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iPod nano discontinued, Microsoft Paint's fate, and Foxconn's new factory

iPod nano discontinued, Microsoft Paint's fate, and Foxconn's new factory

FromThe Vergecast


iPod nano discontinued, Microsoft Paint's fate, and Foxconn's new factory

FromThe Vergecast

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Length:
99 minutes
Released:
Jul 28, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The Vergecast summer 2017 continues! This week, The Verge launched Verge Guidebook, a new guide to show you what to buy, what you shouldn't, and how to use it all. Nilay, Dieter, and Paul start off the show discussing the new review system and how-tos coming to the site.

Then, there’s another set of obituaries this week: Apple nano, Adobe Flash, and Microsoft Paint. The crew pays their respects to the weird moments these products gave us.

Returning for episode 3 of her series Next Level, Lauren Goode stops by to give us behind-the-scenes info on the latest episode and what’s in store for episode 4.

There’s a whole lot of stuff in between, so listen to it all and you’ll get it all.

03:22 - Welcome to Verge Guidebook

16:51 - Apple confirms iPod nano and iPod shuffle have been discontinued

22:20 - Adobe will finally kill Flash in 2020

29:35 - Microsoft Paint isn’t dead yet, will live in the Windows Store for free

39:02 - Next Level episode 3 with Lauren Goode

56:12 - A Wisconsin company will let employees use microchip implants to buy snacks and open doors

1:00:20 - Pixel 2 headphone jack

1:01:21 - Apple supplier Foxconn unveils plan to build a $10 billion LCD factory in Wisconsin

1:17:18 - Paul’s weekly segment “Meizu? Me, too”

1:22:22 - Twitter stalls, fails to add new users this quarter

1:23:43 - YouTube’s head of music confirms YouTube Red and Google Play Music will merge to create a new service

1:33:23 - Elon Musk dismisses Mark Zuckerberg’s understanding of AI threat as “limited”

1:37:37 - An eight-year-old reviews the Nintendo Switch
Released:
Jul 28, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

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Hello! This is The Vergecast, the flagship podcast of The Verge... and your life. Every Friday, Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn make sense of the week's tech news with help from our wide-ranging staff. And on Tuesdays, Nilay hosts in-depth, one-on-one interviews with major technology leaders. Join us every week for a fun, deeply nerdy, often off-the-rails conversation about what's happening now (and next) in technology and gadgets.