DTNS 3104 – Uber Uses Expedia to Find CEO

Uber gets a new CEO, Microsoft shows off VR products, Amazon’s brave new grocery world.

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• News You Should Know
  • (01:05) Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal expect Sep 12th iPhone 8 event
  • (02:10) NYPD scrapping Windows phones for iPhones
  • (03:35) Munich students win SpaceX competition with 201 mph pod
• More Top Stories
  • (04:20) Uber expected to name Expedia CEO as new boss
    • Uber’s New CEO May Get at Least $200 Million… – Bloomberg
  • (07:35) Microsoft makes many mixed reality announcements at IFA
  • (11:55) Fitbit announces new smartwatch
    • Fitbit Ionic and Fitbit Flyer… – Pocket-lint
  • (16:25) Amazon cuts Whole Foods stores by up to 43 percent
  • (21:10) Sarahah scrutinized for collecting user data
    • Tesla’s … electric truck aims for 200 to 300 miles… – Reuters
• Thing of the Day
  • (25:45) Tech In Travel Minute
• Discussion
  • Mailbag Monday
    • (27:35) Ward Oatway – Bitcoin mine construction
    • (29:05) Joe – Just in Time Training
    • (30:45) Anon – Tesla Semi
    • (32:55) anotherJmartin – self-driving car maintenance
    • (34:20) Ethen – Quadcopters
    • (34:45) Jeff Steinhauer – Games to learn programming