Apr 28th 2022
Tech News Weekly 232
Snap Pixy Takes to the Skies
Hosted by
Jason Howell,
Mikah Sargent
Musk Buys Twitter, Apple's Self Service Repair, Inside Autocorrect
Records every Thursday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 19:00 UTC.
Guests:
Faiz Siddiqui,
Dan Moren
- Faiz Siddiqui from the Washington Post walks through Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter and how its also impacting his other businesses.
- Dan Moren from Six Colors details Apple's Self Service Repair kit for iPhone users and who the kit is likely to appeal most to.
- Jason and Mikah share their thoughts on Snap's new Pixy drone and whether Snap hardware products are too limited to ever see mass adoption.
- Mikah sheds light on the machinations that drive the iPhone's autocorrect system and how that might compare to autocorrect for Android.
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Links
- Elon Musk Acquires Twitter for Roughly $44 Billion
- Twitter Stock Drops, Signaling Investor Concern about Elon Musk Deal
- Tesla’s Value Dropped Tuesday by More Than Double the Cost of Twitter
- Elon Musk Boosts Criticism of Twitter Executives, Prompting Online Attacks
- Apple’s Self Service Repair Now Available
- Apple’s New Self Service Repair Program Is Now Live
- Snap’s First Drone, Pixy, Fully Revealed in FCC Photos
- Snap Announces a Mini Drone Called Pixy
- Meet Pixy - Your Friendly Flying Camera by Snap!
- Tech News Today Through Google Glass
- Autocorrect Explained: Why Your iPhone Adds Annoying Typos While Fixing Others