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TWiT 266: Musty Shelbang

by Jon Cole in Tech506 days ago

TechCrunch has a lot of reach within the tech industry and sparked some rumors about an upcoming Facebook-branded phone (which Zuckerburg and his company have since renounced). Baratunde and Nick make the point that such a phone would likely be quite popular, considering the fact that younger demographics use Facebook for many of the same functions that smartphones often deliver. Justin.tv’s new iPhone live streaming app leads to some conversation about how this might contribute to the lifestreaming trend or even just giving rise to a greater...

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TWiT 265: Passing The Stone

by Jon Cole in Tech515 days ago

This Week in Tech unintentionally held a sort of TWiT Reunion episode, welcoming many of the show’s founding members for an excellent episode. Conversation kicks off with the big picture question of how big companies manage to hire excellent employees and how that affects the seemingly open people faucet between players like Facebook, Google, and Microsoft. In other news, a recent case on software resale has been ruled on by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals and it’s not looking good for digital content used sales. Furthermore, it’s...

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TWiT 264: Blackballed

by Jon Cole in Tech521 days ago

This week’s show welcomes some industry veterans to the fold, including Jerry Pournelle and Andrew Keen. As a result, however, the show ends up being a little chunky at almost two hours while meandering on a few big picture issues like net neutrality and piracy. In the midst of these somewhat evergreen topics, they hit on some big news at the top of the show with Craigslist’s closure of their adult services section and the subsequent confusion as to their reasoning. Apple’s Music Conference is probably the biggest piece of news...

TWiT 262: The Bozo Filter

by Jon Cole in Tech534 days ago

It’s a three-man This Week in Tech, maybe even equivalent to a two-man show considering Julio is out of the studio and doesn’t get too many words in. Leo uses this newfound pulpit to rant a little bit about his utter disappointment over social media due to a recent issue he had with Google Buzz. Real news enters the conversation before too long, starting things off (as usual) with some Apple rumors. This time, the guys speculate about the role of a possible iTV set-top box and propose the idea that the Magic Trackpad might be intended...

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TWiT 259: Next Stop: Gilbert, Arizona

by Jon Cole in Tech557 days ago

This week’s TWiT is a little scattershot as far as topics are concerned, but that’s mostly because of the great crew this week that includes John C. Dvorak, Baratunde Thurston, Brian Brushwood, and Felicia Day. The big topic to start things off is the Apple iOS4 stable jailbreak, which Leo somehow convinces Brian to perform on his own iPhone live on the show. Luckily, no iPhones were harmed in the production of this program. The update to the Amazon Kindle series allows for a brief dive into the perennial topic of eReaders and the merits...

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TWiT 257: Smell Like Your Grandpa

by Jon Cole in Tech570 days ago

Anand Shimpi joins This Week in Tech in the wake of Apple’s iPhone 4 antenna issues and offers an expert opinion due to his unique coverage over at Anandtech.  They tread the issue extensively but not too far beyond the plethora of coverage up to this point, ultimately reaching the conclusion that most people who buy the iPhone could really care less about reception issues. The recent financial success of both Intel and AMD has inspired some optimism about PC computing, though John takes a little issue with that.  While mobile products are...

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TWiT 252: The Legend of Vuvuzela

by Jon Cole in Games, Tech604 days ago

As per usual, Apple talk capitalizes the beginning of the show and Brian hits on the biggest theme of the iPhone 4′s announcement – getting less than you expected.  He goes on to say that Jobs is the P.T. Barnum of the modern day, selling old tech like video phone calls like they’d never been seen before. Wrapping up the Apple talk, John theorizes that the lack of a partnership with Verizon may be temporary, as they booked a conference room three days after the initial release of the phone. Hulu has been rumored to be offering some...

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TWiT 247: Made In America

by Jon Cole in Tech641 days ago

As always, This Week in Tech manages to hit on a lot of huge issues, but somehow avoids talking about Apple for most of this week’s show!  Starting things off, the guys talk about the aggrevating steps that the FCC is taking to appease the MPAA.  They’ve recently ruled that the MPAA and associated movie studios have the right to disable analog video output for films broadcast through set-top boxes, in a move to offer pre-release access to movies on the track to sell on DVD. Facebook has been in the news a lot lately for their controversial...

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TWiT 240: The Texas Reach-Around

by Jon Cole in Tech688 days ago

Twitter’s birthday starts things off for this show, allowing Leo to plug @LisaTickledPink and give another mention to the associated iPad giveaway.  Next up is Sprint’s deceptive marketing in their recent commercial, advertising their 4G services while showing an iPhone accessing 4G via their wi-fi mobile hotspot.  Wrapping up the mobile talk, Leo talks a little bit about Palm’s recent drop in stock prices while John essentially holds a funeral for the company. The biggest mainstream tech news of the week is the story of a “hacker”...

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TWiT 238: Lisa Hates Technology

by Jon Cole in Tech702 days ago

A regular TWiT cast is joined by Fox and Friends’ Clayton Morris, starting off with the news that the Apple iPad is facing a minor delay.  In response, Microsoft has released some information on the formerly rumored Courier tablet. With Conan O’Brien’s latest move to elevate a random person to internet celebrity status simply through his Twitter friend list, Leo and Kevin up the ante with their own candidate, @LisaTickledPink (whom Kevin chose by looking up “I hate technology” in Twitter’s search function).  At...

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TWiT 233: Apple ][ Forever

by Jon Cole in Tech739 days ago

TWiT unsurprisingly starts off with a bit of conversation about the iPad, with John and Leo taking their pessimist and optimist roles as per usual.  The biggest debate over the usability of this hardware concerns the readability of eBooks on the LCD screen.  Leo maintains that he appreciates the ability to skim through articles in newspapers and magazines, while John argues that the paper-like qualities of E Ink is still optimal. Next comes the debacle over Macmillan books on Amazon, which were temporarily pulled due to a conflict between publisher/retailer...

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TWiT 231: Be Kind, Rewind

by Jon Cole in Tech751 days ago

One of the biggest pieces of news from the past week is Google’s assertion in China that could either break off all business between the two or give Google a lot more breathing room.  The commonly held belief is that Google did such a thing for mostly ethical reasons, falling back on their mantra – “don’t be evil.”  John has an interesting alternative take on the situation, noting that Google probably doesn’t want too much of their business tied into China’s overly-restrictive economic system. Continuing...

TWiT 225: Schmidt Happens

by Jonathan Downin in Tech788 days ago

It’s a guest-heavy show with John C. Dvorak, Jason Calacanis, Brian Brushwood, Robert Heron, and Jason Howell all joining Leo this week. The topics start with the Google phone/Nexus One since Jason Howell actually got some hands-on time with the new device. It sounds like a sleek package, but it doesn’t offer too much over current Android phones. Facebook’s recent privacy policy change takes up most of the discussion time. Jason Calacanis wrote an article on the subject, and he is duly worked up about the issue, which he labels...

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