Wed. 05/20 – Joe Rogan is Podcasting’s Howard Stern Moment

Tech Brew Ride Home

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🗓️ 20 May 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Facebook takes another major run at cracking ecommerce. And why this might be a highly opportune moment to do so. In short: the corona moment might be the moment ecommerce finally wins. Also, will Apple ship iPhones without any EarPods? And why the big Joe Rogan to Spotify news is podcasting’s Howard Stern moment. Sponsors: Tovala.com/ride Metalab.co Links: Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook Shops, making it easier for businesses to list products for sale (CNBC) Ecommerce penetration graph (Dennis Hong) Is the e-commerce shift going to last? (TechCrunch) A City Locks Down to Fight Coronavirus, but Robots Come and Go (NYTimes) 'iPhone 12' predicted to ship without EarPods, will boost AirPods sales (Apple Insider) Spotify signs 'The Joe Rogan Experience" to an exclusive multi-year deal (TechCrunch) Bill Simmons Just Wants to Win (Vulture) With its Joe Rogan exclusive, Spotify’s new podcast strategy is to kill podcasts (Digital Trends) New Spec Gives SD Cards a Massive Boost in Speed (Gizmodo) Subscribe to the ad free feed right here, inside your podcast app! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meam Ride Home for Wednesday, May 20th, 2020. I'm Brian McCullough.
0:07.8	Today, Facebook takes another major run at cracking e-commerce.
0:11.6	Why this might be a highly opportune moment to do so.
0:15.6	In short, the corona moment might be the moment e-commerce finally wins.
0:18.8	Also, will Apple ship iPhones without any earpods and why the Big Joe Rogin to Spotify news might be
0:25.7	podcasting's Howard Stern moment. Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.
0:38.4	Facebook is taking yet another crack at e-commerce with the newly announced Facebook shops a free tool that helps businesses easily list products on their Facebook page,
0:44.4	Instagram profile, stories, or even inside ads quoting CMBC.
0:49.6	In the future, Facebook shops will also allow businesses to sell products to customers
0:53.8	through the chat features of WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram Direct.
0:58.0	They'll also be able to tag products during Facebook and Instagram live streams so customers can
1:02.4	click on the tags and be taken to a product ordering page
1:05.3	The company has previously let businesses list products on Facebook and Instagram, but Facebook shops lets them
1:13.4	upload their catalogs once to make them accessible across Facebook's various apps.
1:16.0	It's one simple and consistent experience across the family of apps,
1:20.0	which means it is easier for people,
1:22.1	Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a live stream on Facebook.
1:25.0	That of course means there will be higher conversions and more sales for small businesses, end quote.
1:31.0	Facebook shops comes as Facebook ramps up its efforts to support small businesses during the
1:35.4	coronavirus pandemic, and Zuckerberg said that he personally was involved with the development
1:40.0	of the feature.
1:41.3	Small businesses make up the vast majority of Facebook's more than 8 million advertisers
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