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Here’s what David and Michael talk about during the show. Breaking up with the Apple Watch (story) Uber recruits new drivers with Uber drive (story) Watch out Twitch, Here Comes YouTube Gaming (story) Kaspersky hit by a hack attack (story) All federal employees SSN numbers hacked in last week's attack (story) High tech oven that cooks food perfectly - You should do this (story) Companies don't refer to native ads as ads - Because they're not, and you shouldn't call them native ads either. (story) What's going on with Twitter? (story) Popularity of ad blocking software (story) New version of iOS 9 Safari will feature ad blocking (story) Buzzfeed gets 1.2 billion video views each month, almost none on Buzzfeed (story) Makers of the real doll are trying to make it robotic (story) Orange is the New Black-Season 3 Ready Player One Top 100 Movie quotes of all time Cinefix YouTube channel Email us at teardownshow@gmail.com Connect with David Spark on Twitter at @dspark. His business is Spark Media Solutions. Connect with Michael Wolf on Twitter at @michaelwolf. His business is NextMarket Insights. Please send us your feedback. We want to hear from you and put your input in our show

Here's what David and Michael talk about during the show. Politwoops - deleted tweets by politicians - shut down because it violates the developer API terms of service (story) ReadWrite struggling and just after they were purchased. On the verge of being shut down. Bare bones staff. Starting a fundraising campaign at Bring ReadWrite Back Another Techcrunch Blogger becomes a VC (story) Chinese hackers stealing 4M government employee records. (story) Amazon and groceries: keeping grocers up at night (story) YouTube's move to mobile (story) Nest sent out an invite to a press event on June 17th (story) Spotify betting our music interests aren't so rigid (story) Tumblr's trying to stay relevant: Reddit AMA type platform and GIF search engine (story) "Claw machines are rigged (Watch how) Mystery Show Starlee Kind - Gimlet Media Note To Self: Formerly called New Tech City Email us at teardownshow@gmail.com Connect with David Spark on Twitter at @dspark. His business is Spark Media Solutions. Connect with Michael Wolf on Twitter at @michaelwolf. His business is NextMarket Insights. Please send us your feedback. We want to hear from you and put your input in our show

Here's what David and Michael talk about during the show: All the highlights from Google I/O: Google Cardboard, 360 degree virtual reality videos with GoPro for Google Jump, the virtual reality system, and lots more (story 1) (story 2) (full list of announcements) Android Pay (story) Rebirth of Gigaom? The sale. Less than $1million - You should do this one (story) Recode sold to Vox (story) New level of bullying with Cash of Clans (story) OUR SPONSOR: IGLOO (Get your free unlimited trial here) Android Nanodegrees (story) And now the IRS has been hacked - Advice on how to protect yourself, which you can't. (story) Serial's coming back (story) Open Source media and arts invention launches in SF. Buzzfeed founder (story) Facebook to support animated GIFs (story) Google's creating a whole industry around connected fabrics (story 1) (story 2) 500 questions Wayward Pines (story) Hey Ladies Submit.co - List where you should submit your startup. Not complete information Kung Fury Email us at teardownshow@gmail.com Connect with David Spark on Twitter at @dspark. His business is Spark Media Solutions. Connect with Michael Wolf on Twitter at @michaelwolf. His business is NextMarket Insights. Please send us your feedback. We want to hear from you and put your input in our show And thank you to our sponsor, Igloo Software: www.igloosoftware.com

Here's what David and Michael talk about on the show: -Tech industry financing largest share of Hillary Clinton's speaking engagements (story)- -Delta is shutting out travel sites (story) -Google launching IoT OS – Michael’s scoop (story) -Audio versions of magazine articles (story) -OUR SPONSOR: IGLOO Software – Get a free unlimited trial -Adobe discontinues iPad apps - not all the apps (story) -Snapchat and the NYTimes...I still think it's useless. And all the videos are shot vertically. STOP THAT! (story) -Microsoft was willing to pay $55 billion for Salesforce. It wasn't enough (story) -Linkin Park started a VC firm (story) -The real teenagers of Silicon Valley (story) -Woody Allen and Amazon: Regrets (story) -Stripped -Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast -Misery loves Comedy Email us at teardownshow@gmail.com Connect with David Spark on Twitter at @dspark. His business is Spark Media Solutions. Connect with Michael Wolf on Twitter at @michaelwolf. His business is NextMarket Insights. Please send us your feedback. We want to hear from you and put your input in our show And thank you to our sponsor, Igloo Software! https://www.igloosoftware.com/ Image credit to Tegneklubben.

Here’s what David and Michael talk about during the show: How's the Zappos Holacracy working out? (story) The Cars of Mad Max (story) Chris Roberts supposedly hacked into a plane and changed its course (story) Apple's creating TVKit (story) Why so many podcasts are sponsored by Squarespace (story) OUR SPONSOR: IGLOO Software - Sign up for your free trial with the code “tear down” ADT is disrupting itself with DIY home security (story) Timelapse videos from public domain photos (story) Is Colorado the next Silicon Valley (story) The end of Dave (story) The story behind the Bandidos Biker Gang (story) “I Was There Too” podcast Email us at teardownshow@gmail.com The sponsor for today's show is Igloo Software. You can find out more about Igloo at: https://www.igloosoftware.com/ Connect with David Spark on Twitter at @dspark. His business is Spark Media Solutions. Connect with Michael Wolf on Twitter at @michaelwolf. His business is NextMarket Insights. Please send us your feedback. We want to hear from you and put your input in our show

Here's what Michael and David talk about during the show: Microsoft not betting on cash cows. Joining other companies for far out visions. (story) Grooveshark shuts down and apologizes (story) Secret is out. Whisper hits 10 Million users (story) (story) Here come the telepresence robots (story) The successful podcast advertising model (story) OUR SPONSOR: IGLOO SOFTWARE – Get your free trial with code “Teardown” Anatomy of a Podcast Ad (story) You can now play old video games in-tweet (story) Advice about journalism that's good for everyone (story) Elon Musk's home battery is the biggest thing in tech (story) Mad Max: Fury Road NOT a CGI spectacular (In Wired magazine this month) Letterman talks about his 33 years on TV to the NYT (story) Hulu pays $160 million for "Seinfeld" licensing deal (story) Pied Piper is hiring (story) Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt on Netflix Supermensch (On IMDB and Netflix) All the Ken Block Gymkana videos. Unbelievable driving. (Watch) Email us at teardownshow@gmail.com Connect with David Spark on Twitter at @dspark. His business is Spark Media Solutions. Connect with Michael Wolf on Twitter at @michaelwolf. His business is NextMarket Insights. Please send us your feedback. We want to hear from you and put your input in our show

Here's what David and Michael talk about on the show: Comcast - Time Warner merger fails (story) So What now for Comcast: Who do they buy? (story) David comes back from doing a ton of coverage at RSA. Catch all coverage here and on Tenable blog. Quirky's the most interesting company in America (story) Forget 3D printing: I'll take 4D printing (story) Kleiner Perkins offering to waive the $1 million in legal fees to Ellen Pao if she doesn't appeal (story) YouTube is 10 years old: Why did the dude who uploaded first video stop at 1? (story) Storytelling remade with VR (story) Cablevision offers "cord cutter" package (story) Inbox zero vs. people who have a flood of email. (story) Reply All: Email Forgiveness Day (listen to episode) Smart home device: Ecobee Smart home device: Leeo Email us at teardownshow@gmail.com Connect with David Spark on Twitter at @dspark. His business is Spark Media Solutions. Connect with Michael Wolf on Twitter at @michaelwolf. His business is NextMarket Insights. Please send us your feedback. We want to hear from you and put your input in our show

Here's what David and Michael talk about on the show. Newspaper reporter - Worst job of 2015 - Ranked 200 of 200, bumping out lumberjack (story) xiamo wants to buy 100 more companies – they just bought Segway (story) App recommendations on mobile from Google search results - App discovery (story) 3D printing poster child Makerbot laying off 20% of staff (story) Google's "Find My Phone" didn't work for David. Worked for Michael. (story) Mortal Kombat gets its first gay character (story) Kilar's Vessel raises another massive round, less than year after $77 million series A (story) Bing now has 20% of the search market (story) Roommates fight over which phone is better - iPhone or Android (story) Amazon's Dash button - do you want a button to order anything? (story) How security pros unsuccessfully explained security to the business (and turned it around) (story) Sonics fans celebrate OKC losing The meme's around Star Wars trailer (video) The Star Wars trailer - Han Solo is back (video) Email us at teardownshow@gmail.com Connect with David Spark on Twitter at @dspark. His business is Spark Media Solutions. Connect with Michael Wolf on Twitter at @michaelwolf. His business is NextMarket Insights. Please send us your feedback. We want to hear from you and put your input in our show

Here's what David and Michael talk about on the show. What Really goes on at Apple - An employee quits and talks about mind games (story) The awkward presidential candidate efforts to appear tech-savvy have begun – Hillary’s announcement (story) Dealing with professional jealousy...at 26 (story) Generation X is sick of your BS (story) First CEO image on Google is CEO Barbie (story) Boeing has plane sleep patent (story) YouTube pushing its partners to participate in its paid ad-free service (story) Twitter is stalking Meerkat users to get to switch to Periscope (story) HP concedes defeat in public cloud fight - No longer offering public cloud (story) Lynda.com bought by Linkedin - NY Times piece on 60 year old owner, Lynda Weinman (story) China's censorship moves to new heights (story) Muppet Show is coming back to TV Comedy Bang! Bang! Email us at teardownshow@gmail.com Connect with David Spark on Twitter at @dspark. His business is Spark Media Solutions. Connect with Michael Wolf on Twitter at @michaelwolf. His business is NextMarket Insights. Please send us your feedback. We want to hear from you and put your input in our show

Here's what David and Michael talk about during the show: Robot car crosses U.S. almost completely unassisted (story) Vox did the best data-gif ever (story) NYT to make NYTNow mobile app free (story) You can apparently serve divorce papers using Facebook (story) Limits to media based on advertising by Tom Standage (story) Apple Watch half price for employees (story) Microsoft turns off "do Not track" by default (story) NPR's podcasting strategy (story) In-game purchases have dynamic pricing (story) Universal Studios - Springfield RiffTrax Email us at teardownshow@gmail.com Connect with David Spark on Twitter at @dspark. His business is Spark Media Solutions. Connect with Michael Wolf on Twitter at @michaelwolf. His business is NextMarket Insights. Please send us your feedback. We want to hear from you and put your input in our show

Sexism lawsuits fail and no more booth babes at RSA Here's what David and Michael talk about during the show: Ellen Pao loses all four charges against Kleiner Perkins (story) Why her lawsuit is so revolutionary (story) Booth babes are banned from RSA (story) 7 New Facebook features (story) Facebook and IoT (story) Embeddable Facebook Video (story) Clean Reader (story) Tinder hack (story) Meerkat vs. Periscope (story) Periscope may be revolutionary with distribution of news (story) Jimmy Kimmel on Bill Simmons (video) Castles cheaper than apartments in SF (story) Chelsea Clinton and Jimmy Kimmel (video) Email us at teardownshow@gmail.com Connect with David Spark on Twitter at @dspark. His business is Spark Media Solutions. Connect with Michael Wolf on Twitter at @michaelwolf. His business is NextMarket Insights. Please send us your feedback. We want to hear from you and put your input in our show Creative Commons photo attribution to Sergey Galyonkin.

Here's what David and Michael talked about on this episode CNN Experimenting with in-show advertising (story) Mark Cuban thinks we’re in a bubble and it’s worse than the last one. (story) Smellovision is back! (story) HBO's à la carte service will be called HBO Now. Will release in April and will be $15. (story) NBC Comedy subscription service (story) Sling TV's subscription Service at 100k subs (story) HBO Go not available on PS3 or PS4 if you’ve got Comcast (story) Kim Kardashian mobile game made $74 million. Expected to make $200 million and she'll get an $85 million cut. (story) Meerkat – streaming live video over Twitter (story) 30 Most influential people on the Internet (story) Pebble Smartwatch most funded in Kickstarter history. $15Million 57K backers (story) Buzzfeedification of the web (story) Cool fun CardKit tool for creating meme photos (story) Long interview about ESPN Audio (story) Fanny packs are BACK! Reply All’s Jennicam episode Errol Morris Films - The Streaker and many more Email us at teardownshow@gmail.com Connect with David Spark on Twitter at @dspark. His business is Spark Media Solutions. Connect with Michael Wolf on Twitter at @michaelwolf. His business is NextMarket Insights. Please send us your feedback. We want to hear from you and put your input in our show

RIP Leonard Nimoy! Here's what David and Michael talked about on this episode -FCC Enforces Net Neutrality (story) -Verizon wrote it in Morse code and set the date as "1934" to make the point that the FCC is taking us backward in time (story) -Apple Watch, new Pebble (story, Kickstarter campaign) -The MMT Horological Watch platform (story) -AI that learns basic video games. Google's DeepMind. About 30 games they mastered. (story) -Google pays $25 million for TLD .app (story) -Amazon purchases the .BUY domain (story) -Aereo's assets bring less than $2 million in auction. Was hoping for more than double that. (story) -Twitter fighting the trolls (story) -Some numbers on Radiotopia's success. 620k reached in kickstarter campaigns with 22k donors. (story) -Google no longer blocking porn on blogger. Going after commercial reposting of porn you don't own. (story) -House of Cards Season 3! -Criminal podcast Email us at teardownshow@gmail.com Connect with David Spark on Twitter at @dspark. His business is Spark Media Solutions. Connect with Michael Wolf on Twitter at @michaelwolf. His business is NextMarket Insights. Please send us your feedback. We want to hear from you and put your input in our show

Here's what David and Michael talked about on this episode: YouTube unveils app for kids (story) SNL 40th Kills it Norm McDonalds Twitter Book about it. (story) Alex Rodriguez's handwritten apology (story) Equation group's viruses that are installed on your hardware's firmware. (story) Microsoft cleans up the Superfish mess. (story) U.S. fights ISIL with response digital propaganda (story) Harris Wittels, originator of the HumbleBrag concept, died (story) Exploding Kittens - Most funded game in Kickstarter history. It's a card game that's raised $9 million (story) Apple car (story) SF's DeSoto Cab company becomes Flywheel to compete with Uber and Lyft. (story) TwitchCon Coming to San Francisco (story) David and Michael recommend: Bosch series on Amazon (Watch episode 1 for free) Mortified podcast Email us at teardownshow@gmail.com Connect with David Spark on Twitter at @dspark. His business is Spark Media Solutions. Connect with Michael Wolf on Twitter at @michaelwolf. His business is NextMarket Insights. Please send us your feedback. We want to hear from you and put your input in our show

For this entire episode, David and Michael talk with Michael Conley (www.twitter.com/mpconley), VP of Digital for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Prior to working with the Cavaliers, Conley has worked for FOX Sports developing digital content. We talked with Michael all about the market for sports digital media and also what Conley is doing to feed the overwhelming demand from fans. Email us at teardownshow@gmail.com Connect with David Spark on Twitter at www.twitter.com/dspark. His business is Spark Media Solutions. Connect with Michael Wolf on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf. His business is NextMarket Insights. Please send us your feedback. We want to hear from you and put your input in our show