Tech News Today 710: RIP Google Reader

Shows/ Tech News Today / March 14th, 2013

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

Google’s Really Simple Stupidity, Twitter coming with music app, how to raise $2 million on Kickstarter, and more.

Guest: Martin Giles

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Running time:: 0:49:06

Season One of S&L Video coming to an end!

Shows / March 14th, 2013

​The S&L studio team does jazz hands.

As many of you may know from the most recent audio podcast, the video edition of S&L is coming to an end (for now). Huge thanks to Geek & Sundry for making the whole thing possible, for our friends at Pixel Corps for the production and post-production services (and for being awesome in general), and to Fonco Creative for bringing our set (and Lem) to life!​

Tom and I are looking into new ways to keep the show alive going forward, so don’t fret! We have our hands full right now will getting the anthology off the ground, but we promise you we’re working on it. ​

Episodes of the video show will continue through the end of March, and you can always keep up with the book club on Goodreads and the audio podcast!

Thanks for watching!​

Tech News Today 709: To The Moon, Rubin!

Shows/ Tech News Today / March 13th, 2013

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

Does anyone care if Apple maps is getting better? Dell’s 18-inch tablet, Netflix gets all Facebooky, and more.

Guest: Dan Patterson

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Running time:: 0:50:35

The BIBLIO-MAT is not people!

Shows / March 12th, 2013

Podcast listener Jacob wanted to let us know that there aren’t actually people passing out the books from within the Biblio-Mat in Toronto. It’s actually… automated! With mechanisms!​ And such!

Tech News Today 708: Sugar Daddy for Blackberry

Shows/ Tech News Today / March 12th, 2013

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Cord-cutters rising, Lenovo might buy BlackBerry, app that saves you gas money, and more.

Guest: Jeff Cannata

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Running time:: 0:46:57

Kushiel’s Legacy, Jacqueline Carey, and More!

Shows / March 11th, 2013

Author of the Kushiel’s Legacy series, Jacqueline Carey, joins us to talk the inspirations behind her immensely popular series, the power of writing in the first person, and Veronica tries not to butcher anyone’s name. Enjoy!

More on our guest, Jacqueline Carey!

On the Web: http://www.jacquelinecarey.com/index.htm
GoodReads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/…
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jacquelineca…

More on Jacqueline’s Works:

Kushiel’s Legacy Series:
Phedre’s Trilogy: http://www.goodreads.com/series/54527…
Imriel’s Trilogy: http://www.goodreads.com/series/54529…
Moirin’s Trilogy: http://www.goodreads.com/series/54528…

Santa Olivia series: http://www.goodreads.com/series/50337…
The Sundering series: http://www.goodreads.com/series/44721…
Agent of Hel series: http://www.goodreads.com/series/78846…

“An Unexpected Visitor” by Aaron: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0bIMf…

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Tech News Today 707: Seattle Bar Will Kick Your Glass

Shows/ Tech News Today / March 11th, 2013

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Sneak peek at the Samsung Galaxy S IV, Amazon’s move to dominate domain names, MakerBot’s 3D scanner, and more.

Guest: Andy Ihnatko

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Running time:: 0:50:41

Tech News Today 706: Feeling Down? Go Shopping!

Shows/ Tech News Today / March 8th, 2013

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Has Google made the MP3 of Web video? Why SXSW is the new CES, Yahoo on a shopping spree, and more.

Guest: Darren Kitchen

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Running time:: 0:41:29