DigitalOutbox Episode 157

DigitalOutbox Episode 157
DigitalOutbox Episode 157 – Yahoo buys a teen and Updates

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Shownotes
1:21 – Apple introduces 2 step verification
4:54 – Global internet slows after biggest attack in history
8:52 – Yahoo spends millions on UK teen Nick D’Aloisio’s Summly app
14:03 – Facebook launches free calling for iOS users in UK
17:43 – Google announces open source patent pledge, won’t sue ‘unless first attacked’
19:59 – Blockbuster UK sold to investment firm, half its stores to close
21:03 – Jessops Returns
23:21 – Telegraph extends paywall to UK readers
26:24 – Flipboard – Now You Can Publish Your Own ‘Magazine’
30:07 – U.K’s First 4G Network Reaches Half The Population Five Months After Launch
30:47 – Google gives Nexus 4 obvious design tweaks to keep it from falling off your desk

Picks
Ian
Forecast.io
– Hyperlocal forecasts for the UK
– Web app
– Shows now, next hour, next 24 hours and the week ahead
– Nice map view
– Supports multiple locations, toggle C or F
– Install on iOS or Android for great mobile view
– Also has a time machine for locations

DigitalOutbox Episode 156

DigitalOutbox Episode 156
DigitalOutbox Episode 156 – Samsung Galaxy S4, Mailbox and Google Keep

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Shownotes
0:44 – Samsung Launch Galaxy S4
8:45 – Dropbox buys Mailbox
12:51 – Build collaborative apps with Google Drive Realtime API
14:06 – Google Keep
16:12 – Feedly picks up 500,000 new users
19:33 – Three gobbles up large slice of EE mobile phone spectrum for free
22:00 – Press regulation deal sparks fears of high libel fines for bloggers
27:13 – Kevin Lynch Joining Apple To Become VP Of Technology
34:04 – Internet pioneers are first winners of £1m engineering prize

Picks
Ian
Alfred 2
– Free, powerpack costs $15
– Superb launcher for Mac
– Workflows are like a supercharged version of the original extension support. Create one workflow that encompasses a number of steps and scripts
– Much improved theme support

DigitalOutbox Episode 155

DigitalOutbox Episode 155
DigitalOutbox Episode 155 – Rubin moves, Reader shuttered and the Boxer hunts a Troll

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Shownotes
0:51 – Sundar Pichai Takes Over For Andy Rubin As Head Of Android At Google
11:30 – Google takes harsh stance against ad-blocking apps, removes them from Play Store
14:03 – A second spring of cleaning
26:56 – Kindle Fire HD 8.9 finally hits the UK
28:23 – Netflix Speed Index
29:46 – Average UK broadband speed hits 12Mbps
32:20 – Pirate Bay for 3D printing launched
35:22 – The boxer and the troll

Picks
Ian
Pocket Casts
– £2.70
– Great features
– Great widget
– Digitaloutbox looks excellent in it – see the feeds

Ridiculous Fishing
– £1.50 ish?
– Great games for iOS
– Simple – drop anchor, catch fish

DigitalOutbox Episode 154

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

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Shownotes
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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Shownotes
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