When babies hurt you, why you need jungle animals in your house, Tom’s lack of jungle book excitement, favorite kids movies, buying cars in the 1970s, paid influence in Germany, sloppy journalism, misleading headlines, aliens fling their icy balls, buckybodies, humanity is in it’s teen years.
DTNS 2671 – Botline Bling
Do we want messaging to replace apps? Wired asks, and Justin Young and Tom Merritt try to answer.
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Today in Tech History – January 21, 2016
In 1957 – NBC taped and broadcast President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s second inauguration address, further popularizing the taping of video.
In 1981 – The first DeLorean DMC-12 sports car rolled off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. This one made no use of gigawatts in any way.
In 2004 – The Mars Rover Spirit abruptly stopped transmitting. Apparently too many files had been written to the flash memory and it went into fault mode.
In 2015 – Microsoft announced more details about Windows 10, the Microsoft Surface Hub, an 84-inch 4K whiteboard TV, and Windows Holographic. Using HoloStudio and HoloLens, Windows Holographic promised to bring holograms into everyday use.
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DTNS 2670 – Geeks Helping Geeks Teach Geeks
Online education fell off the hype radar but it’s getting stronger than ever. Luria Petrucci shares what she learned setting up Geeks University with Tom Merritt and Scott Johnson.
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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 104
The Expanse (102-105), Master of None (106-110), Justified (101)
00:55 – Winter Movie Draft
04:43 – Triage (No spoilers)
07:32 – The Expanse (102-105)
17:07 – Master of None (106-110)
20:11 – Justified (101)
Today in Tech History – January 20, 2016
In 1929 -The movie In Old Arizona was released. It was the first full-length talking motion picture in the US to be filmed outdoors.
In 1934 – Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd., the photographic and electronics company known today as Fujifilm, was founded in Tokyo, Japan.
In 1981 – The inauguration of US President Ronald Reagan became the world’s first broadcast to feature live teletext subtitles for the hearing impaired.
In 2009 – The inauguration of US President Barack Obama became the most widely-streamed Presidential inauguration to that time. According to Akamai’s Net Usage Index, web traffic peaked at 5.4 million requests per minute — and two terabits per second.
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#242 – The Animal In Our Collection
We congratulate the winners of our Inkshares contest and name the book that will be joining our Sword and Laser collection. Plus, why you shouldn’t be angry at George R. R. Martin and how Catherynne M. Valente’s Radiance is like a Tone Poem.
DTNS 2669 – Amazon Dash: Push It Real Good
We look at the top 10 most anticipated games coming in 2016 as Patrick Beja tries to explain them to Tom Merritt Good luck Patrick!
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Today in Tech History – January 19, 2016
In 1883 -The first electric lighting system using overhead wires went into service in Roselle, New Jersey.
In 1983 – Apple released the Lisa, the second commercial computer with a graphical user interface (after the Xerox Star). It only cost $9,995 too!
In 1986 – Brain became the first computer virus released into the wild. It was a boot sector virus transmitted by floppy disks. The Farooq Alvi Brothers of Lahore, Pakistan created the virus.
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Cordkillers 104 – Selling Dish Soap
Too much TV! Netflix and NBC have a ratings spat. VLC is not just for breaking the law.