This week James shows off his new HP Slate and talks about his experience with Android so far.
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119: On A Scale From 1 to 10 Google Products are OK
Google makes some amazing products and this week we spend a lot of time diving into them.
We also talk about James’ new HP Slate, the latest Pew Research on social media sites in the US, Apple’s purchase of SnappyLabs, the future of Google Glass, Microsofts Windows 8 problem, Youtube going to 4K, Snapchat non-apology, and AT&T & T-Mobile’s war for users.
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- Samsung sells a 110” Ultra HD TV for $150,000
- 73% Of U.S. Adults Use Social Networks, Pinterest Passes Twitter In Popularity, Facebook Stays On Top
- My Year With Google Glass
- Scoble says Google Glass is doomed
- Even Google Employees Are Giving Up On Google Glass
- More Execs Leave Microsoft
- Windows is in trouble because they realize they just don’t need the complexity of it anymore
- Google Announces Youtube in 4k
- AT&T will give up to $450 to leave T-Mobile
- T-Mobile taunted them back: AT&T is desperate
- Snapchat CEO Won’t Say Sorry for Hack
- Apple acquires SnappyLabs, makers of SnappyCam
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118b: The Furlo Bros 2014 Predictions
In this cut, we talk about what we think will happen in 2014.
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118a: The Furlo Bros 2013 Postdictions
In this cut we talk about what happened in 2013.
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118: The Annual Postdictions Show. Some Predictions Included.
Matthew reviewed all the news that happened in 2013 and compare it to our predictions.
We discuss news about Apple, Facebook, Google, Blackberry, Microsoft, 4k TVs, Tesla, Dell, Twitter, Xbox, Play Station, Nintendo, Steam, SimCity and a little bit about security. We graded ourselves an A- for our predictions. In the 3rd hour of the show (yes!) we got down to our 2014 predictions. There will be a cut with just this part of the show.
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117b: 2013 in Tech Review
We take a look back at what happened in 2013.
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117: The Uncanny Zeitgeist
This week we take a look back at 2013 tech trends.
We also talk about McLaren’s windshield force field, Console prices of Atari, Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft and Sega, the latency of Oculus Rift, Walt Mossberg’s look back at tech, Nielsen’s top websites, Google’s Zeitgeist, IBM’s 5 trends in 5 years, Cornell’s 3D printer, adding context to messages, Facebook becoming like Yahoo, Apple’s misunderstood commercial, Robinhood’s free stock trading app, Blackberry’s bad quarter, and Apple’s new Mac Pro.
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- Memory Clean
- McLaren to replace windshield wipers with a force field of sound waves
- The 3D printed speaker
- Getting the Oculus Rift out of the Uncanny Valley
- Text messaging will look boring after you try this app backed by Betaworks and Dave Morin
- Tiny Blog Prototype
- Console Launch Prices… adjusted for inflation
- Facebook will become Yahoo
- Top Products in Two Decades of Tech
- Tops of 2013 According to Nielsen
- IBM’s 5 in 5: In the future, everything will learn
- Google 2013 in Search: Heroes, tragedies and the Harlem Shake
- Apple normalizes the glow
- Study: People who take pictures of art remember less about the works than those who don’t
- Zoom While Taking Photos to Remember the Event Perfectly
- Robinhood App Will Offer Zero-Commission Stock Trades
- The new Mac Pro is a Status Symbol
- Blackberry is not doing too hot
- Friday was a bad day, but not a horrible day
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116b: I want to work for Google
That’s exactly what Matthew said once he found out about Google’s Robotics program.
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116: Princesses, Dragons And Technology
Matthew proposed to a princess and James sat in the front row of a theater. That about sums it up for the relative excitement in each other’s lives.
Other exciting new included comparing Snapchat to SpaceX, ITU figuring out how to get almost-Fiber into homes, Matthew’s new fitbit wrist band, Doctoc On Demand & HealthLoop’s attempts to help doctor-patient communication, the NYTimes 4th down Twitter bot, Square’s new card reader, NCTA’s horrible ads, the rise of MVPDs, Ubuntu Touch’s new hardware partner: Canonical, SteamOS going live, Oculus new funding, Tesla’s upcoming new car announcement, and a way to post away messages with Relaxed.
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- Awesome: A New York Times bot is second-guessing NFL coaches on Twitter
- Tracking Technology Sheds Light on Shopper Habits
- How Apple’s Lightning-Plug Guru Reinvented Square’s Card Reader
- The Worst anti cord cutting campaign of all time
- Why Nintendo Needs To Stay In The Hardware Business, Regardless Of The Wii U
- Doctor On Demand Launches To Bring A $40 (Virtual) House Call To Healthcare
- HealthLoop Lands $10M To Help Doctors Better Track And Engage Patients Between Visits
- Snapchat vs. SpaceX: Which gets more attention?
- Ubuntu Touch OS gets it’s first partner
- Big Media Companies Pave the Way For Cord Cutters
- 500 mbps over copper might solve fiber’s “last mile” problem
- Oculus rift raises $75 million
- Steam OS released to the world
- Model E slated for 2015 Reveal
- Google Bought Boston Dynamics
- Relaxed Sets Vacation Auto-Replies for Facebook and Twitter
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115: No Puns Intended
Here’s the trick: when you make a pun on purpose, say “no pun intended” anyways to point out to people that made the pun without directly telling them they should notice you made one. Works every time.
Amazon uses drones for PR only, Yahoo shares their top search results, Apply buys Topsy, LG shows off the G Flex, Apple inks a deal to sell subsidized iPhones with China Mobile, Apple also reveals that iBeacons is already in every phone, SmartCharge is a light with a battery, VASIMR makes plasma rockets cheaper to run, Homejoy gets $34 million to clean your home, Offline tries another iPad magazine business model, Medium updates to also become more magazine like, and the PS4 outsells both the Xbox and Wii U.
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- Apple bought Topsy. No one’s sure why.
- What did Apple Buy with Topsy
- Apple’s 2013 Acquisitions to date
- VASIMR and the 39 day mission to Mars… And Back
- The Amazon Drones: Brilliant PR
- Yahoo’s Year In Review Includes Top Searches For 2013 & First Ever Posting Of Top Tumblr Trends
- LG G Flex Hands-On: First Self-Healing, Flexible Smartphone
- PS 4 outselling xBox One 2:1
- PS 4 Killing xBox One in UK
- SmartCharge Wants You Not To Notice Power Outages
- China Mobile will offer iPhone 5S at the end of December
- Offline, A New Kind Of iOS Publication, Blends Text, Audio And Writer Empowerment
- Publishing Platform Medium Keeps Iterating With New Photo, Layout Tools And Collection Controls
- Homejoy Raises $38M As It Looks To Expand Beyond Home Cleaning
- iBeacons. Classic Apple