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ACCESSBetting on reality with Kalshi CEO Tarek MansourThis week, we talk about the rise of storytelling in tech, why narrative suddenly matters again, and why X is now openly pleading for its haters to come back.
Then we sit down with Tarek Mansour, co-founder and CEO of Kalshi, to talk prediction markets having a real moment: why Kalshi is suddenly everywhere, whether betting can be a better signal than polling, and what happens when you try to turn opinions into markets.
We address building a prediction market in the middle of misinformation, insider trading concerns, sports betting drama, and regulatory chaos. We...
2025-12-181h 04
ACCESSFrench founders and AI priests with Maxime GermainThis week, we go behind OpenAI's "Code Red," discuss why Netflix says it wants Warner Bros. because of YouTube, and analyze why algorithms are becoming more customizable. Then, we sit down with guest Maxime Germain, founder and CEO of Beside: an AI receptionist answering millions of calls for everyone from priests to winery owners.
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2025-12-121h 06
ACCESSIs Roblox making the internet better or worse? We asked the CEOEllis, Alex, and Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki dive straight into the child-safety discussion, why Roblox is rolling out facial age checks, and whether the entire internet is headed toward age-gating. They unpack the Hard Fork controversy, how Roblox thinks about user safety, and how AI will shape moderation, online communities, and the future of communication.
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- Facial age checks to access chat and age-based communication controls.
- Hard trade-offs in moderation at scale, from Snap lessons to Roblox today.
- How Dave is thinking about AI and its...
2025-12-041h 18
ACCESSHow to win as an AI wrapper with Harvey's Winston WeinbergEllis and Alex chat about Apple succession rumors, group chats in ChatGPT, and ill-advised pre-show oysters. Then, they sit down with Harvey CEO Winston Weinberg to discuss how AI is changing the future of law, how to succeed as an AI wrapper, and the worst advice VCs give.
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2025-11-2058 min
ACCESSRobinhood’s Vlad Tenev on predicting the futureEllis and Alex chat about their first live pod recording in San Francisco, grandma-centric design, and how Alex finds new sources. Then, they're joined by Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev to discuss the rise of prediction markets, juggling priorities as a public CEO, and much more.
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2025-11-131h 04
ACCESSRunway CEO Cristobal Valenzuela is simulating the worldEllis and Alex chat about the Sources launch party, and living in late-stage extractionism. Then, they are then joined by Runway CEO Cristobal Valenzuela to discuss the hardest part about AI, why golf courses are a bigger problem than data centers, and how world models are changing our world forever.
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2025-11-061h 05
ACCESSEugenia Kuyda on software’s “YouTube moment”Ellis and Alex chat about turning life into an RPG video game, and are then joined by Replika and Wabi CEO Eugenia Kuyda to discuss her new app — for building your own hyper-personal apps in 5 minutes flat. They also talk about the MS-DOS era for AI, what’s wrong with AI companions today, and her advice for new founders getting started today.
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2025-10-301h 04
ACCESSAndroid chief Sameer Samat on Google Pixel and the path to AI glassesEllis and Alex chat about their weekend escapades and OpenAI's new Atlas browser. They're then joined by Google’s head of Android, Sameer Samat, to unpack why headsets matter on the road to AR glasses and turning Gemini into a Jarvis-like assistant. They dig into the strategy for Google's Pixel’s phones, what Google learned from the Glasshole era, and Samir’s story of cold-emailing Sergey Brin at 3 AM.
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2025-10-231h 02
ACCESSTaking on Apple with Nothing CEO Carl PeiAlex and Ellis recap the first month of the show and chat about the future of AI apps and ChatGPT allowing erotica later this year. They’re then joined by Nothing CEO Carl Pei to discuss building a new kind of smartphone company, competing with Apple, Gen Z, and more.
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2025-10-161h 08
ACCESSBuilding the Star Trek computer with Huxe's Raiza MartinEllis and Alex chat about OpenAI's big conference and the AI slop culture war. They're then joined by Huxe CEO Raiza Martin to talk about why she left Google as one of the inventors of NoteBookLM to build Huxe, a new kind of personalized AI audio app. They dig into why audio may be the killer use case for AI, the future of AI and podcasting, and what it feels like to have your branding copied by ChatGPT.
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2025-10-091h 07
ACCESSAvi Schiffmann thinks AI can be your best FriendFriend CEO Avi Schiffmann joins Alex and Ellis to address the backlash to the AI startup’s massive NYC and LA billboard blitz. They get into why he calls Friend a “living electronic,” the “always listening” AI pendant, privacy, the value of controversy, and what’s next. They also talk about the loneliness debate, sycophantic AI, and how he sees Friend as an “art project.” If you’ve seen the ads — or the vandalism — this is his first in-depth response.
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2025-10-021h 10
IA Todo Dia – Seu guia semanal de Inteligência ArtificialEP.205: IA, Dorgas e DemissõesDecole sua Carreira com IA em 1 dia presencial, no CareerGroup:https://atendimento.careergroup.com.br/curso-inteligencia-artificialReceba um Compilado das Notícias da Semana em seu e-mail:https://iatododiaoficial.com.br/Torne-se um Insider da IA:https://iatododia.hotmart.host/insiderSe você aprendeu algo com nosso programa, nos apoie:APOIA-SE: https://apoia.se/iatododia@ia.todo.diaConheça nossos patrocinadores:GenIA:https://grupogenia.tec.br/StarmindAI:https://starmindai.ai/RESUMO:
2025-09-2858 min
AI For Humans: Making Artificial Intelligence Fun & PracticalAI Creates New Drugs As OpenAI & NVIDIA Shuffle BillionsAI science advances are FINALLY happening while OpenAI's Sam Altman & NVIDIA's Jensen Huang send billions back and forth. If $100 billion is a drop in the well, how much do they need? Plus, ChatGPT is causing divorces, new AI video models Kling 2.5 Turbo & Wan 2.5, Suno drops v5 & Gavin drops the fact that he's not *loving* Kevin's mustache. Oh & we're getting ready for the launch of AndThen, our new start up! Sign up now in the link below. Get notified when AndThen launches: https://andthen.chat/ Come to our Discord to try our Secret Project...
2025-09-2638 min
ACCESSFigma CEO Dylan Field on the future of design and AICEO Dylan Field gives his first interview since Figma's big IPO, joining Ellis and Alex to talk all things design, AI, and what's next for Figma.
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2025-09-2559 min
ACCESSMark Zuckerberg on the AI bubble and Meta's new display glassesIn the premiere episode of ACCESS, tech insiders Alex Heath and Ellis Hamburger talk all things Mark Zuckerberg, from the newest Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses to the beverage selections in the new Meta AI Lab. Alex then sits down with Zuck himself ahead of the 2025 Meta Connect conference.
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2025-09-181h 19
ACCESSIntroducing ACCESS: The tech industry's inside conversationWelcome to ACCESS, the technology industry's inside conversation. Join tech reporting vet Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger as they dive into revealing convos with tech's most famous leaders and its emerging visionaries.
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2025-09-1601 min
Squawk PodChipmaker Deals with the White House 8/11/25Nvidia and AMD have reportedly agreed to give the U.S. government 15% of revenues from the chips they sell in China, in exchange for export licenses. The deal is an unprecedented arrangement between the government and private industry, raising concerns about what the deal represents for executive power whether it constitutes “paying off” the government. Lip-Bu Tan, CEO of fellow chipmaker Intel, is headed to the White House after President Trump has publicly called for his resignation. President Trump and President Vladimir Putin will meet in Alaska on Friday; former Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp and former Acting Chief of Staff...
2025-08-1135 minSquawk PodGoogle’s Sit-In Pushback & Debating Student Debt Relief 04/24/24Google has fired 50 employees over sit-in protests at the office. Yale Lecturer Joanne Lipman and The Verge’s Alex Heath discuss activism in the office, and tech’s inflection point with its employees. Jason Furman, a Democrat economist, is making his case against President Biden’s student debt relief plan, arguing that it will make inflation worse. CNBC’s Steve Liesman is breaking down U.S. productivity data and what it means for the Federal Reserve. Plus, the Federal Trade Commission has voted to ban non-competes for employee contracts, Jamie Dimon is speaking out with his concerns for the economy, and...
2024-04-2441 min
All Things Audio74: World Cup supporters show their colours on Clubhouse#Clubhouse #WorldCup2022 #TwitterSpacesLinks mentioned during the show...Simon’s thread on the future of communities rings true for Spaces too…https://twitter.com/SBkcrn/status/1594296450346721280Voice calls coming to Twitter DMs?https://twitter.com/alexeheath/status/1594881402184806400Voice notes via DM already available in some parts of the worldhttps://twitter.com/legion_mj/status/1595042881047506944Spaces Dashboard promotes big names on Spaces - ‘Look Whose Talking’ https://twitter.com/_andrewlyons/status/1595051358834642944Clubhouse rolls out Houses beta to more usershttps://twitter.com/isajorsergio/status/1...
2022-11-2551 min
Land of the GiantsZuckerberg's Biggest BetMark Zuckerberg has a vision for the future -- that in a few years, we’ll be living our digital lives in a blend of augmented and virtual reality. The metaverse. To pursue that vision, Zuckerberg’s renamed his entire company and invested billions of dollars in a bid to make Meta the leader of the next tech platform. In our season finale: what are the chances his bet pays off, and why it would give Meta more power than ever.
Hosted by Shirin Ghaffary (@shiringhaffary) and Alex Heath (@alexeheath)
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2022-08-3132 min
The VergecastLand of the Giants: It's a WhatsApp worldWe're sharing an episode of Land of the Giants: The Facebook / Meta disruption, a collaboration between Recode and The Verge.Meta’s most expensive acquisition ever and one of the most used communication apps in the world: WhatsApp. With over 2 billion users, WhatsApp is embedded in the social, economic, and political infrastructure of countries across the globe. For better and worse. The story of WhatsApp’s incredible power, as told through its largest market: India.NOTE: There are descriptions of graphic acts of violence in this episode. If you want to skip these descriptions, the sect...
2022-08-3136 min
Land of the GiantsIt's A WhatsApp WorldMeta’s most expensive acquisition ever and one of the most used communication apps in the world: WhatsApp. With over 2 billion users, WhatsApp is embedded in the social, economic, and political infrastructure of countries across the globe. For better and worse. The story of WhatsApp’s incredible power, as told through its largest market: India.NOTE: There are descriptions of graphic acts of violence in this episode. If you want to skip these descriptions, the section begins at 20:45 and ends at 22:05.
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2022-08-2436 min
Land of the GiantsFacebook's Plan To Be Cool AgainFacebook defined an era of social media built on our connections, our social lives. We’re watching that era come to a close. Now, your main feeds of both Facebook and Instagram will use AI to start increasingly recommending content from people you don't follow. Kind of like another major app you may have heard of – TikTok.
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2022-08-1731 min
Land of the GiantsThe Facebook ElectionFacebook used to brag about how its tools helped politicians swing elections. Now, the platform’s relationship to politics is much more complicated. Today: the story of how one politician again and again forced Zuckerberg to confront his own role in democracy.
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2022-08-1033 min
Channels with Peter KafkaLand of the Giants: Why Instagram Broke Its SquareThis week, we bring you an episode of Recode and The Verge’s latest season of Land of the Giants: The Facebook / Meta Disruption. To check out the first two episodes, subscribe wherever you subscribe to podcasts!This episode explores Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram in 2012. Mark Zuckerberg promised he would be hands-off with the company’s curated aesthetic and simple features. But as Facebook scaled the startup into a social media juggernaut, tensions flared. Instagram’s founders would leave, and it’s now a very different app than when it first started. But are the changes setting th...
2022-08-0437 min
Land of the GiantsWhy Instagram Broke Its SquareWhen Mark Zuckerberg bought Instagram in 2012, he promised he would be hands-off with the company’s curated aesthetic and simple features. But as Facebook scaled the startup into a social media juggernaut, tensions flared. Instagram’s founders would leave, and it’s now a very different app than when it first started. But are the changes setting the company up to compete in the future? Or is Instagram losing the magic that made it great in the first place?
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2022-07-2737 minThe VergecastInstagram is TikTok now, BeReal is everywhere, and the Vergecast Hotline is back02:30 - The Verge's David Pierce talks with deputy editor Alex Heath about how Meta is pivoting Facebook and Instagram away from your friends and more towards short form video from creators.
Mark Zuckerberg braces Meta employees for 'intense period'
Facebook is changing its algorithm to take on TikTok, leaked memo reveals
Adam Mosseri confirms it: Instagram is over
Instagram is making almost all videos Reels and will show them to way more people
Facebook doubles down on algorithms in the main feed
Facebook puts news on the back burner as it continues to push video and creators
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2022-07-271h 13
Uncanny Valley | WIREDZucka Kappa MetaFacebook has nearly three billion users, which means that when it makes a change to its business, it affects nearly half the planet. Facebook's ambitions have often manifested in chaotic, unpredictable ways and had profound societal impacts for years after they've been implemented. So when the company decided to rebrand to Meta and funnel billions of dollars toward building its own virtual alternate reality, it's a move that's bound to come with some big consequences—if nothing else, for Meta itself.This week on Gadget Lab, we're joined by Shirin Ghaffary from Recode and Alex Heath from Th...
2022-07-2133 min
Land of the GiantsDon't Be Afraid To Break ThingsIf our first episode brought you into the beginning of Zuckerberg’s vision for connecting at scale, this story is about the consequences of pursuing that vision at full speed. In the 2000s, Facebook made a big bet to become a platform for developers – and all social activity across the web. It would bring us FarmVille and “Log In With Facebook.” But years later, it would lead the company into one of its biggest scandals: Cambridge Analytica.
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2022-07-2038 min
Land of the Giants"Facebook Gets A Facelift"Long before Mark Zuckerberg renamed Facebook Meta and made an unprecedented pivot into the metaverse, he invented a feature that turned Facebook into a social network behemoth. The News Feed, which put your friends’ status updates onto your homepage, changed the way we interact online. It was a strong statement of Zuckerberg’s values: that connecting, and sharing, at scale would be de-facto good for the world. It was also his first public controversy.
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2022-07-1328 min
This Week in StartupsTwitter's takeover defense, Meta's AR project with The Verge's Alex Heath + Wordcab's Aleks Smechov + OK Boomer: Rachel Cantor | E1436Friday variety show! First, The Verge’s Alex Heath joins to talk about two big stories he recently broke (2:32): Facebook’s plans for AR glasses and Twitter’s internal reaction to Elon’s takeover bid. Molly sits down with LAUNCH Accelerator founder Aleks Smechov whose company Wordcab specifically focuses on speech-to-text AI summaries (1:04:54). We wrap with an edition of OK Boomer where Producer Rachel talks to writer and marketer Rachel Cantor (1:18:51)!
(00:00) Molly tees up today’s variety show
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2022-04-162h 00Channels with Peter KafkaHow to cover the Facebook leaks + SNL’s Heidi GardnerFacebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is handing over thousands of documents to reporters like The Verge’s Alex Heath. The next step: Sorting through all of those files, and figuring out how and when to write about them. Heath talks to Recode’s Peter Kafka about the weeks of stories we’ll be reading in the future, and his first one - about Facebook’s rapidly aging user base. And then for something completely different: Saturday Night Live cast member Heidi Gardner joins to talk about her unlikely path into comedy, making live TV during Covid, an...
2021-10-281h 07
SpaceCastsTechmeme Ride Home - Black Widow Math And Fleets Fade AwayBloomberg's @Lucas_Shaw comes on to explain the math of that Black Widow stream release story from Monday. Then @alexeheath from the Verge explains the death of Fleets, the creator thirst at Facebook and then we all get into the questioning the real value/process of Twitter verification.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2021-07-161h 20
Techmeme Ride HomeFriday, May 11, 2018 - A Facebook Cryptocurrency?Is a Facebook cryptocurrency really possible? Can Snapchat redesign its way back into users' hearts? What's going on at Symantec? Klout strikes out. And the Weekend Longreads.
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Tweets: @om, @manjusrii, @sfiegerman
Links:"It Was Cataclysmic": Can Snapchat Survive Its Redesign? (Vanity Fair)IAB says online advertising grew to $88B last year — more spending than TV (TechCrunch)
Longreads:Don't Skype Me: How Microsoft Turned Consumers Against a Beloved Brand (Bloomberg)How to Make Your Open Office Less Annoying (The Atlantic)The 15 People Who Keep Wikipedia’s Editors From Killing Each Other (WSJ)The Wealthy Are Hoarding $10 Billion of Bi...
2018-05-1117 min
The CultCastCultCast #244 - The new Pros, ComethSend us a text!This week: new Macbook Pros, incoming! We have even more details to share on the “significant” updates coming soon to Apple’s Macbook Pro line. Plus: iPhone 7 may get a Quad HD display and pressure-sensitive home button; Apple’s plans for a “killer” new health device; and we review our favorite new hover boards and smart scales on an all new Under Review. This episode supported by Casper’s American-made mattresses have just the right amount of memory foam and latex, and people everywhere love them. Learn why and get $50 towards any mattress at Casper.com/cultcast. ...
2016-08-1252 minThe CultCastCultCast #243 - Bustin' a squirtSend us a text!This week: the controversy around iOS 10’s new gun emoji; we compare Instagram’s new stories feature to Snapchat's; Gwyneth Paltrow brings her coding skills to ‘Planet of the Apps’; we attended a 5-day Apple II festival, we’ll tell you the cool parts; and stick around for the best ways to find specific Pokémon in 'Pokémon GO’. This episode supported by Build a beautiful, responsive website quick at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code CultCast at checkout to get 10% off. Squarespace—Build it Beautiful. If you’re obsessive about keeping your iPhone, iPad, Mac, DSLR, glasses, and...
2016-08-0543 minThe CultCastCultCast #215 - Hoverboard HatersSend us a text!This week: our legs are blown off by hover boards; our favorite ways to manage iOS photos; the new Music Memo and Garageband apps get our enthusiastic thumbs up; Bob Mansfeld is back to massage us; and we remember the hard, cruel, miserable realities of life before iPhone. This episode supported by Squarespace! Build a beautiful, responsive website quickly at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code CultCast at checkout to get 10% off. Squarespace—Build it Beautiful. Freshbooks, the easy-to-use invoicing software designed to help small business owners get organized, save time invoicing and get paid faster. And I...
2016-01-2250 minThe CultCastCultCast #200!Send us a text!This week: we're celebrating CultCast 200, yaaa’aaaaall! And just in time for the party—it’s the iPhone 6s scandal we all knew would someday come... #CHIPGATE. We’ll tell why the internet is nerd-raging over this newest iPhone scandal, and why it might just be diminishing your iPhone 6s' battery life. Plus: the new Jobs movie is generating Oscar buzz. Seriously! And since he’s seen it—twice—Alex E Heath is here to give us his review. And stay tuned till the end for our favorite memories of CultCast’s past. It’s CultCast 200!!!! Join us for our CultCast 200 live hangout and AMA! Fun starts Friday, October 9th...
2015-10-091h 10The CultCastCultCast #179 - Code BrownSend us a text!This week: why the iPhone 6s could be the biggest “S” update yet; Nintendo promises 5 top-notch titles coming to iOS; the paltry earnings of top Mac App Store apps; and just when we thought we’ve seen every iPhone accessory imaginable, a new gadgets sneaks up on our behinds. We mean behind us. No. Just… just listen. Join the twitter and Periscope party:@bst3r / @erfon / @alexeheath / @lkahney Thanks to Casper for supporting this episode. If you’re waking up with numb limbs or back pain, Casper's American-made mattresses can help, and with a price far lower than y...
2015-05-1543 minThe CultCastCultCast #177 - A week with Apple WatchSend us a text!t’s been a week now that we’ve been living with the Apple Watch affixed upon our wrists, and in that time, we’ve curated a list of what we love, what we don’t, and our overall impressions of Apple’s newest trinket. And while some of us are smitten, not all of us are sold. Our thanks to Automatic for supporting this episode. Plug Automatic into your car's data port, and with their beatiful app, you'll be able to find your parked car, learn how to save fuel with tips based on your actual...
2015-05-011h 10The CultCastCultCast #176 - Rustling The PapersSend us a text!Apple Watch, inbound! And now that it is, we’ll take a look at some of the most useful Watch apps available, and just for fun, some of the stinkiest. Plus: the noteworthy differences between the Sport and Steel; why those “scratch test” videos shouldn’t trouble you; and finally, you’ll never believe what our ol’ pal and ex-Apple exec Scott Forstall is up to now... Join the twitter and Periscope party:@bst3r / @erfon / @alexeheath / @lkahney Our thanks to FreshBooks for supporting this episode. Freshbooks, the easy-to-use invoicing software designed to help small business owners get or...
2015-04-2455 minThe CultCastCultCast #175 - It's "Dadwear"Send us a text!This week: why trying on the Apple Watch will make you a believer; our WWDC hardware predictions; why a recent acquisition might mean a revolutionary new iPhone camera; Leander reviews the new Macbook; and a very special wedding surprise for our very special Buster Hein. Our thanks to FreshBooks for supporting this episode. Freshbooks, the easy-to-use invoicing software designed to help small business owners get organized, save time invoicing and get paid faster. And I can vouch for this from experience, it also makes tax time a cinch. Get started with a free trial at Freshbook...
2015-04-1749 minThe CultCastCultCast #174 - Love BraceletsSend us a text!This week: get’em while they’re hot! The Apple Watch is ready for pre-order, but the reviews are in, and they’re a mixed bag. Plus: what’s good in iOS 8.3 and OS X 10.10.3; how to get a free month of HBO NOW; Samsung is up to their old tricks; the new Macbook didn’t benchmark well, but it might not matter; and things get weird in an all-new Get to Know Your Cultist! Our thanks to FreshBooks for supporting this episode. Freshbooks, the easy-to-use invoicing software designed to help small business owners get organized, save...
2015-04-101h 03The CultCastCultCast #173 - The Bookmark FolderSend us a text!This week: Apple Watch apps are hitting the store, we discuss some of the most popular ones; if you want an Apple Watch you’ll need to pre-order—we’ll tell you why and how. Plus: we love selfie sticks; Leander's special way of “bookmarking” webpages; and… Periscope! We’ll tell you all about it and why it’s way better than Meerkat. And stay tuned till the end for Sh*t We’re Into for the non-Apple stuff we’re all really loving so sweetly. Our thanks to FreshBooks for supporting this episode. Freshbooks is the easy-to-use invoic...
2015-04-031h 16The CultCastCultCast #169 - The Blizzard Took My InternetSend us a text!It’s time for all our Apple Watch hopes and dreams to come true. With the big event coming March 9th, catch our Spring Forward event expectations, all that we (think we) know about the Apple Watch thus far, how much each edition will cost, and our expectations for other Apple hardware announcements. Plus: why Apple watch will replace your keys; Apple adds cars to its list of products; and since the new Photos app for Mac just hit public beta, we’ll tell you what we like and don’t about Apple’s iPhoto repla...
2015-03-061h 17The CultCastCultCast #168 - American as Apple _______.Send us a text!This week: Apple might be eyeing 2020 for their first car, but you can catch our most wanted features and price expectations right now. Plus: Cupertino pay massive bonuses to poach top talent; the insane acceleration of Tesla’s new electric car; the new and notable from iOS 8.3 beta; Toyota says “no thanks” to CarPlay; and finally, your listener questions, answered! Our thanks to Varidesk for their support! With models starting at just $275, Varidesk is the highest quality, least expensive way that we know of to get started with a standing desk. And you should absolutely che...
2015-02-271h 05The CultCastCultCast #165 - Do you flex, bro?Send us a text!This week: a curiously equipped mystery van has us wondering if Apple’s working on self-driving autos. Plus, we review all that Apple Watch apps can’t do; Sorkin’s Jobs’ biopic gets a cast, and not everyone is thrilled; Apple’s plans for a global “data command center”; and Macho Man Randy Savage helps us answer listeners questions in an all-new Get to Know Your Cultist. Thanks to lynda.com for supporting this episode. Learn to run your business better, become a photoshop ninja, learn how to create music with your iPad, and so much more. Lynda now...
2015-02-0650 minThe CultCastCultCast #163 - What Would Yeezus DoSend us a text!This week: why Apple Watch will win the wrist war; we snap a pic with Patrick Stewart and he’s NOT amused; the good and bad of a Lucas-free Star Wars 7; Microsoft’s new Hololens look incredible; and we reveal some of our favorite apps and gear on an all-new Under Review. PSA: Come hang out with Erfon live and bring your podcasting questions on Sunday the 25th at 1pm Pacific. Just head over to live.thecultcast.com On the show this weekErfon Elijah - @ErfonBuster the luster Hein - @bst3rLeander KaHaney - @lkahneyAlex "No...
2015-01-2359 min
The CultCastCultCast #48 - Holiday 2012 Cult-a-sode!Send us a text!On this week's CultCast, we're ending the year with our favorite gear! Don't miss our "End of Days, Faves 'N Raves," where pitch our favorite apps, accessories, games, even shows, of 2012.But before that, we'll break down the whole Instagram debacle for you, and tell you why you should be paying attention to the big I's plans for your personal pics.All that and Tim Cook, person of the year?------------------------------------------------------------------- Our twitters! @erfon, @lkahney, @bst3r, @alexeheath -------------------------------------------------------------------And thanks to our...
2012-12-2153 min