Drone delivery cranks up in Switzerland, Nest back with new products and whether we want pro sports like eSports leagues. Overwatch League anyone?
With Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, and Scott Johnson
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Show Notes
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- News You Should Know
- (01:00) Apple admits to Apple Watch LTE problems just before it ships | The Verge
- (01:30) Motorola’s Moto X4 is Project Fi’s first Android One smartphone | The Verge
- (02:00) Microsoft opens pre-orders for standard Xbox One X | engadget
- (02:15) Toshiba Finally Makes It Official With $18 Billion Sale to Bain Capital | Fortune
- More Top Stories
- (02:45) Amazon working on Alexa-powered smart glasses, says report | The Verge
- (06:05) Google Is Close to Buying HTC Assets to Bolster Hardware | Bloomberg
- (11:10) Nest launches a new $349 smart outdoor security camera | TechCrunch
- Nest introduces Hello, its first video doorbell | engadget
- Nest’s home security system costs $499… | The Verge
- (13:55) The first…drone delivery network…starting next month | The Verge
- (17:00) The music business is growing again… | recode
- Discussion
- (22:50) Overwatch League
- …Overwatch league will…debut in January | The Verge
- …Overwatch League welcomes…teams for inaugural season | Blizzard
- Blizzard unveils plans for new e-sports arena… | The Verge
- Blizzard announces… teams and owners… | The Verge
- Blizzard…locks in…$20 million Overwatch League spots | ESPN
- Overwatch League…to begin January 10th | engadget
- …Overwatch League welcomes London…team | Blizzard
- (22:50) Overwatch League
- Messages of the Day
- (35:20) Alastair – The EFF/EME/W3C story
- Today’s Contributors
About the esports:
Will we have some time in the future a game called Overwatch Manager? Where you run an esports team and try to win the blah blah cup