Tech Refresh: Craziest cryptocurrencies, Apple's 'Epic' trial, IP address scam
Kim Komando Today
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4.8 • 770 Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2021
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Apple is in an 'Epic' court battle that could change the way we pay for apps. You've heard of Bitcoin, but what about some of the other cryptocurrencies that make up this $2 trillion industry? Then Ben, Mike and Allie talk streaming devices. Spoiler: Roku reigns supreme. And find out if Allie can fool the guys this week in Brand New or Not True.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Tech Refresh with Kim Commando and friends from Commander.com with a K. That's K-O-M-A-N-D-O. Gangs all here, Kim, Ali, Ben. I'm Mike. And today our deep dive is to streaming platforms. What do you like? What do we like? What do you like? What's a difference? Also, the scam of the week, the new tech support scam involving your IP address. |
| 0:22.9 | Ali has that later on. And we'd love it. If before you get started, you can get these delivered to your |
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| 0:34.5 | subscribe button. We appreciate that. And we'll get to the news. |
| 0:37.8 | We start, as always, with Kim. |
| 0:40.1 | So when I saw this headline, how much revenue tech giants like Amazon and Apple make per minute? |
| 0:47.7 | I thought to myself, what could that number be? |
| 0:50.7 | I mean, think about it. |
| 0:52.0 | What do you think that number is, Mike? |
| 0:53.3 | How much money do these big tech companies make every single minute? |
| 0:58.2 | I know it's a lot more than it used to be because it's practically doubled in the last year. |
| 1:03.2 | But per minute? |
| 1:05.4 | No. |
| 1:06.2 | I'm going to say that Amazon, by the time that, you know, Amazon just made since we started this podcast, |
| 1:11.4 | probably about a million dollars. |
| 1:12.5 | Oh, okay. |
| 1:13.6 | Okay. |
| 1:14.0 | So they make, Amazon is the big dog. |
| 1:16.0 | They make about $840,000 every single minute. |
| 1:20.2 | Apple's next at almost $700,000. |
| 1:22.9 | Then comes Alphabet. |
| 1:24.1 | That's all Google's company. |
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