DTNS 3108 – Can I Pay With a Smile?

Why every major tech company is turning to original content, plus pay by smile at a high-end KFC in China and Facebook knows where everyone lives.
With Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Len Peralta.

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Show Notes
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• News You Should Know
  • (01:45) Windows 10 Fall Creators Update coming on 17 Oct
  • (01:55) Xiaomi will announce Mi Mix 2 phone on 11 Sep
  • (02:35) Samsung granted persmission to test autonomous cars in California
  • (02:45) Tesla accused of violating workers’ rights
• More Top Stories
  • (03:20) Palm phones to return in 2018 without WebOS
  • (04:35) Facebook has created data map of Earth’s human population
  • (06:15) Sharp announced 70-inch 8K TV
  • (08:25) Helpful apps emerge in wake of Hurricane Harvey
  • (11:05) Chinese diners can pay with their smile
• Discussion
  • (13:40) Apple Shakeup
    • Apple’s Eddy Cue is no longer in charge of Siri | The Verge
    • Apple has hired two well-regarded TV execs to ramp up its original video plans | Recode
    • Apple Readies $1 Billion War Chest for Hollywood Programming | WSJ
    • Apple Video Push Could Move to Hollywood’s Culver Studios | Fortune.com
    • Amazon Studios Moving Into Culver Studios’ Famed ‘Gone With The Wind’ Mansion? | Deadline
• Thing of the Day
  • Monthly Tech Views
• Message of the Day
  • Anon – Fitness tracker craze

 
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