DTNS 2798 – Austin as a Service

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comDo tech-savvy folks need Uber and Lyft? Austin’s carrying out that experiment right now. Justin Young and Tom Merritt talk with Austinites Brian Brushwood and Bryce Castillo about how their dealing with it.

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Daily Tech Headlines – June 30, 2016

Android gets a name, Spotify threatens Apple and a new cable connects the Pacific.

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Today in Tech History – June 30, 2016

Today in Tech History logo1945 – The first draft of a Report on the EDVAC was published. It discussed the advantages of using just one large internal memory, in which instructions as well as data could be held.

1948 – Bell Labs introduced the point-contact transistor demonstrated by its inventors, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain at a press conference in Murray Hill, NJ.

1948 – The FCC authorization of recording devices in connection with interstate or foreign telephone service went into effect. Users of the service had to be given adequate notice including a tone warning signal at regular intervals.

2015 – Apple launched Apple Music, a streaming service for $10 a month along with radio station Beats One.

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DTNS 2797 – Secretly Listening to Dr. Demento

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comHow transistor radios paved the way for smartphones. Tech historian Tamar Sandel talks with Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt about what we owe the cheap radios of the 1950s and 1960s.

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Daily Tech Headlines – June 29, 2016

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Sony starts using robots, Windows 10 gets a release date and Facebook explains the news feed.

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DTNS 2796 – 50 Shady Grey Markets

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comCan you have a resale market for digital game codes? Can you have it without fraud and accusations of theft? Patrick Beja and Tom Merritt discuss.

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Daily Tech Headlines – June 28, 2016

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Airbnb sues San Francisco, the French bring us gold speakers, and Amazon finally brings page flipping to ebooks.

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