50+ Times Per Day • Apple Park ! • CALL IN: Visiting Apple's New 'Mothership'

The iPhone Turns 10, and Tech Investors Accused of Sexual Misconduct

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2017 8:23


As the iPhone Turns 10, Its Creators Say We're Too Addicted to Screens • App Economy Will Pass $6 Trillion By 2021, Report Says • Prominent Tech Investors Accused of Sexual Misconduct • CALL IN: Is Blue Apron Worth It? • My Blue Apron Experience

Google Sells off Scary Robot Maker to Softbank, Facebook Sharpens Up Political Targeting

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2017 4:36


Bandwidth Use Will Triple in Next 5 Years, Thanks to Video Streaming (Report) • Google is Selling Terrifying Robot Makers to Japanese Telecom • Facebook Makes it Easier for Politicians to Target Constituents

Houzz Raises $400M, SiriusXM Buys 19% of Pandora, and Uber CEO May Go on Leave

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2017 4:30


SiriusXM Buys 19% of Struggling Pandora • Houzz Raises $400 Million • Uber CEO May Take Leave of Absence

Billion-Dollar SF Startup Ditches Office, 'Sleep Tech' Explodes, More Details on 'Essential' Phone f

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2017 6:11


Android Creator's 'Essential' Phone Will Be Sold Exclusively on Sprint • Sleep Tracker Sense Shuts Down, but Sleep Tech is Exploding • Billion-dollar S.F. Startup Gets Rid of its Office Entirely

$4B Verizon + Yahoo Deal Closes, Uber CEO Takes 'Indefinite Leave of Absence'

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2017 5:49


$4.5B Yahoo + Verizon Deal Finally Closes, Marissa Mayer Gets $186 Million • Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Takes "Indefinite" Leave of Absence • On Instagram, 93% of Celebrity Sponsored Posts Aren't Disclosed

Instagram Cracks Down on Celebrity Shills, Facebook is Making Reality TV

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2017 5:57


Instagram Cracks Down on Paid Celebrity Shills • No Shit: 77% of Consumers Want 'a la Carte' TV, According to TiVo • Now Facebook is Making Reality TV

Slack Raises $500M, Facebook's Lying AI, and Snap's Sinking Stock

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2017 5:12


Slack Raises $500M; Amazon Wants to Buy it, Reportedly • Facebook Built a Lying AI • Snap's Stock is Tanking, Freaking Out Investors

Amazon Buys Whole Foods for $14B, Jeff Bezos Asks Twitter for Charity Ideas

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2017 3:37


$14B Amazon + Whole Foods Deal Could Kill Delivery Startups • Jeff Bezos is Crowdsourcing Charity Ideas

Alphabet Drops $30M on Worker Housing, Snap's $100M Content Deal, and Best Tech News Sites

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2017 9:07


Snap + Time Warner Ink $100M Deal for Original Shows • A la carte tv • Alphabet is Dropping $30M on 'Modular Housing' for Employees • I'm sort of in between... You know? • Wherw are some places I can find great, fast, and accurate news? • Viewer Q: What are the Best Tech News Sites?

Uber CEO Resigns, Google Helps You Find Work and New Anti-Aging Tech

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2017 8:54


Travis Kalanick is Out as Uber CEO • Google Wants to Help You Find a Job • Why yes I do have a thought! • Viewer Q: Silicon Valley Takes on Anti-Aging Tech

New Snapchat Feature Freaks out Parents, and Youtube TV Expands to 10 More Markets

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2017 4:41


Why Snapchat's New SnapMaps Feature is Freaking People Out • Youtube TV Expands to 10 More Markets

Ransomware Attacks Spreading, and Teens React to 'Snap Maps' Overshares

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2017 6:39


New Ransomware Attack Hits Businesses Worldwide • FBI: Do's and Don'ts of Ransomware Attacks • CALL IN: The Kids Don't Love SnapMaps • Snapchat location

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