DTNS 3388 – Adobe Rushes to Edit

Adobe takes the wrap off a slew of tablet focused creative applications plus Photoshop for the iPad. Is this a sign that the tablet as a productivity machine has finally arrived?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Lamarr Wilson.

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Full Photoshop Comes to iPad – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Adobe announces new stuff, mostly for iOS, at Adobe MAX, a thorny quantum computing problem solved, and Palm makes a comeback.

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Today in Tech History – – October 14, 2018

1884 – US inventor George Eastman received a patent on his new paper-strip photographic film. It would reign for more than 100 years until digital stole its thunder.

http://www.uspto.gov/news/pr/2001/01-44.jsp

1977 – The Atari 2600 was released in North America, though it may have been available in Macy’s and Sears on September 11.

http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/happy-35th-atari-2600-175216071.html

1985 – The first official reference guide for the C++ programming language was published. It was written by the language’s creator, Bjarne Stroustrup.

http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2010/10/1014cplusplus-released/all/1

1996 – Matthias Ettrich posted about his new project Kool Desktop Environment, or KDE, attempting to create a GUI for the enduser of Linux.

https://www.kde.org/announcements/announcement.php

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Today in Tech History – – October 13, 2018

1884 – Geographers and astronomers adopted Greenwich as the Prime Meridian, making it the International standard for zero degrees longitude. Today the Greenwich observatory shoots a laser northwards at night to indicate the meridian. It is not a dangerous laser.

http://books.google.com/books?id=2PCEPLT4aZgC&pg=PA130&lpg=PA130&dq=october+13+1884+greenwich&source=bl&ots=OL5dRVJ8tz&sig=ItRzcm7zjEFOe33oFSMowrADBwk&hl=en#v=onepage&q=october%2013%201884%20greenwich&f=false

1983 – Bob Barnett, president of Ameritech Mobile communications, called Alexander Graham Bell’s nephew from Chicago’s Soldier Field using a Motorola DynaTAC handset. It marked the launch of the first cellular telephone network in the US.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10064633-94.html

1985 – The first observation of a proton-antiproton collision was made by the Collider Detector at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois.

http://www.fnal.gov/pub/tevatron/milestones/interactive-timeline.html

2000 – Tristan Louis suggested sound and video tags be added to the 0.92 spec for RSS feeds. This led to enclosures which allowed media files to be delivered through RSS and paved the way for podcasting.

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/syndication/conversations/topics/698

2016 – The PlayStation VR headset began shipping.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/12/13255384/playstation-vr-launch-availability-where-how-to-buy

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DTNS 3387 – YouTube Demonetizes the Duplicators

Facebook’s investigation into September’s login token attack found hackers stole details for 29 million users. How serious is this data breach and what can users do about it?

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Samsung Making a Tablet that Folds into a Phone – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Samsung’s DJ Koh confirms details on foldable phone, Facebook launches 3D photos, and Garmin launches a super-durable watch.

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DTNS 3386 – iXclusivity

With reports that Apple is readying a new digital service and Warner Media is planning a streaming service are we at risk of getting subscription fatigue?

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Report: Apple Will Offer Original Content for Free To Device Owners – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Apple buys portion of Dialog Semiconductor, PC shipments spiked in Q2 2018, Bumble considers IPO.

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DTNS 3385 – (KaaS) Kitchen As a Service

We examine the findings from a TechCrunch story showing that shared kitchens, advanced logistics, and an increased demand for take-out might is breeding a new type of “kitchenless” restaurant.

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

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