Spanish Taxi Protests – DTH

Daily Tech News Show/ Shows / July 30th, 2018

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500DJI Mavic models show up in a catalog, Spanish taxi drivers engage in ride-hailing protest and Twitter hires professors to help make the platform better.

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Today in Tech History – – July 29, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / July 29th, 2018

1947 – ENIAC was switched on after being transferred to the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. It operated continuously until October 2 1955.

https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4374183/Construction-begins-on-ENIAC–May-31–1943

1951 – A recording was made of Beethoven’s 9th by EMI that eventually became used to justify the diameter of the CD.

http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.111060&catNum=8111060&filetype=About+this+Recording&language=English

1958 – President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/whyweexplore/Why_We_29.html

2015 – Microsoft launched Windows 10 as a free upgrade for users of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.

http://www.itpro.co.uk/operating-systems/23119/windows-10-release-date-and-specs-76

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Today in Tech History – – July 28, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / July 28th, 2018

1858 – The first use of fingerprints as identification took place in India. William James Herschel, magistrate of Nuddea, India requested local businessman Rajyadhar Konai make a handprint on the back of a contract. Herschel wanted to “frighten [Konai] out of all thought of repudiating his signature.”

http://www.correctionhistory.org/html/chronicl/dcjs/html/nyidbur2.html

1997 – Dell announced its entry into the workstation market with the Dell Workstation 400.

http://sunsite.uakom.sk/sunworldonline/swol-07-1997/swol-07-eyeoncomp.html#0

2000 – Ted Kekatos celebrated the First System Administrator Appreciation Day. He had been inspired by an HP ad showing people bringing gifts to their System Administrator. The day is celebrated annually on the last Friday of July.

http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/149581-interview-with-the-founder-of-system-administrator-appreciation-day-ted-kekatos

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DTNS 3334 – July Roundtable: Money, Sex & Likes

Daily Tech News Show/ Shows / July 27th, 2018

It’s our end of month July round table episode. We examine how robust security keys are in everyday life and why moving to physical keys in an digital world makes sense. We discuss the technology used to discover water on Mars and how this will change the idea of space exploration. Plus teens debate the news with peers on Instagram. What are the implications of a free for all mindset to the spread of information and will this alter how these teens will get their news as adults?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Shannon Morse, Roger Chang and Rob DeMillo.

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MoviePass Runs Out of Money – DTH

Daily Tech News Show/ Shows / July 27th, 2018

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Disney and Fox approve merge, Atlassian sells HipChat and Stride to Slack, Moviepass borrows $5 million to keep going for another day.

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Tom’s Coming to the St. Louis Area!

Daily Tech News Show / July 26th, 2018

Tom will be coming home for a high school class reunion at the beginning of September and doing the show from the St. Louis area September 6th and 7th. While he could try to rely on the bandwidth at his sister’s farm, it will be more reliable and more fun if he could hook up with some DTNS listeners and even have a meetup!

if you have bandwidth Tom could use email feedback@dailytechnewsshow.com and let us know!

And everybody in the are keep an ear out for a meetup! Ideas welcome. Though Tom would really like to do one at Mario’s Pizza in Greenville.

CurrentGeek 179: All About Eve

Current Geek/ Shows / July 26th, 2018

Welcome to the Current Geek Film Festival, a special monthly look at the greatest movies of all time from a geeky perspective. 

Our monthly look at the best films ever continues, this time with All About Eve.

DTNS 3333 – Facebook: Maturation or Saturation?

Daily Tech News Show / July 26th, 2018

What Facebook’s slightly low user growth means for the fate of the internet and the world, plus Windows wants to annoy you less and smart watches are finally hot!

With Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt and Justin Robert Young

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Facebook Acquires Redkix for Workplaces – DTH

Daily Tech News Show / July 26th, 2018

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Qualcomm drops NXP bid, Samsung claims “unbreakable” display, the ACLU criticizes Amazon’s Rekognition facial tech.

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Today in Tech History – – July 25, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / July 25th, 2018

1959 – Christopher Cockerell’s Hovercraft crossed the English Channel for the first time, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Frenchman Louis Bleriot’s historic first cross-Channel heavier-than-air flight.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio/subjects/history/britainsince1930s/transport/hovercraft

1990 – Microsoft became the first software company to exceed $1 billion in sales in a single year, reporting revenues of $1.18 billion for fiscal year 1990.

https://www.phase3.net/1990-july-25th-microsoft-revenue-breaks-1-billion/

2010 – Wikileaks published classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in US. military history.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/25/afghanistan-war-logs-military-leaks

2016 – The Solar Impulse 2 landed in Abu Dhabi a year and two days after taking off on a journey to circumnavigate the globe on solar power. André Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard alternated flying the plane but still needed rest between legs. The plane itself was capable of lying nonstop.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/26/12283128/solar-impulse-2-completes-round-the-world-trip-sun

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