For some unexplained reason, Nintendo decides to stop selling the super popular Classic NES. It defies all business logic. We also talk about pure software cameras that don’t actually use the picture you took for the final picture found on your phone. It’s an interesting discussion. These articles and many more below.
271: #LiveAuthentic
We start off the show with a story about a guy who decides to become an Instagram Influencer (#LiveAuthentic). It’s interesting to see what it actually takes. We also talk about self-driving cars acquisitions, coveted NES games, memory cards, internet duct tape, The Machine, measure power consumption and more. Show notes are below.
224: We Didn’t Go To CES, And You Won’t Believe What Happened Next!
We round up all the coolest CES news in this episode. Despite James’ downer attitude last week, CES proves that the future is bright, smart, and automated. The show notes below contain a huge laundry list of all the different products Matthew looked into. And yes, we talk about every single one. Think of this show like CES: a whirlwind of stories that’ll be mostly forgotten in a month.
222: Postdictions of 2015
It’s time for our annual postdictions of 2015. James nails is and Matthew… We’ll… Let’s just say there’s room for improvement. We start off recapping the big stories of the year and then dive into how well we called things. Enjoy the show!
199: Buying Radios On Amazon
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Matthew watches Back to the Future with a live orchestra. How cool is that?!
We then talk about Flipagram’s huge growth, Google Photo’s back-up problem on Android, Amazon Prime and Walmart’s cheap competition, New Horizon’s visit to Pluto, Colin Cowherd’s comment about radio going away, Adobe’s death march, Fitbit vs the GoPro, Kevin Rose’s opinion on Reddit, firing from drones, Tesla future Roadster, eSport athletes doping up, and the Lumos bike helmet that lights up.
Also, we’re still experimenting with a short show. See if you can find it. :-)
189: Mark Zuckerberg Is My Ecquaintance
An online acquaintance is a ecquaintance. Get it?
This week we talk about Nucleus Scientific and their battery disruption, Selequity’s service to make funding real estate deals easier, Facebook’s Internet.org, Nintendo’s profitability, Keurigs pouring out of customer satisfaction, Fitbit’s statement to IPO, Oculus Rift’s pressure to ship, and how Showcard is using the Blockchain to store your identity.
172: Everything is Getting Smarter And I’m Not Getting Any Richer
This is the week of CES! We talk about tons of different products. Check out the list and links below to see all the different ones that we covered.
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- iCelsius Wireless BBQ
- Nvidia’s New 64-bit Mobile CPU With A 256 Core GPU
- Nvidia’s Two New Car Platforms
- Sharps Any Size, Any Shape Screen
- Parrot Gets A Green Thumb with an Automated Watering Pot
- Making Your Traditional Fish Tank A Smart Fish Tank!
- VR Streaming Cameras
- Works With Nest Expands To Included Hue
- A Wireless Transmitter That Works From 20ft Away
- And Then There Were Two: Wireless Power Standards Merge From Three To Two
- HP’s Really Very Cool VR Monitor, And Other High Tech Screens
- Steam Machines Hardware Come Back Without The Software
- Audi’s Self Driving Car Drives To Las Vegas
- Cannon Is Getting Wifi To Stop You From Just Using Your Phone
- A Battery BackUp That Will Charge An iPhone 6 In 15 Minutes
- A Smart Pacifier With Temperature Sensing And Proximity Monitoring
- A Teenager’s View on Social Media
- You Can Finally Get ESPN on the Web, for $20 a Month
- Microsoft’s new Nokia phone can go for a month without being recharged, costs just $29
- Sony Demos The New HD Audio Walkman
- Razer Debuts An Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR) Headset
- Sony’s HUD Strap On
- Apple’s next major Mac revealed: the radically new 12-inch MacBook Air
- Fitbit Announces Two New Smart Watch Competitors
- Razer Entered The Smart TV Foray
- Intel Announced A Windows 8.1 HDMI Stick
- OneWheel Is Better Than Four
- AT&T will let customers carry over unused data to the next month
- KraftWerk Is A Butane Fuel Cell For Your Phone
- Keurig Will Make Dr. Pepper
- MakerBot Makes Composite Materials For Your 3D Printer
- And Chocolate Printing Too!
- PicoBrew Automates Home Beer Brewing
- Best Of CES
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166: Drone War of the Stars
It was Thanksgiving week and tech news still managed to happen.
The new Star Wars trailer looks fantastic, SendMyBag will ship your luggage for you, the FCC tells T-Mobile to stop unthrottling speed test sites, the Xbox One is improving but the PS4 is still better, people don’t trust Apple’s iCloud, the European Parliament wants to break up Google, watch makers don’t like that their designs are being copied, Matthew shares an overview of the history of computer graphics, the Doxie scanner improves with WiFi, Sinclair Community College is making a giant indoor stadium to fly drones, iPad sales are falling, NASA is 3D printing in space using the Zero-G, Snapcash is actually useful, Betaworks is analyzing your #homescreen, and Fitbit data can be used in court.
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- Watchmakers Suing To Protect Their Designs From The Digital World
- A Brief History Of Computer Game Graphics
- Doxie Updates Its Portable Doxie Go Scanner With Wi-Fi And iOS App
- SendMyBag Arrives In The U.S. To Take Your Luggage When Airlines Won’t
- Xbox One Review Update: One Year Later
- Ohio College Is Making A Drone Arena Dome
- T-Mobile Unthrottled Speed Tests Sites
- The Legacy Of Apple’s Secrecy Makes iCloud A Difficult Nut To Crack
- iPad Sees First Ever Decline
- NASA Printed Stuff In Space
- Homescreen Is Betaworks’ Latest Experiment-Turned-Product
- European Parliament Wants Google Broken Up
- When Fitbit Is An Expert Witness
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162: Big Brother is Watching You Print
Facebook and Google want to control the media, HTML5 is complete, Apple Pay is #1 and CurrentC is struggling to stay relevant, HP announces the Multi Jet Fusion printer and Sprout, Amazon’s Fire Phone isn’t selling well, Microsoft, Fitbit and HP show off their new smart watches, Version continues to do dirty business, the iPod is dead, and check-ins at Foursquare are declining.
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- Will the check-in survive? Foursquare’s controversial relaunch, by the numbers
- In an attempt to increase its influence over the media, Facebook makes publishers an offer they should refuse
- HTML 5 Is Finally Ready To Be Used!
- Why The iPod Classic Was Put Down
- How Lollipop Is Improving Security
- Google launches Google Fit app for Android, capturing all your fitness data in one place
- Apple Pay Already #1 In Mobile Payments
- CurrentC Gets Hacked
- You Know… I Always Like Meijer
- Verizon Is Getting Into Journalism And Bringing Along Their Typical Morality And Business Ethics
- HP 3D printing with Multi Jet Fusion technology
- HP dives into 3D printing with Multi Jet Fusion
- HP’s $1,899 Sprout
- Microsoft Jumps In to The Health Tracker Game
- HP’s Not Ugly Smartwatch
- Fitbits Cool New Toys
- Thanks to the Apple Watch, 2014 is the year that Fitbit moved quickly back into the pack
- Amazon Will Continue Developing The Fire Phone
160: A Nexus of New Apple Products
Oculus looks to Cinema for their killer app, HP kills WebOS, Swipe probably won’t change the world, Apple announces Apple Pay, new iPads, Yosemite, and a retina iMac, Matthew reviews Androids LG G and Moto 360, Google finds that kids use Voice commands, Apple kicks out Bose and Fitbit from the Apple Store, Tesla is bring the batter swap stations in December and shortly batteries will charge really fast.
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- Google Finds That Kids Use Voice Commands More Than Adults
- Virtual reality and the silver screen: A match made in heaven
- Swipe And The Silicon Valley Idea Machine
- HBO Will Be Offered Unbundled In 2015
- The Nexus Player Is Googles Real Answer To The Apple TV
- Google Announced The $649 Nexus 6
- Tesla Will Unveil First Battery Swap Stations In December
- Quick Charge Batteries
- Apple Plans To Remove Fitbit From Apple Stores
- Apple Is Removing Bose Products From Retail Stores
- It’s Finally Over: HP Will Shut Down WebOS Jan 15, 2015
- Apple Watch SDK To Come In November
- Apple Pay Comes On Monday
- We Called It: 5k iMac
- A Cornucopia of Choice: the 64 Different iPad Options
- OS X Yosemite Is Live
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