171: Amazon Fire Phone and Google I-O 2014

Published: July 2, 2014, 7 p.m.

b'Amazon and Google recently made some announcements around what they\\u2019re working on and releasing this year. Amazon released the perplexing Fire Phone, it\\u2019s first offering in the smartphone market. With the smartphone market dominated by Apple and Google products, does Amazon have a realistic chance with the Fire Phone? And does it make sense given their primary business is digital content, which suits their Kindle Fire tablet range more? And with Google I/O 2014, the company made some interesting announcements around Android, wearables, TV and car technologies. Steve and Ben discuss these announcements as well as a fascinating new technology story about a new brain chip that has successfully allowed a quadriplegic man to move his hand.'