This Week in Tech 779: No Future for Green Pants




Radio Leo (Audio) show

Summary: <p>TikTok's Bad Week, RIP Quibi, mmhmm</p><ul> <li>mmhmm is a fun new way to use meeting software</li> <li>US might ban TikTok, India already has. What is the future for the embattled platform? Is TikTok safe to use? </li> <li>Apple Glass on the way: Foxconn is making thousands of semi-transparent lenses for Apple glasses</li> <li>Amazon wants to rule the world. Is that really all that bad? </li> <li>Is there any hope for Quibi? (Nope)</li> <li>Google's "Works With Google" virtual event demonstrated Android 11's new IoT features and their Smart Home devices.</li> <li>Is Microsoft looking to buy Magic Leap? MS exec becomes Magic Leap CEO - is she a Trojan Horse? </li> <li>Ninja joins YouTube after Mixer dies</li> <li>Twitter partner Dataminr accused of giving Black Lives Matter protester surveillance to police</li> <li>TikTok, Linked In, and others accused of copying users' clipboards, blame a bug in a Google SDK </li> <li>Amazon briefly tells employees to take TikTok off their phones, backpedals furiously when their marketing department throws a fit</li> <li>How much of the TikTok hate is just anti-Chinese bias? </li> <li>US teens worried about losing TikTok</li> <li>How mmhmm works with Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet</li> <li>Microsoft Teams adds "Together Mode," which puts meeting attendants in seats in an auditorium</li> <li>AR still isn't ready for the outside world, but it works great for Snapchat and TikTok filters</li> <li>North Focals, Jins Meme ES, Amazon Lens, Snap Spectacles, Bose Frames - different smart glasses with different use cases</li> <li>When will AR get a killer App? User-focused design is the answer, but not a lot of AR companies are doing that. </li> <li>Foxconn invests $1B to open a factory in India</li> <li>Searching for the perfect car phone holder</li> <li>Are Millennials killing IoT? </li> <li>Walmart is launching an Amazon Prime competitor in July</li> <li>Jack Dorsey donates $3 Million to Basic Income</li> <li>Twitter might be starting a subscription service</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://twitter.com/lmatsakis" target="_blank">Louise Matsakis</a>, <a href="https://twit.tv/people/stacey-higginbotham">Stacey Higginbotham</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/plibin" target="_blank">Phil Libin</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></p><ul> <li><a href="http://casper.com/twit1">casper.com/twit1 - promo code: TWIT1</a></li> <li><a href="http://WWT.COM/TWIT">WWT.COM/TWIT</a></li> <li><a href="http://molekule.com">Molekule.com promo code TWIT10</a></li> <li><a href="http://mintmobile.com/twit">mintmobile.com/twit</a></li> </ul>