Episode 13: Sometimes Tech Re-Invents the Bus

This week Rae checks out the AllTrails hiking app, Rad has a play in the Oppo ecosystem and Tegan exposes a new text message scam.

Later on, the queens chat about some spectacular tech fails over the last few years – like 3D movies and TVs, Juicero, Hoverboards and the ill-fated Quibi.

This episode was sponsored by Shure and Jands.

Show Notes

• Tegan’s article on the Signal text message scam that is posing as Amazon
• And here’s one from last year where the scammers actually had Tegan’s name and tried to phish that way
• If you’re worried you’ve been scammed, or just want to report one you’ve seen, head over to Scamwatch.
• Tegan’s review of the Oppo Reno 5G, AKA the one with the pop-up shark fin selfie cam
• The Oppo Find X3 Pro Has A Huge Camera With An Intense Microscope Lens
• The AllTrails app Rae has fallen in love with
• Rae and Rad talk about Quibi on Download This Show
• Dummy on Quibi from Cody Heller (partner of Dan Harmon) was genuinely delightful
• RIP Quibi
• Why 3D movies failed
• 3D TV is dead, so what’s next?
• Why 3D glasses stopped being red and blue
• Hoverboards aren’t actually hoverboards
• Hoverboard jackings were real
• That time Segway sued Not Hoverboards
• Russell Crowe’s Hoverboard tantrum
• Hoverboard causes Melbourne house fire and just kept catching fire in general and eventually got recalled in Australia before being straight up banned
• We guess that fire-resistant hoverboard bag wasn’t enough
• Hoverboard porn sure does exist
• That battery invented to stop hoverboards exploding
• Squeeze Out A Bag For Juicero, Which Is Dead Now
• Juicero’s Ex-CEO Says He Is Doing Really Well, Also Gets Pretty Mad When Asked About Juicero
• That time Silicon Valley re-invented the bus
• The ice cream pod machine is very real