It’s been a few weeks and we’ve had time to process everything along with our guest Mallory O’Meara, who’s been dying to share her thoughts and opinions. Did we figure it out? Probably not, but it sure is fun to talk about!
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Why the US government banned Kaspersky software, What Wu-Tang’s Ghostface Killah is doing for Cryptocurrency and the scoop on Uber in London from someone in London.
With Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, Justin Robert Young and Nate Lanxon.
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Google’e new hardware announcements, Amazon gets into more of its own delivery and Netflix raises prices.
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1969 – The first episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus aired on the BBC. The show created the Spam sketch that would eventually inspire the slang term for unsolicited email.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8287931.stm
1991 – Linux Kernel version 0.02 was released, attracting a lot of attention. Author Linus Torvalds felt this version was at least usable and worth a wider release.
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!msg/comp.os.minix/4995SivOl9o/GwqLJlPSlCEJ%5B1-25%5D
1992 – IBM announced the ThinkPad line of Notebook computers at offices in New York City.
http://www.zdnet.com/happy-20th-birthday-to-the-ibm-thinkpad-a-design-classic-7000002561/
2002 – “Xbox Media Player” and its first beta source code was released. The code was a result of Frodo, the founder of “YAMP” (Yet Another Media Player), joining the Xbox Media Player team. The project was later changed to Xbox Media Center and then just XBMC.
http://xbmc.org/10-years-of-xbmc/
2011 – Steve Jobs died at his home surrounded by family. The co-founder and CEO of Apple had fought pancreatic cancer for years.
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All the hot new Google hardware, Scott Johnson’s horrible no-good very bad hack day, why you don’t want AR contact lenses.
With Tom Merritt, Sarah lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson
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Uber board wants to dilute Kalanick’s power, Sonos teams up with Amazon Alexa, all Yahoo accounts now believed compromised in 2013 hack.
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Rick and Morty (310), Firefly (War Stories), Winter Movie Draft 2017.
01:18 – Winter Movie Draft 2017
04:53 – Rick and Morty (310)
13:12 – Firefly (War Stories)
1957 -The Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, becoming the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth, and motivating the US to get into gear and heat up the space race.
http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/
1985 – Richard Stallman started a non-profit corporation called the Free Software Foundation, dedicated to promoting the universal freedom to create, distribute and modify computer software. The FSF among other things, enforces the copyleft requirements of the GNU General Public License often referred to as the GPL.
http://www.linkedin.com/company/free-software-foundation
2004 – SpaceShipOne returned from its third journey, a reusable spacecraft that could carry passengers beyond the earth’s atmosphere. It won the $10 million Ansari X prize for private spaceflight.
2016 – Google announced two phones, the Pixel and Pixel XL, the first phones designed from the ground up by Google. The company also introduced a Google Home voice-activated assistant along with several other products.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37551413
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Microsoft partners with Samsung on VR, What Uber’s Levandowski knew and when he knew it and/or shredded it, how you can contribute Google Street View images.
With Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Patrick Beja and Rob Reid.
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Revelations from Uber v Waymo, Google lets anyone upload images to Street View and Messenger Lite launches in more countries.
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