“Made in America” will soon mean “Made by Robots”. Welcome to the next wave of mass customization.
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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
I Hope Zuck Had a Prenup
Episode 34, Facebook IPO week! We start out talking about the potential of Chrome for iOS and the intro of Google’s Knowledge graph. We then dive into the great Nano-Sim debate between Apple, RIM, Nokia & Motorola, why James quit Netflix, how to understand Silicon Valley speak, and the Maker Faire. Oh yeah, and we discuss Facebook’s IPO a little bit. Plus much more!
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- Google likely to launch Chrome for iOS in the next few months
- Googlepedia
- The great Nano-Sim debate
- Why I Quit Netflix
- How to Understand Silicon Valley Speak
- Source: Layoffs Are About To Hit HP
- Flashback makers missed out on their payday, Symantec says
- Samsung’s value drops $10B on talks of being dropped from Apple’s supply chain
- But that would be ridiculously hard for Apple
- Facebook vs. Apple
- The Facebook Offering: How It Compares [infographic]
- Amazon to Sell Ads on Kindle Fire Welcome Screen
- The WSJ announced the iPhone 5 will have a 4 in. screen.
- Apple’s secret plan to kill the cash register
- The Silicon Valley of Russia
- Facebook’s face plant
- Makey Makey’s control with anything
- Electric Choppers of Oregon
- Whenyouwish.com
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He’s Gone SoMoClo! Boom Shocka Locka!
Episode 21! We talk about Apple’s possible iPad 3, Google’s possible purchase of Motorola, Samsung’s Apple TV delusion, Legos & Star Wars, fake girlfriends, MLB 2K12 pitching, Chirpify payments on Twitter, Twitter self-serve ads, the SoMoClo OS, the Pinterest money machine, and Microsoft’s new logo.
- iPad 3 Announcement Primed for March 7th
- Confirmed: iPad 3 Has a 2048×1536 Retina Display
- EU Approves Google’s Purchase of Motorola
- US Approves Google’s Purchase Too, Just a Few Hours Later
- Apple Sues Google Over Nexus, They’re Taking It To Google’s Front Door
- Samsung Not Worried About Apple’s TV: “TV’s Are Ultimately About Picture Quality”
- Lego Group Renews Star Wars Licensing Deal
- Konami’s New Service Has a Fake Girlfriend Email You About Her Day
- Getting Schooled In MLB 2K12
- Chirpify Facilitates Scarily Seamless Twitter Payments
- Twitter’s Self-Serve Ads Solve a Big Problem, But Create A New One
- NFL Blitz Tops PSN Downloads for January
- HP CEO Worries Android May Be Closed After Google-Motorola
- The Slow Rise of the SoMoClo OS
- Apple’s Mountain Lion App Store to Act More Like Valve’s Steam
- Pinterest: Delightful, Addictive, Theft
- Pinterest Is Not “Playing Dumb” About Making Money
- New Microsoft Logo-not a flag
- Some Numbers for the Kindle Fire – 3.9 Million Units Shipped
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Smart Phones. They’re Here. You Should Probably Get Used To It
Episode 20! We discuss Netflix’s new show Lilyhammer, Google HUD glasses, RIM’s App world, Amazon vs $15 text books, Google Chrome on Android, the App Economy, iTunes Match, Sony’s Playstation Vita, Kodak != cameras, Wolfram Alpha getting data crazy, Google’s mysterious device, Oracle buying Taleo, and Apply increasing touch accuracy.
- “Lilyhammer” Premieres Today
- HUD Google Glasses Are Real and They Are Coming Soon
- RIM claims their App World is more valuable than Google’s Marketplace
- What’s Amazon going to do about $15 text books?
- Google Chrome Is Now Available For Android (And It’s Fantastic)
- Nearly 500,000 “App Economy” Jobs in United States
- The first round of iTunes Match royalties pay out
- Everything You Need to Know About Sony’s PlayStation Vita Launch
- Kodak is getting out of camera game.
- Wolfram ALPHA about to be unleashed
- That Google Mystery Device? It’s Basically a Sonos
- Google’s Entertainment Device: The real reason they bought Motorola
- Oracle Buys Taleo in a $1.9B Response to SAP
- An Apple patent to increase accuracy with touch interface
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The Best CES Coverage. Period.
It’s CES week! We talk about Ultrabooks, Search + Your World, Why MG Hates Android, TVs, HUDs, tablets, phones, Comcast disrupting SOPA, PCs vs Tablets and MUCH more! Check out all the links for videos, summaries and more.
- HP, Dell Targeting Apple’s ‘Fashionista’ Buyers With New Ultrabook Laptops – What’s next? Superbook? Captainbook? Batbook?
- Why I Hate Android
- Search, plus Your World with some Anti-Trust and Privacy Concerns
- Comcast Rolls Out “AnyPlay”
- Next Gen iPad Spotted at CES?
- Samsung Shows Off 55″ OLED Screens
- Is it Time For a .Data TLD?
- Sony Demos 24 and 46 inch Glasses-Free 3D TVs
- Panasonic’s New TV Remote – Not really a big deal in and of itself, but says a lot about where they think the industry is heading
- Microsoft Tops Yahoo in Search Results
- Golden Eye Head Mounted Computer – 2.5 G’s
- Verizon Says Almost (Except Prepaid) All Future Phones/Tablets Will Be LTE
- Eye Tracking GUI
- See Through HUD
- OLED Interactive Window – this is awesome
- VISA Certifies NFC Equipped Android, BlackBerry Smart Phones for payWave
- Motorola Smart Controller for Remote Control of Your Tablet For When Your Touch Device isn’t Around You… Motorola, you’re doing it wrong.
- AcerCloud, a Free P2P Cloud Type Thing – Pretty Cool Tech
- Monster and Beats By Dr. Dre are Splitting
- LightPad G1 Bluetooth Keyboard & Pico-Projector – Clever idea… not sure it’s a great execution
- Synaptics Demos 10-Finger Touch Tablets
- Vuzix Augmented Reality Glasses, not ready for prime time, but maybe in 2013
- WebOS Gets OTA Update
- $79 Novo7 IceCreamSand Android Tablet
- Google Announces Design Standards For Ice Cream Sandwich A guideline, not a mandate. XKCD on standards
- Porche Teamed Up With BlackBerry to Design a Sweet Looking, Yet Dead End Luxury Phone
- Microsoft Patent Agreements Now Cover 70% of All Android
- SpareOne, a Cell Phone That Last 15 Years
- Comcast Network Upgrades Disrupt SOPA
- Dish Network Bought 500 Blockbuster Locations… and They’re Now Closing Them. – What’s the plan here?
- Motorola Rolls Out Ice Cream Sandwich for Xoom
- PC vs Tablet Shipments: Fun With Data
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Data Mind Your Own Business
What you’ll find: Kodak inside, Siri is actually amazing, Facebook ID cards and data, HP and data, Oracle and data, get Dropbox, Motorola’s joke, and Microsoft’s future.
Umm… for those of you keeping score, we experienced a technical issue from week 3. It’s gone, but it was amazing. Trust me.
Recorded Oct. 23, 2011