Windows Phone is dead, but its influence lives on (The 3:59, Ep. 359)

On today's podcast, we talk about Windows Phone's impact, fake-news videos on Facebook and YouTube, and Dogecoin.

Ben Fox Rubin Former senior reporter

Ben Fox Rubin was a senior reporter for CNET News in Manhattan, reporting on Amazon, e-commerce and mobile payments. He previously worked as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal and got his start at newspapers in New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts.

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Feb. 22, 2018 7:33 a.m. PT

The aluminum- framed Microsoft Lumia 650, part of the now dead Windows Phone line.
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This audio show is just the first part of a marathon podcast we put together to celebrate our 359th episode. Instead of our typical 3 minutes and 59 seconds of tech headlines, we went live for 3 hours and 59 minutes. Plus, we partnered with the tech education nonprofit Mouse for the show. Watch the super-long podcast here.

On this podcast, we talk about:

How Windows Phone devices affected the rest of the mobile industry.
Conspiracy videos on the Florida shooting going viral on YouTube and Facebook.
The story of Dogecoin, a joke that turned into a real cryptocurrency.

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