This week Yahoo! dies, SpaceX fires a used rocket, Facebook makes gobs of money, Apple forgets how to name devices, and Bitcoin is determined to not be currency. We cover it all, plus more. The show notes are below.
97d: If Bob Mansfield could do anything, he would make chips
How cool is that to be in a place where you can work on anything you want. I’m jealous. We also talk about Sony’s and Panasonic’s next gen disk, Google’s wi-fi take-over at Starbucks, and Samsung’s less-than-real performance.
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97: The Pebble and Other Stuff
It finally happened: James got his Pebble Smart Watch. Learn the full review after using it for a week.
We also talk about BMW getting into the electric car market, the new Moto X from Motorola and Google, Bob Mansfield’s semi-retirement, Sony’s and Panasonic’s next gen disk, Google’s wi-fi take-over at Starbucks, Samsung’s less-than-real performance, HP’s new Android-based SlateBook, the Black Hat conference, Google Glass being used in the NFL, hybrid airplanes, Apple’s eBook punishment and teleportation. Wow!
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- HOT Watch: Complete Smart Watch w/Revolutionary Private Calls
- Bob Mansfield leaves the Exec team at Apple
- ‘Everybody Loves Bob’
- Bob will be working with silicon and wireless chips
- Sony and Panasonic to jointly create next gen optical storage
- BMW tries to compete with Tesla… and fails
- Android Fragmentation Visualized
- Samsung lies about Galaxy S 4 performance
- HP launches Android-based SlateBook ‘PC’
- Google gives AT&T the boot, will supply 7000 US Starbucks locations with WiFi starting next month
- A Quick Look at the Moto X – Motorola’s New Flagship
- Motomaker video
- Moto X vs. the world: spec sheet smackdown
- Wired’s Look at the Moto X
- Don’t plug in to stranger’s chargers
- How Google Glass may change the NFL
- Hybrid planes trying to charge into action
- Apple faces 5-year ban for price fixing
- Bad News, These Physicists Say That Teleportation is Unworkable
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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Decidedly About Google IO
Episode 40! How time flies! The big news this week decidedly comes from Google. They unveiled their new Nexus Tablet, the Nexus Q, Google Play improvements, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, a Google Glass demo, Google+ events and Hangout integration.
We also talk about Microsoft buying Yammer, why the decided to make Magnesium cases, their rural broadband plan, and how they’ve offended OEMs like HP.
We also fit in news about Yelp check-ins on the iPhone, Woz’s support of Kim DotCom, Apple’s re-phrasing of there virus immunity, their new (horrible) podcasting app, Steve Job’s win against Flash, and Bob Mansfield retiring from Apple.
Finally, we finish with our weekly RIM update. It seems the mainstream media has picked up on their impending doom. Welcome to the party.
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- Yelp Check-ins Coming to iPhone Maps App
- Microsoft to Acquire Yammer
- Woz supports Kim DotCom
- Apple Quietly Pulls Claims of Virus Immunity
- Supply of aluminum cases sucked dry & In fact, it may well be the entire reason Surface exists
- New podcasting app!
- Google unveils the new Nexus Tablet
- Google Announces the new Nexus Q
- Google, Microsoft and 500 universities want to bring mobile broadband to rural communities
- Google Play: 600K Apps, 1.5B Installs Per Month, 20B Total, Now With Byte-Sized Smart App Updates
- Project Glass Is The Future Of Google
- Game, Set, Match. Steve Jobs wins
- What’s New in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
- More Details on the Nexus Q
- Om Malik on Google Pissing Everybody Off
- Google to merge Hangouts, Talk & Messenger
- Google Wins The Internet With A Live Skydiving Demo Of Google Glass
- Bob Mansfield Retires from Apple
- The mainstream media seemed to finally take notice: RIM is in shambles
- Microsoft Offends OEMs With Surface, HP Refusing To Build Windows ARM Devices
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