Oct 1st 2020
Tech News Weekly 153
Finding Joy on TikTok
TikTok's Authenticity, Facebook's App Melding, and Google's Hardware Event
Facebook begins to merge Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Google announces the Pixel 5 with millimeter-wave 5G. TikTok gains notice as the authentic social media network.
First, Harry McCracken of Fast Company joins us to explain Facebook's latest move — the company is slowly merging its messaging apps. Could Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp become a single, merged service?
Then, Android Police's David Ruddock stops in to give us his thoughts on Google's fall hardware event. How does the Pixel 5 compare to other flagship phones? Why does Ruddock think millimeter-wave 5G in the Pixel 5 is a mistake? Your questions are answered.
Then, Abrar Al-Heeti gives us the deets on her CNET article regarding TikTok and the unique authenticity the platform cultivates. Between the positive energy, laughs, and all-around good nature of the platform, folks are finding there what they haven't found from other social media networks.
Lastly, Mikah talks about a designer who made more than $100k on the #AestheticAF iOS Home screen trend and Jason shares a song he's been listening to.
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Links
- Inside Facebook’s Quadruple Play: How the Company is Finally Melding its Apps
- Google's New Pixel 5 Is the Phone We Expected, at the Price We Didn't
- Google Confirms That the Pixel 5 Doesnt Have the Pixel Neural Core
- Including Expensive mmWave 5G on the Pixel 5 Was a Big Mistake, Google
- Chromecast with Google TV Review: Successful in Spite of its Shortcomings
- Move Over, Instagram Influencers: The Magic of Tiktok Is Authenticity
- Six Figures in 6 Days
- WE'RE ALL DOOMED - Trump vs. Biden ft. "Weird Al" Yankovic