At least, that’s what he seems to be saying by purchasing The Washington Post.
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98: Live Audio
Given our interest in technology, it should be no surprise that we experimented with new technology that brought audio to life in our podcast. Enjoy the new sounds!
This week, we talk about Microsoft’s price cut of the Surface Pro, the 40 Days of Dating blog, the new Her movie, Bill Gate’s comments about Project Loon, Computer-Brain research, Samsung’s attempted ban of Apple’s iPhones, Jeff Bezos’ purchase of The Washington Post, Nokia’s new commercial poking fun at Apple, Netflix’s crazy algorithm for deciding what movies you like, and Blackberry’s impending doom.
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- Computer-Brain Interfaces Making Big Leaps
- Obama’s Veto and how the ITC got wrong
- The administration’s message: Enough’s Enough
- Jeff Bezos on Post purchase
- Bezos In 2012: People Won’t Pay For News On The Web, Print Will Be Dead In 20 Years
- Jeff Bezos Bought The Washington Post
- Facetime Everyday Commercial
- Nokia strikes back with their own pictures commercial
- Microsoft cuts price on Surface Pro by $100
- Facebook continues to make Zuckerberg’s newspaper metaphor a reality
- The Science Behind the Netflix Algorithms That Decide What You’ll Watch Next
- 40 Days of Dating: A Love Story?
- Bill Gates says Google’s internet balloons are ‘not going to uplift the poor’
- Trailer: ‘Her’ – Nov 20
- Bad News Bears For BlackBerry
87b: Guns don’t kill people, computer powered scopes kill people
So do offices, which is why Amazon is building a bio-dome.
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87: Episode One
The new Xbox will be called the Xbox One despite being the 3rd iteration. So today’s show is called Episode One despite being the 87th.
We also talk about the death of Google Buzz, Yahoo buying Tumblr while fixing Flickr, an amazing gun scope, Amazon’s new bio-dome, Samsung’s crazy bid to take over Android from Google, and Microsoft’s commercials vs Apple’s.
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- Tumblr. + Yahoo! = !!
- Your World, in Full Resolution
- The future of aiming
- Amazon.com wants to build a massive biosphere in Seattle (perfect for workers and mature trees)
- Visual recognition in Google+
- xBox One
- XBOX ONE REVEALED by Wired
- Xbox One Offers Voice Controls, New Kinect, Original Content, TV Integration, NFL Partnership
- Live TV on the Xbox One: Microsoft learns nothing from Google TV’s mistakes
- Pre-owned fee for xBox One
- Wii U sales collapse pre xBox One announcement
- Samsung’s strategy to deal with fragmentation: Get developers to make Galaxy specific apps
- New iPhone Commercial
- In contrast: the Surface advert
- Google Buzz is Shutting Down
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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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Of Mice and Androids
Episode 58! Matthew reviews the Kindle Paperwhite, Google announces the Nexus 4 and 10 along with 700,000 apps, Ethiopian kids teach themselves to read, Scott Forstall exists Apple while Johnny Ive takes over, Matthew reviews the iPad Mini, Elon Musk shoots for Mars, and Disney buys Lucasfilm.
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- Nexus: The best of Google, now in three sizes
- The Nexus 4 is faster than the iPhone 5! Unless you’re using it for real world applications…
- The Nexus 4 is a warning: If you’re going Android, you’re following the carriers’ rules
- Google now has as many apps in their store as Apple
- Given a tablet and no teachers, Ethiopian children teach themselves to read
- Scott Forstall exits Apple over iOS Maps
- Johnny Ives takes over all design at Apple. It’s almost certainly the end of skeuomorphism at Apple, is that going to be a problem?
- Bob Mansfield Retired in July, then un-retired in August. Now we know exactly why
- New Apple Commercial, it’s simple, and pretty cool
- Disney buys Lucasfilm, plans to release ‘Star Wars: Episode 7’ in 2015
- iPad Mini reviews: The Verge, CNET, Daring Fireball, TechCrunch
- Jobs is making money off of Google
- Elon Musk wants to go to Mars – Officially making him my favorite tech CEO/Entrepreneur
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The Tablet World Series
Episode 57! MIT makes a bandwidth breakthrough using algebra, Bald Bieber fans reminds us that not everything on Twitter is true, Singapore start vertical farming, and Wikipedia struggles to keep editors interested. Oh yeah, Apple unveils the iPad Mini, and Microsoft releases Windows 8 and Surface.
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- A Bandwidth Breakthrough
- Apple’s iPad Mini will compete on price NEXT year
- James wanted it, Singapore is delivering it: The birth of vertical farming
- Tim Cook: ‘we would not make’ 7-inch tablet, iPad mini in ‘a whole different league’
- Surmounting the Insurmountable: Wikipedia Is Nearing Completion, in a Sense
- Bald Beliebers Remind Us: Just Because You Read It On Twitter, Doesn’t Mean It’s True
- Steven Sinofsky on How Windows 8 PCs Deliver Better Value Than Apple
- Sorry, Microsoft Surface Users: No Google Search App For You
- Hurricane Sandy Causes Google To Cancel Its Android Event [headlines]
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The Pre-Christmas Launch Begins
Episode 50! America’s gamer population is shrinking! FCC plans on testing mobile speed claims! Amazon launches new Kindles! Microsoft announces more Windows Phone 8 features!
Also, we talk about home automation, how Apple got copied before launching their device, and Twitter’s higher mobile ads than Facebook.
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- Windows RT and Office 2013 RT video demo
- Microsoft Unveils New Windows Phone 8 Features: It’s All About Photos
- Lumia 920 announced, with a powerful feature set
- And they faked an ad for PureView
- America’s gamer population is shrinking
- Home of the Future Still Years Away
- The FCC plans on beginning testing of Mobile Telecom speed claims
- Apple outflanked by their own designs
- Amazon’s September harvest: new HD Kindle Fires, Paperwhite ereader
- Amazon’s Writing Is On The Wall For Physical Books
- Why e-readers evolved a lot today: Kindle Paperwhite and Kobo Glo
- Amazon confirms: All new Kindle Fires stuck with ads
- Bing will be the default search engine on Kindles
- HP announces Spectre One, a Windows 8 all-in-one that ditches touch for a trackpad
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