GoKawiilis editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired.
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On this episode of The Vergecast, we begin by stepping back a bit to ask a big question: How is Apple doing right now? Obviously, by many measures, Apple’s doing great — trillion-dollar company and whatnot — but this is a company that has long taken pride in building better software, better hardware, better everything, and doing it in a better and cooler and more responsible way. Jason Snell, a longtime chronicler of all things Apple, joins the show to do a modified version of the annual Six Colors report card about where Apple stands right now.
After that, we look at a specific way in which Apple appears to be changing. Anil Dash, a blogger and entrepreneur and just a guy who thinks about the web a lot, helps us understand Apple’s new push into video podcasts — and why it might not be all good news. Podcasts are a remarkable technology, developed over decades in a durably open way, and the pivot to video might threaten that. But it doesn’t have to.
Finally, The Verge’s Allison Johnson joins to help David answer a question from the Vergecast Hotline (call 866-VERGE11 or email [email protected]!) about whether it’s feasible to leave your phone at home and live life with the computer on your wrist. Good news: it’s getting better on this front! Bad news: not that much better.
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