Dan talks with Nilay Patel of The Verge about the new Steve Jobs book and its mediocre quality, the Apple Watch, podcasting, and where The Verge is going. He is also joined by Mike Swanson who came out with an Apple Editors’ Choice app called Layout before Instagram came out with their app by the same name.
Guests: Nilay Patel (@reckless) and Mike Swanson (@anyware)
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Links
Facebook F8 App Confirms Messenger As A Platform, Parse For IoT | TechCrunch
Google Pony Express May Let You Receive, Pay Bills Directly in Gmail | Re/code
YouTube to relaunch livestreaming service with focus on esports and gaming
Apple Acquires Durable Database Company FoundationDB | TechCrunch
You can thank Netflix for the return of The X-Files | The Verge
How I keep screens from causing me insomnia | The Verge
A brilliant Tinder hack made hundreds of bros unwittingly flirt with each other | The Verge
Steve Jobs didn’t care if people thought he was an asshole. Why should we? | The Verge
nilay patel (@reckless) | Twitter
Mike Swanson (@Anyware) | Twitter
Mike Swanson’s Blog
Amazon: Becoming Steve Jobs
Listen to our bite-sized podcast that explains tech in layman’s terms | The Verge
iTunes: What’s Tech
BBC not renewing ‘Top Gear’ presenter Jeremy Clarkson’s contract