What makes a media format die? The dangers of energy drinks. Why we stay up late at home. How we related to the rave scene. What scene are you? Why Roger was born too early. The rise of the passionate employee and the community-oriented business. Why we’ll want serendipity in shopping.
Tech News Today 535: (I Don’t Want) a Permanent Elephant
Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
RIM says crazy stuff and delays things, Microsoft makes upgrades cheap, Twitter goes transparent, and more.
Guest: Nilay Patel
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Running time: 50:40
Tech News Today 534: Look Before You Leap Second
Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Sony climbs into the cloud, Mozilla’s making a phone OS, the Internet declares freedom, and more.
Guest: Cali Lewis
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Running time: 49:07
Frame Rate 83: Nerd fight!
Hosts: Brian Brushwood and Tom Merritt
Dish drops AMC, Valve open-sources machinima, Hulu lands HBO… in Japan, and more.
Guest: Scott Wilkinson
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Running time: 1:04:50
S&L Video – George R.R. Martin – Bonus interview!
We felt a little bad keeping him from writing the final books, but we had more questions! Check out the full interviews here.
Video link: http://youtu.be/VEegFASVTLs
Tech News Today 533: You Coulda Been a Contender
Hosts: Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
RIM’s running out of options, Google+ invites everyone to everything, the world’s ending, and more.
Guest: Darren Kitchen and Randall Bennett
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Running time: 56:20
FSL Tonight 2012 Week 3: Gray heavens!
Did Gandalf the Grey abandon reason for madness? Mordor gets a taste of their own dark medicine. And who’s a quitter? The madness continues in this season of FSL Tonight.
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Tech News Today 532: YOU Killed the Start Menu
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar, and Chad Johnson
Apple to overhaul iTunes, Microsoft says YOU killed the start button, Google brings lots of apps to iOS, and more.
Guest: Jonathan Strickland
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Running time: 48:38
Triangulation 59: Pursuit Horizon and Parag Khanna
High tech motorcycles blogging around the US, and exploring the frontier of the information revolution.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Tom Merritt
Guest: Zach Settewongse and Amanda Pollard from PursuitHorizon.com and, Parag Khanna.
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Running time: 46:40
Tech News Today 531: Falling for Glass
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar, Jason Howell and Chad Johnson
Google I/O involves falling from great heights and Zeppelins, One good Nexus and one questionable Nexus, why T-Mobile’s chief just quit, and more.
Guest: Shannon Morse
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Running time: 44:50