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Is the FAANG Era Over? [Minisode] May 24, 2022

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FAANG commonly refers to the five most popular and best-performing American technology companies: Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google.
Over the last few decades, these companies have skyrocketed in their value and influence - but the last two years have started to show some cracks.
Is this the end of FAANG era?
Dagogo and Tawsif discuss in this minisode.
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Produced by: Dagogo Altraide, Tawsif Akkas
Shot and edited by: Brayden Laffrey
https://www.braydenlaffreymedia.com/

Farewell iPod, Spectacular Crypto Crash, Spotify's Metaverse Island, and the Great Resignation's Great Regret? May 16, 2022

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A huge week in tech which started with the news of one of our favourite tech products being retired: Apple's iPod. On top, the markets were on a death spiral - as was the world of crypto...particularly $LUNA. We also cover Google's I/O announcements, Twitter updates, and a few other trending news.
WATCH the YouTube video of the podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jKUaNXSnuW52CxexLcOJg
As usual, we do a weekly update at the start of the episode but if you want to skip to the individual stories, here are the timestamps:
Episode Timestamps
00:34 Our Week
01:49 What we watched this Week
09:16 Comments of the Week
10:25 iPod is Dead
17:48 Market is Dead
23:02 Crypto is Dead
28:40 EA Sports FIFA is Dead
30:01 Is Google finally ready to take on Apple?
34:01 Meta's Project Cambria
39:50 Spotify Enters the Metaverse with Roblox
43:40 It's Time for Elon's Weekly Update
48:37 Twitter Fires Two Senior Executives
51:44 TikTok 's Toxic Working Environment
55:48 The Great Resignation or The Great Regret?
59:27 Q/A
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Produced by: Dagogo Altraide, Tawsif Akkas
Shot and edited by: Brayden Laffrey
https://www.braydenlaffreymedia.com/

Netflix Sued By Shareholders, VR Brings Spiders To Your Mouth, Meta's Logo and TikTok "Steals" YouTube's Ways May 09, 2022

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Things are getting bad to worse for Netflix as they are now sued by their OWN shareholders. We cover Cameo's layoff, EU's issue against Apple, latest in Amazon's union situation, Meta's logo, and TikTok adopting a creator payout like YouTube. Also, the latest developments in virtual reality let's you feel spiders crawling in your mouth. Yep.
Watch the video of the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThroughTheWebPodcast
As usual, we do a weekly update at the start of the episode but if you want to skip to the individual stories, here are the timestamps:
Episode Timestamps
00:00 - Quick PSA
00:33 - Intro
02:38 - Our week
04:53 - What we watched this week
11:53 Comments of the week
15:16 - Netflix sued by its own shareholders
19:38 - Cameo lays off 87 staff members
28:56 - Apple vs EU
34:05 - Amazon's union update
39:10 - VR tech let's you feel spiders crawling...on your mouth
43:23 - Meta being sued for logo
52:00 - TikTok Pulse
59:58 - A feel good story
1:06:37 - Q/A
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Produced by: Dagogo Altraide, Tawsif Akkas
Shot and edited by: Brayden Laffrey
https://www.braydenlaffreymedia.com/

Tesla Stocks Nosedive, Snapchat vs. the Metaverse, EU vs. Elon Musk, Apple's Self Service Repair and Are Humans Destined To Argue? May 03, 2022

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Welcome back! This week we argue if humans are doomed to argue, Indonesia's suspension of palm oil exports, weekly Elon update, Apple launching Self-Service Repair, Snapchat saying Metaverse is "ambigious", Meta launching a retail store and a little bit of laugh about the TLC.
0:17 - Intro
3:43 - What we watched this week
16:42 - Comment of the week
17:57 - Indonesia suspends palm oil export
22:02 - Tesla stocks nosedive
36:39 - EU vs. Elon Musk
43:45 - Apple Launches Self Service Repair
47:25 - Snapchat vs. the Metaverse
53:31 - Meta Opening physical Store
56:06 - Google lets you limit ads on certain topics
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Produced by: Dagogo Altraide, Tawsif Akkas
Shot and edited by: Brayden Laffrey
https://www.braydenlaffreymedia.com/

Why CNN+ Failed, Elon Close to Buying Twitter, Netflix Crashing, AI vs. Art and Google's "Anxiety Reducing" Notifications Apr 25, 2022

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Welcome back Web-heads! We are back after a week off with HEAPS of trending tech news: Elon Musk set to buy Twitter, the failure of CNN+ streaming service, Netflix shares tank, and signs of "NFT Bubble Bursting". We also dive deep into a few philosophical angles about AI vs. Art, and if we should recreate dead relatives in the metaverse as a way of grieving. We also touch briefly on Google's concept ambient notifications which are designed to reduce anxiety.
Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jKUaNXSnuW52CxexLcOJg
Timestamps:
0:00 - Opener
0:17 - Intro
02:03 - What We Watched This Week
05:35 - Comments of the Week
06:36 - OpenAI DALL-E 2
10:10 - AI vs. Art
17:35 - The Fall and Fall of CNN+
22:35 - Why is Everyone Hating on Netflix?
31:45 - Elon Musk vs. Netflix
40:45 - Elon Musk Ready To Buy Twitter
47:35 - First Tweet NFT Fail
52:25 - StartUp To Create Avatars for Dead People
58: 00 - Google's Concept Ambient Notifications To Reduce Anxiety
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Produced by: Dagogo Altraide, Tawsif Akkas
Shot and edited by: Brayden Laffrey
https://www.braydenlaffreymedia.com/

Will South Korea Takeover America As The Next Cultural Superpower? Apr 19, 2022

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America has been a significant influence on global culture for as long as we can remember - but it seems like there's finally a shift happening and we might be seeing a new emerging cultural superpower: Korea.
Dagogo and Tawsif discuss on this episode their thoughts on Korea - or potentially a different name - becoming a superpower in the culture and media landscape.
Watch the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv5quyGdM0g
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Produced by: Dagogo Altraide, Tawsif Akkas
Shot and edited by: Brayden Laffrey
https://www.braydenlaffreymedia.com/
Parasite, BTS, Squid Game, PSY, America, South Korea, Culture, Media, FRIENDS, Seinfeld

Twitter's Future under Elon, Streaming Subscription Fatigue, Amazon vs. Union and Coca-Cola's "Pixel Drink" Apr 12, 2022

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Welcome back Web-heads! This week we pick where we left off : Elon's involvement with Twitter and how he might shape the platform. We also talk about the weirdly named "Zuck Bucks" by Meta, how people are overwhelmed by streaming services, the historic union win against Amazon, Coca-Cola's new "Pixel Drink" and much more!
Listen to the full podcast: https://throughtheweb.buzzsprout.com/
Timestamps:
0:00 - Opener
0:17 - Intro
12:23 - Comments of the week
13:31 - Elon Musk, Future of Twitter and the edit button
22:12 - Meta's "Zuck Bucks"
26:11 - Creators in the metaverse
29:32 - Streaming service fatigue
36:50 - Will everything be subscription in the future?
43:11 - Amazon
48:54 - China's Black Mirror Robo-dog
52:12 - Razor headset saves life from a bullet
55:17 - Coca-Cola releasing drink that tastes like "pixels"
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Produced by: Dagogo Altraide, Tawsif Akkas
Shot and edited by: Brayden Laffrey
https://www.braydenlaffreymedia.com/

Elon Musk on Freedom of Speech, Telegram vs. Facebook, Dumbphones and Will Smith's Slap Breaking Records Apr 05, 2022

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Welcome back Web-heads! This week we jump deep into the ethics of social media, Elon Musk's take on freedom of speech, Meta's failures and crazy allegations about throwing mud against TikTok, Apple and Meta give data to forged hackers, return of the dumbphones and of course...Will Smith and Chris Rock.
Listen to the full podcast: https://throughtheweb.buzzsprout.com/
Timestamps:
0:00 - Opener
0:17 - Intro
8:12 - Comments of the week
9:20 - Telegram vs. Facebook
16:23 - Elon's Tweets on freedom of speech
27:00 - Meta hire firm for anti TikTok campaign
30:36 - Meta and Apple give data to forged hackers
34:30 - State of Arizona allow ID in Apple Wallet
41:10 - Are dumbphones the "in thing" now?
50:18 - Nothing Phone
54:53 - Closer
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Produced by: Dagogo Altraide, Tawsif Akkas
Shot and edited by: Brayden Laffrey
https://www.braydenlaffreymedia.com/

Are smartphones getting boring? Mar 29, 2022

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We try something different this week as we tackle one core topic instead of trending news.
Watch the episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfO9b63JBzY
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Produced by: Dagogo Altraide, Tawsif Akkas
Shot and edited by: Brayden Laffrey
https://www.braydenlaffreymedia.com/

China's 0-Covid Policy Is A Supply Chain Nightmare, Amazon Acquires MGM Studios, NFTs and Samsung's "Origami" Phone Leak Mar 21, 2022

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This week we talk about how China's 0-Covid Policy is a nightmare for supply chain in the tech world, and how it's time for companies to diversify their assembly portfolio. In other news this week, Amazon acquired MGM, AMC buys into a gold mine (???) and Instagram will soon have NFTs on profiles. We also talk about Samsung's new "origami phone" concept leak.
Watch the episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jKUaNXSnuW52CxexLcOJg
Follow us on Twitter to engage with our work: https://twitter.com/throughtheweb
Produced by: Dagogo Altraide, Tawsif Akkas
Shot and edited by: Brayden Laffrey
https://www.braydenlaffreymedia.com/

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