Episode 043 – Project Fi and Facebook’s Feed

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Ben Thompson / James Allworth

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4.6 • 832 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2015

⏱️ 61 minutes

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In this week’s episode Ben and James discuss the prospects for Google’s Project Fi as well as Facebook’s decision to change their News Feed algorithm Links Project Fi – Google Ben Thompson: Google Launches Project Fi – Stratechery Daily Update (members-only) How Google’s Project Fi pricing stacks up to the competition – Ars Technica Ben Thompson: Google to Become MVNO? – Stratechery Daily Update Google Fiber plans expansion, then TWC makes speeds six times faster – Ars Technica Ben Thompson: Facebook and the Feed – Stratechery Hosts Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review Podcast Information Feed … Continue reading Episode 043 – Project Fi and Facebook’s Feed

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0:00.0	Ready?
0:01.3	Born ready.
0:05.9	I think we just have a new opening for our podcast.
0:10.8	But for the diehards, hi James.
0:13.4	Ben, how are you?
0:14.9	I'm good.
0:16.6	I'm better now.
0:17.8	Better after that greeting.
0:20.1	Anytime I can get you to laugh at anything I say, I know I'm doing alright.
0:25.4	I find everything you say hilarious.
0:28.0	I walked into that.
0:31.6	Cool. So how are you doing?
0:35.2	Yeah, I'm actually doing pretty good, thanks.
0:37.8	My parents just arrived in town.
0:39.9	Oh, just in time to get an Apple Watch?
0:42.4	Yes, except for the fact that they're all sold out.
0:45.4	Oh, I thought your mom was flying in just to get it.
0:50.1	My mom is not convinced, Ben.
0:51.8	We've already talked about this.
0:54.4	So, yeah, unfortunately, my Apple Watch has not even shipped, even though I ordered it,
0:59.9	you know, right on the dot.
1:02.1	My wife's meanwhile is, will arrive on my parents' doorstep tomorrow, which, yeah,
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