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This Week In Android covers everything related to the Android mobile platform. From apps to key companies and people to ‘under the hood’ looks at the technology itself, TWiA has it all. Hosted by gamer and tech enthusiast Ashley Esqueda and technologist and podcast pioneer Mark Jeffrey, you’ll get the latest Android information and opinion presented in a frank and fun fashion.
This Week In Android airs LIVE Fridays at 4pm PST/ 7pm EST.
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Ashley Esqueda hosts This Week In Android
When she’s not playing World of Warcraft or diving nose-deep into a Chuck Palahniuk novel, Ashley Esqueda is making someone laugh. Her love of comedy began at a young age, when she watched television shows like “You Can’t Do That on Television” and “Married With Children.” Even though she majored in Television Production while attending Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, it wasn’t until her first stint as host of its student-produced late night show “Nightcap” that she realized meeting interesting people, writing jokes, and cracking up audiences was precisely what she wanted to do with her life.
Ashley’s been on national television as a featured contestant on ABC’s “All American Girl,” as well as a talking head/contributor on G4’s “Filter.” She knows her way around a menagerie of topics ranging from celebrity gossip to tech gadgets – and she’s wholly unafraid to express her opinions on any topic she’s passionate about. She also spent time as Senior Editor at Play Magazine, mixing her video game roots with her editorial skills, writing reviews, columns, and interviews with developers and celebrity gamers alike.
In 2010, she finally set her sights on the one aspect of her career still unexplored: stand-up comedy. After attending Judy Carter’s Comedy Workshop in Hollywood, CA, she performed in various showcases in Southern California, including the world-famous Comedy Store. Her huge personality and feisty attitude make her a force to be reckoned with in 2010 and beyond.
Currently, Ashley hosts “This Week in Android,” a weekly web series dedicated to Google’s mobile operating system. She lives in Southern California with two very attached dogs, a cranky old cat, and her fiancée Jimi.
Mark Jeffrey hosts This Week In Android
Mark Jeffrey is a serial Internet entrepreneur, podcast pioneer and author. He co-hosts This Week in Cloud Computing and This Week In Android, and hosts This Week In Books (formerly Bibliotech). He is currently CEO and Co-Founder of ThisWeekIn, Inc.
Previously, Mark was CTO of Mahalo.com, Inc., a human-powered search engine focused on the top English-language search terms, including verticals such as travel, products, news, entertainment, sports, food, and health.
Prior to that, Mark co-founded business social networking company ZeroDegrees, Inc. and sold it to IAC/InteractiveCorp in 2004. He also was CEO and co-founder of SuperSig, Inc., an html email company.
His first company, The Palace, Inc., backed by Time Warner, Intel and Softbank, was a wildly popular virtual world that grew to 10 million users at its peak. It was was selected ‘The Best of 1996′ by Entertainment Weekly received numerous awards and coverage including a Webby Award nomination. Mark sold the company to Communities.com in 1998.
Mark has been named on of ‘50 to Watch’ by Variety Magazine presented as a featured speaker at the very first Harvard University Conference on the Internet and Society in 1996. Mark holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of New Hampshire.
His podcast novel “Max Quick 1: The Pocket and the Pendant” was released in 2005 and has received over 2.4 million downloads to date. Harper Collins bought the book in 2009 and will publish it in hardcover in 2011.
