This week on The Vergecast, Nilay returns to the show after welcoming a child! Dieter is out this week, so Nilay and Paul bring on Adi Robertson and Casey Newton to discuss what happened at Facebook’s F8 developer conference, the Oculus Go, and some earnings talk.
There are also a lot of new Instagram features. Is it slowly just becoming Facebook?
There’s a lot more in between that — like Paul’s weekly segment “Safety first!’ they said” — so if you listen through this whole episode, you’ll be all caught up on the tech news this week.
05:51 – All of the news from Facebook’s F8 developer conference
22:51 – Oculus Go review
36:47 – Video calls are coming to Instagram
42:21 – Over 400 Startups Are Trying to Become the Next Warby Parker. Inside the Wild Race to Overthrow Every Consumer Category — Inc.
46:14 – Paul’s weekly segment “Safety first!’ they said”
47:45 – Koss Porta Pro Wireless
49:13 – Sprint and T-Mobile have announced that they will merge
59:56 – Verizon is putting Oath bloatware like Go90 on its Galaxy S9 phones
1:04:18 – Apple reports solid iPhone revenue but stays quiet on HomePod sales
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