TNT 903: Not Everybody is a Beyoncé

Tech News Today/ Ye Olde Stuff / December 16th, 2013

Tech News Today

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Jason Howell

Google buys big robots, Beyonce bucks big music, Twitter senses you are near, and more.

Guest: Ken Denmead

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Running time: 46:19

TNT 902: RISC of an ARMs Race

Tech News Today/ Ye Olde Stuff / December 13th, 2013

Tech News Today

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Jason Howell

Twitter angers users with a new block policy, Google may take on Intel in chips, Gmail steals all the email images, and more.

Guests: Darren Kitchen and Len Peralta

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Running time: 46:20

TNT 901: The Necessary-ness of a Second Screen

Tech News Today/ Ye Olde Stuff / December 12th, 2013

Tech News Today

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Jason Howell

Instagram launches private parts, Yahoo’s mail nightmare, Twitter wants to control your cable box, and more.

Guest: Marshall Kirkpatrick

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Running time: 52:31

TNT 900: Stairway to Spotify

Tech News Today/ Ye Olde Stuff / December 11th, 2013

Tech News Today

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Jason Howell

Will Microsoft kill Nokia’s Android phone? How you can get Led Zeppelin on Spotify, Twitter competing with SnapChat, and more.

Guest: Danny Sullivan

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Running time: 52:31

Tech History Today – Dec. 11, 2013

Tech News Today / December 11th, 2013

In 1910 – Georges Claude, the first person to apply an electrical discharge to a sealed tube of neon gas, displayed the first neon lamp to the public at the Paris Motor Show.

In 1967 – The Concorde, a joint British-French venture and the world’s first supersonic airliner, was unveiled in Toulouse, France. Bigger news than the speed of the jet was the announcement that it was finally agreed that the British and French planes would both be spelled with an “e” at the end.

In 1972 – Apollo 17 became the sixth and last Apollo mission to land on the Moon.

In 1998 – The Mars Climate Orbiter was successfully launched on a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Station in Florida. However, the probe disappeared on September 23rd before reaching Mars, apparently destroyed because scientists had failed to convert English measures to metric values.

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TNT 899: Pupu Platter of Content

Tech News Today/ Ye Olde Stuff / December 10th, 2013

Tech News Today

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Jason Howell

Qualcomm open sources the Internet of Everything, MS might bring back Start MENU, Chromecast gets more app support, and more.

Guest: Justin Robert Young

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Running time: 54:11

FR 152: Fire in the Hole!

Frame Rate/ Ye Olde Stuff / December 9th, 2013

Frame Rate

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Brian Brushwood.

Netflix’s war on mass culture, ugly numbers behind unbundled cable, rumors of a Google Nexus set-top box, and more.

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Running time: 1:12:11

TNT 898: National Second Life Administration

Tech News Today/ Ye Olde Stuff / December 9th, 2013

Tech News Today

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Jason Howell

Tech Titans tell NSA to stop it, meanwhile NSA plays Warcraft for great justice, Google may launch Nexus TV next year, and more.

Guest: Sascha Segan

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Running time: 50:26

TNT 897: Compelled by This Monstrosity

Shows/ Tech News Today / December 6th, 2013

Tech News Today

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Jason Howell

Spotify free for mobile, Apple tracks you in stores, 23andMe gives up (a little), and more.

Guest: Darren Kitchen

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Running time: 46:10

TNT 896: Fight for Your Freedumb

Shows/ Tech News Today / December 5th, 2013

Tech News Today

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Jason Howell

China squashes bitcoin, iPhone in China has no more excuses, connect all the chat apps, and more.

Guest: Brian Brushwood

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Running time: 49:42