{"id":3404,"date":"2017-01-08T12:32:39","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T22:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/?p=3404"},"modified":"2017-01-08T12:32:39","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T22:32:39","slug":"mobileviews-podcast-189-airpods-new-chromebooks-happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/08\/mobileviews-podcast-189-airpods-new-chromebooks-happy-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"MobileViews Podcast 189: AirPods, new Chromebooks, &#038; Happy New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src='https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/d6itn-665dce?from=yiiadmin' data-link='https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/d6itn-665dce?from=yiiadmin' height='100' width='100%' frameborder='0' scrolling='no' data-name='pb-iframe-player' ><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Jon Westfall and I are back from our brief hiatus to start podcasting anew in 2017.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>My 2009 Macbook Pro WiFi hardware died last week. So, I bought a $12 Aukey WF-R3 USB WiFi dongle. It works but is very slow: Maxes out around 6 Mbps down and about 0.7 Mbps up. Other devices are 50 Mbps down and 10 Mbps up on the same AP.<\/li>\n<li>First YoY sales decline for Apple since 2001. Ref: <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/apple\/2017\/01\/tim-cook-and-other-apple-execs-miss-out-on-bonus-pay-after-disappointing-2016\/\">arstechnica<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile, despite the Note 7 fiasco, Samsung Electronics fourth-quarter profits is up 50% YoY and is projected to be a 3-year high. Ref: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-samsung-elec-results-idUSKBN14P2N1\">Reuters<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Amazon Echo as an IoT platform? Ref: <a href=\"https:\/\/stratechery.com\/2017\/amazons-operating-system\/\">Stratechery<\/a><\/li>\n<li>New Samsung Chromebooks with touchscreens, stylus, and Android app ready. Ref: <a href=https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2017\/01\/04\/samsung-google-chromebook-pro-plus-hands-on\/\">Engadget<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ConspiracyViews: Japanese insurance company replacing 34 claim analysts with IBM&#8217;s Watson. Ref: <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/875491\/japanese-white-collar-workers-are-already-being-replaced-by-artificial-intelligence\/\">Quartz<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s thoughts on AirPods, and his \u00e2\u20ac\u0153All Microsoft\u00e2\u20ac\u009d semester.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Available via <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/listen?u=0&#038;gclid=COid8dLi6s0CFQrQfgodJ_8CsA&#038;gclsrc=ds#\/ps\/Ioaoswyblmdonyb42jg6stsl6om\">Google Music Podcasts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/mobileviews.com-podcast\/id301171904?mt=2\">Apple iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Westfall and I are back from our brief hiatus to start podcasting anew in 2017. My 2009 Macbook Pro WiFi hardware died last week. So, I bought a $12 Aukey WF-R3 USB WiFi dongle. It works but is very slow: Maxes out around 6 Mbps down and about 0.7 Mbps up. 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