DigitalOutbox Episode 256

Chris and Ian discuss Ashley Madison, Facebook’s M and naughty Samsung

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DigitalOutbox Episode 255

Chris and Ian discuss Alphabet and Samsung

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DigitalOutbox Episode 237

This week Chris and Ian chat about Orwellian Samsung, Election Time and Eurogamer.

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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 221

DigitalOutbox Episode 221
DigitalOutbox Episode 221 – Apple Watch, iPhone 6 and IFA

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1:11 – Amazons Twitch Acquisition Is Official
5:14 – Apple iCloud Storage pricing
7:24 – Twitpic, Already Sidelined By Twitter, Shuts Down After Trademark Spat
10:00 – You can now buy things directly on Twitter
11:58 – Bank customers to sign in with ‘finger vein’ technology
14:31 – GiffGaff to scrap most of its unlimited data bundles
17:31 – Amazon Fire TV available for pre-order in the UK and Germany for £79
19:04 – Amazon cuts Fire phone price to $0.99 in the US, opens Germany and UK pre-orders; will ship September 30
20:44 – Meet Toshiba’s £99 Windows tablet PC
23:17 – ASUS ZenWatch will retail for ‘under £199’
25:10 – Samsung announces the Galaxy Note
25:49 – Samsung’s Galaxy Note Edge has a display that curves over one side
28:55 – Samsung enters the virtual reality race with the Gear VR headset
29:48 – Samsung Gear S
32:09 – Sony joins the Android Wear ranks with underwhelming SmartWatch 3
34:14 – Sony perfects the Xperia formula with new Z3 family of mobile devices
35:16 – Motorolas next generation Moto G stretches to a 5in screen
36:10 – Motorolas Moto X – like a smartphone, but in leather
37:23 – Motorola Moto 360 – a smartwatch masquerading as a classic time piece
39:20 – iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus
46:27 – Apple Pay
50:16 – Apple Watch

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 217

DigitalOutbox Episode 217
DigitalOutbox Episode 217 – Driverless Cars and Twitch

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2:12 – OKCupid experiments with ‘bad’ dating matches
6:03 – UK to allow driverless cars on public roads in January
10:16 – BMW Mini drivers in the UK can now get parking help from JustParks new in-car app
12:34 – Apple and Samsung Agree To End All Non-U.S. Patent Disputes
15:44 – UK operator Three confirms that all its phones are now sold unlocked
18:08 – UK piracy police arrest man for running proxy server
21:42 – Twitch bought?
28:09 – Xbox One digital TV tuner will allow Europeans to control live TV without HDMI pass-through
30:05 – EA announces a £3.99 gaming subscription for the Xbox One

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Ian
Nuzzel
– Free on the web and iOS
– Surfaces content from your friends on Twitter and Facebook
– More content shared socially than via RSS, sometimes you just don’t have time to sift through 1000’s of tweets and feeds
– Nuzzel will present links shared by your friends on Twitter and Facebook
– View by date or number of friends shared
– Handy
– Your newsfed is public as is your friends – http://nuzzel.com/shweepa

Belong.io
– Free
– Build by Andy Baio
– a Twitter-fueled link aggregator that favors new projects/sites over news/articles
– Handy

DigitalOutbox Episode 210

DigitalOutbox Episode 210
DigitalOutbox Episode 210 – WWDC, Apple buys Beats and Googles self driving cars

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1:32 – Microsoft Demos Real-Time Speech-To-Speech Translation On Skype
4:48 – Google is to start building its own self-driving cars
9:28 – Google launches ‘right to be forgotten’ webform for removal requests
12:56 – Samsung’s Health Event Was All Hype, No Substance
13:54 – Samsung launches first Tizen phone
16:36 – ‘Two weeks’ to block cyber-attack as criminal network seized
19:06 – Twitter experiments with ‘News Feed’ style algorithms, threatens to ruin everything
23:43 – Apple Will Buy Beats for $3 Billion
28:36 – Apple WWDC Keynote

DigitalOutbox Episode 207

DigitalOutbox Episode 207
DigitalOutbox Episode 207 – Samsung fined, Google kills URL, Nintendo losses

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1:17 – Jury finds that Samsung infringed 2 of Apple’s patents, awards $119.6M in damages
5:36 – Google moves to kill off the URL entirely in new version of Chrome
11:01 – Google Maps turbo-charges turn-by-turn directions on iOS and Android and gets Uber transit option
16:39 – All the wrong Moves: Facebook dances around a privacy issue as it counts every step you take
18:25 – App.net is profitable and self-sustaining, but will no longer have any full-time employees
23:52 – Amazon Extends Its Shopping Basket To Twitter
25:12 – Nintendo Misses Its Own Lowered Hardware Expectations

DigitalOutbox Episode 200

DigitalOutbox Episode 200
DigitalOutbox Episode 200 – iOS 7.1 and calls for an online Magna Carter

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1:52 – MtGox fraud evidence hacked and published, complete with Bitcoin wallet-stealing malware
4:17 – An online Magna Carta: Berners-Lee calls for bill of rights for web
10:35 – U.K. Internet Of Things Startups & Projects To Get £46M More Government Cash By 2015
16:12 – Add-ons for Google Docs and Sheets
18:37 – Google Drive monthly plans cut to $1.99 for 100GB, $9.99 for 1TB and $99.99 for 10TB
20:04 – Facebook Launches Its 15-Second, Auto-Playing Video Ads
21:28 – Apple launches iOS 7.1
26:33 – Milk Music: Samsung launches free music streaming service
27:37 – New-look iPlayer unveiled by BBC
29:42 – Archival Disc to be next Blu-Ray

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Ian
Todoist
– Free complete todo app available on 13 platforms
– Sync works!
– Premium gives you reminders, notes and labels/filters for $29 a year
– Used for three weeks now and love it

Smash Hit
– Free for iOS and Android – in app purchase of £1.49 to go premium
– Smash glass with balls – lovely simple challenging game
– Premium – restart from checkpoints, statistics, cloud saves