The Incoherent Podcast
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Show Info: tech, culture, and ideas with a dash of comedy.
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Episode 27: 2016 The Year in Review
Dec 31, 2016
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77 minutes
2016 has been a busy year! We are here to discuss everything that happened in the year – top tech stories, news, highlights, lowlights and everything that 2016 meant to us. So grab your stale champagne and heat it up with your burning Galaxy Note 7 as we mull over “2016 The Year in Review”. The Biggest Tech Stories of 2016 We begin to talk about the single biggest tech story that happened in 2016. Ben starts with the release of Pokémon GO and what it meant for the mainstreaming of augmented reality (AR) and nostalgia. Ben remembers the first popular AR app, named Layar. He also discusses everything that Niantic could have done better with Pokémon GO. Mark announces his biggest tech story as the mainstreaming of artificial intelligence and machine learning. From self-driving cars to voice assistants, we are seeing it pop up in everything! We talk about what the future can look like when ‘the rise of the machines’ happens, essentially taking over most jobs from us humans. The Lowest Tech Event of 2016 Both Ben and Mark come to the agreement that the worst event for technology in 2016 was the absolute total failure of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7. Me at the beginning of 2016 vs me at the end of 2016. pic.twitter.com/AJOPc7x3Uq — Ben Rogers (@BenRogersWPG) December 31, 2016 It instantly became a joke for Samsung: It hit the pop culture, mainstream media covered it EVERYWHERE. Even every flight would announce that you couldn’t fly with your Note 7 and made it illegal to do so. We both feel this really helped pave the way for mass adoption of the Google Pixel and Pixel XL. There’s even more people using the Note 7 than other phone models still today! Report: Galaxy Note 7 Usage Still Higher Than LG V20, OnePlus 3T Usage Combined Mark discusses the removal of the 3.5mm headphone adapter and how it is changing the game for Bluetooth audio and set the standard for wireless audio, even though it affected the Apple community when it was released. Tech Improvements in 2016 We saw the future of virtual reality
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