<p><img src="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_album_art_2048x2048/public/images/shows/all_twit.tv_shows/album_art/hd/allshows_albumart_2017_vidhd.jpg?itok=d_xHbHj9" align="right" hspace="20" vspace="20" border="0" width="300" height="300" title="This Week in Tech (Video HD)" alt="This Week in Tech (Video HD)"/></p><ul><li>Google Buys Fitbit. Will this be like Google buying HTC, or like Fitbit buying Pebble?</li><li>Apple hires a new smart home team. Can they catch up with Amazon and Google? Can they fix what is wrong with HomeKit?</li><li>AirPods Pro review - the best earbuds we've ever worn. However, they are pricy, and they're still earbuds, with all the issues that come with that.</li><li>AppleTV+ launches. Can an Aaron Sorkin wanna-be, wacky Emily Dickinson, and sexy blind people win the streaming wars?</li><li>NBC's Peacock TV may be free with ads when it launches in April.</li><li>HBO Max launches in May for $15. Will it finally kill cable?</li><li>Twitter bans political ads. Facebook thinks they are just fine, even if they lie. How will Twitter figure out what is a political issue? Does Mark Zuckerberg really think "Lying is bad?"</li><li>PG&E cuts power to millions but still manages to start a 77,000-acre fire. Cell service also fails. So does Comcast. Is this the harbinger of all of America's aging infrastructure finally collapsing?</li><li>National Weather Service tweets out some useful tools to track wildfires and smoke.</li><li>It's the emoji season! The controversy this year: non-gendered emoji. </li></ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/jason-snell">Jason Snell</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/rene-ritchie">Rene Ritchie</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/Devindra" target="_blank">Devindra Hardawar</a>, and <a href="https://dmoren.com/" target="_blank">Dan Moren</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech</a></p> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong><ul> <li><a href="http://LastPass.com/twit">LastPass.com/twit</a></li> <li><a href="http://FreshBooks.com/twit">FreshBooks.com/twit</a></li> <li><a href="http://casper.com/twit1">casper.com/twit1 - promo code: TWIT1</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.stamps.com/radio/twit">www.stamps.com - promo code: TWIT</a></li> </ul></p>
Source: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/743
Published: 2019-11-03 16:13:42