| The Drill Down 327: Billion Dollar Bubble
This week, the FCC votes on the fate of Net Neutrality, the US charges China with cyberspying, Microsoft launches the Surface Pro 3, AT&T acquires DirectTV, YouTube gets Twitch, and much more…
...continue reading » Tags: AI, Artificial Intelligence, AT&T, cyber-espionage, DirecTV, Edward Snowden, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Google, Halt and Catch Fire, James Bond, Maker Faire, Microsoft, Net Neutrality, PancakeBot, Rubik's Cube, sega, Star Wars, Surface, surface Pro, Twitch, viral video, Windows, Windows 8, Word Lens, YouTube | |
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| The Drill Down 254: A Mini Refresh
This week, Apple launches the iPad Mini as well as a slew of other product upgrades. Should you trade up your 3rd Generation iPad for the new Lightning iPad? Listen in and find out. Joining us on the panel this week is Box.com IT consultant Tosin Onafowokan. But first, the headlines…Kim Dotcom launches Mega, Microsoft launches Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, Surface, SmartGlass & a new Halo 4 trailer, Zynga uses Apple’s launch to cover layoffs of over a hundred employees, and Google officially announces Nexus 4, Nexus 7 and Nexus 10.
...continue reading » Tags: Apple, Box.com, Google, Halo 4, iCloud, iPad, iPad Mini, Jony Ive, Kim, Lighning, Mega, Megaupload, Microsoft, Nexus, Nexus 10, Nexus 4, Nexus 7, Scott Forstall, SmartGlass, Surface, Tim Cook, Windows 8, windows phone 8, Zynga | |
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| The Drill Down 253: Outed
What rights to privacy can we expect when we choose to act anonymously/pseudonymously on the internet? Do they end at your public actions? Is it acceptable to violate the privacy of one class of user over another? Is it the purview of objective journalism to make that decision? The outing of Reddit‘s ViolentAcrez, “the Biggest Troll on the Web” by Gawker columnist Adrian Chen brings to light those questions and more this week. But first, the headlines…Microsoft names launch dates and pricing for Windows 8 & Surface RT, Apple teases the possible announcement of the iPad Mini. Saturday Night Live mocks whiny tech bloggers.
...continue reading » Tags: Adrian Chen, anonymity, Apple, Black Mesa, Facebook, Gawker, Half-Life, iPad, iPad Mini, iPhone, Microsoft, pseudonymity, reddit, Saturday Night Live, Surface, Surface RT, ViolentAcrez, whistleblowers, Windows 8, Yahoo | |
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| The Drill Down 250: With Both Hands and an App
This week’s show, the JesusPhone version 5 descends to humanity, and sales both break records AND disappoint, depending on who you ask. Plus, iOS 6 Maps…Did Apple jump the gun before they were ready? and did they have a choice? But first, the headlines…Nintendo announces launch dates and pricing for the Wii U, Google rejects request to pull controversial Mohammad film clip, Google lets you search for the six degrees of Kevin Bacon, Steve Ballmer hints at Microsoft Surface pricing, Twitter undergoes major overhaul.
...continue reading » Tags: Apple, Google, iOS 6, iPhone, iPhone 5, Kevin Bacon, maps, Microsoft, Nintendo, Steve Ballmer, Surface, The Drill Down, Twitter, Wii U, YouTube | |
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| The Drill Down 238: Scratching the Surface
On this week’s show, we look at Microsoft‘s big week of announcements, including the new Surface line of tablets designed from the ground up for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. Then we follow up with some Apple fallout and follow-up from last week’s WWDC conference. But first, the headlines…another volley is launched in The Oatmeal vs. FunnyJunk war, Facebook buys Face.com, Netflix changes its API, and an “˜alarming’ rate of government censorship of Internet content.
...continue reading » Tags: Apple, Blockly, Braid, Comic Con, Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope, ComicCon, Cue, Face.com, Facebook, Fez, FunnyJunk.com, Indie Game: The Movie, Indie Gaming, iOS, iOS 6, MacBook Pro, Microsoft, Netflix, Orvillecopter, PixelSense, podcasts, San Diego Comic Con International, Super Meat Boy, Surface, The Drill Down, The Oatmeal, Windows 8, windows phone 8, WWDC | |
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