Daily Tech Headlines – December 1, 2017

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Order a plumber from a smart assistant, Tesla gives Australia its huge battery, and GM promises autonomous taxis in 2019.

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Today in Tech History – December 1, 2017

Today in Tech History logo1847 – The London and North Western Railway along with the Caledonian Railway adopted London Time on instructions from the General Post Office. Other railways followed suit and this was seen as the establishment of the first time zone.

https://www.timeanddate.com/time/uk/time-zone-background.html

1913 – Henry Ford added the moving-chassis assembly line to produce Model T’s in his Highland Park, Michigan factory. It was the crowning glory in his attempts to increase efficiency and production.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fords-assembly-line-starts-rolling

1977 – Time Warner launched QUBE in Columbus, Ohio, the first two-way interactive cable system. One of its channels called “The Pinwheel” would later be relaunched as Nickelodeon.

http://books.google.com/books?id=9uFT080FcRkC&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=qube+december+1+1977&source=bl&ots=AJ6f6oJ_JC&sig=esXBFvlqHhE0ErMUOTFdklUSHDs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Yp2SUpnlLI_UoAS-hYGgAg&ved=0CFsQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=qube%20december%201%201977&f=false

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DTNS 3169 – Round Table: Social Media, Keeping Secrets, Drive by Mining and Net Neutrality

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comIn our second round table episode we dive into social media and whether Snapchat has correctly identified its future, find out what other encryption issues might haunt your privacy, check in on websites that want to use your visit to mine bitcoin, and talk through some of the implications of the net neutrality debate and why nobody is right.
With Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Justin Robert Young, Rich Stroffolino and Bart Busschots.

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Daily Tech Headlines – November 30, 2017

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500An EKG for Apple Watch, Google’s Data saver app, and almost everything from Amazon Re:Invent.

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Today in Tech History – November 30, 2017

1934 – The steam locomotive Flying Scotsman became the first to officially exceed 100 mph.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/making_history/makhist10_prog8b.shtml

1955 – A Colorado Springs youngster misdialed a telephone number set up for inquiries about Santa and accidentally called the Combat Operations Center of the Continental Air Defense Command. COC Commander Col. Harry Shoup told the child “There may be a guy called Santa Claus at the North Pole, but he’s not the one I worry about coming from that direction.”

http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/how-the-u-s-military-turned-santa-claus-into-a-cold-wa-1664149776

1999 – British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merged to form BAE Systems, Europe’s largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world. Marconi had been founded by Guglielmo Marconi in 1897.

http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Marconi_Electronic_Systems.html

2006 – Microsoft released Windows Vista for business use. Vista improved on security over Windows XP, but took criticism for other features, and never rivaled Windows XP in adoption.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/30/technology/microsoft/

DTNS 3168 – Facebook Wants Your Face

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comAre laptops hurting students? Plus, Apple apologies for the root bug, Facebook checks your face and Snapchat draws a line between social and media.
With Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.

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Daily Tech Headlines – November 29, 2017

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Waze offers hands-free app update, Snapchat overhauls design, Andy Rubin takes leave from Essential.

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