DigitalOutbox Episode 175

DigitalOutbox Episode 175
DigitalOutbox Episode 175 – Cameron bans porn, Google’s new Nexus and Chromecast and Kinightmare returns

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0:35 – Online pornography to be blocked by default, PM announces
13:01 – Net block MP Claire Perry in spat over porn hack
18:10 – Googles Breakfast
18:10 – Googles Breakfast
18:10 – Googles Breakfast
18:10 – Googles Breakfast
29:25 – Microsoft suffers poor fiscal Q4 with $19.9B in revenue and $0.59 EPS after $900M Surface RT charge
30:41 – Apple Confirms That Its Dev Center Has Been Breached By Hackers
30:41 – Apple Confirms That Its Dev Center Has Been Breached By Hackers
35:40 – Amazon UK will track Prime packages to within 15 minutes of delivery
40:29 – Xbox One will allow independent developers to self-publish titles
44:25 – Knightmare

DigitalOutbox Episode 174

DigitalOutbox Episode 174
DigitalOutbox Episode 174 – PC decline, Microsoft Restructure and ISP’s go to war

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1:19 – PC sales see ‘longest decline’ in history
4:31 – Microsoft Realigns To Focus On Hardware And Better Compete Against The Apples And Samsungs Of The World
8:41 – How Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages
12:28 – UK to probe Huawei staff’s role at cybersecurity centre
15:11 – Leaked letter shows ISPs and government at war
21:27 – Google for Non-profits hit’s some of the UK
23:00 – UK to test self-driving cars on public roads this year

DigitalOutbox Episode 173

DigitalOutbox Episode 173
DigitalOutbox Episode 173 – Guilty Apple, Dropbox and GTA5

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0:55 – Apple guilty of ebook price fixing
5:18 – Google patches critical Android threat as working exploit is unleashed
7:42 – Vodafone under fire over per-minute charges change
9:25 – Facebook threats against a high school land UK man in jail for two years
12:13 – The BBC will take a three-year hiatus from creating new 3D programming at the end of 2013
14:06 – First 3D printer reaches high street
16:00 – Twitter Apps Finally Sync The Read Status Of Your Direct Messages
17:19 – Dropbox gets cloudier with API for syncing data, not just files
19:07 – Smart lighting and route app to get residents on their bikes
23:39 – Xbox Live UK prices jump one-third in real money swap
26:37 – GTAV

DigitalOutbox Episode 172

DigitalOutbox Episode 172
DigitalOutbox Episode 172 – Doug Engelbart, Three and EE

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0:57 – Doug Engelbart, American inventor and computing legend, passes away
1:46 – Facebook to stop ads running next to offensive material
4:34 – UK to crack down on online piracy and counterfeiting with new government unit
6:31 – AutoRip comes to the UK
8:28 – Samsung buys set top box maker Boxee
11:15 – BlackBerry Misses In Q1 2014
13:34 – 3 mobile slashes pay-as-you-go costs
17:46 – EE doubles 4G speeds this week and offers UK’s first shared data plans
22:07 – Ubisoft website hacked, usernames and encrypted passwords exposed
23:40 – Zynga Confirms Xbox Head Don Mattrick as New CEO

DigitalOutbox Episode 171

DigitalOutbox Episode 171
DigitalOutbox Episode 171 – Microsoft Build 2013, Facebook and Sony

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2:28 – Build 2013
12:33 – Facebook hate speech row
15:39 – Facebook Security Bug Exposed Personal Account Information
19:39 – Sony launches giant waterproof Xperia Z Ultra phone
23:00 – Sony’s SmartWatch 2
24:38 – Barclays to sell customer data
27:07 – Google Reader ends this Sunday
31:37 – British Airways to relax rules on electronic devices

DigitalOutbox Episode 170

DigitalOutbox Episode 170
DigitalOutbox Episode 170 – Xbox 180, Porn, Samsung and Project Loon

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0:45 – Samsung Ativ
5:18 – Galaxy NX
7:37 – ISPs to include porn filters as standard in UK by 2014
11:18 – Google Is Starting War On Child Pornography
14:48 – Google alternative DuckDuckGo hit nearly 3.1M queries
19:05 – Apple TV Finally Gets HBO GO And WatchESPN
22:02 – Google X Announces Project Loon
25:36 – Google told to delete Street View payload data
27:13 – Instagram Launches 15-Second Video Sharing Feature
29:40 – Skype Video Messaging is now a full-fledged feature for iOS, Android, Windows, Mac and BlackBerry
30:50 – Microsoft launches Office iOS app
32:32 – Xbox 180

DigitalOutbox Episode 168

DigitalOutbox Episode 168
DigitalOutbox Episode 168 – WWDC and Prism

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1:39 – UK gathering secret intelligence via covert NSA operation
10:38 – UK intelligence make thousands of requests for Microsoft data
12:09 – Google Bought Waze For $1.1B
16:07 – WWDC
19:05 – OS X Mavericks
31:25 – Mac Pro
41:20 – iCloud
43:37 – iOS 7

DigitalOutbox Episode 167

DigitalOutbox Episode 167
DigitalOutbox Episode 167 – Snoopers Charter, Feedly and the BBC Clock

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4:11 – Internet companies warn May over ‘snooper’s charter’
6:36 – Government Still Demanding Action to make web safer
10:02 – UK piracy warning letters delayed until 2015
13:12 – Sky Broadband starts to block access to torrent site proxies, other ISPs likely to follow
15:52 – Reeder, gReader & Other Popular Feed Reading Apps Partner With Feedly Ahead Of Google Reader Shutdown
18:53 – Save Podcasting
23:08 – Zynga lays off 580 employees
26:40 – Nintendo partners with O2 to give 3DS owners free Wi-Fi access at over 8,000 hotspots in the UK
27:30 – Peter Molyneux reveals winner of gaming experiment
30:37 – Trust upholds BBC Online clock complaint

Picks
Ian
Dots
– Free addictive game for iOS
– From betaworks – Diggg and Instapaper owners
– New update today brings it to iPad too plus a multiplayer game
– Android in the works

DigitalOutbox Episode 165

DigitalOutbox Episode 165
DigitalOutbox Episode 165 – Xbox One, Tumblr and Flickr

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0:40 – Xbox One
30:38 – Yahoo buys Tumblr
34:06 – Flickr Refresh
38:57 – Twitter launch two factor authentication via SMS
39:40 – Emma Way suspended over cyclist tweet
42:50 – Vodafone delays 4G superfast mobile internet launch until September
44:19 – Youtube is 8 years old
47:28 – An Honor for the Creator of the GIF

Picks
Ian
Impossible Road
– £1.49
– iPhone/ipad
– Tough but enjoyable game
– If you like Super Hexagon, you will love this