VR Gets A Game Plan
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| VR Gets A Game Plan | |
| Number | 2842 |
| Broadcast Date | AUGUST 26, 2016 |
| Episode Length | 33:47 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt |
| Guests | Jenn Cutter, Len Peralta |
Jenn Cutter joins Tom to discuss the impact of eSports on the adoption of VR technology in video gaming.
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Top Stories
- Bloomberg says Spotify punishes songs that debut exclusively on other platforms like Apple Music or Tidal, by burying them when they finally do come to Spotify. Now here are some more Top Stories.
- Sources told Mark Gurman and Gareth Allan at Bloomberg that Apple plans to add Sony's FeliCa chip to a future iPhone. FeliCa is a tap-to-pay tech similar to NFC used widely in Japan in mass transit cards like Suica and Pasmo as well as at vending machines, convenience stores and cafes. Apple is supposedly prepared to add FeliCa on the next iPhone but could delay transit support if negotiations with payment networks stall.
- Bloomberg reports Twitter is developing a tool that will let users block posts by keyword in an effort to combat harassment.
- Dropbox reset passwords for users who have not changed them since 2012. The action seems to be related to the 117 million account credentials from LinkedIn circa 2012. Dropbox's security team noticed hashed and salted passwords. Dropbox does not believe any accounts have been accessed as a result, but is reseting old passwords as a precaution.
- Alphabet has hired AirBnb's Global Head of Vacation Rentals and former CEO of Hotel deals site JetSetter, Shaun Stewart— as a director of Alphabet's self-driving car unit. Stewart will be tasked with commercializing self-driving cars. So here's your Google Autonomous car picture. Former Hyundai President and CEO John Krafcik as CEO. Tim Papandreou expert on municipal transportation policy. And now Shaun Stewart, expert in short-term rentals.
- Nikkei Asian Review says analysts believe could start sourcing Apple's mobile chips starting in 2018. Intel just signed a deal to manufacture ARM-designed chips at its 10-nanometer foundries. TSMC is the current supplier of iPhone chips. Intel is already expected to supply modem chips for some models of the next iPhone.
- Submitted by tglass1976
- Belgian primary school headmaster Aveline Gregoire has developed a Facebook group called "Chasseurs de livres" or "Book hunters". The group emulates Pokémon Go. Players hide books and post pictures on Facebook. Other players hunt them down and read them then release them back into the wild. After a few weeks 40,000 people are signed up. Gregoire is considering making an app for the game.
Discussion
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- On Thursday's show you briefly discussed Apple's failure at social media and it got me wondering. They already have an awesome foundation in iMessage if only they would unleash it from its exclusive Apple ecosystem. If Apple would develop a way to link it to work with Android phones I suspect they could sell subscriptions to the non-apple device users for $1 - $2 month. I for one would love to have iMessage work with my Nexus 5X and would gladly pay $12 - $20 a year for the privilege. Of course, the carriers (the few that still gouge customers for text messages) would not be happy, but when has that stopped Apple in the past.
(You may notice that I left out PCs because we all know that Apple just sucks terribly at writing programs for PCs. Yes, I'm looking at you iTunes.) - Sent by Howard in sunny Mountain Maryland
- On Thursday's show you briefly discussed Apple's failure at social media and it got me wondering. They already have an awesome foundation in iMessage if only they would unleash it from its exclusive Apple ecosystem. If Apple would develop a way to link it to work with Android phones I suspect they could sell subscriptions to the non-apple device users for $1 - $2 month. I for one would love to have iMessage work with my Nexus 5X and would gladly pay $12 - $20 a year for the privilege. Of course, the carriers (the few that still gouge customers for text messages) would not be happy, but when has that stopped Apple in the past.
- on the self driving cars/ ride sharing stories
I think it more about mind share
Getting them out there. Having the 'drivers' or engineer talking about them will increase that conversation and make people comfortable - Sent by Alan
- on the self driving cars/ ride sharing stories
- Hi Tom, Rodger, and possibly Len & Darren(?),
There’s been a lot of stories the last few weeks about various companies setting what seems like aggressive goals for completely autonomous operation. While I’m with you on feeling like 5 years is pretty aggressive, it struck me just how far we’ve come.
Remember not so long ago when self-driving cars were filled with heavy computers and huge sensors? Or the videos of those vehicles driving and how robotic they looked? In less than a decade we’ve gone from that to where you or I could actually buy a car that can safely navigate rush hour traffic for you!
So while 5 years for full autonomy still seems a tad aggressive, considering where we were not that long ago makes me think that this change is coming a lot sooner than many of us might expect.
Have a good weekend and vacation!
Your boss from the Billings, MT office, - Sent by John
- Hi Tom, Rodger, and possibly Len & Darren(?),
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