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Facebook’s F8, Oculus Go, and Apple earnings

Facebook’s F8, Oculus Go, and Apple earnings

FromThe Vergecast


Facebook’s F8, Oculus Go, and Apple earnings

FromThe Vergecast

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Length:
76 minutes
Released:
May 4, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week on The Vergecast, Nilay returns to the show after welcoming a child! Dieter is out this week, so Nilay and Paul bring on Adi Robertson and Casey Newton to discuss what happened at Facebook’s F8 developer conference, the Oculus Go, and some earnings talk.

There are also a lot of new Instagram features. Is it slowly just becoming Facebook?

There’s a lot more in between that — like Paul’s weekly segment “Safety first!’ they said” — so if you listen through this whole episode, you’ll be all caught up on the tech news this week.

05:51 - All of the news from Facebook’s F8 developer conference

22:51 - Oculus Go review

36:47 - Video calls are coming to Instagram

42:21 - Over 400 Startups Are Trying to Become the Next Warby Parker. Inside the Wild Race to Overthrow Every Consumer Category — Inc.

46:14 - Paul’s weekly segment “Safety first!’ they said”

47:45 - Koss Porta Pro Wireless

49:13 - Sprint and T-Mobile have announced that they will merge

59:56 - Verizon is putting Oath bloatware like Go90 on its Galaxy S9 phones

1:04:18 - Apple reports solid iPhone revenue but stays quiet on HomePod sales
Released:
May 4, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

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Hello! This is The Vergecast, the flagship podcast of The Verge... and your life. Every Friday, Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn make sense of the week's tech news with help from our wide-ranging staff. And on Tuesdays, Nilay hosts in-depth, one-on-one interviews with major technology leaders. Join us every week for a fun, deeply nerdy, often off-the-rails conversation about what's happening now (and next) in technology and gadgets.