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La Tech du Jour
Number 2664
Broadcast Date JANUARY 12, 2016
Episode Length 44:59
Hosts Tom Merritt
Guests Patrick Beja

France was the number 3 most represented country at CES. Patrick Beja talks with Tom Merritt about France’s roots as tech powerhouse.

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Headlines

Periscope CEO Kayvon Beykpour posted today that Periscope videos will now play right from the timeline in the iOS Twitter app. Live streams will play and replays will autoplay. You can tap to have them fill the screen. You’ll be able to see comments but you won’t be able to chat without launching the Periscope app. The update should roll out over the next couple days. Android and Web will get the feature as soon as its ready.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai tweeted that Google I/O 2016 will be held May 18th through the 20th at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View with more details coming soon. Also, a Google spokesperson confirmed to ReCode that VP of product management Clay Bavor will now focus solely on virtual reality products. SVP Diane Greene will take on Web applications from Bavor.
VLC announced the first port of its video streaming app to the Apple TV is available for free on the app store. You can play all file formats using UPnP, SMB, FTP and Plex. It supports chapters, multiple audio and subtitles tracks selection and custom playback speed. VLC integrates with OpenSubtitles.org and hatchet.is for artist imagery and info. And you can drop files and stream URLs into a browser windows and cast them to the Apple TV VLC app.
Uber announced a new service called “Uber Trip Experiences” today. The feature will give Uber passengers the option for things like setting the thermostat on your way home, get local travel info, listen to music playlists that last the length of the trip or the same for a news bulletin. Developers will not be allowed to send unsolicited ads and users will have to ask permission to access trip data.
Mozilla announced it will shut down its social login platform, Persona, on November 30th due to lack of interest. Persona was set up in 2012 as a free and open alternative to systems like Facebook login. The code will remain on Github and is open source.
A beta of iOS 9.3 has been released to beta testers and developers along with an unusual number of documents detailing new features. Ars Technica notes Apple normally does not issue release notes until the final version of the update. You can get the beta at beta.apple.com.
Submitted by flyingspatula
Last week the EFF criticized T-Mobile USA for detecting video and downgrading it to 480p for all users by default and not counting some video against data usage. T-Mobile CEO John Legere responded with foul language, as is his way. In an open letter yesterday Legere apologized which is not always his way. He wrote: “I will however apologize for offending EFF and its supporters. Just because we don’t completely agree on all aspects of Binge On doesn’t mean I don’t see how they fight for consumers.” Legere plans to meet with the EFF. HE will also meet this week with the US FCC.
Submitted by KAPT_Kipper
As we mentioned, starting today Microsoft no longer supports Windows 8 and IE 8, 9 and 10--- with a few exceptions. This means no more security updates or bug fixes. Windows 8.1 users will receive support until Jan. 10, 2023, and Windows 10 users will have support until Oct. 14, 2025.
Motherboard reports that investigators from the Netherlands Forensic Institute confirmed their ability to read encrypted messages sent on PGP-encrypted BlackBerry phones. Dutch blog “misdaadnieuws.com” published documents in December allegedly from the Institute saying deleted messages and encrypted email could be read with a process that used forensics software from Cellebrite. The procedure requires physical access to the device.
Pokemon is celebrating its 20th year with an ad in the Super Bowl on Feb. 7th and special edition Nintendo 3Ds bundle on Feb. 27th. The special edition will have a Pokemon menu theme, interchangeable face plates with art from Pokemon Red and Blue, and digital versions of both games pre-installed.

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Pick of the Day

I would highly recommend the episode of the Nerdist podcast with Alex Winter (Episode 773 released December 18). Once you get past all of the Bill and Ted talk, they get to discussing a documentary he directed called Deep Web and their technology discussion on the podcast was pretty interesting.
Submitted by Brian

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Bill from Huntsville wrote in to tell us his music listening habits. He listens to FM radio on short rides and uses an aux jack for longer ones.

“ I have all my music loaded on my phone. Some was digitized from vinyl, some from CDs and some was downloaded from Napster. I've downloaded a few albums from offers that were available from MS and Amazon. Since I'm about to turn 80, you might guess that my music is pretty old. i.e. big bands, swing, country, Elvis and others from the 40s, 50s and 60s. At home, I play from either my own collection with MS Media Player or use the free Spotify app.”

Oh and his city council is planning gigabit fiber while Comcast has announced 10 GB service coming. He currently has 105 Gb service.
Sent by Bill from Huntsville


Tom,


On yesterday's DTNS you asked listeners to write about how they listen to music. Most of the time, I listen to music while driving. On short drives around town, I listen to a local country FM radio station. On longer drives, I use a player on my Android phone fed into the Aux jack in the car. I've experienced too much unreliability with Bluetooth. I recently upgraded from a Galaxy S3 on Verizon to a Nexus 6P on Google's Project Fi. I don't stream unless I have WiFi. I have all my music loaded on my phone. Some was digitized from vinyl, some from CDs and some was downloaded from Napster. I've downloaded a few albums from offers that were available from MS and Amazon. Since I'm about to turn 80, you might guess that my music is pretty old. i.e. big bands, swing, country, Elvis and others from the 40s, 50s and 60s. At home, I play from either my own collection with MS Media Player or use the free Spotify app.

I have one day left on my first month's usage of Project Fi and I've used 0.164 GB to date.

A couple of years ago, our city council announced that is was planning to implement Gigabit fiber internet service. I'm not sure of the current status, but Comcast just announce that they were going to install 10 Gigabit fiber. I currently have a 105 Gb service from Comcast and it works quite well. I don't have to share much with others in my neighborhood ( they are old too). I consistently get 120+ Gb download and 20+ Gb up speeds using the various speed test web sites available. My biggest complaint is that I have received a couple of warning that I was nearing Comcast's cap.

http://bit.ly/1OoHXKw
Sent by Bill Burlingame from Huntsville, AL


Tom and Jennie,

In looking at the state of music distribution, you noted that vinyl sales have grown consistently, and now account for 9% of physical media sold annually. Could some of this growth be spurred by the increasing obsolescence of optical drives on laptops? It may be that the CD is now less convenient to digitize for many consumers compared to new vinyl releases, which almost always come with a digital download code. Obviously this wouldn't account for the 10 year continued growth, but I'd like to see if there's a correlation with vinyl sold and the percentage of laptops sold without optical drives.
Sent by Rich from Lovely Cleveland

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