First Ring Daily 1511: Google's Bad Argument
On this episode of First Ring Daily, Google has a bad argument, Apple may need a ballot box, and let's not talk about the Bengals.
Sep 11, 2023•18 min
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Episodes
First Ring Daily 1509: Thursday Playbacks
On this episode of First Ring Daily, we dive into Starfield, some of the Xbox promises, and a bit of multiplayer.
Sep 07, 2023•16 min
First Ring Daily 1508: T-Day
On this episode of First Ring Daily, Google has a day in court soon, the EU lists out gatekeepers, and a few other things.
Sep 06, 2023•13 min
First Ring Daily 1507: Act Small
On this episode of First Ring Daily, Microsoft tries to act small, Apple is also small, and the Xbox Series S is small.
Sep 05, 2023•10 min
First Ring Daily 1505: Teams and Mac Split
On this episode of First Ring Daily, Teams is split in Europe, Visual Studio leaves the Mac, and Starfield is today.
Aug 31, 2023•7 min
First Ring Daily 1504: Apple's Ahead
On this episode of First Ring Daily, Apple has an event soon, Microsoft could do something not-fun, and Google says goodbye to the pass.
Aug 30, 2023•13 min
First Ring Daily 1503: Ahead of AI
On this episode of First Ring Daily, more than just Surface next month, a look back at an app that didn't ship, and hopefully you don't want a stream.
Aug 29, 2023•14 min
First Ring Daily 1502: Technical NAS
On this episode of First Ring Daily, the technology falls over, NAS continues, and Apple Watch as a standalone is the future.
Aug 28, 2023•10 min
First Ring Daily 1501: Back in My Table
On this episode of First Ring Daily, the games are over, Excel hits the cloud, and looking back at SQL.
Aug 25, 2023•9 min
First Ring Daily 1500: The Prices
On this episode of First Ring Daily, Xbox won't cut prices, Nvidia is making all the dollars, and maybe they will build a CPU.
Aug 24, 2023•12 min
First Ring Daily 1499: The EU Might Want a CMA
On this episode of First Ring Daily, the EU is curious about the CMA, Windows hasn't played the cards yet, and NAS is doing its thing.
Aug 23, 2023•10 min
First Ring Daily 1498: ABK does the CMA
On this episode of First Ring Daily, Microsoft makes a major change that it hopes will let them acquire Activision.
Aug 22, 2023•13 min
First Ring Daily 1497: Backing up the Future
On this episode of First Ring Daily, Paul backs up his past, Brad lives in the future, and the CMA should be releasing info soon.
Aug 21, 2023•13 min
First Ring Daily 1496: Surface in September
On this episode of First Ring Daily, Surface has a hardware event, AI is good sometimes, and loud noises are happening.
Aug 18, 2023•15 min
First Ring Daily 1495: Bing Bong
On this episode of First Ring Daily, Bing isn't growing, AI still has a place, and yellow is the new color.
Aug 17, 2023•11 min
First Ring Daily 1494: Strikes from the Cloud
On this episode of First Ring Daily, Xbox has a new strike system, considerations for photo backup, and a good memory from Xbox.
Aug 16, 2023•13 min
First Ring Daily 1493: Peace with Google
On this episode of First Ring Daily, Google makes some sense, Sony keeps on streaming, and Forge made Halo good.
Aug 15, 2023•12 min
First Ring Daily 1492: Food and Little Tech
On this episode of First Ring Daily, food prices in DC, Pixel 8 gets a quick mention, and it's a tech podcast, probably.
Aug 14, 2023•7 min
First Ring Daily 1491: Quaking in the Game Pass
On this episode of First Ring Daily, Quake arrives again, Lenovo has a laptop for Paul, and it's a Friday morning podcast.
Aug 11, 2023•8 min
First Ring Daily 1490: The Bad Email
On this episode of First Ring Daily, a bad email has arrived, a new T-series has arrived, and we will arrive tomorrow from a different location.
Aug 10, 2023•10 min
First Ring Daily 1489: Selling the Chips
On this episode of First Ring Daily, Sony expects to sell more PS5s, Microsoft has a trick to sell more PCs, and if you are running older Intel hardware, an update is coming.
Aug 09, 2023•13 min
First Ring Daily 1488: Tabulence
On this episode of First Ring Daily, trying to fix the tabs again, Earth has an appendix, and Apple is doing Apple.
Aug 08, 2023
First Ring Daily 1487: Groups of Trees
On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad returns some trees, Paul tries to help, and Apple has a date, probably.
Aug 07, 2023•10 min
First Ring Daily 1486: Genius Bar
On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad plays a lock, Apple reports earnings, and Paul does some math.
Aug 04, 2023•10 min
First Ring Daily 1484: Split the GPU
On this episode of First Ring Daily, cloud gaming goes to the AI, you can bash bugs if you would like, or watch Paul bash an elbow.
Aug 02, 2023•9 min
First Ring Daily 1483: An Exclusive Neuron
On this episode of First Ring Daily, Microsoft should never change, a series of neurons, and let's swap the battery.
Aug 01, 2023•9 min
First Ring Daily 1482: Xbox Makes a Change
On this episode of First Ring Daily, Xbox retires an app, CMA publishes a document, and COD is something Paul will try.
Jul 31, 2023•9 min
First Ring Daily 1481: Fade into the Outro
On this episode of First Ring Daily, technology doesn't really fade into the background, Intel finds a way to make it work, and we keep it short for a Friday.
Jul 28, 2023•7 min
First Ring Daily 1480: Teams has a Dashboard
On this episode of First Ring Daily, Teams is in the spotlight in the EU, Xbox gets a "new" dashboard, and maybe it is too much of us.
Jul 27, 2023•10 min
First Ring Daily 1479: Earnings Aftermath
On this episode of First Ring Daily, Microsoft releases their earnings and it's mostly good, unless you care about Surface.
Jul 26, 2023•14 min
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