HomePod Defense Squad
HomePod Defense Squad
Joseph Farrell
Bringing you the happenings of the tech world with all the grace and journalistic integrity of a pair of engineers who can’t dance.
Culture Shock
We work in a ridiculous industry and it's time we acknowledged it
May 1, 2021
1 hr 27 min
HPDS 27: Widget Widget Widget Widget
Ready or not, iOS 14 is out, Apple has an event with new watches, better iPads, and perplexing redesigns. And, of course, services galore.
Sep 20, 2020
1 hr 10 min
HPDS 26: Epic Goes to War
The iOS 14 developer beta is broken, and we have strong opinions (or maybe we're just complaining). Epic is pulling a pro gamer move. Mozilla's seen better days, and the future of the web.
Aug 21, 2020
1 hr 8 min
HPDS 25: I just want less email
We review the Hey email client, Twitter VCs are going to war on Clubhouse, and this year's WWDC was one for the books.
Jul 13, 2020
1 hr 36 min
HPDS 24: Of Carplay and Teslas
Evan's a Musky boi now. The PS5 is gonna be big. Huge. And pretty weird looking. Stadia gets cheaper, but not for the obvious reasons, and the EU fights with Apple yet again.
Jun 19, 2020
1 hr 7 min
HPDS 23: Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Startup
Startup culture struggles in the 2020 economy, Google is back in the communications business for the billionth time, Zoom buys a security team, and Elon Musk unveils his latest creation.
May 9, 2020
1 hr 14 min
HPDS 22: Stan Loona
Apple Airtag's name got leaked. Oops. That's the story. Zoom is in trouble. Apple bought the weather. And a story so bizarre I'm just gonna leave it off the notes.
Apr 8, 2020
1 hr 19 min
HPDS 21 - It's Just Zuck
We are living in historical times, luckily Joe and Evan are here to pilot the ship safely through these tricky waters. Also there are new iPads and iPadOS 13.4 is shipping with trackpad support and oh boy is that gonna be interesting...
Mar 24, 2020
1 hr 39 min
HPDS 20: Nothing's Legitimate
Shopify controls transactions on the web, and you have no idea, app continues to be bad, developers are elitist, iOS 14, and Evan is full of hot air (easy joke).
Feb 24, 2020
1 hr 7 min
HPDS 19: App Bad
Iowa did bad things with apps. Paper ballots, everyone. Microsoft had a rough week, Peloton is excited to hear someone say their name, Netflix's product managers deign to grace us with a new feature, and some NFC talk.
Feb 13, 2020
46 min
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