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It’s episode 42 fellow hitchhikers! It turns out that HP’s parts are worth more than the whole, NYC begins upgrading pay phones to wi-fi hotspots, Deron Williams signs his $100 million deal on an iPad, it might only cost Google $152 to make the Nexus 7, and Digg officially gets sold.

We also talk about Microsoft buying Perceptive Pixel, Nokia’s path to bankruptcy, Microsoft’s new chassis design for Surface, Apple’s EPEAT debacle, Steam’s new Greenlight & their summer sale, Amazon’s potential new smartphone, RIM’s amazing Twitter campaign, and finally we pine over a potentially new Office suite.

 

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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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Microsoft’s Tablet Surfaced This Week

Episode 39! The big news was Microsoft’s new Surface Tablet. We talk about the device and how it’s a transitional product for a company in transition. There are still a ton of questions about it, but they’ll all have to wait since nobody actually gotten to try one.

We also talk about Facebook’s purchase of Face.com, LG getting out of the tablet game, Airbnb’s sleepover milestones, the new version of Flipboard, Matthew’s hands-on with the new Retina display MacBook Pro, Windows Phone 8, Waze’s new Real-Time Fuel Prices, the dropping price of SSDs, PC maker’s hopes of future notebook purchases, Larry’s Hawaiian Island, Bing’s Image Search non-improvements, RIM’s potential fracturing, Apple’s new cloning security, Google Maps discounts, and Larry Page’s absence.

 

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James Talks About Facebook and Matthew Got Mad At Everybody

It’s Episode 37! We start off talking about iPads in airplanes & airports, and how the Pirate Bay avoids an IP blockade. Then we talk about Corning’s new Willow glass, Matthew bashes the Lumia 9000, the file system and Apple’s WWDC.

James talks about Facebook: access for 13 year olds, mobile-only ads, App Center, and their election.  We then round out the show talking about the death of Zune, a new haptic touch interface, Google’s non-event map event, how Xbox is the Apple killer, Adwords + AdMob, RIM killing their 16BG Playbook, Best Buy founder stepping down and Samsung’s CEO stepping down.

 

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This Is The Way The World Ends

Episode 36! It’s all doom and gloom this week. We start off talking about the end of the Milky Way galaxy, and RIM’s downward spiral. Then we talk about the (new) Chrome OS, the Flame Virus & Stuxnet. We attempt to be positive by talking about Google+ Events and Google’s win over Oracle. An attempt!

Other things we talk about include: Amazon’s instant video on Xbox 360, Facebook’s picture vs Google’s vision, the computer’s ability to assess emotions, prepaid iPhones with Leap Wireless, Apple’s inventory turns, how Samsung’s new mini-computer looks identical to the Mac Mini, Facebook Pages administrative roles, Windows 8 Preview with crippled Flash, SpaceX Dragon awesomeness, Office for iPad coming after the Windows 8 launch, Google’s Map event/joke, NanoSIMs and Ping. Done.

 

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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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No One Will Survive 10 Years

Episode 32 and there’s lots of news to cover this week. We talk about why Google & Facebook might be gone in 5-8 years. Why Moore’s law will be done in 10 years. The amazing Samsung Galaxy S III, Yahoo’s Disgrace, and AT&T’s biggest regret.

 

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Technology’s Amazing and Nobody’s Happy

This is episode 30! Unbelievable! We talk about hydrogen fuel cells, Windows 8, supercomputers as brains, Louis CK’s Internet money, and IKEA’s new HDTV. Then we discuss moving beyond social and mobile, NBC’s Olympic portal (which is awesome), what would happy to RIM’s data if they died, and Android’s importance to Google. We finish up on Verizon’s iPhone sales, Liquidmetal, LED bulbs, and lessons from Bill Gates.

 

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The Hunger Video Games

Episode 28! Does core gaming have a problem? Hopefully you’re hungry to find out! Plus, kids should code, Oracle & Google are going to trial, whereas Apple & Google may settle, iOS controllers may be coming, Piper Jaffary thinks smarts phones are 2 horse race… doesn’t include 37 year old Microsoft, Google’s Project glass looks awesome, Yahoo lays off 2,000 employees, FreedomPop wants to disrupt TeleComs, Macs get a Trojan, and we go on a Facebook always-sharing-reading-app requirement rant.

 

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No Fooling Around

Episode 27! James is back from Mexico. Matthew is still around. Tech talk ensued… April fools! Oh wait… Tech talk did ensue… Movie streaming is growing fast, Twitter has a better business model, more prime spectrum is available, 3D memory chips!, OpenStreetMaps is gaining momentum, the New iPad is a memory hog, self healing plastic, Android is losing momentum yet still killing it, Best Buy closing stores, RIM is losing money, Google makes 8-bit maps for April Fools.

 

 

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