Manton and Daniel react to Chris Lattner’s move to Google Brain, and whether it affects his continued involvement with the Swift project. They also talk about news divulging Apple’s focus on self-driving technology research for project Titan. Finally, they follow up on the subscription software conversation, and discuss Crashplan’s announced shutdown of their consumer backup service.
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Links:
- Lattner Goes to Google – TechCrunch article about Chris Lattner’s new role on the Google Brain team.
- Google Brain – Home page for the team, including links to papers reflecting their research.
- Concurrency in Swift – Chris Lattner’s latest high-level technology proposal for the Swift language.
- Apple Scales Back – NYT article about Apple’s new focus on self-driving technology.
- Amazon Kindle – A great product 10 years in the making.
- Nissan Leaf – Slightly more affordable than a Tesla.
- Important Changes to Crashplan – Announcement of the end of Crashplan’s consumer-level backup service.
- I Would Have Paid – Charles Perry on the Crashplan service cancellation.
- Release Notes Podcast – Indie podcast hosted by Charles Perry and Joe Cieplinski
- So Now What? – Joe Kissell of TidBITS reacts to CrashPlan news.
- You’re Out of Luck – Michael Tsai’s commentary and roundup of links on CrashPlan news.
