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    #42: Get Used to Disappointment

    February 15th, 2018 · 49 minutes

    Apple's software quality may have caught up with it, while Snapchat is dealing with the fallout of its recent redesign. All the while, Facebook is doing Facebook things and we really need a fuzzy puppy update.

    Guest Starring: Serenity Caldwell and James Thomson

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    Links and Show Notes

    How Apple Plans to Root Out Bugs, Revamp iPhone Software - Bloomberg
    Apple’s Software “Problem” and “Fixing” It - Steven Sinofsky
    Snapchat’s New Update Triggers Revolt by Millions of Teens
    Isaac Svobodny on Twitter: "The Snapchat update sucks. RT to save a life!… "
    Petition: Remove the new Snapchat Update · Change.org
    Magic Leap’s cheapest headsets will cost as much as a high-end phone - The Verge
    Magic Leap is partnering with the NBA to bring virtual basketball games to its goggles - The Verge
    Watch the interview: Magic Leap’s Rony Abovitz and the NBA’s Adam Silver - Recode
    Inside Facebook's Hellish Two Years—and Mark Zuckerberg's Struggle to Fix it All | WIRED
    Facebook is pushing its data-tracking Onavo VPN within its main mobile app | TechCrunch
    Gov. Cuomo Introduces ‘Captain,’ The First Puppy « CBS New York
    Verge Science - For $50,000, you can clone your dog.
    Tim Goodman: The Winter Olympics is Here! Yay? | Hollywood Reporter
    Serenity Caldwell (@settern) | Twitter
    James Thomson (@jamesthomson) | Twitter