Episode 67a: It is a new year and HTML 5 is live! Leap Motion raised some cash.
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#67: Times, They Are a-Changin’
It is a new year and HTML 5 is live! Leap Motion raised some cash, Netbooks are dead, Windows 8 is not selling well because of the iPad, Chromebooks are selling well on Amazon, Samsung might move away from Android, and Silicon Valley innovation exists… kinda.
Also, Amazon is crushing B&N, Cue reviews our email, Square card reads are now sold at Starbucks, Avis buys Zipcar, and Google does not favor their own services, except Maps on Windows Phone.
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- 2012 was the end of the Netbook
- Windows 8 less popular than Vista
- Explaining Windows 8 PC Sales Over the Holidays
- Macbook sales fall 6%, Windows pc fall 11%
- HTML 5 is finally live
- The Chromebook was the best selling laptop on Amazon over the holiday
- Avis buys Zipcar for $500 million
- Google does not unfairly favor their own services
- Samsung confirms plans to move away from Android
- Amazon is Crushing B&N
- 2012 Cue Review
- Leap Motion Raises Money, Strikes Deal, Gains Momentum
- Square’s Mobile Card Readers Now Sold At Starbucks’ 7K Company-Operated Stores
- Why Silicon Valley innovation has stalled
- Google is blocking Windows phones from accessing google maps
- The belief is it might have to do with Webkit
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The Annual Prediction Show – Part 2
It’s that time of year again… when it ends. So we’re back with a look at how our predictions of 2012 did, and with some new ones for 2013. It was such a long show that we split it into two parts. Look for the first from yesterday.
This part deals with the future: Our predictions for 2012. The first part looked at the past.
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The Annual Prediction Show – Part 1
It’s that time of year again… when it ends. So we’re back with a look at how our predictions of 2012 did, and with some new ones for 2013. It was such a long show that we split it into two parts. Look for the second half tomorrow.
This part deals with the past: The big events of 2012 and how our predictions did. The second part will look to the future.
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The Top 2012 Stories
- Yahoo got a new CEO from Paypal: Thompson
- Yahoo got a new CEO from Google: Mayer
- RIM Gets a new CEO from Within: Heins
- Facebook goes public
- Facebook bought Instagram
- Encyclopedia Britannica dies
- Digg Dies… kinda
- Google Wave Dies
- WebOS Dies
- Zune Dies
- The Daily Dies
- Neil Armstrong Dies
- Nintendo Power Dies
- Apple releases iPad gen 3 and gen 4
- Apple releases iPad Mini
- Apple releases iPhone 5
- Microsoft releases the Surface and Windows 8
- Google Teases Project Glass
- Google releases Nexus Tablets
- Google turns on the Fiber
- Amazon releases new HD Kindle Fires, Paperwhte ereader
- SOPA!
- Higgs Boson discovered
- Curiosity Lands On Mars, mostly watched online
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Why Is This Fun?
Episode 65! Mayans were wrong! Netflix encodes each movie 120 times, Kodak sells their patents to everyone, Facebook copies Snapchat with Poke, IBM predicts what will happen in 5 years, the new SimCity requires an Internet connections, Instagram changes their TOS.
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- Real “touch” screens and tasteful computers: IBM predicts the future
- The new SimCity game looks awesome, as long as you have an internet connection
- To stream everywhere, Netflix encodes each movie 120 times
- The Great Instagram Kerfuffle of 2012
- I’ve been putting all my stuff in Chad’s garage…
- Kodak to sell their patents to… pretty much everybody
- Facebook releases Snapchat competitor app called Poke
- Youtube views take a sudden and dramatic drop
- 50kw lasers
- Facebook’s Poke app, a Snapchat app clone designed to obliterate the independent company
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A Fully Automated Show
Episode 64. Russian YotaPhone adds an e-ink display to the back of a smart phone, Google combats accidental mobile ad taps, the Guardian kills its Facebook social reader, Google Fiber may actually be cheap, Samsung Galaxy S3 gets CNET’s top device of the year, we ask why we still have to work, and Google Maps comes to the iPhone.
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- It may cost $140 billion dollars to build out Google Fiber… but that’s relatively cheap
- CNET: Samsung Galaxy S3 beats iPhone 5 for device of the year
- Why Do We Still Have To Work?
- The dual LED/e-ink screen solved…in the simplest way possible
- Google maps on the iPhone
- Petition to build a Death Star by 2016 passes 25,000 signatures, White House is required to respond
- Combating accidental clicks in mobile ads
- Guardian kills its Facebook social reader, regains control over its content
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An Asset Heavy Episode
Episode 63! Google has a sense of humor, Instagram disables inline tweets while Twitter’s making photo filters, Apple wants to bring Macs to America, Mary Meeker shares the state of the web, Android take off in China, Microsoft shares Windows Phone 8 keyboard secrets, and Time Warner Cable claims there’s no demand for 1gbs Internet.
We also discuss Free-to-Play games, solar cells in a thread, Matthew’s iPhone, and his new deck of cards.
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- The Daily Is Dead
- Mary Meeker’s Latest Must-Read Presentation On The State Of The Web
- Instagram disables your ability to tweet your photos
- Free-to-Play: The Lost Generation
- Bringing the Mac back to America
- The Ultimate Computer Factory… in 1990
- Android takes off in China but leaves Google behind
- The secrets of the Windows Phone 8 keyboard
- Time Warner Cable: If there was demand for 1gps, we’d offer it. There just isn’t
- It would cost an estimated $140b to bring Google Fiber to the rest of the US
- Solar cells in a thread
- Twitter Aims to Release Photo Filters in Time for the Holidays
- Funny Google Flights Messages
- Misc, Goods Co. Card deck
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The Future Will Be Awesome… Or Terrifying
Episode 62 is about the future. GE acquires startup Albeo, Saber Engines will go 5x the speed of sound, researchers develop ultralight printed materials, Staples will soon print in 3D, IE makes fun of haters, machines will make moral decisions, Surface Pros is coming in Jan., Microsoft Blue is coming in 2013, researchers figure out how to prolong flash memory life, Apple is talks with Intel to replace Samsung chips, and Facebook enables auto photo upload.
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- GE acquires LED startup Albeo
- Moral Machines
- Microsoft Blue
- The Saber engine will let us go 5 times the speed of sound and make it to space in one gigantic leap
- New IE commercial
- Surface Pro tablet announced Jan 2013
- Staples will allow you to print in every dimension
- How to build ultralight materials that are as strong as steel: Print them
- Apple in talks with Intel to replace Samsung as the manufacturers of the A series processors
- New method for massively prolonging the lifespan of Flash memory
- Facebook Makes A Huge Data Grab By Aggressively Promoting Photo Sync
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I Hope No One Is Listening
Episode 61 – Thanksgiving week! Newegg reports slow Windows 8 sales, Kickstarter got sued, Bizodo launches SignupasaService, Paul Otenlli leaves Intel, Matthew reviews his Android phone, HP’s Autonomy continues the PR nightmare, and we discuss social networking etiquette.
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- Furlo Bros Tech Podcast Special: Ian McLean From Statpedia Interview
- How To Get Startup Ideas
- Why Paul Otenlli got fired: He makes pickup truck engines
- Newegg reports: Windows 8 sales slow
- Kickstarter sued
- Bizodo Launches SignupasaService At AngelHack NYC To Cut Registration Woes Out Of The Design Process
- Oracle’s Ellison Vindicated in Autonomy PR Flap by HP’s $8.8 Billion Writedown
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More News Than You Can Eat
Episode 60! It’s almost as if everyone tried to squeeze all of their news in between the elections and Thanksgiving week. All this results in more news than you can eat.
Search Gmail for large attachments, download MacX DVD Ripper Pro for free, AT&T CEO doesn’t like iMessage, HTC to pay Apple $8/phone, RIM’s CEO expresses confidence in BlackBerry 10, Steve Sinofsky leaves Microsoft amid tepid Windows 8 sales, Google Fiber goes live, Nexus 4 sells out, Google TV improves, Google starts talks with Dish Network to launch a competitive cell network, soccer refs try using a smart phones to better communicate fouls, NASA prints in 3D with metal, teleportation works!, AC electric motors work better, Facebook shares a little bit behind their newsfeed organization, and Nintendo releases with Wii U.
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- Find the Large Attachments Eating Up Your Gmail Space with a Simple Search
- MacX DVD Ripper Pro November Giveaway
- AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson is losing sleep over iMessages
- HTC settlement with Apple will cost HTC $8/phone, may be archetype of future settlements
- RIM’s Chief Is Confident of BlackBerry 10 Success
- How Steven Sinofsky changed Microsoft, for better and for worse
- Google Fiber goes live, real world speeds of 700 mbs
- Nexus 4 sells out in 50 minutes
- Google TV: Now faster and easier
- Google in early talks with Dish Network to launch a competitive Cellular network
- Today’s the first time a professional soccer ref will issue yellow and red cards with a smartphone
- 3D printing with metal aka why we need NASA still
- WORKING TELEPORTATION!
- The future of electric motors
- Windows 8 Sales Well Below Projections, Plenty of Blame to Go Around
- HP’s Todd Bradley: Surface is no competition to us
- Facebook opens the door to how it organizes your newsfeed
- Microsoft begs Web devs not to make WebKit the new IE6
- Nintendo Wii U review
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