Vector

14 Aug 2015

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Vector is a news and analysis show that focuses on the biggest stories and most important issues in technology, past, present, and future. From the big picture to smallest details, Vector brings together the smartest people in the industry for the best discussions from the most interesting angles. Subscribe and listen along!

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Rene Ritchie is executive producer at Mobile Nations and co-host of a plethora of podcasts including the iMore show about everything Apple, Debug for developers, Iterate for designers, Vector for news and analysis), ZEN & TECH for health and wellbeing, and Review for movies and entertainment. He's also the co-host of MacBreak Weekly on Leo Laporte's TWiT network. Follow him on Twitter @reneritchie.

Vector 41: Mergers and accusations

Rene Ritchie 9 years ago 22

Vector is Mobile Nations technology news and analysis show featuring the biggest stories, the hottest trends, and the most interesting guests in the industry. On this week's show, Ben Bajarin of Techpinions talks with Rene about mergers, including the just-completed Microsoft and Nokia, the ongoing Comcast and Time Warner Cable, the just announced AT&T and DirectTV, and the rumored...

Vector 39: Net neutrality and carrier complexity

Rene Ritchie 9 years ago 14

Vector is Mobile Nations' cross-platform, cross-site analysis show where we take on the most important stories in tech with the smartest people in the industry, from the big picture to granular details, current events to future implications. On today's episode Rene Ritchie and Neal Gompa dive deep into the technology and policies that make net neutrality so complicated in North America...

Vector 38: Cord cutting

Rene Ritchie 9 years ago 28

Vector is Mobile Nations' cross-site, cross-platform analysis show where we talk about the hottest topics in the tech industry. On this week's episode Anthony Casella of Mobile Nations joins Rene to talk about cutting the cable and satellite cord, setting up an antenna, getting free over-the-air digital channels, using a home media center, and the pros and cons of streaming services...

Vector 31: Facebook, WhatsApp, BBM, and the value of mobile messaging

CrackBerry Kevin 10 years ago 45

With Facebook’s massive $16 billion acquisition of WhatsApp this week stirring things up, Rene Ritchie asked me to join him on the Vector podcast to discuss what it all means for the world of mobile instant messaging. With BBM being the originator in this space, I have a lot of STRONG opinions on this subject that I share during the show. It's definitely a worth listen. If you've...

Kevin Michaluk on what's going to happen to BlackBerry - the full podcast transcript!

CrackBerry Kevin 10 years ago 56

Last week, following our CES interview with BlackBerry CEO John Chen, I joined Rene Ritchie for a Vector podcast to talk about What's going to Happen to BlackBerry. What transpired was "90 minutes of podcast magic", as we dove through various topics, picking up the conversation from our last Vector podcast on What Happened to BlackBerry. I highly suggest listening to the show, but if...

Vector 27: Top tech trends of 2014!

Rene Ritchie 10 years ago 15

Vector is our cross-platform news and analysis show where we bring you the biggest stories of the week with the best guests in the business. Today Ben Bajarin of TIME and Techpinions joins Rene to talk about the top tech trends of 2014, including 4K televisions, wearables and watches, embedded Android, Xbox One, and more! Subscribe in iTunes Subscribe in RSS...

Must-listen podcast: Kevin Michaluk on what's going to happen to BlackBerry

Rene Ritchie 10 years ago 95

Vector is Mobile Nations' cross-site, cross-platform technology news and analysis show where every week we dive into the biggest stories with the brightest guests. This week Kevin Michaluk of CrackBerry joins Rene to talk about BlackBerry's new direction, what went wrong with the new phone launches — and Alicia Keys! — and how they hope to turn devices, BBM, enterprise, and QNX into a...

Vector 25: Top tech stories of 2013!

Rene Ritchie 10 years ago 13

Vector is our cross-site, cross-platform technology show where we discuss the biggest news with the brightest people. To close out the year, Georgia Dow of ZEN & TECH joins Rene to talk about the top technology stories of 2013, including revelations about government surveillance, social networks and the mob mentality, boredom vs. change aversion, and the internet of things....

Vector 22: Don Melton on transcoding video

CrackBerry Kevin 10 years ago 8

Vector is our cross-platform, cross-site podcast where we talk about the technology that matters to all of us. Hosted by Rene Ritchie, it's seriously my new favorite podcast that I *actually* listen to and sometimes appear on. In this episode, Don Melton, former Engineering Director of Internet Technologies at Apple, deep-dives into his non-browser-based passions: Blu-Ray, transcoding...

Vector 14: Chris Umiastowski on sell-siding BlackBerry

Rene Ritchie 10 years ago 57

Chris Umiastowski, former sell-side analyst, talks to Rene about the state of the mobile market, what led BlackBerry to the brink of sale, and what going private really means. Subscribe in iTunes Subscribe in RSS Download Directly Follow on Twitter Guests Chris Umiastowski Hosts Rene Ritchie of iMore.com...

Vector 13: Kevin Michaluk on what happened to BlackBerry - the full transcript!

Rene Ritchie 10 years ago 58

Last weekend, just moments before the Globe & Mail published their factually challenged article on BlackBerry, I had the opportunity to sit down and get the real scoop from Kevin Michaluk, someone uniquely in position to give us a much better, much fairer accounting of what exactly happened with BlackBerry. You can find the audio again, below, and for the first time, here's the...

Vector 13: Kevin Michaluk on what happened to BlackBerry

Rene Ritchie 10 years ago 275

It happened to Palm. It's happening to BlackBerry. Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Samsung might be insulated by their revenue from other businesses, or they might not. No company stays on top, or even in the game, forever. So, we interrupt our usual programing to get Kevin Michaluk of CrackBerry.com back on the line so he can explain to us what the hell is happening with BlackBerry. The...

Vector Podcast 10: Talking Pebble, iWatch, Galaxy Gear and the future of smart watches

CrackBerry Kevin 10 years ago 28

Introduced in May 2013 and hosted by Rene Ritchie, Vector is our new Mobile Nations podcast that focuses on analysis. The show has been receiving rave reviews since launching, and has routinely been in the iTunes' Top 20 tech podcasts. This week yours truly had the pleasure of joining Rene to talk about smart watches, what they mean for traditional watch enthusiasts, for geeks, for the...

Vector 8: Sascha Segan on the fastest mobile networks

Rene Ritchie 10 years ago 4

Vector is Mobile Nation's newest show. It takes the most important topics in technology today, focuses on them from interesting angles, and then discusses the hell out of them. On this episode Sascha Segan, lead mobile analyst at PC Magazine, talks to Rene about the evolution of data connections, the annual Fastest Mobile Networks survey, the triumphs and tragedies of modern carriers,...

Vector 5: Tim Stevens and intelligent connected electric cars

Rene Ritchie 10 years ago 5

Vector is Mobile Nation's newest show. It takes the most important topics in technology today, focuses on them from interesting angles, and then discusses the hell out of them. On this episode, Tim Stevens, star of auto and gadget blogs, joins Rene to talk about the computerization of cars, including launch controls, self-driving vehicles, Microsoft Sync, BlackBerry QNX, and iOS in the...

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