A Caucus of Apps – DTNS 3699

The Iowa Caucus takes place February 3 and Democratic Party will be using an in-house smartphone app to send out results. Justin shares hits thoughts the party’s latest attempt to leverage smartphone technology.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Justin Robert Young

The Democrats will receive and send out results using a smartphone app running on the personal phones of caucus precinct and party leaders.

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#372 – Hmmm… hmmm.

We’ve got Hugo nominations open! And a new Heinlein novel. I mean “new” to everybody but him, we guess. Plus, we kick off In the Company fo Others by Julie E. Czerneda.

YouTube Launches Profile Cards on Android – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500YouTube launches Profile cards on Android, Bose closes all retail stores in North America, Europe, Australia, and Japan, and Fitbit rolls out blood oxygen monitoring.

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Twitter Won’t Edit Stance on Edit – DTNS 3698

When asked about an edit feature for Twitter, company CEO Jack Dorsey said “We’ll probably never do it.” What’s the logic behind his statement and would an edit feature add or detract from the platform?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson

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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 297 – The Good Place (410), The Circle (101), The Larry Sanders Show (208)

This week on It’s Spoilerin’ Time: The Good Place (410), The Circle (101), The Larry Sanders Show (208)
Brian’s out of town, but Tom and Bryce tackle the return of The Good Place and dip a toe into Netflix’s The Circle.

Cordkillers is off next week due to Martin Luther King, Jr. day. We will return January 27, 2020.

Next episode: The Good Place (411-412), The New Pope (101-102), Picard (101), The Larry Sanders Show (209-210)

00:44 – Winter Movie Draft update
05:52 – The Good Place (410)
15:05 – The Circle (101)
24:45 – The Larry Sanders Show (208)

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Dorsey Says No to Twitter Edit Button – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Google will end third-party cookie support in Chrome, Appel preparing for legal battle with feds, Dorsey says Twitter will “probably” never do an edit button.

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Live Livers, Body Not Included – DTNS 3697

Quibi insists it’s not competing with traditional streaming incumbents like Hulu or Netflix. But then who is it for and what’s the business case?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Beja, Roger Chang.

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Cordkillers 297 – The TiVOngle (w/ Hammond Chamberlain)

Oscar nominations, a surprising new TiVO box, and a Locke and Key trailer. All this and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Hammond Chamberlain.

Cordkillers is off next week due to Martin Luther King, Jr. day. We will return January 27, 2020.

This week on It’s Spoilerin’ Time: The Good Place (410), The Circle (101), The Larry Sanders Show (208)
Next episode: The Good Place (411-412), The New Pope (101-102), Picard (101), The Larry Sanders Show (209-210)

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Verizon Media Launches Privacy-Focused Search Engine – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Google acquires Pointy, Apple maintains its backdoor stance, PC market grows.

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Gamers Being Good to Each Other – DTNS 3696

Wired spoke with Kayvon Beykpour former founder of Periscope and head of product at Twitter regarding steps the platform is taking to minimize bad behavior.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang.

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