This week we have a lot to say about wine, some to say about Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series and loads to say as we wrap up Connie Willis’ Doomsday Book. Plus we kind of sort of kick off December’s Book, California Bones.
DTNS 3169 – Round Table: Social Media, Keeping Secrets, Drive by Mining and Net Neutrality
In our second round table episode we dive into social media and whether Snapchat has correctly identified its future, find out what other encryption issues might haunt your privacy, check in on websites that want to use your visit to mine bitcoin, and talk through some of the implications of the net neutrality debate and why nobody is right.
With Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Justin Robert Young, Rich Stroffolino and Bart Busschots.
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Daily Tech Headlines – November 30, 2017
An EKG for Apple Watch, Google’s Data saver app, and almost everything from Amazon Re:Invent.
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Today in Tech History – November 30, 2017
1934 – The steam locomotive Flying Scotsman became the first to officially exceed 100 mph.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/making_history/makhist10_prog8b.shtml
1955 – A Colorado Springs youngster misdialed a telephone number set up for inquiries about Santa and accidentally called the Combat Operations Center of the Continental Air Defense Command. COC Commander Col. Harry Shoup told the child “There may be a guy called Santa Claus at the North Pole, but he’s not the one I worry about coming from that direction.”
http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/how-the-u-s-military-turned-santa-claus-into-a-cold-wa-1664149776
1999 – British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merged to form BAE Systems, Europe’s largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world. Marconi had been founded by Guglielmo Marconi in 1897.
http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Marconi_Electronic_Systems.html
2006 – Microsoft released Windows Vista for business use. Vista improved on security over Windows XP, but took criticism for other features, and never rivaled Windows XP in adoption.
DTNS 3168 – Facebook Wants Your Face
Are laptops hurting students? Plus, Apple apologies for the root bug, Facebook checks your face and Snapchat draws a line between social and media.
With Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.
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Daily Tech Headlines – November 29, 2017
Waze offers hands-free app update, Snapchat overhauls design, Andy Rubin takes leave from Essential.
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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 197
Mr. Robot goes somewhere, but where? Deadwood give us that old Harlan feeling. Brian and Bryce gush about Coco.
00:47 – Winter Movie Draft 2017
03:46 – Coco
13:41 – Future Man (101)
17:47 – Mr. Robot (307)
24:23 – Deadwood (101)
Today in Tech History – November 29, 2017
1777 – The Spanish founded California’s first civilian settlement called Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe. It would become the future state’s first capital and eventually the heart of Silicon Valley.
http://www.sanjoseca.gov/about.asp
1910 – The first US patent for a traffic signal system was issued to Ernest E. Sirrine. It switched an illuminated sign between the words “stop” and “proceed.”
1972 – Nolan Bushnell installed a coin-operated arcade game at Andy Capp’s tavern in Sunnyvale, California. It only played Allan Alcorn’s Pong. Within four months there were 10,000 across the country.
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3900/the_history_of_pong_avoid_missing_.php?print=1
1974 – The January issue of Popular Electronics was published featuring the Altair 8800 microcomputer from Micro Instrumentation Telemetry Systems in Albuquerque, New Mexico on the cover. For $439 you got everything you needed to build a computer in one kit boasting 256 bytes of memory!
http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/PopularElectronics/Jan1975/PE_Jan1975.htm
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DTNS 3167 – Los Cines Mexicanos son más Inteligente
Microsoft puts tabs in everything, another promise of hybrid electric planes, and how Netflix affects content distribution in Mexico and beyond.
With Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Dan Campos.
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Daily Tech Headlines – November 28, 2017
Softbank putting money into Uber, Facebook Suicide Prevention efforts roll out worldwide, Tumblr’s founder is leaving.
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