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Apple, TVs, and Apple and TVs. But not the Apple TV. By Accidental Tech Podcast
Apple, TVs, and Apple and TVs. But not the Apple TV. By Accidental Tech Podcast
James explores the wilder shores of motoring to discover what happened to the cars of the future that we were promised. From improbable steam cars and ludicrous jet turbines, he reveals how the petrol engine and the power it gave us came to dominate the 20th century. He takes to the waves in an amphibious car, risks his life at the wheel of a notorious electric scooter and takes a hair-raising trip in the fastest driver-less car on earth.
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First into the tank are brothers from Provo, Utah, who introduce their fun and adventurous treasure hunt game experience for cities across the country; entrepreneurs from Cedarburg, Wisconsin, and New York City present their line of affordable and ethical streetwear that donates a school uniform to a child for every purchase; cousins from Dallas, Texas, present their eco-friendly product that helps wipe away your bum; entrepreneurs from San Jose, California, pitch their hands-free pet tool that makes bath time easier.
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The Belchers make it their mission to help Teddy get his dream girl, but Tina is convinced she's found a better match for him.
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Ben Thompson of Stratechery does a great job here of summarizing the drama surrounding AWS' DocumentDB launch, but more importantly, he captures the complexity of running open source projects and businesses based upon them in the age of the hyperscale cloud provider.
I'm a huge believer in open source, and its been a large contributor to my career. Making money off of open source has always been a challenge, and fundamentally the only business that has been able to really do it at scale is RedHat.
I don't believe that user-hostile and provider-hostile licensing is the answer, but Ben's post here definitely shows that the path forward is not yet clear.