Are Magazines The New Vinyl?

	Are Magazines The New Vinyl?
Number	3517
Broadcast Date	APRIL 24, 2019
Episode Length	31:18
Hosts	Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang
Guests	Nicole Lee

In a weird juxtaposition tech companies like Airbnb, Uber and Netflix are starting up their own print magazines. Why are they investing in an old media platform and what do they hope to gain by doing so?

Guest

Nicole Lee
- Engadget

Quick Hits

Kuo: Two new AirPods models in Q4 2019 – Q1 2020, one features an all-new design and higher price

TF industries' Ming-Chi Kuo reports that his sources say Apple will launch new AirPods models sometime between September and March. One of the models will have an all-new design.

AT&T Reports Mixed Q1 Results As WarnerMedia Offsets Pay-TV Decline

AT&T lost subscribers in all its services except wireless last quarter. TV subscribers fell 544,000 and DirecTV Now subscribers fell 83,000. AT&T aded 80,000 wireless phone subscribers. WarnerMedia operating income rose 11.6% helping bolster total revenue to $44.8 billion and earnings per share of 86 cents.

Indian court moves to lift ban on Chinese video app TikTok

A state court in Tamil Nadu, India moved to reverse its ban on the Tik Tok app. The court had previously ruled the app encouraged pornography and caused Apple and Google to remove it from their stores in India. The Federal IT ministry will request Apple and Google reinstate Tik Tok to their stores there. It does not appear that this latest decision will be appealed.

UK gives Huawei an amber light to supply 5G

The Telegraph reports that during a National Security Council meeting, the UK Prime Minister has approved the use of Huawei equipment in non-core parts of 5G networks in the country. A recent report by the UK's by the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre Oversight Board said it could only provide limited assurance that risks to national security posed by Huawei parts could be mitigated.

Top Stories

Samsung Galaxy Fold Teardown

iFixit released the results of its teardown of the Samsung Galaxy Fold, calling the design "alarmingly fragile." While the hinge seems sturdy, iFixit found dirt could easily get between the 7mm gap between the bezel and OLED screen. It said, "When closed, the screen is protected—but the spine is flanked by massive gaps that our opening picks hop right into." This may explain what happened to the model at the Verge and iFixit says, "you'll almost certainly be replacing the screen before long."

Netflix Can Chill: Academy Rules No Change in Streaming Oscar Eligibility

At a board meeting Tuesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted not to change its eligibility rules for feature-length films. Any movie that has at least a seven-day theatre run will remain eligible. Stephen Spielberg had led a movement to increase that requirement in order to disqualify Netflix movies which do not get the usual 90-day theater-exclusive run. One change that was approved was renaming the foreign film category to International.

Google Fit now available on iOS with Apple Health sync

The Google Fit health tracking app is coming to iOS with full integration with Apple Health. Last August Google focused the Fit app on "smart activity goals" created with the American Heart Association. Move Minutes track all kinds of physical activity, Heart Points are awarded for things like brisk walks and workouts that are at least 100 steps a minute. And it also tracks steps, calories burned and distance walked. Google Fit adjust goals based on your progress. On iOS it can now pull data from the phone and Apple Watch, as well as from Wear OS devices.

Microsoft blocks Windows 10 May 2019 Update on PCs that use USB storage or SD cards

Microsoft issued a support document saying its May 2019 Windows 10 update may not install on systems that use external USB storage or SD cards due to inappropriate drive reassignment. Users can remove external USB drives and SD cards and restart the May 2019 Update to get it to work. For those running Windows off a thumb drive, for instance Microsoft plans to address the drive reassignment in a future Windows 10 servicing update. Also, users going from a version of Windows 10 prior to the April 2018 update will not have a problem.

Zipline expands medical drone deliveries to Ghana

UAV delivery company Zipline is expanding its unmanned aircraft deliveries to Ghana. It will deliver 150 different medicines, vaccines, and blood to 2,000 clinics in Ghana. Zipline drones can travel up to 160 kilometers at speeds of up to 110 km/h. Zipline has operated in Rwanda since 2016 and began rolling out service for Tanzania last year.

Discussion

Mailbag

Last year my family and I stayed at an Airbnb while on vacation. I noticed a google home mini on the counter and the first thing I thought of was that someone could be listening to our conversations. Since this was not my own device I was even more apprehensive about it. I unplugged it right away and left it unplugged with a note for the host explaining what I did.

Sent by Richard

41% of voice assistant users have concerns about trust and privacy, report finds

Forty-one percent of voice assistant users are concerned about trust, privacy and passive listening, according to a new report from Microsoft.

I'm no drone expert, but I do know a little something about Blacksburg and Christiansburg VA. They are definitely surrounded by beautiful rural country side, but not random for this kind of high tech testing. Blacksburg is the home of my Alma Mater - Virginia Tech. B'burg and C'burg collectively have a population of about 70,000 people, but VT enrollment ads another 35,000 or so.

Because of the university, these towns have unexpected advantages like: relatively concentrated population centers as far as small towns go; and an educated population with higher income than you might expect for a rural area. Add on top of that, an excellent school of engineering at VT, lots of connections to state government because of the university, a nearby airport in Roanoke, and a satellite VT campus in the DC area that will soon be partnering with Amazon... Blacksburg and Christainsburg might not be obvious, but it makes sense when you see the larger context.

Sent by Josiah, long time listener and supporter

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