Daily Tech News Show
Tom Merritt
Tom Merritt and the team help you stay up to date with an independent, authoritative and trustworthy tech news briefing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Mar 19, 2019 • 33min
DTNS INTERVIEW - Jack Conte on new Patreon plans
Patreon Founder and CEO Jack Conte talks with Tom Merritt about why Patreon is changing its creator plans. Patreon will be hosting live Q&As throughout the week. The schedule can be found at https://specialeditionhangtime.splashthat.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 18, 2019 • 30min
Myspace Misplaced My Mixtape! - DTNS 3490
Apple updates iPads, MySpace loses your media, and where your online money really goes.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 15, 2019 • 30min
We stand with New Zealand - DTNS 3489
After a tragic mass shooting in Christchurch NZ questions are raised about social media's ability and responsibility to curtail the spread of disturbing livestream video.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, and Patrick Norton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 14, 2019 • 31min
Monopsonizing Attention Spans - DTNS 3488
Wired posts an article where the author argues Amazon isn't anti-competitive because its a monopoly but because its a monopsony. What does that mean and what can regulators do about it?Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Justin Robert Young. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 13, 2019 • 32min
Creative Commons Sense - DTNS 3487
An NBC report reveals IBM used images from Flickr tagged with Creative Commons license to train its AI on facial recognition. Is this in keeping with the spirit of Creative Commons or an abuse of it?Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 12, 2019 • 29min
What's Wrong With WWW? - DTNS 3486
On the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web its creator, Tim Berners-Lee, published an open letter identifying three current problems of web misuse and how to fix them. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 11, 2019 • 33min
Breaking Up a Corporation is Hard to Do - DTNS 3485
UK drone laws change, Nvidia acquires Mellanox, and Tesla takes a retail turn.Starring Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Lamarr Wilson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 8, 2019 • 33min
The War-ren Big Tech - DTNS 3484
US Senator Elizabeth Warren released a Medium post outlining her plans to breakup Big Tech companies and foster increased competition. Is it workable and more importantly is their enough support for her proposition?Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Len Peralta, Roger Chang and Brian Brushwood. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 7, 2019 • 32min
David Spark's Tales of RSA - DTNS 3483
David Spark from Spark Media Solutions is back with a full roundup from this year's RSA conference.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang and David Spark Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 6, 2019 • 31min
Your Reputation Precedes You – DTNS 3482
The latest Axios Harris poll shows that Facebook has dropped from 51st place to 94th in 2018. Is this something Facebook should be worried about and how do other tech companies stack up in the same rankings?Starring Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
