Tech News Today 794: Post PC World Era

Shows/ Tech News Today / July 12th, 2013

Hosts: Sarah Lane and Jason Howell

Details about Microsoft giving data to the NSA, Eric Schmidt says Apple and Google are both really great, buying Bitcoins has never been easier, and more.

Guests: Darren Kitchen, Justin Robert Young and Len Peralta

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Running time:: 0:50:03

Tech News Today 793: Baby Browsing eBay

Shows/ Tech News Today / July 11th, 2013

Hosts: Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Can Moto X minimize bloatware and be a hit? Is the Nokia’s Lumia 1020 just for photographers? Microsoft’s reorg is slashing departments, and more.

Guest: Sannon Morse

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Running time:: 0:50:32

Tech News Today 792: Yelp is on the Way

Shows/ Tech News Today / July 10th, 2013

Hosts: Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Can we throw enough money at Tizen to make it attractive to devs? Yelp’s rolling out food delivery, Apple’s testing out slo-mo video, and more.

Guest: Ron Richards

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Running time:: 0:48:13

S&L Podcast – #136 – Nerdtacular 2013!

Shows/ Sword and Laser / July 10th, 2013

We record an episode live in front of an audience of awesome folks from at Nerdtacular 2013.  Since we’re still just getting into Ringworld, we save more substantive discussion of that for later this month and talk about what else we’re reading.  get ready to enlarge your reading lists because we had some amazing suggestions from the audience! 

 QUICK BURNS

Help Seattle to name a park after Octavia Butler
You Can Explore Harry Potter’s Diagon Alley on Street View Now

Iain M. Banks Gets Asteroid Named After Him

CALENDAR

BOOK CHECK-IN – What else we’re reading!

Veronica

Love Minus Eighty by Will McIntosh
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Necessary Evil by Ian Tregillis

Tom

Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton
Abaddon’s Gate by James S. A. Corey

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Tech News Today 791: Dot Whatever

Shows/ Tech News Today / July 9th, 2013

Hosts: Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Do we need top level domains for cities? Executive musical chairs at Barnes and Noble, Nintendo partners aren’t happy with the Wii U, and more.

Guest: Scott Johnson

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Running time:: 0:51:55

Tech News Today 790: Vine is Fine

Shows/ Tech News Today / July 8th, 2013

Hosts: Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Who will buy Hulu? Shazam’s taking over latin america, tech workers are really young, and more.

Guest: Nicole Lee

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Running time:: 0:47:33