Google and Apple's Phone Battle

Google and Apple's Phone Battle

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 908 , Segment 2

Episode: Trump at the UN, Android vs. Apple, Cancer Drug for Allergies

  • Sep 26, 2018 9:00 pm
  • 18:13 mins

Guest: John Battelle, CEO, NewCo, Co-Founder, Wired Magazine When you buy a new phone, your choice is basically an iPhone or something else. Most of your non-iPhone options, say a Samsung or LG phone, are actually powered by Google through their Android operating system. Apple, of course, has its own operating system called iOS. Both of the systems pre-load your phone with their own apps for things like email or web browsing – and Apple won’t even let you change those. But Google is the one in trouble over in Europe for doing this. Why is that? And more importantly, why are Google and Apple the only choices we have to power our phones?

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When Teachers Rise Up and Resist

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Guest: Doris Santoro, PhD, Associate Professor, Education and Chair of the Education Department, Bowdoin College Many of America’s teachers are unhappy. In states across the country, from West Virginia to Washington State, teachers have marched on state capitols and held strikes this year. They want better pay, smaller classrooms, better financial support for programs. Many oppose state and federal rules that require teachers to use certain textbooks or give their students high-pressure tests. But when teachers are protesting, they’re not in the classroom doing their jobs. Is it possible for teachers to resist and press for change in their profession without derailing the education of the children in their care? Listen to

Guest: Doris Santoro, PhD, Associate Professor, Education and Chair of the Education Department, Bowdoin College Many of America’s teachers are unhappy. In states across the country, from West Virginia to Washington State, teachers have marched on state capitols and held strikes this year. They want better pay, smaller classrooms, better financial support for programs. Many oppose state and federal rules that require teachers to use certain textbooks or give their students high-pressure tests. But when teachers are protesting, they’re not in the classroom doing their jobs. Is it possible for teachers to resist and press for change in their profession without derailing the education of the children in their care? Listen to