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DigitalOutbox Episode 198

DigitalOutbox Episode 198
DigitalOutbox Episode 198 – Goto Fail, Samsung S5 and Wearables

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2:03 – Goto Fail
5:33 – Netflix is paying off Comcast for direct traffic access, says WSJ
8:13 – Amazon takes on Netflix with rebrand of LoveFilm video-on-demand service
13:33 – Yahoo webcam images from millions of users intercepted by GCHQ
16:01 – Google Launches Project Tango Smartphone To Experiment With Computer Vision And 3D Sensors
18:11 – We Love Touch But Windows 8.1 To Focus On Non-Touch
21:25 – Nokia X
24:28 – Sony launch Xperia Z2 tablet and phone and Smartband
29:42 – Samsungs Galaxy S5 is here with more power, more pixels, and a refined design
33:09 – Samsung drops Android for Tizen in new Gear 2 smartwatches
34:23 – Samsung dives into fitness wearables with the Gear Fit
38:06 – Stephen Elop to lead Microsofts hardware division just as soon as hes back
39:52 – Xbox One gets price cut to £399 with free copy of Titanfall

Picks
Ian
Yahoo News Digest
– iOS
– Free
– Powered by Summly, 10 stories delivered twice a day
– Clean, fast and a great way to keep up to date

DigitalOutbox Episode 197

DigitalOutbox Episode 197
DigitalOutbox Episode 197 – WhatsApp, Flappy Bird and Titanfall

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0:57 – Facebook buys WahtApp for $19billion
8:13 – Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirms he had talks with Apple
11:02 – Microsoft rebrands Office Web Apps as Office Online and opens up access at Office.com
14:37 – Data protection: Angela Merkel proposes Europe network
17:03 – Giant NHS database rollout delayed
21:55 – UK pornographers urge the government to improve ISP filters
25:39 – Edward Snowden elected as rector of Glasgow University
27:22 – Londoners can register a new .London Web address from April 29
29:13 – James Dyson takes on Google with £5m investment in domestic robots
30:26 – Dont be a Glasshole
32:48 – As its developer promised, Flappy Bird is no longer available but clones remain
36:59 – PlayStation 4 dominates Xbox One in January with nearly double the US sales
40:53 – Titanfall

DigitalOutbox Episode 195

DigitalOutbox Episode 195
DigitalOutbox Episode 195 – Google sells Motorola, Facebooks Paper and 30 years of Mac

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0:54 – Facebook Paper
5:00 – Tech Financials
10:59 – Samsung to open more than 60 dedicated stores across Europe with Carphone Warehouse
12:28 – Samsung And Google Bury The Apple Hatchet, Sign 10-Year Patent Agreement
14:38 – Lenovo To Buy Motorola Mobility From Google For About $3B
17:16 – Google buys UK artificial intelligence start-up DeepMind
19:57 – Google brings Chrome apps to Android and iOS, lets developers submit to Google Play and Apples App Store
22:40 – Microsoft changes SkyDrive name to OneDrive, six months after losing court battle to BSkyB
23:38 – Microsoft testing Windows 8.1 update that hides tile interface by default
25:07 – The NSA is reportedly scouring Angry Birds and other apps for user data
26:31 – UK government tackles wrongly-blocked websites
29:38 – Government websites on rise again despite cull
33:07 – 30 Years of Mac

DigitalOutbox Episode 194

DigitalOutbox Episode 194
DigitalOutbox Episode 194 – Obama reforms NSA, Twitter abuse and Windows 7

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1:11 – BlackBerry team as sales continue to plunge
5:53 – Ex-footballer Collymore accuses Twitter over abusive messages
11:00 – UK mobile and broadband providers must let you leave mid-contract if they hike their prices
13:35 – Forget Glass, Google[x] is testing a smart contact lens for diabetics
15:16 – Windows 7 ‘back by popular demand’, says HP as it targets wary consumers
17:43 – Apple Promises to Fix iOS 7 ‘White Screen of Death’
19:38 – Nintendo forecasts loss amid weak Wii U sales
23:20 – Kinect to blame for BBC iPlayer on Xbox One delay, says developer

Picks
Ian
Stockfish for Mac
– A beautiful, powerful chess app.
– Play two-player games on the beautiful chess board, or get instant accurate analysis of any game. Stockfish will tell you who’s winning and calculate the best move.
– Supports retina screens
– Stockfish is powered by the open source Stockfish chess engine, which is one of the strongest chess engines in the world.
– If you have a Mac Pro (or any Mac for that matter), the Stockfish engine can take full advantage of your hardware. Just open up the preferences and hit the “Optimize for Maximum Performance” button. Stockfish’s analysis speed scales nearly linearly with the number of cores you dedicate to analysis.
– Free

DigitalOutbox Episode 191

DigitalOutbox Episode 191
DigitalOutbox Episode 191 – Drones, Apple and Xbox One

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1:57 – Jeff Bezos promises half-hour shipping with Amazon Prime Air
5:38 – Ministers will order ISPs to block terrorist and extremist websites
8:26 – UK mobile networks agree to £50 charges cap on stolen phones, work towards eliminating roaming fees
11:23 – HBO shows are now available to purchase from the Google Play store in the UK
18:07 – Apple buys motion sensor maker PrimeSense
19:57 – EA reduces price of UK PS4 digital games to £59.99
22:50 – Microsoft Matches PS4 Sales With 1 Million Xbox Ones In 24 Hours, But Takes 11 More Countries To Do It
28:57 – Xbox One juddering plagues UK TV watchers
31:06 – Microsoft responds to Xbox problem with disc drive

DigitalOutbox Episode 188

DigitalOutbox Episode 188
DigitalOutbox Episode 188 – Deja Vu – Blackberry Fail and Patents

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1:08 – BlackBerry Takes $1B Investment From Fairfax, Others, Replaces CEO Thorsten Heins
4:39 – Twitter Prices IPO Above Estimates At $26 Per Share, Raising $1.82B At Valuation Of Up To $18B
9:26 – Patent war goes nuclear: Microsoft, Apple-owned Rockstar sues Google
13:19 – Google Patented the ‘Heart’ Gesture and Other Fun Hand Moves
14:35 – Tesco petrol stations use face-scan tech to target ads
17:51 – Milton Keynes in UK to trial £1.5m driverless car scheme
20:05 – Google ordered to remove Max Mosley orgy pictures
22:08 – Google Now for iOS up to par with Android app, updated with notifications, reminders, and more
27:50 – Google Drive for iOS adds support for multiple accounts, single sign-in, and printing
28:00 – Microsoft finally takes on Google Docs with real-time editing in Office Web Apps
28:34 – Out of the picture: why the world’s best photo startup is going out of business
33:11 – Full Gran Turismo 6 game details revealed

DigitalOutbox Episode 186

DigitalOutbox Episode 186
DigitalOutbox Episode 186 – Tablets, Tablets, Tablets

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2:26 – WH Smith takes website offline after porn e-book scandal
5:48 – Googles Project Shield offers free protection from DDoS attacks
7:44 – Argos launches own-brand budget tablet for tweenies

9:46 – Amazons new Kindle Fire HDX tablets – pre-orders open in the UK
11:00 – Nokia Keynote
15:19 – Apple Keynote
30:58 – Apple poaches Burberry CEO Ahrendts to be its new retail chief
32:58 – Windows 8.1 now out
35:57 – Twitter Solves The Follow-Back Tango, Enables Direct Messages From All Your Followers
37:12 – BBM app coming back to Apple App Store and Google Play today
38:19 – LinkedIns Intro Feature Is Very Cool And A Spectacularly Bad Idea
42:13 – Ubisoft Delays Watchdogs
44:41 – DriveClub officially delayed until 2014

DigitalOutbox Episode 183

DigitalOutbox Episode 183
DigitalOutbox Episode 183 – RIM retreats, Easyjet stumbles and a plethora of tablets.

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0:56 – BlackBerry to fire 4,500 employees as sales of new device plummet
2:59 – BBM’s Android And iOS Launch Weekend Going About As Badly As Possible
4:56 – BlackBerry Signs Letter Of Intent To Go Private For $9 Per Share In Deal Valued At $4.7 Billion
9:04 – iPhone 5s and 5c sales top 9m over Apples opening weekend
11:33 – The iPhones Fingerprint Sensor Has Already Been Hacked
13:42 – Argos and eBay join forces for click-and-collect service
16:28 – EasyJet under fire after claims it refused to let The Drum columnist Mark Leiser on board for sending critical tweet
19:13 – Rural superfast broadband chaos due BT’s ‘near monopoly’, say MPs
23:21 – Roku launches new TV streaming boxes and brings Roku 3 to the UK and Ireland
25:35 – Tesco enters the tablet fray with Hudl
28:15 – Surface Pro 2: hands-on with Microsoft’s new tablet powerhouse
31:31 – Amazons Kindle Fire HDX
35:28 – Amazon’s new $139 Kindle Fire HD is the cheap tablet to buy
37:02 – Valve announces SteamOS, a living room operating system for games
39:47 – Valve announces Steam Machines, the Steam Box hardware beta

Picks
Ian
Instacast
– Excellent Podcast player for iOS and Mac
– Mac – $19.99
– iOS – £2.99
– Excellent player, syncs really well between clients
– Supports downloading in the background
– iTunes update this week was the final push for me to try other clients – and this is great
– If you want to keep podcasts in sync over Android and iOS try Pocketcasts