Ever wonder what the next big leap in technology might be? A lot of smart people are banking on a small secretive startup in Florida called Magic Leap, and their almost too-good-to-be-true digital light field tech, that may eventually destroy whole industries. We chat about them and their very likeable CEO Rony Abovitz to see where the future may take us.
In the short term, a bunch of companies just released their quarterly results. The recent trends continue with Twitter and Apple losing ground while the juggernaut that is Facebook keeps on juggernauting. Who is the dark horse though in the next 12 months? Makes you think…
We also reference Johnny Mnemonic (achievement unlocked) in covering a story about Microsoft investing in DNA strands to possibly store exabytes of data. Is it 2021 yet? This and so much more on episode 58 of The Lazy Couch podcast.
Episode 58. Recorded Thursday 28 April 2016.
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00:00 – Intro:
- Geoff is back on the Nexus program with the return of the Nexus 6P
- Kelvin tries out an iOS cooperative ‘shouting’ game – Spaceteam
- The Magnificent Seven – teaser trailer
- X-Men: Apocalypse – final trailer
08:09 – News:
- Game of Thrones season 6: Australia tops world in illegal downloads | The Guardian
- Microsoft & Google agree to stop complaining to regulators about each other | re/code
- Microsoft is buying 10 million molecules of custom DNA to store data | Business Insider
- Nokia enters the digital health realm with acquisition of Withings | VentureBeat
15:40 – Quarterly results:
- Microsoft quarterly profits misses estimate as PC sales slump to 9-year low | Fin Review
- Twitter stocks plunges after revenue misses estimates | Reuters
- Alphabet Inc sees quarterly revenue rise 17.4% driven by mobile ad sales | Financial Post
- EU lodges formal antitrust complaint against Android | The Verge
- Facebook reports first quarter results and announces proposal for new class of stock | FB Investor Relations
- Apple’s nine-year iPhone juggernaut stops with first sales decline | Reuters
- Dead body found in Apple HQ conference room | TechnoBuffalo
- Apple’s second quarter earnings in charts | Quartz
- Nintendo earnings plunge 60% in fiscal year as it preps new hardware | VentureBeat