Microsoft Build 2017, Echo Show, and a Cortana speaker

The Vergecast

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Tech News, Technology, News

4.3 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2017

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back. This week’s episode of The Vergecast comes after Microsoft Build 2017, so Nilay and Dieter bring in Ashley Carman and first-time guest Chaim Gartenberg, two of our great Circuit Breaker reporters, to fill us in on what happened. The cast also discusses Amazon’s newest addition to the Echo lineup, the Echo Show, and what’s happening with these voice assistant products. There’s a lot more in the show, so listen to it all to get all the scoops. 01:38 - Microsoft Build 2017 20:38 - Windows Store news 22:57 - 10 S — lockdown 29:25 - Microsoft’s Story Remix app is Windows Movie Maker on steroids 24:17 - Harman Kardon teases its Cortana-powered speaker 37:13 - Amazon officially unveils touchscreen Echo Show 55:12 - Ashley’s weekly segment “Echo Gadget” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:10.0	I think podcasts are over.
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0:14.5	Wherever you are.
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0:19.8	You have an iPod.
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0:22.8	I wish I had an iPod.
0:23.8	Your phone, your iPhone is technically one third an iPod.
0:26.8	It's an iPod.
0:27.8	It's your iPhone.
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0:31.5	Yeah.
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0:34.5	Anyway, like, Deter Bone is in the studio.
0:36.0	Hello.
0:37.0	Yes.
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