DigitalOutbox Episode 217
DigitalOutbox Episode 217 – Driverless Cars and Twitch
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Shownotes
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
Picks
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