James and I couldn’t help but get into Pokemon Go this week with everyone else while we discuss the game, the community and the companies involved. Things got serious as we discussed the death of a shooting suspect in Dallas and the drone that killed him. We talked about the worlds most famous router (more interesting than it sounds) and a $4 dollar smartphone that might start a revolution. There was a weekly VR update brought to us by the Warriors and a First-Person drone race that looks like a ton of fun. We also talked Twitter, 5G cell service, Google’s iPhone app and wrap it up with some cathartic Snapchat bashing.
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Show Notes For Catching Pokemon With Lethal Force
In James’s never ending quest to have the coolest home on the block, James started us out with another Smart Home Update
Everyone knows Pokemon is a bid deal, but I don’t think even Nintendo knew it was gonna be this big of a hit. We talked about the new Pokemon Go, a game that brings Pokemon to virtually real world.
Pokemon Go Is Going Live
5 tips and tricks to master ‘Pokémon GO,’ the hottest game in the world
Hype check: Pokémon Go says more about Pokémon than it does about AR
There are a lot of questions about use of lethal force by the police today, and this adds a new wrinkle. The Dallas police used a drone to take out shooting suspect, have we crossed some sort of line?
Dallas Police Used A Bomb Robot To Kill Shooting suspect
What other piece of decade old tech still sells this well? Almost nothing like the most recognizable Wifi router in the world. It’s reliable, it’s modable, it’s hackable… it’s just kind of awesome.
The WRT54GL: A 54Mbps router from 2005 still makes millions for Linksys
Smartphones are expensive. But do they have to be? This $4 Android phone is proving they can be cheaper then a Big Mac meal.
Using A $4 Android Phone
Virtual reality has the ability to take you to a world that doesn’t exist, but it can also try out somewhere that does. For the Golden State Warriros, that might have been a winning manuver. Extra content: using the HTC Vive and an arduino to do motion tracking!
The Warriors Had A VR Tour Set Up For Kevin Durant While Wooing Him
3rd Party Position Tracking Coming To An Arduino Near You
What’s the future of drone racing? Hopefully something like this. High speed competion during the dark of night along an LED lit track. Looks like tons of fun.
First-Person Drone Racing At Night With LEDs Is What We Hope The Future Will Look Like
The world’s major telecoms are quite displeased with Net Nutrality. Now they’ve decided to hold the next generation of celular networks for ransom unless net nutrality is weakend.
Holding 5G Ransom
Twitter want’s to be your home for live events around the world, and sport events are a great fit for that strategy. First football, next soccer and basketball.
Twitter Continues To Work Toward Being Your Home For Live Sports
I’m not even sure what to make of this, and maybe it’s true. What do you do when Apple makes better apps for its competitors platform then its own? Why would a company do that? what is going on? I mean, I’m not complaining or anything.
Google’s iPhone Apps Are Better Than Apple Apps… And Android Apps
Snapchat is kinda like Independence Day: I’m definitely not saying it’s bad, it’s just dumb. What are you even doing Evan Spiegel?
Snapchat Memories is a searchable replacement for your camera roll
Snapchat Is Ruined
Displacing the Camera that Displaced the Camera
Snapchat’s Teen Fans Wince as App Catches On With Their Folks
Sometimes there’s just too much good stuff to fit in our show, so here’s some boun articles that were interesting, but didn’t make the final cut:
Here’s How I Can Tell If Someone Read My Email
Google Is Preparing For A Post Quantum Computer World
Google isn’t the only one