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Zuckerberg's smart home, Android Wear, and CES predictions

Zuckerberg's smart home, Android Wear, and CES predictions

FromThe Vergecast


Zuckerberg's smart home, Android Wear, and CES predictions

FromThe Vergecast

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Length:
62 minutes
Released:
Dec 23, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

As the year ends, Nilay, Dieter, Paul, and Ross gather together from across the country via Skype to sit down and bring up what’s been troubling them this week. Nilay can’t stand Mark Zuckerberg’s video about his home AI, Dieter doesn’t know what laptop to take to CES, Paul feels that emoji is too totalitarian, and Ross...is already in holiday mode.
Grab a glass of eggnog (from justthenog.com) and sit beside the fire with your favorite tech luminaries of 2016.

04:11 - Mark Zuckerberg’s “smart home”

14:56 - Rogue One talk (level 4 spoilers 16:51-18:01)

17:59 - laptops

22:42 - Apple, Macbook batteries, and new desktops

26:23 - Emoji consortium

28:52 - AirPods review

34:58 - Android Wear

43:34 - CES 2017 predictions

55:08 - Paul's weekly segment "WebOS still exists, Dieter. Are you sad?"

59:19 - Dieter note
Released:
Dec 23, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Hello! This is The Vergecast, the flagship podcast of The Verge... and your life. Every Friday, Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn make sense of the week's tech news with help from our wide-ranging staff. And on Tuesdays, Nilay hosts in-depth, one-on-one interviews with major technology leaders. Join us every week for a fun, deeply nerdy, often off-the-rails conversation about what's happening now (and next) in technology and gadgets.