TWiT 588: New Phone, Who Dis?




This Week in Tech (MP3) show

Summary: <p>Did Facebook help Donald Trump win the US Presidential Election? Apple's new MacBook Pro is selling better than last year's model. Google's Daydream View VR headsets are out, and they are hot. Literally. Twitter's COO leaves - is Twitter in trouble? Snapchat's new Spectacles go on sale - if you can find them. The Unicode Consortium approves 56 new emojis. Sadly, not Finland's suggested emojis - "sauna" and "heavy metal headbanger."</p><ul> <li>Mike Elgan thinks that Facebook has to step up to the fact-checking bat when it comes to its News Feed.</li> <li>Alex Wilhelm can't stop tweeting - in fact, he's tweeting right now!</li> <li>Lauren Hockenson gives her first-hand impressions of the Daydream View</li> </ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/mike-elgan">Mike Elgan</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/Lhockenson" target="_blank">Lauren Hockenson</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/alex" target="_blank">Alex Wilhelm</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>Bandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by <a href="https://www.cachefly.com/" target="_blank">CacheFly</a>.</p>