DigitalOutbox Episode 186

DigitalOutbox Episode 186
DigitalOutbox Episode 186 – Tablets, Tablets, Tablets

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Shownotes
2:26 – WH Smith takes website offline after porn e-book scandal
5:48 – Googles Project Shield offers free protection from DDoS attacks
7:44 – Argos launches own-brand budget tablet for tweenies

9:46 – Amazons new Kindle Fire HDX tablets – pre-orders open in the UK
11:00 – Nokia Keynote
15:19 – Apple Keynote
30:58 – Apple poaches Burberry CEO Ahrendts to be its new retail chief
32:58 – Windows 8.1 now out
35:57 – Twitter Solves The Follow-Back Tango, Enables Direct Messages From All Your Followers
37:12 – BBM app coming back to Apple App Store and Google Play today
38:19 – LinkedIns Intro Feature Is Very Cool And A Spectacularly Bad Idea
42:13 – Ubisoft Delays Watchdogs
44:41 – DriveClub officially delayed until 2014

DigitalOutbox Episode 159

DigitalOutbox Episode 159
DigitalOutbox Episode 159 – Google Store, HTC One and Facebook celebs

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1:33 – Mayor Pumps $33M Into London Startups With New MMC London Fund
4:30 – HMV branches sold to Hilco, saving 141 branches
6:31 – LulzSec hacktivists plead guilty to cyber-attacks on NHS, Sony and NI
8:14 – Google store updates
11:22 – 4G mobile broadband speeds ‘doubling’, says EE
14:32 – HTC – Great One reviews, poor profits
18:06 – Samsung unveils 6.3in Galaxy Mega smartphone
21:48 – Facebook starts charging users up to £11 to contact celebrities
23:41 – Apple Pulls App Discovery App ‘AppGratis’ From App Store
28:05 – Googles New Inactive Account Manager Gives You Control Over Your Digital Afterlife

DigitalOutbox Episode 148

DigitalOutbox Episode 148
DigitalOutbox Episode 148 – Apple slides, HMV is saved and Kims Mega

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Shownotes
0:58 – Quarterlies
5:33 – Atari files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
8:53 – Hilco takes control of HMV Brand
10:32 – Sony fined £250,000 after millions of UK gamers details compromised
13:10 – Kim Dotcoms Mega now open
16:28 – Surface Pro dated and Priced
20:53 – EE tweaks 4G pricing
25:15 – The Firefox Phone
26:46 – Twitter launches Vine
28:52 – Actual Facebook Graph Searches

Picks
Ian
Documents for iPad
Free file viewer for iPad
– Connect to lots of cloud services or load up docs from iTunes
– View lots of file types, audio files etc
– PDF support is great
– Replaced Goodreader for me – as fast if not faster PDF support and better front end

Hola
– Region unblocker chrome extension
– View hulu, pandora, fox, cbs content in the UK, or iPlayer around the world
– Free and it works – pretty slick

DigitalOutbox Episode 147

DigitalOutbox Episode 147
DigitalOutbox Episode 147 – Aaron Swartz, Facebook Graph Search and HMV

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Shownotes
1:49 – Aaron Swartz internet activist and builder of Reddit dies at 26
3:31 – Jessops closed
4:06 – HMV in Administration
13:36 – Tweetdeck threatened with closure
15:35 – Facebook Graph Search
24:27 – New Myspace is open
27:08 – BT SmartTalk
29:22 – UK Mobile Operator 3UK Filtering Political Satire