MobileViews 604: Google AI Pro 5TB; Google FlexOS USB stick; Apple 50th; guest Sven Johannsen

About this episode

The episode discusses Apple's 50th anniversary, Google's AI subscription updates, and new hardware gadgets.

Jon Westfall and I were joined by Sven Johannsen for MobileViews Podcast 604. We spent a good portion of the show reflecting on a major milestone: Apple turned 50 on April 1st. Beyond the nostalgia, we dove into Google's latest AI subscription changes and some clever new hardware gadgets.. I’ve been getting a lot of mileage out of Google AI Pro, and they recently gave their subscription service more value by bumping the storage from 2TB to 5TB for the same $200-a-year price. One of the most impressive new features is NotebookLM’s cinematic video creation, which I used to analyze and summarize 18 years of our own podcast history. We also discussed Google Flex OS, which now offers a three-dollar bootable USB stick for people who want a low-barrier way to try Chrome OS on their existing hardware. We shared our "origin stories" with Apple, and it was a fun look back at how the technology evolved:. I also recounted my favorite customer service story from 2010, where an email to Steve Jobs' office resulted in me getting a launch-day iPad despite a UPS delivery delay—and UPS actually made its first-ever Saturday delivery in my region just to get it to me and other iPad pre-order…

People in this episode

Host: Jon Westfall

Guest: Sven Johannsen

Topics covered

• Google AI
• Apple history
• technology gadgets
• Chrome OS
• customer service stories
• MacBook Neo

Keywords

• Google AI Pro
• Apple 50th
• NotebookLM
• Google Flex OS
• MacBook Neo
• customer service story
• Chrome OS

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apple, Google

Products: Google AI Pro, NotebookLM, Google Flex OS, MacBook Neo

Places: UPS

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