It’s come down to this after a long season 2 teams remain. Can’t wait to see what happens next.
As Always, Bet Early…Bet Often
Mitula
DTNS 2895 – Everything Is Awesome!
Jenn Cutter talks with Tom Merritt about why toy-based video games aren’t just for kids anymore. Plus Samsung recalls a washing machine, Microsoft has a new way of updating Windows and rich text messaging is a mess.
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Daily Tech Headlines – November 4, 2016
GoPro plummets in earnings, Google teams up with NFL on VR and PSVue comes to the browser.
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Today in Tech History – November 4, 2016
1879 – James Jacob Ritty patented the first cash register as “Ritty’s Incorruptible Cashier”. He was motivated to invent it by the no-good thieving employees at his saloon.
1939 – Packard Motor Co. exhibited the first air-conditioned automobile at the 40th Automobile Show in Chicago, Illinois.
1952 – Fresh off census duty, the UNIVAC computer projected General Dwight David Eisenhower would defeat Adlai Stevenson for President of the US. All the polls showed Stevenson had a clear advantage so CBS delayed using the projection fearing inaccuracy.
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DTNS 2894 – MacBook Pros and Cons
Google tells Europe to buzz off about antirust, HTC bets on Virtual Reality arcades and why everyone is mad at Apple over MacBook Pros.
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Daily Tech Headlines – November 3, 2016
Huawei unveils the huge Mate 9, Facebook kills earnings, runs out of room for ad growth, Twitch takes on ad blockers.
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Today in Tech History – November 3, 2016
1957 – The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2 carrying the first animal ever to enter orbit, a dog named Laika. It would go on to inspire the saddest Jonathan Coulton song ever, “Space Doggity” and the band Laika and the Cosmonauts.
1973 – NASA launched Mariner 10 towards Mercury. It would become the first space probe to reach the planet.
1992 – Tim Berners-Lee posted a page describing the World Wide Web. It’s the oldest page still served on the Web.
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DTNS 2893 – There’s No i In Teams (Because It’s Microsoft Not Apple)
How mobile will our Internet usage get? Tom Merritt and Justin Robert Young discuss what a shift to mobile first Internet usage will mean. Plus Insurance companies and Protestors all trying to manipulate Facebook data, and Microsoft Teams up on Slack.
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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 143 w/ Shannon Morse
Black Mirror (303-306), Westworld (105), Justified (403)
01:02 – Winter Movie Draft
04:00 – Black Mirror (303-306)
30:50 – Westworld (104)
41:59 – Justified (403)
Daily Tech Headlines – November 2, 2016
Microsoft launches competitors for Slack and IFTT, Adobe shows off its 3D and Ai smarts.
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