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Vector 55: Turtles all the way down, with Ben Thompson

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/vector-55-ethics-copying-ben-thompson' title="Vector 55: Turtles all the way down, with Ben Thompson"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2014/08/04_SM-G850F_012_white.jpg?itok=JMil_yJO' />[/url]</p> <p>Vector (http://www.imore.com/vector) is a news and analysis show focusing on the biggest stories, hottest trends, and most important issues in technology and popular culture. On this week's show, Apple university and the state of management training, Microsoft's stack ranking and how it affected the company, Samsung and Xiaomi and the idea of legal vs. ethical vs. smart copying, the success and failures of innovation vs. imitation for companies and the economy, app design copying and what it means for designers, John Gruber's iPhone 6 math and the importance of touch target size, and native advertising in the context of podcast and RSS sponsorships. With Georgia Dow, Guy English, Dave Wiskus, Rene Ritchie, and special guest Ben Thompson. Subscribe and listen along!</p> <div class="center"> <audio controls="true" preload="none"><source src="http://traffic.libsyn.com/zenandtech/vector55.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://images.precentral.net/sites/precentral.net/files/mp3player/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="48" width="450"> <param name="movie" value="http://images.precentral.net/sites/precentral.net/files/mp3player/player.swf" /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&amp;soundFile=http://traffic.libsyn.com/zenandtech/vector55.mp3" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /></object></source></audio></div> <ul><li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vector/id677992290?at=10l3Vy&amp;ct=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Subscribe in iTunes[/url]</li> <li>Subscribe in RSS (http://feeds.feedburner.com/vectorshow)</li> <li>Download directly (http://traffic.libsyn.com/zenandtech/vector55.mp3)</li> <li>Follow on Twitter (http://twitter.com/vectorcast)</li> </ul><!--break--><h2>Show notes</h2> <ul><li>Debug 40: Nitin Ganatra episode II: OS X to iOS (http://www.imore.com/debug-40-nitin-ganatra-episode-ii-os-x-ios)</li> <li>Scriptnotes 157: Threshers, Mergers and the Top Two Boxes (http://johnaugust.com/2014/threshers-mergers-and-the-top-two-boxes)</li> <li>Xiaomi Mi4 review: China's iPhone killer is unoriginal but amazing (http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/08/xiaomi-mi4-review-chinas-iphone-killer-is-unoriginal-but-amazing/)</li> <li>Where's the Samsung shaped dent in the universe? (http://www.imore.com/editors-desk-where-samsung-shaped-dent-universe)</li> <li>Conjecture Regarding Larger iPhone Displays (http://daringfireball.net/2014/08/larger_iphone_display_conjecture)</li> <li>Is Buzzfeed a tech company? (http://stratechery.com/2014/buzzfeed-tech-company/)</li> </ul><h2>Panel</h2> <ul><li>Ben Thompson (http://twitter.com/monkbent) of Stratechery (http://stratechery.com/)</li> <li>Georgia Dow (http://twitter.com/Georgia_Dow) of Isometric (http://5by5.tv/isometric)</li> <li>Guy English (http://twitter.com/gte) of Kickingbear (http://kickingbear.com)</li> <li>Dave Wiskus (http://twitter.com/dwiskus) of Better Elevation (http://betterelevation.com)</li> <li>Rene Ritchie (http://twitter.com/reneritchie) of Mobile Nations (http://www.mobilenations.com)</li> </ul><h2>Feedback</h2> <p>Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show?</p> <ul><li>Email vector@mobilenations.com (http://mailto:vector@mobilenations.com) or leave a comment below.</li> </ul></div></div></div><div id="comment-wrapper-nid-26548"></div><img width='1' height='1' src='http://tipb.com.feedsportal.com/c/33998/f/616881/s/3ddef51a/sc/4/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/>

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