Displaying all 5 Episode of Coder Radio with the tag “activision blizzard”.
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547: The Slow and the Infuriating
December 6th, 2023 | 58 mins 44 secs
.net 8, acquisition, activision blizzard, activision blizzard deal, alderon games, android game store, apple contractors, apple envy, aspire, aspire components, austin, brain-inspired chips, broadcom, cbc tv, chat history, coder radio, corporate layoffs, developers, development podcast, epic, evidence destruction, federal warn act, google, google chat history, google deal, job cuts, judge donato, layoffs, microsoft, middle east investors, mobile games, mobile gaming store, monopoly, openai, performance focused types, play store, play store monopoly, project boston, radio staff, rain ai, random shuffle, risc-v architecture, sam altman, serialization improvements, settlement, spotify, tailscale, transaction fee, twilio, unity, unreal, utf8 improvements, vmware jobs, workforce, workforce reduction, xbox, xcode
After years of resistance, Mike finally surrenders to Xcode. And the secret Apple envy leaked to the public this week.
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497: Shots Across the Pond
December 21st, 2022 | 51 mins 45 secs
activision blizzard, apple, azure, chatgpt, coder radio, development podcast, end-to-end encryption, ftc, ftc sues to block microsoft, gpt-3, icloud, lina khan
Mike's skeptical of the rumors Apple is preparing to allow third-party app stores, and in a total flip of roles, Chris comes to the defense of Microsoft.
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455: One Revision Away
March 2nd, 2022 | 50 mins 22 secs
activision blizzard, bobby kotick, ceo payout, coder radio, development podcast, golden parachute, libc, meta, microsoft, nft, nfts, oculus quest 2, simulavr, steam runtime, valve, vr development, windows abi, wine
Mike and Chris eat some crow as they change their tune on a recent spicy take.
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453: International Boomer Marooners
February 16th, 2022 | 48 mins 38 secs
.net framework, accenture, activision blizzard, app store principles, client maintenance, coder radio, development podcast, dinobabies, epic lawsuit, f#, ibm younger work force, java embeded, mazda, microsoft, mono, npr, open app markets act, radio, sun microsystems, windows app store
After reminiscing about .Net's 20th birthday, Mike and Chris air IBM's hypocritically dirty laundry and marvel at Microsoft's 3D chess moves.
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450: MetaWave
January 26th, 2022 | 46 mins 53 secs
activision blizzard, bobby kotick, candy crush, coder radio, development podcast, duane o’brien, faker.js, game pass, game streaming, github, king, marak, microsoft, open collective, phil spencer, satya nadella, the netherlands fines apple, why activision blizzard did the deal with microsoft, xbox
The audience hits us in the face with some hard truths, and then we dig into Microsoft's fox-like moves to snatch up Activision Blizzard on "the cheap."