FAANG commonly refers to the five most popular and best-performing American technology companies: Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google. Over the last few decades, these companies have skyrocketed in their value and influence - but the last two years have started to show some cracks. Is this the end of FAANG era? Dagogo and Tawsif discuss in this minisode. Follow us on Twitter to engage with our work: https://twitter.com/throughthewebProduced by: Dagogo Altraide, Tawsif AkkasShot and edited by: Brayden Laffreyhttps://www.braydenlaffreymedia.com/

A huge week in tech which started with the news of one of our favourite tech products being retired: Apple's iPod.  On top, the markets were on a death spiral - as was the world of crypto...particularly $LUNA. We also cover Google's I/O announcements, Twitter updates, and a few other trending news. WATCH the YouTube video of the podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jKUaNXSnuW52CxexLcOJgAs usual, we do a weekly update at the start of the episode but if you want to skip to the individual stories, here are the timestamps:Episode Timestamps00:34 Our Week01:49 What we watched this Week09:16 Comments of the Week10:25 iPod is Dead17:48 Market is Dead23:02 Crypto is Dead 28:40 EA Sports FIFA is Dead30:01 Is Google finally ready to take on Apple? 34:01 Meta's Project Cambria39:50 Spotify Enters the Metaverse with Roblox43:40 It's Time for Elon's Weekly Update48:37 Twitter Fires Two Senior Executives51:44 TikTok 's Toxic Working Environment 55:48 The Great Resignation or The Great Regret?59:27 Q/A Follow us on Twitter to engage with our work: https://twitter.com/throughthewebProduced by: Dagogo Altraide, Tawsif AkkasShot and edited by: Brayden Laffreyhttps://www.braydenlaffreymedia.com/

Things are getting bad to worse for Netflix as they are now sued by their OWN shareholders. We cover Cameo's layoff, EU's issue against Apple, latest in Amazon's union situation, Meta's logo, and TikTok adopting a creator payout like YouTube. Also, the latest developments in virtual reality let's you feel spiders crawling in your mouth. Yep.Watch the video of the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThroughTheWebPodcast As usual, we do a weekly update at the start of the episode but if you want to skip to the individual stories, here are the timestamps: Episode Timestamps00:00 - Quick PSA 00:33 - Intro02:38 - Our week04:53 - What we watched this week11:53 Comments of the week15:16 - Netflix sued by its own shareholders 19:38 - Cameo lays off 87 staff members28:56 - Apple vs EU34:05 - Amazon's union update39:10 - VR tech let's you feel spiders crawling...on your mouth43:23 - Meta being sued for logo 52:00 - TikTok Pulse59:58 - A feel good story1:06:37 - Q/AFollow us on Twitter to engage with our work: https://twitter.com/throughthewebProduced by: Dagogo Altraide, Tawsif AkkasShot and edited by: Brayden Laffreyhttps://www.braydenlaffreymedia.com/

Welcome back! This week we argue if humans are doomed to argue, Indonesia's suspension of palm oil exports, weekly Elon update, Apple launching Self-Service Repair, Snapchat saying Metaverse is "ambigious", Meta launching a retail store and a little bit of laugh about the TLC. 0:17 - Intro3:43 - What we watched this week16:42 - Comment of the week17:57 - Indonesia suspends palm oil export22:02 - Tesla stocks nosedive36:39 - EU vs. Elon Musk43:45 - Apple Launches Self Service Repair 47:25 - Snapchat vs. the Metaverse53:31 - Meta Opening physical Store56:06 - Google lets you limit ads on certain topicsFollow us on Twitter to engage with our work: https://twitter.com/throughthewebProduced by: Dagogo Altraide, Tawsif AkkasShot and edited by: Brayden Laffreyhttps://www.braydenlaffreymedia.com/

Welcome back Web-heads! We are back after a week off with HEAPS of trending tech news: Elon Musk set to buy Twitter, the failure of CNN+ streaming service, Netflix shares tank, and signs of "NFT Bubble Bursting". We also dive deep into a few philosophical angles about AI vs. Art, and if we should recreate dead relatives in the metaverse as a way of grieving. We also touch briefly on Google's concept ambient notifications which are designed to reduce anxiety. Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jKUaNXSnuW52CxexLcOJg Timestamps:0:00 - Opener0:17 - Intro02:03 - What We Watched This Week05:35 - Comments of the Week 06:36 - OpenAI DALL-E 210:10 - AI vs. Art 17:35 - The Fall and Fall of CNN+ 22:35 - Why is Everyone Hating on Netflix? 31:45 - Elon Musk vs. Netflix 40:45 - Elon Musk Ready To Buy Twitter 47:35 - First Tweet NFT Fail 52:25 - StartUp To Create Avatars for Dead People58: 00 - Google's Concept Ambient Notifications To Reduce Anxiety Follow us on Twitter to engage with our work: https://twitter.com/throughthewebProduced by: Dagogo Altraide, Tawsif AkkasShot and edited by: Brayden Laffreyhttps://www.braydenlaffreymedia.com/

America has been a significant influence on global culture for as long as we can remember - but it seems like there's finally a shift happening and we might be seeing a new emerging cultural superpower: Korea. Dagogo and Tawsif discuss on this episode their thoughts on Korea - or potentially a different name - becoming a superpower in the culture and media landscape. Watch the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv5quyGdM0g Follow us on Twitter to engage with our work: https://twitter.com/throughthewebProduced by: Dagogo Altraide, Tawsif AkkasShot and edited by: Brayden Laffreyhttps://www.braydenlaffreymedia.com/Parasite, BTS, Squid Game, PSY, America, South Korea, Culture, Media, FRIENDS, Seinfeld

Welcome back Web-heads! This week we pick where we left off : Elon's involvement with Twitter and how he might shape the platform. We also talk about the weirdly named "Zuck Bucks" by Meta, how people are overwhelmed by streaming services, the historic union win against Amazon, Coca-Cola's new "Pixel Drink" and much more! Listen to the full podcast: https://throughtheweb.buzzsprout.com/Timestamps:0:00 - Opener0:17 - Intro12:23 - Comments of the week13:31 - Elon Musk, Future of Twitter and the edit button 22:12 - Meta's "Zuck Bucks" 26:11 - Creators in the metaverse 29:32 - Streaming service fatigue 36:50 - Will everything be subscription in the future? 43:11 - Amazon48:54 - China's Black Mirror Robo-dog52:12 - Razor headset saves life from a bullet55:17 - Coca-Cola releasing drink that tastes like "pixels"Follow us on Twitter to engage with our work: https://twitter.com/throughthewebProduced by: Dagogo Altraide, Tawsif AkkasShot and edited by: Brayden Laffreyhttps://www.braydenlaffreymedia.com/

Welcome back Web-heads! This week we jump deep into the ethics of social media, Elon Musk's take on freedom of speech, Meta's failures and crazy allegations about throwing mud against TikTok, Apple and Meta give data to forged hackers, return of the dumbphones and of course...Will Smith and Chris Rock. Listen to the full podcast: https://throughtheweb.buzzsprout.com/Timestamps: 0:00 - Opener0:17 - Intro 8:12 - Comments of the week9:20 - Telegram vs. Facebook16:23 - Elon's Tweets on freedom of speech27:00 - Meta hire firm for anti TikTok campaign30:36 - Meta and Apple give data to forged hackers34:30 - State of Arizona allow ID in Apple Wallet41:10 - Are dumbphones the "in thing" now? 50:18 - Nothing Phone54:53 - CloserFollow us on Twitter to engage with our work: https://twitter.com/throughthewebProduced by: Dagogo Altraide, Tawsif AkkasShot and edited by: Brayden Laffreyhttps://www.braydenlaffreymedia.com/

We try something different this week as we tackle one core topic instead of trending news. Watch the episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfO9b63JBzYFollow us on Twitter to engage with our work: https://twitter.com/throughthewebProduced by: Dagogo Altraide, Tawsif AkkasShot and edited by: Brayden Laffreyhttps://www.braydenlaffreymedia.com/ 

This week we talk about how China's 0-Covid Policy is a nightmare for supply chain in the tech world, and how it's time for companies to diversify their assembly portfolio. In other news this week, Amazon acquired MGM, AMC buys into a gold mine (???) and Instagram will soon have NFTs on profiles. We also talk about Samsung's new "origami phone" concept leak. Watch the episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jKUaNXSnuW52CxexLcOJgFollow us on Twitter to engage with our work: https://twitter.com/throughthewebProduced by: Dagogo Altraide, Tawsif AkkasShot and edited by: Brayden Laffreyhttps://www.braydenlaffreymedia.com/