Welcome to the Tech Meme Ride Home for Friday, April 29th, 2022. I'm Brian McCullough today.

Snaps Pixie is a new sort of drone slash camera hybrid.

We wrap up Tech Earnings Week with Apple and Amazon.

I continue to wonder if the one-click checkout space

is all it's cracked up to be,

and of course, the weekend long read suggestions.

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

I want to mix things up a bit because sure we can close out Tech Earnings Week in a second

we will but first let's talk about something completely different to end the week.

Snap has announced Pixie, a $230 mini drone that can capture 2.7k videos and 12 megapixel photos. It sinks with Snapchat and it weighs just

101 grams. It's available right now for the US and France only, quoting Tech Crunch.

It's a pocket-sized free-flying sidekick for

adventures big and small, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel said during the Snap Partners

Summit keynote. Pixie isn't your average drone as there's no controller and no

SD card. It feels like the company has optimized the device

so that it's easy to pick up and get started. There's a button

to activate the device and a camera dial to select the flying mode.

There are four pre-configured flight paths.

You can tell Pixi to float, orbit around you, or follow you as you walk or run.

You select the right mode, press the button, and Pixi takes off from your hand.

When you want to stop recording, you place your hand below the drone.

Pixi will automatically land in the palm of your hand.

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