Are gestures the best way to control devices? Plus, Nintendo ends its first iOS app, CNN ends Casey Neistat’s Beme and New York tries to end net neutrality violations.
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Show Notes
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- Quick Hits
- (00:55) Samsung announces the Galaxy S9 launch, teases “reimagined” camera | ars technica
- (01:15) Chrome 64 arrives with stronger pop-up blocker and new developer features | venture beat
- (01:35) Xiaomi beats Samsung to top spot in India’s smartphone market | tech crunch
- More Top Stories
- (02:05) Nintendo is shutting down its Miitomo social app in May | the next web
- (03:25) Apple’s Getting Back Into the E-Books Fight Against Amazon | bloomberg
- (06:45) CNN shutters Casey Neistat’s video company Beme, which it bought 14 months ago for $25 million | the verge
- (11:15) Twitter Is Working on a Snapchat-Style Video Sharing Tool | bloomberg
- (14:35) Net neutrality will be enforced in New York under orders from governor | ars technica
- (17:30) Soon we’ll control our devices with our body language, not our voice | quartz
- Thing of the day
- (23:50) Nate Lanxon
- Message of the Day
- (25:05) Chris – Meg Whitman
- (26:50) William – price changes
- Today’s Contributor
- Friend of the show Wil Harris is fundraising for Campaign Against Living Miserably, a charity that encourages men to get help with their mental health.
regarding the mis-priced items. what about the next person who thinks they are paying one price, but then get charged another, but don’t notice? you’re doing that customer, and the store, a favor by pointing out that flaw, and the flaw in the system.