ActivityPub is the next big thing in social | The Vergecast

Today on the flagship podcast of overthinking thermometers:
David Pierce and Dan Seifert discuss what’s happening in the weather app world, and hear from the developers of Carrot Weather and Hello Weather.

Flipboard CEO Mike McCue joins David and Nilay Patel to discuss the potential of ActivityPub, a new standard for social networking that is more open, more user-centric, and potentially more powerful than Twitter and Facebook. #Tech #News #Podcast

00:00 - Intro
01:14 - What makes a good weather app?
26:38 - ActivityPub with Flipboard CEO Mike McCue
51:51 - ActivityPub Part 2

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