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Big Technology Podcast

Disinflation Begins, Snap's Cultural Roadblocks, Meta's 'Year Of Efficiency'

Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz

Management, Religion, Politics, Entrepreneurship, Business News, News, Investing, Marketing, News Commentary, Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Business, Tech News, Philosophy, Government, Technology

4.7596 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Ex-Snap and Instagram executive Meghana Dhar joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for our weekly news recap show. We cover 1) The implications of the Fed's talk of "deflation." 2) Snap's disappointing earnings and operational challenges with an insider's perspective. 3) Meta's wooing of Wall Street and whether its pivot is real or just talk. 4) What the combination of layoffs and buybacks really mean. 5) Downturn as an excuse to kill ESG? 6) AI Hands! ---- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. For weekly updates on the show, sign up for the pod newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6901970121829801984/ Questions? Feedback? Write to: bigtechnologypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

From LinkedIn News, I'm Leah Smart, host of Everyday Better, an award-winning podcast dedicated to personal development.

0:06.2

Join me every week for captivating stories and research to find more fulfillment in your work and personal life.

0:11.8

Listen to Every Day Better on the LinkedIn Podcast Network, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to Big Technology Podcast, a show for cool-headed, nuanced conversation of the tech world

0:30.2

and beyond. And boy am I glad that we now do this Friday show that breaks down the week's news,

0:35.2

because we have had a rip-roaring week of news

0:38.5

that has seemingly not stopped since the beginning of the week. We've of course had meta,

0:44.0

Snap, Amazon, and Apple all report their earnings results. We've had the Fed talk about what their plan

0:49.9

is over the next, I don't know, a couple quarters. And we've had this massive surge in big tech

0:56.2

stocks that that has been up and down. And there's a lot to make sense of it. We're starting to see

1:01.9

a little bit about what Facebook and what Snap and what Amazon are looking at as we move into the

1:06.9

future. And we're going to break it all down for you today again this is a show we do on

1:12.3

fridays it's live on lincoln at 11 a m pacific 2 p.m eastern and we also drop it on the feed so if

1:19.4

you're seeing it on the podcast feed that's why you're seeing it because we drop the recording there

1:23.2

of course if you're here your questions are welcome We will take them as we go throughout this conversation.

1:30.2

Joining me today, we actually have two guests today

1:32.4

for the first time the Friday show has two guests.

1:35.5

Ron John Roy, of course, is here as always.

1:37.4

Ron John, welcome to the show.

1:38.9

Hello.

1:40.0

And we have another amazing guest, Megan Adara, is here.

1:47.7

She is former Snap, former Instagram.

1:50.6

So someone who's been an executive at both companies.

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