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Daily Tech Headlines – October 28, 2016

Daily Tech News Show / October 28th, 2016

Apple’s new MacBooks, a merger of internet titans, RIP Vine.
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Today in Tech History – October 28, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / October 28th, 2016

1793 – Eli Whitney applied to patent his improved cotton gin, capable of cleaning 50 pounds of lint per day, and powering patent metaphors and arguments for centuries to come.

1955 – A pair of proud Seattle parents welcomed their new son into the world, having no idea he would become one of the most loved and hated men of all time. Happy birthday William Henry Gates the third. You know him as Bill.

1998 – President Bill Clinton signed into law the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, making it illegal for you to use computers the way they were designed to be used, if big companies didn’t want you to.

2014 – The W3C published its recommendation of HTML5, the final version of the standard. It included the video and canvas tags among other improvements.

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DTNS 2889 – End of the Vine…

Daily Tech News Show / October 27th, 2016

Apple announces new laptops and an Apple TV app while Twitter shuts down Vine and lays off 9% of its staff. Justin Robert Young and Tom Merritt discuss that and more.

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Daily Tech Headlines – October 27, 2016

Daily Tech News Show / October 27th, 2016

Twitter beats expectations, announces layoffs; Qualcomm moves into automotive, Apple delays AirPod.

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Today in Tech History – October 27, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / October 27th, 2016

1904 – The first underground New York City subway line opened. The line ran from City Hall in lower Manhattan through Grand Central, Times Square and ended north in Harlem. Rides cost five cents.

1994 – HotWired launched bringing with it the first large quantity sales of banner ads. AT&T, Zima, MCI, Volvo, Club Med and 1-800-COLLECT all plunked down for the privilege.

2005 – The European Space Agency launched its first satellite, a micro-satellite called the SSETI Express Satellite, designed and built by European students.

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#271 – Awkward Jinni Conversations

Shows/ Sword and Laser / October 27th, 2016

We discover that some people’s names just don’t work as awards. We’re excited about a site full of fictional timelines. And we ponder troubling jinni paternity questions.

DTNS 2888 – I Ain’t No Holla-Gram, Girl

Daily Tech News Show / October 26th, 2016

Microsoft is all in on 3D for its next windows update and it’s new all-in-one desktop the Surface Studio. Plus Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt talk to Jaime Ruiz Avila, inventor of the Holovect holographic display device.

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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 142

Cordkillers / October 26th, 2016

Westworld (103), Justified (401) Walking Dead (701) Black Mirror (301-302)

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05:19 – Westworld (104)
23:39 – Walking Dead (701)
30:58 – Black Mirror (301-302)
38:55 – Justified (402)

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Daily Tech Headlines – October 26, 2016

Daily Tech News Show / October 26th, 2016

Microsoft announces new laptop, desktop and Windows 10 Creators Studio. Alphabet pauses Google Fiber expansion. Vodafone pays a big UK fine.

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Today in Tech History – October 26, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / October 26th, 2016

1936 – The first electric generator went into full operation at Hoover Dam, about a month after President Roosevelt had dedicated the dam and tried to encourage people to call it the Boulder Dam.

1992 – Software deployment issues in CAD, the new ambulance dispatch system in London, caused 30-45 deaths. Poor training, a memory leak and no load testing contributed to the failure.

2004 – Apple debuted the iPod photo, capable of displaying digital photographs and album art on a built-in color screen.

2012 – Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system went on sale, with its tile-based start screen.

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