Ever wonder how recycling of old tech products work? This week we explore what it means for Apple to reclaim a ton of gold through recycling. Unfortunately, it’s not as glamorous as everyone wants, but it’s still pretty cool. We also talk about the future of buying groceries, DJI’s new drone, Magic Leap’s mystery product, virtual desktops, audio technology, and Snapchat’s reasonable reaction. Check at the notes and links below.
206: The 4k Google Logo On Your Wrist
This week we talk a lot about Google. Make sure you check below for the link to their new logo (hint: it’s not this logo).
129: The Gold Standard of Tech Podcasts
Does Bitcoin have value? Is Bitcoin Currency? We discuss Bitcoin verses the US dollar, verses the gold standard, and it’s implications for inflation and general economic health.
We also talk about Titan Fall how it’s using Microsoft’s Azure to push the gaming limits, how TV “won” SXSW, Silicon Valley’s problem with young engineers not getting along with older engineers, and finally Google’s latest project Tango which helps you create a 3D world with your phone.
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- Titan Fall: The First Truly Next Gen Game
- An Industrial Robot vs. A Human at Ping Pong
- Bitcoin Is Not A Currency
- It’s the birthday of the web
- Silicon Valley’s Youth Problem
- The hot startup at SXSW this year was plain old television
- How Tango Works
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#68h: HBO might hate Netflix more than Google hates Microsoft
Turns out Michael Jackson makes pretty good songs.
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#68: The Only CES Review That Matters
Episode 68! CES week! Nvidia shows off Project Shield, Kingston has a 1TB jump drive, LEGO shows the Mindstorm EV3, Ubuntu has a phone OS, and Corning shows off their latest creation. We also look at the biggest trends, and do a household roundup.
Some non-CES news: IBM’s Watson learns how to swear, the White House rejects the Death Star proposal, PaperTab shows how thin tablets could look, you have to be a vegetarian to go to Mars, you can fake your Internet coolness with CouchCachet, and HBO signs a 10 year deal with Universal, and Windows Phone 8 gives you a black screen of death.
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- Nvidia’s Project shield
- A 1TB jumpdrive
- HBO signs 10 year deal with Universal to keep content off Netflix
- LEGO Mindstorm EV3
- A truly open platform: Ubuntu Phone OS
- Billionaire space entrepreneur wants vegetarian-only colony on Mars
- Fake your way to Internet coolness with CouchCachet, the social media hack for lazy bums
- 4K at CES 2013: the dream gets real
- IBM’s Watson learned the entire Urban Dictionary. They then had to give it a filter
- Windows phone 8 black screen of death
- Apple’s rumored twice a year refresh
- White House rejects Death Star, promotes tech education
- Corning’s Gorilla Glass
- Five most disruptive technologies from CES 2013
- CES household roundup
- Biggest trends in CES 2013
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