TNW 61: Data Exhaust




Tech News Weekly (Video HI) show

Summary: <ul> <li>1:35 What it means when companies track our phones and sell our location data. Jennifer Valentino-DeVries walks us through her investigation for The New York Times.</li> <li>20:31 How the Apple Watch ECG app compares to other at-home ECG. John Timmer from Ars Technica talks about his personal experience monitoring his heart health.</li> <li>34:52 Ellen Huet from Bloomberg Businessweek tracks the downfall of a company called We Roam that lefts its customers stranded all over the world and hasn't paid its debts yet.</li> <li>47:45 Sundar Pichai testified before Congress this week. Recode's Kurt Wagner explains what we learned about search engine bias, politics, and the Monopoly Man. </li> </ul> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/megan-morrone">Megan Morrone</a> and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/jason-howell">Jason Howell</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/jenvalentino" target="_blank">Jennifer Valentino-DeVries</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/j_timmer" target="_blank">John Timmer</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ellenhuet" target="_blank">Ellen Huet</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/kurtwagner8" target="_blank">Kurt Wagner</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly">https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly</a>.</p> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="http://LastPass.com/twit">LastPass.com/twit</a></li> <li><a href="http://privacy.com/tnw">privacy.com/tnw</a></li> <li><a href="http://redhat.com/heroes">redhat.com/heroes</a></li> </ul>