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Daily Tech News Show

Down With April Fools! – DTNS 3497

Daily Tech News Show

Tom Merritt

News, Technology

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

An internal memo from Microsoft’s Marketing Head asks teams not to do any public-facing April’s Fool stunts. Is this is a shift in tech’s attitude towards the day or a sign tech culture is getting more buttoned down?


Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

A tech demo shows off the usual tech things.

0:03.7

Then I'm going to jump to a link using the usual tech devices.

0:07.0

We have a pointing device called a mouse.

0:09.0

Doing the usual tech productivity tasks.

0:11.4

Now we're connected audio. You can see my work, you can point at it, and I can see

0:15.7

your face and we can talk. Except it's 1968 and it's going to set the computing agenda for the

0:20.5

next half century, then almost immediately be ignored.

0:24.4

The mother of all demos on NOAA Little More.

0:27.6

Get it wherever you get your podcasts. If you could go back in time, would you save the world?

0:35.0

If you could go back in time,

0:37.0

if you could go back in time, would you save the world or yourself?

0:41.0

The BAFSA winning series The Lazarus Project returns.

0:44.6

Watch this epic and action-packed sci-fy thriller to see if George and the

0:49.0

Lazarus agents can save the world from an infinite time loop, starring Papa Essie Edo and Caroline

0:54.5

Quentin alongside a stellar British cast. Watch all episodes of the new series of The

0:59.5

Lazarus Project on Sky. May I have your attention please.

1:07.0

You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride.

1:14.4

So you don't have to walk home in the rain again.

1:17.4

Trains, now on Uber.

1:20.6

T's and C's apply.

1:21.6

Check the Uber app.

1:29.0

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