Beyond Devices Podcast

Our News Roundup this week covers former Uber employee Susan Fowler's revelations about how she was treated as a female engineer at the company, and the subsequent announcement of an investigation by a semi-independent panel; Waze's expansion into becoming a carpooling service; and Microsoft's launch of Skype Lite, an innovative low-bandwidth version of Skype for emerging markets which launched in India this week. Our Question of the Week is "What is the true state of online advertising?" We've all heard lots about Google and Facebook's massive revenues from online advertising, and their increasing dominance of the space, but we've also seen recent news about increasing calls for independent audits of their advertising metrics, and questions from big advertisers about the effectiveness of online advertising. So Aaron takes us through some of the complex dynamics, challenges, and prospects for the online advertising industry and the potential for companies like Snap, Twitter, and Yahoo/AOL under Verizon. Our