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DigitalOutbox Episode 239

We are back! Chris and Ian discuss the weeks news and catch up on Mobile World Congress, Game Developers Conference and the Apple Keynote. It’s a long one!

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Ian
Cities: Skylines
– £22.99
– Mac, PC, Linux
– Sim city builder
– Addictive and you need a bit of strategy especially around transport
– Some bits tedious – water and sewers done manually, demolition of abandoned buildings
– Overall awesome 🙂
– Mods
– Custom buildings, fixes etc
– Save Games
– GTA map, completed cities
– Maps
– Many towns from around the world
– Can make your own

DigitalOutbox Episode 235

Chris and Ian discuss the snoopers charter, the money making machine that is Apple and Outlook – the best Gmail client on iOS?

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DigitalOutbox Episode 226

DigitalOutbox Episode 226
DigitalOutbox Episode 226 – Apple iPads and Retina iMac, Google Nexus 6 & 9

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2:26 – Apple Keynote
21:15 – Google Android Announcements
33:48 – BBC to publish ‘right to be forgotten’ removals list
35:26 – Facebook Launches “Safety Check” Feature For Major Disasters
36:25 – Google changes ‘to fight piracy’ by highlighting legal sites
37:27 – Spotify announces family plans for up to 5 users
39:07 – Twitters Music Card Now Plays In Its Mobile Apps And Supports iTunes Previews
40:05 – Tweets from accounts you dont follow will soon appear in your timeline
41:29 – Amazon launches Pass My Parcel for same-day in-store order collection in the UK
43:26 – HBO will launch a standalone streaming service in the US next year
44:53 – Steam pulls game after its developer tweets Gabe Newell death threat

DigitalOutbox Episode 225

DigitalOutbox Episode 225
DigitalOutbox Episode 225 – RIPA, HP and Evernote

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1:30 – EE, Vodafone and Three give police mobile call records at click of a mouse
4:04 – HP To Become Two Companies As Consumer PC And Printer Business Splits From Corporate Services
6:46 – Evernote Conference
13:09 – Tesco unveils the £129 Hudl2
16:11 – British music fans have streamed twice as many songs in 2014
18:14 – BBC iPlayer shows now available for 30 days
20:02 – EE launches home TV service in UK
21:58 – Plex releases app for Xbox One and Xbox 360, new TV UI with focus on discovery

DigitalOutbox Episode 220

DigitalOutbox Episode 220
DigitalOutbox Episode 220 – Amazon Twitch, Dropbox blinks, Hyperlapse again

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1:11 – Amazons Twitch Acquisition Is Official
3:04 – Dropbox Beefs Up Its Pro Feature Set
6:20 – Instagram launches Hyperlapse, an iPhone app for capturing smooth time-lapse videos
9:21 – Google Docs, Sheets and Slides for iPhone, iPad updated with Office compatibility
11:13 – Twitter launch analytics for all
12:49 – Skys NOW TV app for Android and iOS lets you watch on the big screen via Chromecast
13:55 – Nude celebrity picture leak looks like phishing or email account hack
16:50 – BBC begins kids coding push with Bitesize and TV shows
19:09 – Top independent school puts lessons free on iTunes
21:58 – Google reveals home delivery drone program Project Wing
24:47 – AnandTech Founder Anand Shimpi Is Heading To Apple
26:08 – Nintendo reveals the New Nintendo 3DS

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Ian
Sky Force 2014
– Free with IAP + add’s
– Addictive iOS (also Android) game – think 1942 updated for modern day
– Gets hard but nice to play for 10-15 mins and come back to

DigitalOutbox Episode 199

DigitalOutbox Episode 199
DigitalOutbox Episode 199 – Bitcoin and CarPlay

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1:02 – UK Advisor Involved In Britains Internet Filter Arrested For Child Porn
3:11 – MtGox bitcoin exchange files for bankruptcy
7:55 – Flipboard Is Buying Zite From CNN For $60M
10:49 – Apple CarPlay
14:53 – Apples TV Hobby Is Now a Billion-Dollar Business
17:05 – Roku beats Googles Chromecast to the UK with a TV streaming stick
18:42 – BBC Three: channel to be closed to save BBC Four
20:22 – Three rolls out 4G for free – but kills unlimited tethering
22:11 – OnLive Returns With New Leadership, New Cloud Gaming Products and Steam Integration
24:46 – Xbox March Update Arrives

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Chris
Plants vs Zombies for Xbox One
– Surprisingly fun
– Like Team Fortress
– £35
– It must be good – it got Chris gaming

DigitalOutbox Episode 194

DigitalOutbox Episode 194
DigitalOutbox Episode 194 – Obama reforms NSA, Twitter abuse and Windows 7

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1:11 – BlackBerry team as sales continue to plunge
5:53 – Ex-footballer Collymore accuses Twitter over abusive messages
11:00 – UK mobile and broadband providers must let you leave mid-contract if they hike their prices
13:35 – Forget Glass, Google[x] is testing a smart contact lens for diabetics
15:16 – Windows 7 ‘back by popular demand’, says HP as it targets wary consumers
17:43 – Apple Promises to Fix iOS 7 ‘White Screen of Death’
19:38 – Nintendo forecasts loss amid weak Wii U sales
23:20 – Kinect to blame for BBC iPlayer on Xbox One delay, says developer

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Ian
Stockfish for Mac
– A beautiful, powerful chess app.
– Play two-player games on the beautiful chess board, or get instant accurate analysis of any game. Stockfish will tell you who’s winning and calculate the best move.
– Supports retina screens
– Stockfish is powered by the open source Stockfish chess engine, which is one of the strongest chess engines in the world.
– If you have a Mac Pro (or any Mac for that matter), the Stockfish engine can take full advantage of your hardware. Just open up the preferences and hit the “Optimize for Maximum Performance” button. Stockfish’s analysis speed scales nearly linearly with the number of cores you dedicate to analysis.
– Free

DigitalOutbox Episode 189

DigitalOutbox Episode 189
DigitalOutbox Episode 189 – PS4, Motorola Moto G and Tories rewrite History

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1:04 – Google launches Helpouts
4:39 – Motorola Moto G review
9:08 – Europe approves use of in-flight electronics during take-off and landing
10:45 – Snapchat Spurned $3 Billion Acquisition Offer from Facebook
15:03 – Conservatives erase Internet history
17:27 – Amazon to start Sunday delivery service
18:38 – Netflix is now available on TiVo set-top boxes for Virgin Media subscribers in the UK
22:13 – Elop Is Going To Do What Now
26:08 – BBC working on iPlayer app for Xbox One
28:50 – PS4

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Ian
Humble New Tab Page
– Redesigned new tab page featuring your bookmarks, apps, most visited, recently closed, and weather in a custom layout.
– Features:
– Simple, clean design
– Highly customizable
– Fast loading and lightweight
– Completely free and open source
– This extension replaces the default new tab page. Drag and drop folders to create new columns or reorder them. The font, colors, spacing, and more can be customized from the options menu.