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Daily Tech Headlines – June 30, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / June 30th, 2017

Facebook’s successful drone flight, mini police cars, and a case against GrubHub.

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Today in Tech History – June 30, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / June 30th, 2017

1945 – The first draft of a Report on the EDVAC was published. It discussed the advantages of using just one large internal memory, in which instructions as well as data could be held.
http://virtualtravelog.net.s115267.gridserver.com/wp/wp-content/media/2003-08-TheFirstDraft.pdf

1948 – Bell Labs introduced the point-contact transistor demonstrated by its inventors, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain at a press conference in Murray Hill, NJ.
http://www.computerhistory.org/semiconductor/timeline/1947-invention.html

1948 – The FCC authorization of recording devices in connection with interstate or foreign telephone service went into effect. Users of the service had to be given adequate notice including a tone warning signal at regular intervals.
https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-308668A1.pdf

2015 – Apple launched Apple Music, a streaming service for $10 a month along with radio station Beats One.
http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-music-launches-taking-on-spotify/

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DTNS 3063 – 10 Years Ago, We Got … One More Thing

Daily Tech News Show / June 29th, 2017

The iPhone turns 10! We discuss its impact on technology and culture. Plus Airbnb goes upscale with a new luxury service and the White House picks another FCC commissioner.
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Today in Tech History – June 29, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / June 29th, 2017

1975 – Steve Wozniak built the first prototype of the Apple I, the first computer to show letters on the screen as you typed them.
http://www.amazon.com/iWoz-Computer-Geek-Cult-ebook/dp/B000VUCIZO

1995 – The Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with the space station Mir, the first-ever docking of a Shuttle to a Space Station.
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/shuttle-atlantis-mir-realization-program-goal/

2007 – The Apple iPhone went on sale for the first time.
http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/29/technology/iphone_launches/index.htm

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Daily Tech Headlines – June 29, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / June 29th, 2017

Brendan Carr nominated for FCC, Elon Musk drills in LA, and the Canadian Supreme Court rules on global delisting of Google results.

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DTNS 3062 – One Ring To Pair Them All

Daily Tech News Show / June 28th, 2017

Whether we want a fingerprint under our screen and one ring to open doors and pay for stuff. Plus the latest on the Petya/NotPetya ransomware.

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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 176

Cordkillers / June 28th, 2017

Preacher (201), Fargo (Season 3), Better Call Saul (310), Justified (611), Summer Movie Draft

07:34 – Summer Movie Draft
10:19 – Preacher (201)
13:09 – Fargo (Season 3)
21:23 – Better Call Saul (310)
30:40 – Justified (611)

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Daily Tech Headlines – June 28, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / June 28th, 2017

More was to stop new ransomware, Windows 10 to get stronger security features, Qualcomm introduces under-glass fingerprint sensor.

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Today in Tech History – June 28, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / June 28th, 2017

1928 – Austrian Friedrich Schmiedl launched his first experimental rocket from a balloon 50,000 feet over Graz, Austria. The rocket was not recovered, but later tests were successful leading to rocket delivered mail.
http://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/23/style/stamps-when-the-speed-of-rockets-delivered-the-mail.html

1965 – Officials in the US and Europe conducted the first commercial telephone conversation over satellite Early Bird I. The satellite also began operating for television transmission “live via satellite.”
http://appel.nasa.gov/2010/02/25/ao_1-7_sf_history-html/

1982 – Microsoft unveiled a new corporate logo with the famous “blibbet” of horizontal lines in the first O. New packaging, and a comprehensive set of retail dealer support materials came along with the blibbet.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/The-History-of-Microsoft-1982

2011 – Google announced their latest social network attempt. Google + let you put friends in circles and share different things with different circles.
http://readwrite.com/2011/06/28/google_circles_googles_radical_new_social_network

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DTNS 3061 – Patrick Says that the EU is right. Tom disagrees.

Daily Tech News Show / June 27th, 2017

Google gets a couple billion in fines while Facebook passes 2 billion users and plenty of computers get infected with new ransomware.

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