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.

• 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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