Tech News Today 641: It’s Full of Cats

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane and Jason Howell

Facebook assassinates SMS, Volvo eliminates the need to drive, Steam conquers the TV, and more.

Guest: Veronica Belmont

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Running time:: 0:46:54

Autopilot S2E04 – Misfits

Misfits is a British science fiction comedy-drama television show about a group of young offenders sentenced to work in a community service programme, where they obtain supernatural powers after a strange electrical storm. The first series started broadcasting on 12 November 2009 on E4, and was produced by Clerkenwell Films. The show aired in Australia in 2010 on ABC2, and in New Zealand, it screens on FOUR, where its fourth season is currently running. In June 2011, it was made available online in the United States via Hulu,[1] where it became one of the service’s most-watched series.

Tech News Today 640: Assembled in USA

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane and Jason Howell

Apple Assembles in USA, Google vs. the United Nations, put cash in your phone for free, and more.

Guest: Wil Harris

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Running time:: 0:51:12

S&L Video – “The Dirty Streets of Heaven” Wrap-Up

Turkey has been gobbled, NaNoWriMo is drawing to a close, and that means its time to wrap-up Tad Williams’ The Dirty Streets of Heaven and check in with the discussions happening over on GoodReads. 

More about our November pick, The Dirty Streets of Heaven: 
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13542846-the-dirty-streets-of-heaven

Discussion Threads: 

Gift Giving in the Digital Age: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1079513-gifting-in-the-digital-age
DRM Free E-Books: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1087195-copyright-free-published-books and https://www.smashwords.com

Tech News Today 639: Fruit Roll-up Phones

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

Is Surface Pro half-dead already? Zynga and Facebook taking a break, bendable phones coming, and more.

Guest: Darren Kitchen

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Running time:: 0:48:32

Tech News Today 638: You’re Dehydrated and Pregnant

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

The People(Browsr) vs. Twitter, who’s the worst carrier in the US? Get 10 Sony films in 4K, and more.

Guest: Ken Denmead

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Running time:: 0:50:44

Tech News Today 637: All Signs Point to Pretty Good

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

Get Scroogled, find the ungoogle-able, stop changing the Internet, and more.

Guest: Aaron Newcomb

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Running time:: 0:49:56

S&L Podcast – #115 – Ghallu everyone!

On this episode we breakdown the Tolkien estate case against Warner Brothers, debate the origins of the Ghallu, and even figure out the January book pick! Also Tom has a Snow Day.  But it’s not what you think. It’s BETTER!

WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
 
QUICK BURNS
 
Happy Birthday to Michael Stackpole!
 
 
BARE YOUR SWORD
 
 
TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES
 
 
BOOK CHECK-IN
 
Dirty Streets wrap-up this Friday – The Hobbit Kick-Off Dec. 7
 
ADDENDUMS
 
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