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This week’s Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi, Ben Bajarin and Bob O’Donnell analyzing the news from Apple's Spring product launch event, discussing the latest quarterly earnings results from Netflix and Intel, and chatting about a new Microsoft study on work habit challenges from the pandemic. Note that this will be the last Techpinions podcast that I (Bob O'Donnell) host as I am transitioning to my own Everything Technology podcast.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell analyzing the news from Nvidia's GTC conference, chatting about the release of Microsoft's Surface Laptop 4 and other accessories, and previewing the upcoming product launch events from Samsung and Apple.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell analyzing the recent announcement of Verizon's deal with AWS to combine private 5G with AWS Outpost private cloud for a new type of edge computing, chatting on Intel's new 3rd generation Xeon Scalable server CPUs and their impact on 5G infrastructure, discussing changes in the smartphone market with the exit of LG and the debut of Samsung's low-cost A series, and analyzing T-Mobile's 5G for All announcements on free 5G phone upgrades and the debut of their 5G Home Internet service.

This week’s Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O’Donnell discussing the announcement of Arm's latest generation v9 chip architectures unveiled at their Vision Day event and analyzing the news from Cisco's CiscoLive event, including their latest efforts on Webex and hybrid work.

This week’s Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O’Donnell analyzing Intel's new IDM 2.0 manufacturing strategy, discussing Microsoft's recent Remote Trend Index study on hybrid work expectations and chatting about a new Samsung chip co-designed with Marvell that's designed to improve the power efficiency of 5G network infrastructure equipment.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Ben Bajarin, Bob O'Donnell and special guest Steve Baker of NPD looking at the results of tech-related products sales trends in categories ranging from TVs and PCs to WiFi routers and monitors, throughout 2020 and into 2021, and what that says about the future of the tech industry.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell discussing the 10th birthday of Google's ChromeOS and Chromebooks, chatting about an interview with the leader of Qualcomm's Licensing Division, research on how work from home impacts women, a deal between automotive supplier Bosch and chipmaker GlobalFoundries, and analyzing the investor analyst days from Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T and what they say about the future of 5G in the US.

This week’s Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O’Donnell analyzing the news from Microsoft's Ignite event in areas such as their Azure Percept IoT hardware and Microsoft Mesh mixed reality platform, discussing the release of Qualcomm's Snapdragon Sound technologies, and chatting about the multiple new business-focused 5G offerings from T-Mobile, including their Home Office Internet fixed wireless product.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Mark Lowenstein and Bob O'Donnell discussing a host of 5G-related news items from the past week including the results of the critical C-Band auctions for mid-band 5G radio spectrum, the announcement of T-Mobile's new unlimited Magenta Max 5G data plan and what it implies, and the debut of HPE's new telco-focused division and its first offerings, as well as the new partnership for 5G infrastructure between Intel and Google.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell analyzing the recent quarterly earnings from Amazon and Google, chatting about the release of a new range of videoconferencing hardware and software from Poly, and discussing Microsoft's new Viva employee experience platform and the potential impact on hybrid work environments.

This week’s Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O’Donnell analyzing the quarterly results from Microsoft, AMD, Apple and Facebook, discussing the growing battle between Apple and Facebook, and chatting about the RobinHood stock trading controversies.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Ben Bajarin and Bob O'Donnell analyzing the Q4 2020 financial results from Intel and IBM, discussing Nvidia's GeForce Now game streaming service and its potential opportunity and impact as a 5G service, and chatting about the rumors of a potential VR headset from Apple.

This week’s Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O’Donnell analyzing the CES 2021 digital trade show and the news and trends coming from it and discussing Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked Event and the launch of their new Galaxy S21 smartphones.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell discussing the impact that social media platforms had on this week's events in Washington, D.C., reviewing the new TV announcements from Sony and Samsung and the PC announcements from Dell, analyzing the automotive news from Harman and Mercedes-Benz, and evaluating the 5G-related news from Qualcomm and Verizon.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi, Ben Bajarin and Bob O'Donnell discussing what they expect to be some of the most important tech industry-related trends in 2021. Specifically, they discuss hybrid work environments, the evolution of semiconductors, 5G and connectivity, corporate social responsibility, gaming, and hybrid cloud and edge computing.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell analyzing the news from Cisco's WebexOne conference, discussing new chips from Marvell for the 5G Open RAN market, debating the Facebook antitrust news, talking about T-Mo's new 5G Mobile hotspot and related plan, Microsoft's addition of support for 64-bit Windows app emulation on Arm-based PCs, and Google's addition of new features for Workspace that make it easier to operate with MS Office files.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Ben Bajarin and Bob O'Donnell discussing the debut of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 888 chip and its potential impact on the premium smartphone market, analyzing the news on custom chips, new computing instances and new hybrid cloud options from Amazon's AWS Cloud computing division, and chatting about the debut of Google's Android Enterprise Essentials for simply and securely managing fleets of business-owned Android phones.  

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell discussing Verizon's recent 5G Swap offer with iPhone 12, Apple's changing of their App Store fee for developers, reviews of the new M1-based Arm Macs, reviews of AMD's latest Radeon 6800 GPUs, analyzing the potential impact of the Microsoft's new Pluton security processor for PCs and its partnerships with AMD, Intel and Qualcomm, and chatting about the new inclusion and diversity officer at Apple.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Ben Bajarin and Bob O'Donnell analyzing the debut of Apple's Arm-based M1 processor and the new Mac Mini, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro that include them and discussing the news from Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek's Summit event and the new low-cost 5G modems and Arm-based, Chromebook-focused SOCs that they unveiled.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell discussing AMD's purchase of Xilinx and the debut of their Radeon 6000 GPUs, chatting on news from Lenovo's TechWorld event, analyzing quarterly earnings from Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Facebook and more, and speaking about Cisco's Partner Summit event.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell analyzing the news from Qualcomm's 5G Summit event, discussing initial real-world 5G performance of the iPhone 12, chatting about Dell Technologies' new Project Apex "as a service" offering news from their DellTechWorld event, and reviewing the latest news on employee experience from Citrix' Workspace Summit event.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell discussing the news from Apple's big launch event with a detailed analysis of the latest iPhone's new features, its 5G support, and its impact and opportunities for US 5G carriers including Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell analyzing the news from Nvidia's GTC Conference and Arm's Developer Summit, as well as the potential impact of a merger of those two companies, discussing the latest version of Google's productivity suite, chatting about the latest desktop CPU introductions from AMD, and pondering the potential impact of the US government's huge new report on potential antitrust concerns with Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Ben Bajarin and Bob O'Donnell analyzing the news from Microsoft's Ignite event, chatting about multiple semiconductor chip and IP announcements from AMD, Arm and Qualcomm, and discussing the large range of products and services that Amazon unveiled.

This week’s Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O’Donnell discussing the news from the Facebook-owned Oculus press event on their new VR headset and plans for AR glasses, chatting about the release details of Sony's forthcoming gaming console, and analyzing the news from Apple's event, including new Apple Watches, iPads and its Apple One bundle of services.

This week’s Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O’Donnell discussing their experiences with Microsoft's Surface Duo device, analyzing the launch of the second generation Motorola Razr foldable 5G phone, chatting about the details of the next generation XBox gaming console and previewing Apple's Event for next week.

This week’s Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O’Donnell discussing their experiences with Samsung’s second generation foldable device, analyzing the GeForce RTX 3000 series GPU announcements from Nvidia, talking about Intel’s new 11th Generation Core CPUs and the company’s new Evo platform brand, and chatting about the many different announcements from Qualcomm’s IFA keynote speech.

This week’s Techpinions podcast features Ben Bajarin and Bob O’Donnell discussing the latest developments and challenges around the potential sale of social media app TikTok, the controversies between Apple and Facebook on activity tracking, the latest quarterly earnings from PC industry leaders HP and Dell, and the potential impact of a range of tech products expected to be released this fall.

This week’s Techpinions podcast features Mark Lowenstein and Bob O’Donnell explaining many of the details of how 5G works, what radio frequency (RF) spectrum is, why it's critically important and what the latest developments are, how how all of this impacts telco carriers and device makers, and more.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell analyzing the news around Microsoft's Surface Duo mobile device, discusses the positive legal outcome for Qualcomm's IP licensing business, and debates the issues around Epic's Games' Fortnite-driven battle with Apple and Google's app store policies.

This is a special Techpinions podcast with Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell along with special guest Marta Karczewicz, VP of Technology at Qualcomm, discussing the evolution of video compression technology and standards and how they impact our ability to watch streaming videos from services like Netflix on our smartphones and TVs. In addition, they discuss the role of women in engineering roles and the importance of diversity in technology research and development.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell discussing the announcements from the Samsung Unpacked event, including their new Note 20 and Galaxy Z Fold 2 smartphones as well as their partnership with Microsoft on software and gaming services, chatting about T-Mobile's launch of the world's first 5G SA (Standalone) network, controversies around Apple's App Store policy and cloud-based gaming services like Microsoft's upcoming xCloud, and analyzing the potential purchase of TikTok by Microsoft.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Ben Bajarin and Bob O'Donnell analyzing the quarterly financial results from AMD and what they say about the semiconductor industry overall, discussing the congressional anti-trust hearings with major tech CEOs, and chatting about the earnings from those same companies as well.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell analyzing the Azure and Microsoft M365 news and diversity and leadership sessions from Inspire, discussing the addition of Google's G Suite Essentials offering, and chatting about the quarterly earnings from Netflix, Microsoft and Intel and what they say about the current state of the tech market.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell analyzing the announcements from Google's Cloud Next event, including new offerings for GCP and G Suite, discussing a new study on IT prioritization changes from the pandemic, and chatting on the big Twitter hack.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Ben Bajarin and Bob O'Donnell, along with special guest Steve Baker of NPD, talking about the surprisingly strong consumer electronics and PC sales data from the recently completed quarter, including discussions on overall trends, specific sub-category performance, and the retail brick-and-mortar vs. online sales splits.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell discussing the many announcements from the Cisco Live event, analyzing the potential impact of low-cost 5G phones from the latest Qualcomm chip, and debating the controversies around Apple's app store payment model for developers.

Recorded 15th June 2020 Simon, Nick and Jim are joined by the wonderful and perspicacious Carolina Milanesi of Creative Strategies, Techpinions and the Techpinions podcast to take in Apple and the pandemic, the whole ARM rumour explosion, and what WWDC might bring us - yet again the show went way long so another two parter... in this part it's Carolina, and in part two the lads look at other news... GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS Glenn Fleishman's Working From Home book is completely FREE and can be downloaded here and now he has also released Take Control of Zoom and Take Control of Slack too. Steve at Geeks Corner will be having more giveaways in the near future. Keep an eye on the site or follow him on Twitter @GeekCorner_uk Serif have expanded their sale to everything in the Affinity store until June 20th Skylum have a [50% off sale] on Luminar 4 Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! Slacker @MacJim has a family friendly Flickr group for listeners to share photos because the Darkroom channel in the Slack has become so popular - if you're interested head over to to the Essential Apple Flickr and request an invitation. On this week's show: CAROLINA MILANESI Industry Analyst at Creative Strategies Writer and podcaster with Tech.pinions On Twitter as @caro_milanesi Carolina's The Heart of Tech site JAMES ORMISTON In charge of the Essential Apple Flickr Also on Flickr as thesrpspaintshop Has videos on Vimeo NICK RILEY @spligosh on Twitter very occasionally. Sometimes appears on Bart Busschots' Let's Talk Apple ARM MAC SPECULATION Mark Gurman spoke and the world went mad... Ahead of WWDC, speculation over Apple's ARM Mac transition grows — 9to5 Mac Apple was cautious when it shifted to Intel, and an ARM Mac migration will be no different — Apple Insider Apple's challenges as it swaps out the Mac's brain — Axios A few good reads (and one video) on Apple and ARM-based Macs — The Loop If Apple's splitting with Intel's processors for MacBooks, we have questions – Cnet Apple's shift to ARM Mac from Intel at WWDC will define a decade of computing — Apple Insider Apple Macintosh and ARM Processors - a good piece by Steven Sinofsky – Medium NEMO'S HARDWARE STORE (1:04) Sena f1 Evo cycle helmet – $159 US Essential Apple Recommended Services: Pixel Privacy – a fabulous resource full of excellent articles and advice on how to protect yourself online. Doug.ee Blog for Andy J's security tips. Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing. 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... You get to keep 2 free avatars though. ProtonMail – end to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask? ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing! Comparitech DNS Leak Test – simple to use and understand VPN leak test. Fake Name Generator – so much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need. Wire – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP. Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing. Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion. Social Media and Slack You can follow us on: Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Spotify / Soundcloud / YouTube / Facebook / Pinecast Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it. If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations) And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do. Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell discussing tech companies' recent shifts in policy around facial recognition, and analyzing the debut of Sony's PS5 gaming console, the beta of Google's Android 11 and Adobe's new Photoshop Camera app for smartphones.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell discussing the controversy around Twitter's efforts to tag tweets and the implications for social media overall, analyzing the new mobile IP chips designs from Arm, and chatting about the latest announcements around AR/VR/XR headsets attached to Qualcomm-powered 5G smartphones in conjunction with telco carriers.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell discussing the news as well as the structure of Microsoft's recent virtual Build developer conference, as well as the trend of tech companies offering their employees the ability to work from home for as long as they would like.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell discussing the IBM Think conference as well as a number of different PC, OS and chip announcements from major vendors in the PC business and analyzing what it means for the state of the PC category moving forward.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell analyzing this week's big tech quarterly earnings reports from Facebook, Google's parent company Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple, with a focus on what the numbers mean for each of the companies individually and for the tech industry as a whole.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Ben Bajarin and Bob O'Donnell analyzing the earnings announcements from Intel and what they say about tech industry evolution, discussing the layoffs and repivoting of Magic Leap and what it says about the future of Augmented Reality, describing the importance of the new WiFi6E 6GHz extensions to WiFi, and chatting about the potential for an Arm processor-based future Mac.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O’Donnell analyzing the surprising announcement from Apple and Google to work together on creating a smartphone-based system for tracking those who have been exposed to people with COVID-19, and discussing the launch of several new moderately priced smartphones and what they mean to the overall smartphone market.

This is an extra Techpinions podcast featuring Carolina Milanesi, Bob O'Donnell and special guest Darcy Ortiz from Intel talking about the critical role of contingency efforts, business continuity plans and how companies can best handle a pandemic from a company that's in the rare position of having a pandemic planning team for over fifteen years.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Ben Bajarin, Mario Morales and Bob O'Donnell discussing the state of the global semiconductor market and how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting major chip and end device companies and the tech industry overall. Here's a link to the IDC Semiconductor market forecast that Mario discussed on the podcast: https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US46155720  

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi, Mark Lowenstein and Bob O'Donnell discussing the release of Microsoft's new Microsoft 365 subscription service, analyzing the impact of the T-Mobile-Sprint merger on the US telecom market and the rollout of 5G, and chatting about overall broadband and mobile network reliability during the COVID19 crisis.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell analyzing Apple's surprise launch of their new iPad Pro, Magic Keyboard, and updated Macbook Air and Mac Mini, discussing the product spec reveal this week of the forthcoming AMD-powered PS5 and Xbox X gaming consoles, and chatting about the innovations enabled with Intel's latest neuromorphic chip.

This week's Techpinions podcast, which features Ben Bajarin and Bob O'Donnell, takes a different approach than normal and features an in-depth conversation on how to make the best of working from home, providing advice and best practices gained from many years of personal experience on everything from developing habits, to optimizing your connectivity, to leveraging the right kind of tech equipment and more.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell discussing the ongoing impact of the coronavirus on the tech industry and how it may provide some people with a bit more time to think through the direction the tech industry is heading, analyzing the impact of the cancellation of many in-person events and how companies should best think about holding virtual events, and chatting about the news from AMD's financial analyst day regarding their advancements in supercomputers, datacenter-focused GPUs, process technologies and more.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell discussing the ongoing impact of the Coronavirus on the tech industry, and several news announcements that were originally scheduled for MWC including Intel's debut of new chips for 5G network infrastructure, the launch of several new Android phones from Huawei, Xiaomi and other Chinese vendors, and Qualcomm's press briefing on 5G phone momentum, the third generation X60 5G modem, and more.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell analyzing the new smartphone announcements from Samsung, including their 5G-enabled S20 line and the foldable Galaxy Z Flip, discussing the implications of the approval for the T-Mobile-Sprint merger on 5G competitiveness in the US, and chatting about the impact of the cancellation of the big Mobile World Congress trade show.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell discussing the newly announced GeForce Now cloud-based gaming service from Nvidia, analyzing the reorganization at Microsoft that combines the Windows client and Surface teams, examining the potential impact of a proposed Android store alternative from major Chinese smartphone makers, and chatting about curated reading lists as well as diversity and inclusion issues in tech.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell discussing the results of a new study on hybrid and multi-cloud computing, analyzing the impact of the official launch of Microsoft's Chromium-based Edge Browser as well as Google's plan to remove cookies from Chrome, and chatting about the launch of the NBC Universal/Comcast streaming service Peacock.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi, Ben Bajarin and Bob O'Donnell discussing the highlights from the 2020 CES trade show, including analysis on how tech development cycles are slowing down as well as news about 5G PCs, 8K TVs, connected cars, and more.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell discussing the recently announced Project Connected Home over IP consortium, chatting about a potential Facebook OS, and analyzing some of the top tech trends of the past year.

This week’s Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi, Ben Bajarin and Bob O’Donnell analyzing the annual Qualcomm summit event, including discussion of their new Snapdragon 865 and 765 smartphone chips, their latest Arm-based PC processors, the forthcoming XR2 5G chip for AR and VR headsets, as well as what all of this says about the role of 5G in connected devices in 2020.

This week’s Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O’Donnell discussing the new 5G offerings from AT&T and Verizon, announcements from Google's latest event covering GCP, GSuite and more, the launch of HPE's Open Container Platform, and commenting on earbud news from Microsoft and Apple, the Tim Cook Austin factory visit, and the launch of Tesla's CyberTruck.

This week's Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O'Donnell discussing the announcements from Dell Technologies' Summit event, including their On Demand services and their 2030 corporate goals, the Citrix Industry Analyst Summit and the latest for their Workspace product, and our brief hands-on experience with the new Motorola Razr foldable smartphone.

There have been rumors of Apple working on their own cellular modems for years. Those are the radios that phones and other gear use to connect to carrier networks like AT&T, Verizon, Rogers, Vodafone, and all the rest. They’re mainly LTE right now but 5G is on the horizon and they’re already speccing out 6G beyond that. So, it’s a critical part of the hardware we all use every day and Apple likes to control all of those parts. The rumors picked up recently when Apple settled with Qualcomm, the biggest modem maker in the game, and Intel, who’d been providing Apple with modems during the spat, announced they’d be getting out of the business now that the other two had made up. But that left Intel’s modem portfolio up for grabs. And, much like Apple once bought PA Semi, licensed ARM’s IP, and began making custom A-Series chipsets for iPhones and iPads, the rumor here is that Apple will buy that modem business, license Qualcomm IP, and begin making custom modems as well. To help me sort the facts from the wishful thinking, I’ve got Ben Bajarin on the line. Principle at Creative Strategies and founder of TechPinions. SPONSOR: CuriosityStream - Stay curious Go to curiositystream.com/vector and enter the promo code ‘vector’ to start your membership completely free for the first 30 days. LINKS: Ben Bajarin (@BenBajarin) | Twitter Tech.pinions MORE: Merch: https://standard.tv/vector Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie Mobile Nations Affiliate Link Policy SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS YouTube  

Recorded 31st October 2018 In this very special edition of the podcast I am delighted and honoured to have the company of Tim Bajarin of Creative Strategies and Techpinions site and podcast. On this show TIM BAJARIN Tim is recognised as one of the leading industry consultants, analysts and futurists, covering the field of personal computers and consumer technology. His writing and analysis has been on the forefront of the digital revolution and he was one of the first analysts to cover the personal computer industry. He is credited with predicting the desktop publishing revolution three years before it reached the market and also multimedia. He is considered one of the leading experts in the field of technology adoption life cycles. He has been with Creative Strategies since 1981 and has served as a consultant to most of the leading hardware and software vendors in the industry. Creative Strategies has been around since 1969 and was one of the original market research firms in Silicon Valley. Tim joined as their first PC analyst and took the whole company into tech market research and industry analysis. They don't work for any particular company but with almost all of them. They help them understand market trends, strategic implications, competition landscape, future markets, analysis of product or market strategy, and a whole host of other things that their expertise is helpful for with a specific company or product need. They don't do much forecasting but focus more on digging into the markets they study and packaging that in a way clients find useful for decision making. Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! We can now also be found on Spotify, Soundcloud and even YouTube. Social Media and Slack You can follow us on: Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Spotify / Soundcloud / YouTube / Facebook / Pinecast Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it. If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations) And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do. Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

For this Apple Day episode, I interviewed friend of the show and former guest, Carolina Milanesi. Carolina is an industry analyst at Creative Strategies and regular columnist for Techpinions, TIME, TechCrunch and PC Magazine. She joined me to discuss this week’s event, what was and wasn’t announced, the Apple Watch Series 4, the reasoning behind Apple’s 3-new iPhone lineup and more.

This week I sat down with Carolina Milanesi, an industry analyst at Creative Strategies and regular columnist for Techpinions, TIME, TechCrunch and PC Magazine. We had a lot of fun talking about both what we want and what we expect from Apple at WWDC next week—including Siri as a platform, hardware improvements, Apple in the home, and The Information’s scoop that Apple may be expanding NFC to more than payments.

My special guest this week is Ben Bajarin, the founder of Techpinions and principal analyst at Creative Strategies where he leads primary research into consumer technology. We discussed Apple’s strategy to position the iPad for education (not necessarily the education market), the possibility of talent drain from Facebook, positive movement toward diversity in tech and more.

Jan's taking on a new full-time job and stepping away from his role as an independent analyst, which means we're taking a bit of a break from the podcast after this episode, and will post less frequent episodes in future. With that context, we're in a contemplative mood and decided to make this episode a discussion about the state of the tech industry. We tackle a few distinct themes: the power of incrementalism in the face of a bias towards big inventions; the maturity of key markets and the market structures that's driving us to; changing competitive dynamics and the increasing power of a few big players; and the role that regulation might play in the future of the industry and changing all that. The show notes below include links to some of the things we mentioned on today's episode. • Jan's blog post about his job change: https://medium.com/beyond-devices/seventeen-years-an-analyst-a5e9d215b48c • Jan's last Techpinions post, on the state of the tech industry: https://techpinions.com/some-thoughts-on-the-state-of-the-tech-market/51643 • Vivint Smart Home website: https://www.vivint.com You can also find the Beyond Devices Podcast on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-devices-podcast/id1002197313), in the Overcast app (https://overcast.fm/itunes1002197313/beyond-devices-podcast), or in your podcast app of choice. As ever, we welcome your feedback via Twitter (@jandawson / @aaronmiller), the website (podcast.beyonddevic.es), or email (jan@jackdawresearch.com).

On this week's News Roundup, we kick things off with Samsung's Developer Conference and the announcements the company made there, which were more strategic and big picture in nature than most of its hardware announcements. Secondly, we talk about the reviews for Google's Pixel 2 smartphones, which were published this week and were a surprisingly mixed bag, especially with regard to the displays on the larger phones. Third, we cover Netflix's earnings, which kicked of the Q3 earnings season earlier this week, and lastly we talk about the two big sets of iPhone supply and sales rumors currently floating around. The show notes below include links to all these stories on Tech Narratives and original sources as appropriate. News stories we covered: • Samsung Developer Conference: Jan's piece on Techpinions: https://techpinions.com/samsung-aims-for-connected-thinking-at-developer-conference/51364 Samsung press releases: http://www.samsungmobilepress.com/sdc2017 • Pixel 2 Reviews: Techmeme roundup: https://www.techmeme.com/171017/p8#a171017p8 Debunking piece: https://hackernoon.com/debunking-misinformation-about-the-pixel-2-xls-display-6fa4dfbdd304 • Netflix earnings: https://ir.netflix.com/results.cfm. The piece I wrote about shutting down Tech Narratives (and about my other work) is here: https://medium.com/beyond-devices/making-some-changes-26a42ee196c1 You can also find the Beyond Devices Podcast on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-devices-podcast/id1002197313), in the Overcast app (https://overcast.fm/itunes1002197313/beyond-devices-podcast), or in your podcast app of choice. As ever, we welcome your feedback via Twitter (@jandawson / @aaronmiller), the website (podcast.beyonddevic.es), or email (jan@jackdawresearch.com).

This is our Question of the Week episode, with a deep dive on Microsoft's Build developer conference and the announcements it made there. As Aaron is away this week, Jan – who attended Build in person – talks through the major announcements from the two keynotes. The first part of the episode discusses the first-day keynote, which focused on cloud and AI as well as Satya Nadella's new vision for the company, which is all about the Intelligent Cloud and Intelligent Edge. The second half of the episode discusses the second day's keynote, where the focus was on Windows and Microsoft's vision for mixed reality. The following three posts may also be of interest to you: • Jan's comment on Tech Narratives about the day 1 keynote announcements: https://www.technarratives.com/2017/05/10/★-microsoft-makes-cloud-cortana-iot-announcements-at-build-conference/ • Jan's comment on Tech Narratives about the day 2 keynote announcements: https://www.technarratives.com/2017/05/11/★-microsoft-makes-windows-and-device-centric-announcements-at-build/ • Jan's weekly column on Techpinions, which ran through themes from Build: https://techpinions.com/microsofts-symbolic-shift-from-windows-to-cloud/50042 You can also find the podcast on iTunes (itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/beyon…ast/id1002197313), in the Overcast app (overcast.fm/itunes1002197313/be…odcast/id1002197313), or in your podcast app of choice. As ever, we welcome your feedback via Twitter (@jandawson / @aaronmiller), the website (podcast.beyonddevic.es), or email (jan@jackdawresearch.com).

Earlier this week, we did our Question of the Week episode, which covered the state of retail, while this News Roundup episode covers some of the week's big tech news: • Three Amazon topics: its announcement of the Echo Look fashion-focused device; its launch of its "Subscribe with Amazon" hub; and its Q1 earnings • Recode's report that Apple is working on a peer to peer payments service a la Venmo and possibly also a debit card • Mobile earnings from Verizon (last week), AT&T, and T-Mobile, and a brief discussion on bundling and TV too • Twitter's earnings, which featured the best user growth in two years but also the first year on year revenue decline for the company. As always, you'll find links to these stories and other things we discussed below. News stories we covered (Tech Narratives links): Amazon Echo Look Launch: https://www.technarratives.com/2017/04/26/★-amazon-announces-echo-look-which-adds-a-camera-and-fashion-advice-to-echo-for-20/ Subscribe with Amazon launch: https://www.technarratives.com/2017/04/24/★-amazon-launches-subscription-hub-for-content-news-apps-and-more/ Amazon earnings: https://www.technarratives.com/2017/04/27/★-amazon-reports-slightly-slower-growth-lower-operating-margins-in-q1-2017/ Apple in P2P payments: https://www.technarratives.com/2017/04/27/★-apple-is-considering-launching-p2p-payments-and-a-debit-card/ Verizon results: https://www.technarratives.com/2017/04/20/★-verizon-reports-poor-q1-2017-results-offset-a-little-by-unlimited-reintroduction/ AT&T results: https://www.technarratives.com/2017/04/25/★-att-reports-tv-and-wireless-subscriber-losses-in-q1-2017/ T-Mobile results: https://www.technarratives.com/2017/04/24/★-t-mobile-releases-q1-2017-earnings-improving-margins-slowing-sub-growth/ Comcast results: https://www.technarratives.com/2017/04/27/★-comcast-reports-slight-tv-sub-growth-1m-home-automation-customers/ Twitter earnings: https://www.technarratives.com/2017/04/26/★-twitter-announces-best-user-growth-quarter-in-two-years-revenue-declines/ We also mentioned the Techpinions podcast at the beginning of the show – you can find it on the Techpinions website (https://techpinions.com/category/the-podcast), on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/techpinions/id868991384?mt=2), Overcast (https://overcast.fm/itunes868991384/techpinions), or in your favorite podcast player. As ever, we welcome your feedback via Twitter (@jandawson / @aaronmiller), the website (podcast.beyonddevic.es), or email (jan@jackdawresearch.com).

Ben Bajarin from Creative Strategies and Techpinions joined us in a two part conversation to discuss the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2017 in Las Vegas. In the 2nd part of the conversation, we dived deeper into the themes that Ben has summarized in the earlier episode focusing on the TV, home automation, digital assistants The post Episode 161: Post CES 2017 Part 2 with Ben Bajarin appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Ben Bajarin from Creative Strategies and Techpinions joined us in a two part conversation to discuss the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2017 in Las Vegas. We discussed the major themes which have emerged from the show: the developing television sets and screens from Asian OEMs, the dominance of the Amazon Echo, the rising average The post Episode 160: Post CES 2017 Part 1 with Ben Bajarin appeared first on Analyse Asia.

We conclude with the second part of our conversation with Ben Bajarin from Creative Strategies and Techpinions. We examined the uncertain future of different technologies from wearables, VR & AR and home automation after the smartphone platform. We also looked at the evolution of AI and the key trends for the coming year. Here are The post Episode 145: An Uncertain Technology World with Ben Bajarin appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Our News Roundup returns this week with three topics: first off, the latest installment of the Samsung Galaxy Note7 saga; secondly, Amazon's launch of two new streaming music services and the implications for the sector; and thirdly, the figures on iOS 10 adoption and what they tell us. Our Question of the Week is "What is the human impact of mineral sourcing in consumer electronics?" Aaron talks us through the meaning and significance of the phrase "conflict minerals", but he also explains the latest reporting from the Washington Post on two additional minerals used in consumer devices: cobalt and graphite. We talk about the implications of all this for device manufacturing, as well as what we as consumers can do about it. Our third segment is a discussion of a topic Jan writes about this week for Techpinions, which he refers to as the de-democratization of online publishing. Essentially, new platforms such as Google's AMP, Facebook Instant Articles, and Apple news make it harder for smaller publishers to have their voices heard. We also talk about the broader changes in publishing and media, especially in the current presidential election cycle in the US. We wrap up the episode with a Weekly Pick, which this week is a movie recommendation from Jan.Dawson@ovum.com As usual, you’ll find some links to related content as well as other ways to listen to the podcast on the website at podcast.beyonddevic.es.

Our News Roundup this week covers three topics: Microsoft's announcement that Windows 10 now has 350 installations; Twitter's addition of stickers to photos shared through the platform; and Amazon's new strategy for selling third-party Android phones with ads on the lock screen. Our Question of the Week is "How is Apple doing in India, and how can it do better?" It builds on research Jan has been doing over the last few weeks on what Apple might do to boost its fortunes – and specifically the iPhone's fortunes – in India. We talk about the unique characteristics of the Indian market, and how it's different from China; the state of the smartphone market in India; Apple's current position there; and four major themes around how Apple can accelerate growth and increase its addressable market there. Our third segment covers the changes Facebook announced to its News Feed algorithm on Wednesday, the reasons for the move, and the likely implications for users, for publishers, and for Facebook. As usual, we wrap up with a Weekly Pick, this week two items recommended by Aaron. I want to briefly thank all those who helped me in my research for this episode and my weekly Techpinions column, which also went up today on the same topic, including Shibesh, Harshil Shah, Sudeep Mishra, Sascha Pallenberg, Viranch Damani, Varun Krishnan, Nitin Alabur, and others. Your help and insight is much appreciated. Links to other relevant content and additional ways to listen to the podcast can be found at podcast.beyonddevic.es.

This week's News Roundup covered three topics: Microsoft's deal with Xiaomi to share patents and pre-install Office and Skype on Xiaomi devices; rumors of a new 5K display from Apple; and a new EU Code of Conduct on policing hate speech signed by major American tech companies. We discuss the ins and outs of each of these stories and their implications. Our Question of the Week is "What's the state of the smart home, and how will it change?" This topic builds off a recent piece Jan wrote for Techpinions which was syndicated to Recode, titled "The Smart Home is Stuck", in which Jan argued that the most high-profile element of the smart home market – the retail purchase, self-install segment, is stuck at the early adopter phase. However, we also discuss the other major segment in the market, which is the service-based alternative, which sees devices professionally installed and managed, and charges monthly service fees rather than a one-off device purchase fee. This part of the market, exemplified by companies like Vivint, AT&T, and Alarm.com (through a white label model) is performing much better. We talk about how this situation might change over time, some of the other dynamics, and potential future innovations in the space. Our third topic is a discussion of analyst Mary Meeker's most recent slide deck, which provides a 200-slide overview of major trends in the internet and related fields, and was presented at the Code Conference this week. We focus on three of the trends she identified – ad spend, cars and technology, and China – and discuss each of these in some detail. We wrap up with our Weekly Pick, which is something of a follow-up to an earlier recommendation from Aaron. As usual, you’ll find some links to related content as well as other ways to listen to the podcast on the website at podcast.beyonddevic.es.

Ben Bajarin from Creative Strategies and Techpinions joined us for the special 100th episode to discuss the dawn of the augmented (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technology. Starting from an account of his recent trip to Game Developer & VR developer Summit, Ben shared why this is the year for AR and VR to break out The post Episode 100: The Dawn of Augmented & Virtual Reality with Ben Bajarin appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Our News Roundup this week covers three new items: Android's early developer preview of Android N; the conclusion of the Apple eBooks trial; and the debut of Amazon's first live TV show. Our Question of the Week is "What is 5G? And should you care?" and piggybacks on an article Jan wrote for Techpinions on Monday offering something of a primer on the technology. We talk through the first four Gs briefly, and in particular talk about what's unique about 4G, before moving on to where the process of defining 5G has got to, and when you're likely to be able to actually use it. Our third topic is Samsung's new phones, which were reviewed by many publications this week. We discuss the consensus from the reviews as well as what the phones seem to signify about the state of Samsung. We wrap up as ever with our Weekly Pick, which is another cooking-themed recommendation from Aaron. As usual, you’ll find some links to related content as well as other ways to listen to the podcast on the website at podcast.beyonddevic.es.

Ben Bajarin from Creative Strategies and Techpinions joined us in an interesting conversation why semiconductors are eating the world. By giving a broad overview of the industry spanning across the globe with a significant presence in Asia with the major players, Samsung and TSMC, we dissect how the semiconductors industry and Moore’s law are shifting The post Episode 81: Semiconductors are eating the world with Ben Bajarin appeared first on Analyse Asia.

This week, we kick off our discussion with a review of what's happened over the last week or so with the Mac App Store, which suffered from a certificate-related bug that broke a number of apps previously downloaded from the store. We also use this as a jumping-off point for a broader discussion about the Mac App Store and the various other issues developers have been complaining about for some time now. Our second topic is our Question of the Week, which is about why Facebook has so many apps beyond the main Facebook app. This ties into a post Jan wrote on Techpinions last week (link in the show notes). Our third topic is the new dock Apple has just released for the Apple Watch in somewhat under-the-radar fashion, and again we broaden the discussion to cover Apple's strange history with docks for its products.

Ben Bajarin from Techpinions and Creative Strategies joined us again to discuss the different market dynamics for smartphones in China and India, the recent debate on Apple Watch sales based on non-sequitur numbers, and the hot technology bubble discussion in US as to the consequences to the Asian market. We also discussed how the research The post Episode 46: Smartphones, Watches & Bubbles in China & India with Ben Bajarin appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Jan Dawson from Jackdaw Research & a regular contributor of Techpinions joined us on the podcast to offer a broad perspective on how the messaging apps in Asia are operating as platforms and ecosystems against their western counterparts. In the same conversation, he discuss the unpleasant economics of “free to play” games which originate from The post Episode 38: Messaging Apps, Games & Platforms with Jan Dawson appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Ben Bajarin of Techpinions joins Rene to talk about the Amazon Fire Phone, why it was made and who it was made for, and what it means for Google's Android and Apple's iPhone. Show notes Amazon Fire Phone Mobile Opportunities and Challenges In the Android Ecosystem Answering the 64-Bit Question Amazon announces perplexing Fire Phone, matters nothing for Apple and iPhone Guests Ben Bajarin of Techpinions Hosts

Ben Bajarin of Techpinions talks with Rene about mergers, including the just-completed Microsoft and Nokia, the ongoing Comcast and Time Warner Cable, the just announced AT&T and DirectTV, and the rumored YouTube and Twitch and Apple and Beats deals. Show notes Expect More Tech Acquisitions in 2014 Consumer Choice Is the New Tech Industry Theme Microsoft buys Nokia Comcast plans merger with Time Warner Cable AT&T acquiring DirectTV Google's YouTube rumored to be buying video game streamer Twitch for over $1 billion http://www.imore.com/beats-and-apple-does-such-marriage-make-sense Guests Ben Bajarin of Techpinions Hosts

Ben Bajarin of Techpinions joins Rene to talk about the biggest tech trends of 2014, including 4K televisions, wearables and watches, embedded Android in everything, Xbox One, and more.

Ben Bajarin of Techpinions talks to Rene about the growth of smartphones, the segments that are emerging, what marketshare really means, and what comes next with wearables, automotive, and more.