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DigitalOutbox Episode 235

Chris and Ian discuss the snoopers charter, the money making machine that is Apple and Outlook – the best Gmail client on iOS?

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DigitalOutbox Episode 234

Chris is joined by Ian to dicuss the Windows 10 announcements

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DigitalOutbox Episode 229

DigitalOutbox Episode 229
DigitalOutbox Episode 229 – YouTube Music Key, MS Opens Sources .NET and Halo Woe

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Spotify’s Daniel Ek responds to Taylor Swift: we’ve paid artists $2 billion
YouTube’s long-awaited music subscription service launches, and the first 6 months are free for invitees
Facebook Debuts ‘Privacy Basics’ And Updates Policies To Reflect More Personalized Ads
Microsoft Launches Free, Unrestricted Version Of Visual Studio For Small Teams
Microsoft bins Nokia name with new smartphone range
UK telecoms watchdog: EE and O2 offer fastest 4G downloads, while Three lags behind
UK operator GiffGaff is now offering customers 4G connectivity, from £12 per month
Samsung starts selling Gear VR in December, plans additional VR headsets and crazy VR live streams
Chromecast Aims To Be The Focal Point Of Family Games Night With New Apps
Amazon seeks UK drone experts for delivery service

DigitalOutbox Episode 228

DigitalOutbox Episode 228
DigitalOutbox Episode 228 – Microsoft and Dropbox, Amazons Echo, Games

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GCHQ’s Robert Hannigan says tech firms ‘in denial’ on extremism
Dropbox – We’re partnering with Microsoft
Google CEO Larry Page Reorgs Staff, Anoints Sundar Pichai as New Product Czar
Google releases redesigned Android Calendar app with contextual autocomplete and more visual content
Malicious software campaign targets Apple users in China
Samsung works with West Yorkshire Police force to deploy the Galaxy Note 3
Amazon Begins Extending Prime-Member Perks to Other Shopping Sites
Amazon introduces Echo, a voice-controlled assistant for your home
Jawbone launches 2 new 24/7 activity trackers: the UP Move and UP3, priced at $50 and $180
Games

DigitalOutbox Episode 224

DigitalOutbox Episode 224
DigitalOutbox Episode 224 – Windows 10 and Ello

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1:21 – Windows 10
8:30 – Microsoft Sway
10:31 – eBay to Spin Off PayPal With New CEOs for Two Publicly Traded Companies
15:04 – Peter Nunn jailed for Twitter abuse of MP Stella Creasy
18:29 – CloudFlare gives Internet a present: free, no-hassle Universal SSL
20:13 – New Apple tool helps you avoid buying a stolen iPhone or iPad
22:12 – DVLA tax disc renewal website buckles under pressure of high demand
25:26 – Podcasting industry starts to fulfil its financial potential
27:51 – Ello: the anti-Facebook meant to be private and pretty, but not this popular
32:07 – Pebble drops the price of its smartwatches by $50, adds background fitness and sleep tracking
33:26 – UK legalises music, film and e-book back-ups
34:26 – Radiohead’s Thom Yorke Tests The Waters With A Paid BitTorrent Album

DigitalOutbox Episode 222

DigitalOutbox Episode 222
DigitalOutbox Episode 222 – Minecraft, iOS8 and U2

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2:26 – Microsoft is buying Minecraft developer Mojang for $2.5 billion
4:45 – Im leaving Mojang
7:27 – Android One Is Launching in India, but Its a Big Deal for Everyone
10:50 – Heartbroken Phones 4u team braces for up to 5,600 redundancies as company goes into administration
13:30 – Apple reveals 4m pre-orders for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in first 24 hours
14:38 – iOS8 launch
25:59 – Amazon unveils the £169 Kindle Voyage, a premium e-reader with haptic page-turning
29:16 – Amazon introduces the next-gen Fire HDX 8.9 tablet with the latest Fire OS 4 Sangria
31:37 – Destiny becomes UK’s biggest ever new game launch
32:45 – People hate U2

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Humble Indie Bundle 12
– Pay What You Want
– SteamWorld Dig
– Hammerwatch
– Gunpoint
– Beat the Average
– Papers, Please
– Luftrausers
– Gone Home
– More to come…
– Pay at Least $10
– Prison Architect (Alpha Access)

DigitalOutbox Episode 218

DigitalOutbox Episode 218
DigitalOutbox Episode 218 – Gamescom

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1:34 – Is the internet full and going to shut down?
4:01 – Ask.fm bought by Ask.com and Tinder owner
5:44 – Mobile firm EE introduces queue jumping charge
8:34 – Samsung Buys Smart-Home Outfit SmartThings, Reportedly For $200 Million
11:06 – Samsung ditches all-plastic design with metal Galaxy Alpha
13:04 – Manchester United Bans iPads From Home Games
14:37 – Microsoft demo Hyperlapse
17:19 – Yolo and binge-watch added to online dictionary
19:16 – Gamescom – Microsoft
34:40 – Gamescom – Sony
54:02 – Call of Duty
55:20 – Geometry Wars 3
56:20 – The Golf CLub
58:07 – P.T. – Silent Hill

DigitalOutbox Episode 216

DigitalOutbox Episode 216
DigitalOutbox Episode 216 – Apple and IBM, Microsoft Reboots

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0:53 – Apple and IBM Team Up to Push iOS in the Enterprise
5:01 – Microsoft layoffs: 18K jobs to be cut
10:53 – British MPs to sue government over fast-tracked DRIP surveillance law
15:08 – Those parental-control filters? As few as 4% are signing up
16:25 – Pirate Bay traffic has doubled post-ISP blocks
18:01 – 3 Years Later, Google+ Drops Its Dumb Real Name Rule And Apologizes
20:43 – Scotland gets its own .scot domain as independence vote looms
21:47 – Nvidia unveils Shield Tablet and controller for gamers

DigitalOutbox Episode 212

DigitalOutbox Episode 212
DigitalOutbox Episode 212 – Amazons first Phone and Adobe gets Creative

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2:03 – The UK government can legally spy on your offshore data
7:18 – Google will be forced to make a company disappear
10:21 – YouTube to block indie labels who don’t sign up to new music service
14:54 – Facebooks Slingshot Challenges Snapchat With Reply To Unlock
16:34 – Adobe Upgrades Creative Cloud, Adds New Mobile Apps And Creative Hardware
21:26 – The Amazon smartphone is here: meet the Fire Phone
29:08 – Microsoft finally launches IE Developer Channel
29:55 – Unlikely hit app Yo is ‘hacked’ by students

DigitalOutbox Episode 211

DigitalOutbox Episode 211
DigitalOutbox Episode 211 – E3

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1:15 – Apology for crashed Get Safe Online anti-hack site
4:11 – How the Get Safe Online password checker fails users badly
5:20 – All Our Patent Are Belong To You
8:19 – Vodafone reveals existence of secret wires that allow state surveillance
12:18 – Nominet’s new rules on .uk domains could mean the end to users’ privacy
14:16 – Google buys satellite firm Skybox Imaging for $500m
16:18 – London’s anti-Uber taxi protest brings traffic to standstill
20:46 – Twitter will soon dominate TV on Xbox One
21:37 – Microsoft Briefing
32:25 – Sony Briefing
38:46 – Nintendo Briefing
41:17 – EA Briefing
44:09 -Ubisoft Briefing
46:11 – Alien Isolation