The Drill Down
583: Farewell Jony Ive
On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Apple’s chief designer Sir Jonathan Ive quits, China hacks visitors cellphones, Amazon keeps your Echo voice data indefinitely, why your purchased digital media may one day disappear, and much more.
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Twitter will now hide — but not remove — harmful tweets from public figures China Is Forcing Tourists to Install Text-Stealing Malware at its Border Amazon Alexa keeps your data with no expiration date, and shares it tooAudible Book of the Week
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Jony Ive, iPhone designer, announces Apple departure Jony Ive on leaving Apple, in his own words Sources: since the Apple Watch launched in 2015, Jony Ive began to shed responsibilities, with day-to-day oversight reduced to coming to HQ twice a week Report: Jony Ive was dispirited by Tim Cook's lack of interest in the product development process and frustrated inside a more operations-focused company Tim Cook emails a reporter to say the WSJ report about Jony Ive's departure—and his frustration with Cook's alleged lack of interest in design—is “absurd” Apple moves Mac Pro production to China from U.S.Music Break: You Don't Own Me by Leslie Gore
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Geeks Of Doom’s The Drill Down is a roundtable-style audio podcast where we discuss the most important issues of the week, in tech and on the web and how they affect us all. Hosts are Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Vudu product manager Tosin Onafowokan.