Recode Replay

Machine Zone CEO Gabe Leydon talks with Peter Kafka about the free-to-play gaming business, where his company has found success with Game of War: Fire Age and Mobile Strike. He discusses how smartphone games attract new players who pay nothing to start, and then make money off of them later. Plus: Why media companies ignore performance marketing data at their own peril. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FanDuel CEO Nigel Eccles talks with Peter Kafka about how his company got into daily fantasy sports and the legal challenges to the format that have followed. He also discusses competition with rival daily fantasy company DraftKings while keeping an eye on bigger companies such as Yahoo and ESPN that might jump in. Plus: Eccles responds to critics like comedian John Oliver who say daily fantasy sites are a ripoff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ESPN President and Disney Media Networks co-Chairman John Skipper talks with Peter Kafka about how the massive Disney-owned sports network is trying to stay competitive amid fears of cable TV stagnation. Plus: Why is ESPN changing its tune on eSports, and what's behind The Undefeated, its new vertical focused on people of color? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

To kick off our Code/Media 2016 conference, Cosmopolitan Editor in Chief Joanna Coles talks with Kara Swisher about why Cosmo still makes a magazine and whether the print version would ever go away. They also debate if Snapchat represents the future of media and what effect virtual reality pornography will have on society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jawbone has been making wearables longer than almost anyone else. Onstage at Code/Mobile, CEO Hosain Rahman explains what he's learned in that time and why he thinks wearables haven't had their "iPhone moment" yet. Interview by Kara Swisher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Next year, the FCC aims to raise billions of dollars through its wireless spectrum auction, which is at the center of the current fight among cell carriers. At Code/Mobile, FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel talks with Ina Fried about the auction and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ericsson isn't in the handset business anymore, and the company is now hard at work on the technology that will link all your Internet-connected devices. Onstage at Code/Mobile, CEO Hans Vestberg talks about 5G and the "Internet of Things." Interview by Ina Fried. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Facebook spun out its own Messenger app, bought WhatsApp and is working on a lot of nifty integrations for them. At Code/Mobile, Facebook messaging chief David Marcus talks about acquisitions, WeChat, AI and more. Interview by Kara Swisher and Kurt Wagner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Father" of Android Andy Rubin thinks the next wave of computing will be "some form of AI," that eventually all of our data will be turned into grist for the cloud computing data mills. He's looking forward to it and explains what his startup incubator is doing to prep for it. Interview by Walt Mossberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The arc of technology is long and bends toward connectedness. So says AT&T Mobility CEO Glenn Lurie onstage at Code/Mobile, talking smartphones, the FCC, cars and more. Interview by Ina Fried. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices