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DTNS 2981 – Better Call Chatbot

Daily Tech News Show / March 7th, 2017

How bad is the CIA Wikileaks release? Plus a lawyer bot for immigration and a standard for device security.

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Daily Tech Headlines – March 7, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / March 7th, 2017

Wikileaks publishes CIA tools, Amazon drops resistance to Echo data in murder investigation, Twitch goes social.

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Today in Tech History – March 7, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / March 7th, 2017

1876 – Alexander Graham Bell received a US patent for an “Improvement in Telegraphy” (No.174,465) which established the principle of bidirectional signals that made the telephone possible.

1926 – The first successful transatlantic telephone call was placed between New York City and London. Transatlantic service began the following year at $75 a minute.

1994 – The Supreme Court found that 2 Live Crew’s parody of Roy Orbison’s “Oh Pretty Woman” was fair use, and not a violation of copyright, thus ensuring the future of The Onion.

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Cordkillers 160 – Leg-Numbing Content (w/ Owen J.J. Stone)

Cordkillers / March 7th, 2017

People have broadcast but not TVs, YouTube has a TV service, and Amazon pilot season is back. With special guest Owen JJ Stone (https://iqmz.com)

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DTNS 2980 – Snippit! Snippit, Good!

Daily Tech News Show / March 6th, 2017

Google snippets often provide wrong answers to questions. Now they’re tied to Google Home questions where you can’t tell as easily if they’re wrong or not. Tom and Veronica discuss that plus a robot that can get help by reading your mind and Ford’s plan to 3D print parts of cars.

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Daily Tech Headlines – March 6, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / March 6th, 2017

New Fitbit Alta HR, Facebook tests thumbs down reaction on Messenger and Ford tests 3D printing.

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Today in Tech History – March 6, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / March 6th, 2017

1937 – Valentina Tereshkova was born in the Yaroslavl region of Russia. She would grow up to become the first woman in space and only woman ever to fly solo in space.

1992 – The first media-hyped computer virus reached fever pitch as the Michelangelo boot sector virus began to affect computers. Worldwide catastrophe did not follow.

2007 Safricom launched M-Pesa in
Kenya, a service to let users receive, send and store money using a basic mobile phone.

2009 – NASA launched the Kepler space observatory, with a mission to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars.

2012 – Google consolidated its various online stores, Android Market, Google Books, Google Music, and Google video, into one store called Google Play.

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DTH – Sunday History Break

Daily Tech News Show / March 5th, 2017

DTH Sunday history break.

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Today in Tech History – March 5, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / March 5th, 2017

1975 – The Homebrew Computer Club, held its first meeting in the garage of Gordon French in Menlo Park, California. 32 people showed up for the first meeting. John Draper, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs were some of the more famous members of the club.

1981 – The ZX81 was launched by Sinclair Research in Britain for £69.95 and would go on to sell over 1.5 million units around the world. It was much more successful than it’s predecessor the ZX80.

1982 – Four days after it’s twin, the second of two Soviet probes to Venus, the Venera 14 landed on the planet. Venera 13 and 14 would continue to send data until 1983.

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DTNS 2979 – How Does Zelda Taste?

Daily Tech News Show / March 4th, 2017

Our thoughts on the Nintendo Switch, plus why online shoppers in Thailand don’t use shopping carts.

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