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🎙 Podcast #6: Litigious Musk, Facebook’s slide, Amazon Care, and England Lionesses

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The Podcast That Explains Everything • 5 min read

🎙 Podcast #6: Litigious Musk, Facebook’s slide, Amazon Care, and England Lionesses

Co-host Shaun Weston and I discuss Amazon Care, Elon Musk’s latest ups and downs, Facebook’s downs (mostly), AI balls, Ted Lasso, and the England Lionesses. Plus, Rick finds out when he will die thanks to the Population.io website.…

Rick Huckstep • 08 Aug 2022

Does Elon Musk Have A Get-Out-Of-Jail Free Card Up His Twitter Sleeve?

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Twitter • 8 min read

Does Elon Musk Have A Get-Out-Of-Jail Free Card Up His Twitter Sleeve?

Rick Huckstep • 08 Aug 2022

⚰️Wiser! #85: The End For Facebook? | Saylor Quits For Bitcoin | Brands in the Metaverse

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The Newsletter For Smart People. • 11 min read

⚰️Wiser! #85: The End For Facebook? | Saylor Quits For Bitcoin | Brands in the Metaverse

Wiser! #85: The bigger they are, the harder they fall. And there's no-one bigger than Facebook in Social Media. Is this the beginning of the end for the world's largest network? I think so.…

Rick Huckstep • 05 Aug 2022

Is This The Beginning of The End for Facebook?

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Is This The Beginning of The End for Facebook?

Facebook may have 2 billion users every day, but they don't pay a penny to use the world's largest network. The money comes from digital advertising. And when that faces headwinds, the Facebook business model looks vulnerable and fragile.…

Rick Huckstep • 04 Aug 2022

🤢 Wiser! #84: Elon's Not Getting Out For Free | Amazon's Healthcare Ambitions | Covid

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The Newsletter For Smart People. • 12 min read

🤢 Wiser! #84: Elon's Not Getting Out For Free | Amazon's Healthcare Ambitions | Covid

Wiser! #84: Elon has got himself into a right old mess, entirely of his own making. The question: how does he get out of it. Plus, Amazon make a big move into Healthcare. And it's BigTech's BigNumbers season.…

Rick Huckstep • 29 Jul 2022

Elon Blames Twitter Bots For A Mess Of His Own Making

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Elon Blames Twitter Bots For A Mess Of His Own Making

Elon got himself into this mess, now he's looking for a way out. Blaming it on the bots isn't going to cut it though. He's going to have to buy his way out. The question is: at what cost?…

Rick Huckstep • 28 Jul 2022

Power Play: Tesla, Elon Musk and the Bet of the Century

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Tesla • 3 min read

Power Play: Tesla, Elon Musk and the Bet of the Century

A story of power, recklessness, struggle, and triumph, Power Play is an exhilarating look at how a team of eccentrics and innovators beat the odds... and changed the future.…

Rick Huckstep • 22 Jul 2022

Metaverse 101: Where Our Virtual and Physical Lives Come Together

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Metaverse • 12 min read

Metaverse 101: Where Our Virtual and Physical Lives Come Together

The Metaverse in 2022 and beyond: What’s happening in the Metaverse space? Read insight, analysis and information about the Metaverse, where our physical, digital and virtual worlds merge into a new world experience.…

Rick Huckstep • 05 Jul 2022

🎙BTLT Ep #5: Amazon, Facebook memo leaks, and Apple AR-VR headsets

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🎙BTLT Ep #5: Amazon, Facebook memo leaks, and Apple AR-VR headsets

Rick Huckstep and Shaun Weston discuss Amazon, Andy Jassy, Jeff Bezos, corporate overreach, Prime Day and drone deliveries. Plus, the leaked Facebook memo, the Apple AR-VR headset, and playing padel in Spain.…

Rick Huckstep • 03 Jul 2022

🕺🏻Wiser! #83: Gen Z, Brands and Metaverse | NFTs and eSports | Facebook To Work Like TikTok

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The Newsletter For Smart People. • 11 min read

🕺🏻Wiser! #83: Gen Z, Brands and Metaverse | NFTs and eSports | Facebook To Work Like TikTok

Wiser! #83: Under 25s are playing, buying, living in the Metaverse...already. And brands that market to Gen Z and Gen Alpha are on to it! Plus, eSports is growing and a natural home for NFTs. Facebook reveal plans to be like TikTok. And Big Tech Little Tech podcast is out!…

Rick Huckstep • 24 Jun 2022

Facebook v TikTok: The Battle for Attention and Addiction

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Meta/Facebook • 11 min read

Facebook v TikTok: The Battle for Attention and Addiction

Facebook defined how content would be served up to users. Then along came TikTok and rewrote the rules. Making it the most addictive social network on the planet, stealing Facebook's lunch along the way. Now, The Verge has got its hands on a memo that shows exactly how worried they are.…

Rick Huckstep • 21 Jun 2022

🎙Episode #4: Metaverse, VR headsets, Passkeys, and Apple Pay Later

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The Podcast That Explains Everything • 3 min read

🎙Episode #4: Metaverse, VR headsets, Passkeys, and Apple Pay Later

Rick Huckstep and Shaun Weston welcome Charles Radclyffe to the show to discuss everything metaverse, including use cases, ethics, VR headset adoption, and the case for reducing your carbon footprint. Plus, we talk heatwaves, passkeys, Apple Pay Later, and Heartstopper.…

Rick Huckstep • 20 Jun 2022