While We've Been Busy Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/while-weve-been-busy Stories, signals, and surprises worth knowing across tech, culture, and marketing, distilled every two weeks. © 2026 Publicis Constellation Groupe 9ddfd6f5-20b7-50a0-8b05-599ddb3b64b0 yes en Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:23:49 -0700 Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:25:08 -0700 https://img.transistorcdn.com/nIMVGx3_QCs1X0eSZYVg0jgZRZ3PhRg05frzvx63UnM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85Yzk1/NTllYTk3YTQ4NGM1/NGFhNWE1NzBhZmRj/ZjBiMy5wbmc.jpg While We've Been Busy episodic Publicis Constellation Groupe Stories, signals, and surprises worth knowing across tech, culture, and marketing, distilled every two weeks. Stories, signals, and surprises worth knowing across tech, culture, and marketing, distilled every two weeks.. Technology, Marketing, Samsung, Apple, Consumer, Culture, Media Publicis No No The year of the Fold 3 3 The year of the Fold full 3a7384b2-e95c-456c-b8c3-51bff1763ec4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a7b45a69 The year of the fold has arrived. Google's Pixel 11 Pro Fold is here with Gemini inside, Apple's foldable is close behind, and the category is finally going mainstream. This episode gets into Apple turning its hardware into a subscription you never stop paying, the maxxing craze that has everyone optimizing their looks, their sleep, and their money, why trust has become the metric brands are chasing through AI, and how a preschool cartoon quietly became one of the most-streamed shows around.

In this episode:

  • The year of the fold: three foldables sharing AI and screens, and where the hardware still sets them apart
  • Apple Upgrade: leasing your devices instead of owning them
  • Everyone is maxxing everything: self-optimization goes full-time
  • Trust is the metric to optimize now: winning the answer the AI gives
  • When a preschool cartoon takes over streaming
]]> The year of the fold has arrived. Google's Pixel 11 Pro Fold is here with Gemini inside, Apple's foldable is close behind, and the category is finally going mainstream. This episode gets into Apple turning its hardware into a subscription you never stop paying, the maxxing craze that has everyone optimizing their looks, their sleep, and their money, why trust has become the metric brands are chasing through AI, and how a preschool cartoon quietly became one of the most-streamed shows around.

In this episode:

  • The year of the fold: three foldables sharing AI and screens, and where the hardware still sets them apart
  • Apple Upgrade: leasing your devices instead of owning them
  • Everyone is maxxing everything: self-optimization goes full-time
  • Trust is the metric to optimize now: winning the answer the AI gives
  • When a preschool cartoon takes over streaming
]]> Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:51:30 -0700 Publicis Constellation Groupe Publicis Constellation Groupe 440 The year of the fold has arrived. Google's Pixel 11 Pro Fold is here with Gemini inside, Apple's foldable is close behind, and the category is finally going mainstream. This episode gets into Apple turning its hardware into a subscription you never stop paying, the maxxing craze that has everyone optimizing their looks, their sleep, and their money, why trust has become the metric brands are chasing through AI, and how a preschool cartoon quietly became one of the most-streamed shows around.

In this episode:

  • The year of the fold: three foldables sharing AI and screens, and where the hardware still sets them apart
  • Apple Upgrade: leasing your devices instead of owning them
  • Everyone is maxxing everything: self-optimization goes full-time
  • Trust is the metric to optimize now: winning the answer the AI gives
  • When a preschool cartoon takes over streaming
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