We are entering an age of technology where no just wonder if we CAN do it, but have to ask ourselves if we SHOULD do it.
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81: Pardon The Disruption
Disruptions are everywhere this week! Solar panels are disrupting the energy market, Google is disrupting the ISP market, Microsoft is disrupting the PC market, Bitcoin is disrupting the currency market, and Facebook is disrupting the mobile phone market. It’s a world gone crazy!
We also talk about 3D printing, the FBI’s surveillance tool, MIT’s DNA-patterned graphene, Samsung’s superior global Galaxy S4, Blackberry’s horrible Z10 sales, shallow texters, Foursquare’s $41 million investment, Internet Explorer vs. Murder Rates, Google’s inactive account manager, iPhone’s India sales, an attack upon WordPress, and regulated commercial drones.
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- 3D printers in the operating room
- Tiny wires could be a breakthrough for cheap solar panels
- US electric utilities predict their own downfall—thanks to solar panels
- Secrets of FBI Smartphone Surveillance Tool Revealed in Court Fight
- AT&T announces 1Gbps internet coming to Austin… to compete against Google Fiber
- MIT using DNA to pattern graphene, eventually hoping to make Integrated Circuits
- Global version of the Galaxy S4 is way faster if you buy the global phone
- PC sales plunging, Microsoft’s Windows 8 to blame
- Bitcoin value plunges 40% in a few hours
- This Trippy Video Explains Bitcoin in Under 4 Minutes
- Yahoo Stock rebounding finally
- Z10 doing terrible, Returns exceeding sales
- You’re shallow if you text more than 100 times per day
- Foursquare Gets $41 Million Investment, Time to Grow
- Internet Explorer vs. Murder Rates
- Google’s inactive account manager
- Hours in, Facebook Home suffering from poor Google Play reviews as 48% of users award it 1 star
- iPhone sales in India skyrocket
- Major brute force attack on WordPress
- Eric Schmidt wants government to regulate commercial drones
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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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Moments with Matthew
Episode 53! One Year! Amazing! Google turns 14, Driverless cars get legalized in CA, Tesla secretly creates solar powered charging stations, printers print pictures of printers, the Clucks iPhone app gets advertising right, and smart phones are cheap to charge.
Also, MIT demos a mapping backpack (watch the video!), RIM keeps fighting with music videos, Apple apologizes for Maps, and Marvel creates an awesome second screen experience for Avengers.
Finally, we finish up with reflections about the past year and what we’re excited about in the next year. Thanks everyone for listening. We really appreciate it!
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- MIT introduces real time mapping in a backpack
- Tesla’s Revolution: Would you an hour to your 300 mile trip, if gas was then free?
- RIM CEO tells developers to hold on for BlackBerry 10: “We are fighting.”
- Driverless Cars Legalized in CA
- Your iPhone 5 cost only $0.41 per year to charge
- If You Had Remote Access To Your Neighbor’s Printer, What Would You Print?
- Clucks brings video to social gaming, complete with voice detection and celebrity guests
- Apple Maps not Most Powerful Mapping Service
- Google is not building a maps app for iOS, according to Schmidt
- A Letter From Tim Cook on Maps
- Google Field Trip
- Why Avengers super-fans should assemble for Marvel’s second-screen experience
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New Storage, New Glass, New Format
Episode 31! We tried a new format this week. We lead off with “brief” observations of the news this week (See the list below). Then finished off with a deeper look at a few topics. Those topics included using Codea to build iPad apps, Google Drive (vs. Dropbox & SkyDrive), what’s next for the smart phone market, why electronics are manufactured in China, and the glass ceiling of technology.
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Featured Articles
- Cargo-Bot iPad game built on the iPad using Codea
- Google Drive is live and available right now, but it’s no Dropbox killer
- Google Drive: Google Docs Meets Dropbox
- The Rare Earth Dilemma: Why your electronics are manufactured in China
- We nailed it 5 years ago, can we do it again?
- We’ve Reached The Glass Ceiling of Technology And it Seems Pretty Awesome, Actually
Monday
- YouTube Launches AdWords For Video
- Dropbox shares your stuff with a link!
- Microsoft Takes On Dropbox With SkyDrive For Windows, Mac and iOS
Tuesday
Wednesday
- Apple Maybe 10 Years Behind in Malware Preparedness
- Live In Cupertino? Wanted to go to WWDC this year? If You Answered Yes, Then Too Bad!
- Sebastian Thrun on Charlie Rose
Thursday
- The Woz Heaps On Praise for the new Windows Phone
- SloPro Ap, brings on the go Slow-mo to the iPhone
- The Decline of Android, and the market implications
- 98% of First Time iPad Owners are Satisfied with Their Purchase
- Makes Most Sense for Google To Buy Twitter
- Samsung Passes Nokia in World Wide Mobile Phone Sales
- Steve Jobs as Willy Wonka
- We’ve got hard data: Netflix really is killing Nickelodeon
Friday
- Recent Protest at China’s Foxconn Factory Over Xbox 360, not Apple
- Why Microsoft’s Metro UI could slowly kill Android
- MIT creates glare-free, self cleaning, water repellent glass
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