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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 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

DigitalOutbox Episode 162

DigitalOutbox Episode 162
DigitalOutbox Episode 162 – Google Now hits iOS and shady Path

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3:05 – Google Now comes to iOS
6:48 – Monotype deal helps Google’s fonts escape the Web
8:52 – Google adds remote desktop to Hangouts, lets users simultaneously video chat and troubleshoot
10:28 – Microsoft launch Skype for Outlook.com
12:09 – Digg Owner Betaworks Buys Instapaper To Go Big On Social Reading And Discovery
16:11 – Path texts user’s entire address book at 6am
20:17 – BlackBerry Q10 is fastest-selling ever at Selfridges as corporates snap it up
23:18 – Games Company Releases Version For Pirates That Forces Them To Fail Constantly, Irony Lost On Pirates

DigitalOutbox Episode 161

DigitalOutbox Episode 161
DigitalOutbox Episode 161 – Apple Doomed, Twitter Hacks and Long Live Clegg.

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1:38 – Microsoft introduces two step authentication for its user accounts
2:42 – Dow drops 100 points over a tweet
5:44 – Apple is doomed
10:15 – The Bearer of BadNews
12:46 – Google offers clearer search labels after EU probe
15:57 – Nick Clegg kills off Tory hopes of swift deal on revised ‘snooper’s charter’
18:10 – Virgin adds 21 new channels to its TV Anywhere service, confirms an Android app for later this year
19:14 – First UK 4G service EE reaches 318,000 LTE customers 5 months after launch
20:26 – Samsung S4 Reviews
22:51 – Nintendo posts annual loss of $366m for 2012, as its 3.45m Wii U sales fall short of 4m target
24:23 – Microsoft to unveil next Xbox at event on May 21st at its Redmond campus
26:51 – Apple auction the most exclusive cup of coffee

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Ian
iPlayer Radio for Android
– Great Android app – not just an iOS port
– All the BBC radio stations and all the BBC podcasts too and on-demand content from the last 7 days
– Marks tracks as favourites as you listen, share them too
– Links to Radioplayer app so you can listen to the BBC’s competition. How civil.

DigitalOutbox Episode 154

DigitalOutbox Episode 154
DigitalOutbox Episode 154 – Microsoft Fine, Evernote breach and EA dickery

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3:20 – Microsoft fined 561m Euros for browser choice error
7:00 – Evernote Security Breach
9:38 – Twitter discontinuing iPhone, Android, and Air versions of TweetDeck
12:21 – Facebook updates News Feeds
16:13 – Amazon acts to halt sales of Keep Calm and Rape T-shirts
18:54 – Tu Go app lets O2 UK customers use their mobile number with any iOS or Android device
20:55 – Tesco launches Clubcard TV, a Blinkbox-powered video-streaming service supported by advertisers
23:47 – Simcity – more EA dickery

DigitalOutbox Episode 153

DigitalOutbox Episode 152
DigitalOutbox Episode 153 – Gullible Brits, UK Courts and Mobile World Congress

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0:55 – Microsoft Hacked Too
2:35 – UK was world’s most phished country in 2012
8:05 – Attorney general takes legal action over online pictures of Jamie Bulger killers
10:03 – Court orders UK ISPs to block more piracy sites
11:52 – Another Twitter client bites the dust
14:57 – App.net Introducing a freemium tier
20:01 – Google Launches Google+ Sign-In For Mobile And Web
23:30 – Microsoft Launches IE10 For Windows 7
25:14 – Firefox OS Hits The Ground Running With Phones From Telefonica, T-Mobile, Firefox Marketplace For Apps
28:11 – HP Slate 7 hands-on: a standard Android tablet with standard HP style
29:34 – HP emerges as big winner in webOS sale, and LG doesn’t rule out a phone
32:13 – Asus launch the Fonepad and the Padfone
34:49 – Samsung unveils Wallet an Android alternative to Apples Passbook
37:21 – Nintendo to bring Wii Mini to UK
39:03 – Real Racing 3 launches

Picks
Ian
BT London 2012
– Panoramic image from the BT Tower in London
– You can keep zooming and zooming and zooming

Bombermine
– 1000 player Bomberman
– Tweaked rules
– Free to play
– 20 min games all in the browser

DigitalOutbox Episode 150

DigitalOutbox Episode 150
DigitalOutbox Episode 150 – Three’s LTE promise, Dell goes private and next gen consoles

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1:01 – Three UK promises to provide LTE without increasing prices
4:32 – BT to end traffic throttling – claims capacity is FAT
6:35 – Liberty Global to buy Virgin Media for $23.3bn
9:57 – Sky+ Android app catches up
11:32 – Channel 4 gives its catch-up TV service 4oD a native Android app
13:57 – iPhone 5 iPad mini jailbreak now available
15:08 – Dell goes private
18:51 – Microsoft Surface Pro Tablet Gets Good Reviews – Except For Battery Life
23:04 – Twitter Hacked
26:00 – Glasgow has the chattiest people on Twitter in the UK
27:41 – Amazon Launches Amazon Coins
30:25 – Hailo closes $30.6m Series B round from Union Square Ventures
32:51 – Next Gen Consoles

DigitalOutbox Episode 142

DigitalOutbox Episode 142
DigitalOutbox Episode 142 – Sinofsky leaves Microsoft, Windows Adverts and Liveblog Wars.

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6:57 – Windows head Steven Sinofsky leaves Microsoft
10:47 – Windows 8 Hidden Feature
16:07 – Realtime War
18:06 – Government services go digital
21:53 – Queen chooses Samsung
23:39 – Judges tear into Apple
25:21 – Apple and HTC settle patents litigation
28:43 – UK 4G Auction Rules detailed

Picks
Ian
Evernote
– New updates for iOS and Mac
– Easier to use
– Nice looking Mac app now

100000 Stars
– Nice app for Chrome browsers

Chris
Curiosity – what’s inside the box?
– Intriguing game for mobile devices
– Someone will eventually find whats inside the box – will it be you?