On this week’s show, El Kaiser holds forth on the current state of three of his favorite things: DC Comics, Doctor Who and Star Wars. J.D. has a quick roundup of recent tech news, including the return both of a beloved flip phone and a popular short-form video platform. All this and more on Pop Tech Jam 325!
- “Crisis on Infinite Earths” (DC Universe)
- Crises on Infinite Earths (CW Crossover)
- US mobile app subscription revenue jumped 21% in 2019 to $4.6B across the top 100 apps (TechCrunch)
- ABC News to bolster streaming service with live programming (Associated Press)
- Apple TV+ May Have Over 33M Users But ‘Vast Majority’ Aren’t Paying (Variety)
- Apple TV+ numbers: Bigger than Disney+ and Hulu, behind Amazon and Netflix (Loop Insight)
- Netflix’s New Ratings Math Sacrifices Clarity for Flashy Numbers (Hollywood Reporter)
- Will the new Motorola Razr fly — or flop? (Tom’s Guide)
- Galaxy Z Flip has a tiny outer display, fingerprint scanner (9to5Google)
- An AI Epidemiologist Sent the First Warnings of the Wuhan Virus (WIRED)
- Vine Has a New Successor: The 6-Second Video App Byte (Time)
- Today in History 1921: The word ‘Robot’ enters the English language (Boing Boing)
- Doctor Who
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker