Mon. 02/03 - Is THIS the End of the BlackBerry Era?

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🗓️ 3 February 2020

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The end might truly be nigh for Blackberry this time. Will the Corona Virus mean we won’t have an Apple event next month after all? Leaked video of the Galaxy Z Flip. Did Jeff Bezos succumb to Elon Musk envy? And why one of the most popular music streaming services in the world is one you’ve probably never heard of. Sponsors: TinyCapital.com LegalZoom.com (code: ride at checkout) Links: BlackBerry’s Android smartphones will stop being sold in August 2020 (9to5Google) Ming-Chi Kuo Says Coronavirus Outbreak Impacting iPhone Supply, Lowers Shipment Forecast (MacRumors) Uber Suspends 240 Mexican Accounts to Prevent Coronavirus Spread (Bloomberg) Microsoft Teams goes down after Microsoft forgot to renew a certificate (The Verge) Alleged leaked video shows off Samsung’s folding Galaxy Z Flip (The Verge) Disney Takes Tighter Control of Hulu After Disney+ Bundle Revs Up Growth (Bloomberg) Behind Amazon’s HQ2 Fiasco: Jeff Bezos Was Jealous of Elon Musk (Bloomberg) Spotify, Apple Music Trail Little-Known Rival in Music-Obsessed India (WSJ) A guy carted 99 phones around to create traffic jams on Google Maps (Updated) (Android Authority) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meme Ride Home for Monday, February 3rd, 2020. I'm Brian McCullough
0:08.3	today. The end might truly be nigh for Blackberry this time.
0:13.0	Will the coronavirus mean we won't have an Apple event next month after all?
0:17.0	Leaked video of the Galaxy Z Flip,
0:20.0	did Jeff Bezos succumb to Elon Musk envy, and why one of the most popular streaming
0:25.2	services in the world is one you've probably never heard of.
0:28.9	Here's what you missed today in the world of Tech.
0:34.4	Is the Bell finally tolling for BlackBerry?
0:38.6	BlackBerry, the company says that TCL communications will stop manufacturing BlackBerry branded phones on August 31st, 2020 when its licensing
0:47.3	deal comes to an end.
0:49.1	TCL is, by the way, entering the smartphone market this year under its own brand
0:54.0	quoting 9 to 5 Google announced today on Twitter Blackberry Mobile
0:58.1	is shutting down sales of its current Android phones on August 31st, 2020.
1:03.0	This news comes almost two years after the last BlackBerry smartphone was announced,
1:07.0	the BlackBerry Key 2LE.
1:09.0	BlackBerry's 15 minutes of fame in the Android market came with the reveal of the BlackBerry Key 1, an
1:15.4	Android smartphone with a smaller display to make room for a full keyboard.
1:19.9	That device essentially copied the design of Classic BlackBerry Smartphones, but with a more modern design,
1:25.2	and of course, Android on board.
1:27.4	In its announcement, BlackBerry confirms that all of its releases will continue to be supported
1:31.0	by customer service and warranty service until August
1:33.3	2022. It's unclear how further Android updates will be handled if at all."
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