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DigitalOutbox Episode 187

DigitalOutbox Episode 187
DigitalOutbox Episode 187 – Googlefest

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1:09 – Passengers will be able to use gadgets for entire US flights
2:51 – Samsung is pulling another Amazon on Android, but this is even bigger
8:18 – Google upgrades Glass hardware, offering one-time swap for existing users
11:27 – Google launches build-your-own-phone project Ara
13:46 – Google+ Updates
18:36 – Nexus 5
22:14 – Android 4.4 KitKat: Google’s simpler, integrated operating system designed for every phone
28:12 – Reports that NSA taps into Google and Yahoo data hubs infuriate tech giants
31:54 – Adobe Breach Impacted At Least 38 Million Users

33:37 – Pirate cull: UK court orders ISPs to block 21 file-sharing sites
35:44 – Dell users: Latitude 6430u laptops ‘smell of cat urine’

Picks
Ian
Fantastical 2 for iPhone
– Updated for iOS 7
– See calendar and reminders in one place
– Natural language input
– Great design – £1.99 for launch period

Evernote Partners with UK Mobile Carrier O2
– Free 12 months of Evernote Premium for O2 users
– I applied it and it extended my current premium subscription

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 185

DigitalOutbox Episode 185
DigitalOutbox Episode 185 – Adobe hacked and BBC look to the future

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0:51 – Adobes network compromised: 2.9 million customer names, encrypted credit and debit card numbers, and source code
5:32 – Twitter IPO: social media company looks to raise $1bn in public share sale
7:17 – NSA and GCHQ target Tor network that protects anonymity of web users
9:31 – Google To Start Employing User Ratings And Photos In Shared Endorsements Ads
12:28 – 1m Raspberry Pi computers have now been built in the UK, as global sales hit 1.75m
13:56 – BBC plans to help get the nation coding
16:01 – iPlayer
19:49 – Playlister
21:33 – Live Events
23:26 – BBC Store
26:16 – ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 force TVCatchUp to drop their services
29:06 – Samsung’s Galaxy Round is the first phone with a curved display
32:11 – Make a mini you from £40
34:43 – Rockstar apologizes for GTA Online issues with in-game cash

DigitalOutbox Episode 182

DigitalOutbox Episode 182
DigitalOutbox Episode 182 – Twitter IPO, iPhone Launch and GTA V

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1:02 – Twitter makes IPO plans official
3:19 – Abandoned NHS IT system has cost £10bn so far
6:53 – Mobile phone emergency alert system to be tested in UK
9:18 – iPhone Shortages
19:35 – UK enters global online university race
21:30 – Apple Starts Letting Users Install Last Compatible Versions Of Apps
23:00 – Google makes QuickOffice free, gives away 10 GB in Drive storage
24:47 – Bump gets acquired by Google
25:22 – Washington gunman Aaron Alexis heard ‘voices in head’ after playing violent video games up to 18 hours a day
27:21 – GTA V

DigitalOutbox Episode 181

DigitalOutbox Episode 181
DigitalOutbox Episode 181 – Apple Keynote and Microsoft buy Nokia

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1:07 – Nokia’s handset business bought by Microsoft for €5.44bn
6:48 – US and UK spy agencies defeat privacy and security on the internet
9:58 – Ministry of Sound sues Spotify
11:32 – Amazon’s ‘Kindle MatchBook’ finally bundles physical books with a copy for your Kindle
13:00 – Android KitKat unveiled in Google surprise move
14:41 – Google’s browser becomes a true platform with today’s launch of Chrome Apps
17:00 – Xbox Music gets iOS and Android apps, free web playback; cloud locker to follow
18:52 – Xbox One Launch Date
20:24 – Sony – thinner Vita and Vita TV
23:22 – Sony at IFA
26:59 – Samsung at IFA
31:14 – iOS 7
33:43 – iPhone 5c
35:49 – iPhone 5s

DigitalOutbox Episode 180

DigitalOutbox Episode 180
DigitalOutbox Episode 180 – Ballmer to retire, Nintendo 2DS

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1:36 – Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to step down within a year
8:19 – Steve Jobs’ Email Shows Apple Changed In-App Purchasing Rules Specifically To Retaliate Against Amazon
11:36 – Google drops Nexus 4 to $199 in the US and slashes prices by 25% in 6 other markets
13:08 – Three confirm 4G plans
14:56 – On the day that O2 and Vodafone launch 4G in the UK
18:24 – Twitter Updates Android, iOS And Web With New Conversation View, Abuse Reporting
20:41 – Facebook Announces Shared Photo Albums To Boost Group Engagement
22:06 – Feedly Pro Available for all
23:33 – Nintendo 2DS coming this Oct. for £109, plays 3DS games in 2D
27:03 – Twerk, Selfie, Bitcoin, Others Added To Oxford Dictionary

DigitalOutbox Episode 179

DigitalOutbox Episode 179
DigitalOutbox Episode 179 – Gamescom

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1:17 – Ask.fm details changes
2:59 – Twitter Related Headlines Deliver News By Linking To Sites Where A Tweet Is Embedded
5:03 – Bradley Manning Sentenced To 35 Years In Prison
8:11 – why the Guardian in London destroyed hard drives of leaked files
12:05 – Groklaw news website abandoned over US surveillance
14:51 – Facebook And 6 Phone Companies Launch Internet.org To Bring Affordable Access To Everyone
16:50 – Google Maps for iOS and Android now displays Waze alerts, while Street View lands in Waze Map Editor
18:43 – Microsoft
27:36 – Sony

DigitalOutbox Episode 177

DigitalOutbox Episode 177
DigitalOutbox Episode 177 – Moto X and Twitter Trolls

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0:59 – Moto X
7:10 – Google announces tool to track lost Android phones
8:09 – O2 and Vodaphone Launch 4G on August 29th
12:16 – BT and Vodafone among telecoms companies passing details to GCHQ
15:06 – No internet access in 17% of UK homes, ONS data shows
17:06 – Teenager Hannah Smith killed herself because of online bullying
21:09 – Stella Creasy receives Twitter photo of masked, knife-wielding man
23:35 – Twitters Abuse Commitment
25:51 – Tweeting arrests of ‘illegal immigrants’ is a new low for the Home Office
26:48 – Twitter bigot ordered to pay gay rights campaigner £40,000 for calling her a paedophile
29:01 – Obama Administration Vetoes Ban On Certain iPhones And iPads
31:08 – ‘Safety issues’ prompt Apple charger trade-in programme
33:24 – Amazon launches digital downloads for software and video games in the UK
34:27 – Feedly Pro Announced
37:07 – Google Chrome security flaw offers unrestricted password access
39:18 – Google Play Music All Access Goes Live In 9 European Countries

Picks
Ian
Pivvot
– Pivvot is a thrilling game of strategic avoidance that will consistently test and challenge your ability to make quick, impulsive decisions. As the game progresses, you will have to rely on your instincts and problem-solving skills to navigate down the winding path for survival. With its intensity, minimalistic design, and puzzling logic, Pivvot is sure to keep you guessing at every turn.
– iOS and coming soon to Android

DigitalOutbox Episode 176

DigitalOutbox Episode 176
DigitalOutbox Episode 176 – Twitter Trolls, Now TV and goodbye Skydrive

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0:41 – Twitter under fire after bank note campaigner is target of rape threats
7:55 – Internet troll who abused Mary Beard apologises after threat to tell his mother
9:36 – UK ‘losing fight’ against internet crime, warn MPs
13:39 – Google asked to remove 100 million ‘piracy’ links in 2013
16:18 – Blu-ray successor plan unveiled by Sony and Panasonic
19:20 – Microsoft forced to rename SkyDrive following trademark case with broadcaster
22:10 – British broadcaster BSkyB launches £9.99 Now TV set-top box to make all TVs smart
24:34 – The Old Reader bites the dust
27:46 – Brits can now get hands-off with the Autographer wearable camera
30:33 – Asda removes Nintendo’s Wii U from stores

Picks
Ian
Immunicity
– simple censorship circumvention
– basically, configure browser to point to a proxy.pac file. This file contains the latest list of URLs that are commonly censored in the UK. When your send a request to one of these sites, your browser is instructed to route that traffic via our HTTP proxy server gateway.immunicity.net:8080 which will fetch the content and send it back to you. When you send a request for a website that isn’t on our list of URLs that are commonly censored, your browser connects directly to that site, bypassing our servers completely.
– free but costs money to run and so looking for donations
– provided by torrenticity – http://torrenticity.com/

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