Microsoft Surface laptop, Samsung DeX, and Google Doc phishing

The Vergecast

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Tech News, Technology, News

4.3 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2017

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

This week Microsoft unveiled its new laptops in New York City, and Verge senior editor Tom Warren flew in from London to check it out. Nilay, Paul, and Dieter invite Tom to the show to discuss the new products from Microsoft and the various other news that popped up on the site this week, including Samsung’s new docking station, Apple’s earnings, and the Google Doc you should not have clicked. Will Dieter’s AirPods last throughout the show? Listen to find out. 01:26 - Microsoft Surface Laptop event 36:16 - The Google Docs spam attacks played off Google’s most fundamental weakness 47:33 - Samsung DeX review: the closest thing we have to using our phones as PCs 1:00:04 - Paul’s weekly segment “Four Fours” (previously known as 4444) 1:06:46 - Apple’s earnings show modest growth, but iPhone sales are flat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Vergecast. The flagship podcast with the Verge.com. We only have two
0:10.9	and one's about to be canceled, so the only ship of the Verge.com. But no, it's true, while
0:19.0	it's Verge.com, so the control is going to go, we're going to accomplish some stuff. We need
0:23.4	this flotilla. But for right now, you'll listen to the Vergecast, the flagship podcast of the Verge.com,
0:28.1	a technology experience that surrounds you holds you like no other, like no other. Anyway, I'm
0:35.8	Neil Epital. I'm here as you may have noticed with your ears. Paul Miller is here. Hello.
0:40.8	Dieter Bone is here. Hi, I'm back. He's back. I want the listeners to know that Dieter, we can see him
0:46.8	on Skype. You can't so that the picture in your mind is Dieter wearing the bright pink Verge
0:52.0	CES shirt. Oh, you're wearing two AirPods. For a while, I thought you were just solo AirPods.
0:57.5	No, I got, I got all their AirPods. It's a beautiful sight. I mean, the man just straight up looks
1:02.8	like a muppet right now. I know. That's with the, but check it out, Tom Warren is here. Hello.
1:09.5	What's up, Tom? No, I'm in town for Microsoft and I'm flying back tonight. I'm flying back.
1:15.6	Just see how it's weak. You're maniac. Anyway, Tom, as you may know, Tom is generally in London.
1:23.6	Also a state of mind. That's the exact same. But there's a huge Microsoft event this week.
1:29.5	And so we wanted Tom in the show. Tom covered it all. We just get right into it. There's actually a
1:33.4	lot of things that happened this week. But Tom, the Microsoft event was called like Microsoft E2,
1:39.4	right? Yeah, the education. You were kind of lying to the piece. Was Microsoft. All the news for
1:44.7	Microsoft's Chromebook event. It was great. It was just a real little jab and a turn.
1:51.3	It's to be like to make it a little bit more interesting. Yeah, not that education event. Look,
1:56.9	there's nothing. There's nothing more interesting. What was the formal name of it? May event.
2:04.9	Like master of the obvious. Yeah. But anyway, just to set the stage, what's happening right now
2:11.4	education is Apple thought they would do iPads. Yeah. But Chromebooks are ascendant. Yeah.
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