The Talk Show With John Gruber

Ben Thompson returns to the show. Topics include Microsoft's announcements from Build 2017, search engines, Amazon's new (confusingly-named) Look and Show devices, the need for HAL 9000, Apple's WeChat problem in China, and more.

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Links:

• Microsoft's Build 2017 Keynote.
• Fish Shell.
• Surface Laptop "luxury" treatment.
• 2007 Apple iPhone commercial.
• Bob Borcher's iPhone guided tours.
• Phil Schiller dumping Instagram in 2012.
• WeChat and the iPhone in China.
• When a ReadWriteWeb article became Google’s top result for “Facebook login”.

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.