Amazon Dash: Push It Real Good

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Amazon Dash: Push It Real Good
Number 2669
Broadcast Date JANUARY 19, 2016
Episode Length 43:54
Hosts Tom Merritt
Guests Patrick Beja

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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Headlines

Microsoft announced Tuesday it has acquired MinecraftEdu, a version of Minecraft used in schools. MinecraftEdu is used in more than 7,000 classrooms in more than 40 countries. Microsoft plans to charge $5 per student annually with access to the program from any computer. Previously schools paid a server license and a one-time fee based on maximum users. Microsoft will not acquire the creator of MinecraftEdu, TeacherGaming.
Android Police reports that some Android users have noticed an option to install apps from inside a Google search without having to visit the Google Play store. So far the feature is only reported in the Google App, not Chrome.
Submitted by motang
Amazon announced the first group of Dash-enabled appliances today that can reorder supplies as soon as they run out. The first group includes Brother printers, a GE Washing Machine and the Gmate SMART blood glucose monitor. Most work by authorizing automatic reordering through the manufacturers website or app. The printers are ready as of today and the others will work by the end of the month. The API is now available for any company to implement.
Verizon announced its “FreeBee Data 360” plan today that allows companies to pay the data charge for customers on a per click basis. Businesses can sponsor up to 30 seconds of video or 30 minutes of audio. The Verizon plan starts January 25th with beta trials by Hearst Magazine, AOL and GameDay. Full availability is expected later this year. AT&T has sold sponsored data for a year now.
Amnesty International says Apple, Samsung Microsoft, Huawei, ZTE, HP Dell and Sony are among companies using parts that contain Cobalt mined by children in the Democratic Republic of Congo. THE DRC Produces half the world’s cobalt and UNICEF estimates about 40,000 children work in the mines. Cobalt is used in lithium ion batteries. Apple, Samsung and Sony say they have a zero tolerance policy toward child labor. Apple Sony and Microsoft told CNET they are investigating and would not use Cobalt if it could be determined to come from the DRC. Panasonic was not on the list.
Submitted by djsekani
Bloomberg reports that General Motors has purchased the technology and most of the assets of ride-sharing pioneer Sidecar for somewhere close to $30 million. About 20 Sidecar employees will join GM, but not co-founder and CEO Sunil Paul. GM recently invested $500 million in Lyft, and the Sidecar employees will help support that and other ridesharing projects at GM.
The Verge reports Elliptic Labs is showing off new software called Beauty that uses ultrasound sent from your phones earpiece to determine how near your head is without the need for a proximity sensor. Elliptic claims its software is “at par or better” than infrared sensors currently used. It doesn’t increase power consumption but it does take away a component that adds to the bulk of phones. Elliptic hopes to have devices integrating the new technology out sometime this year.
Frustrated developers wrote a letter to GitHub, saying that the company isn't addressing flaws in the open source coding platform quickly enough, and that the company is difficult to reach. The devs are requesting a template system for feedback, and a way to upvote a project without having to comment.
Submitted by Inge_aning
Engadget reports Chip company Samsung has a new type of DRAM called HBM2 that operates at 256GBps, 7 times faster than the best DDR5 chips. The 20-nanometer chips are initially aimed at server manufacturers . Sasmung will start with 4GB modules with 4 layers of 8-gigabit cores and plans on introducing an 8GB products with 8 stacks by the end of the year. Samsung also claims a space-saving of 95% over GDDR5 in graphics cards. And that means cooler and faster GPUs.
Netflix reported revenue of $1.67 billion up from 1.31 billion a year ago with earnings of 10 cents a share. Analysts had predicted $1.83 billion and earnings of 2 cents a share. So miss on revenue but big beat on earnings. Netflix missed expectations with 1.56 million new US subscribers but beat expectations with 4.04 million new subs internationally.
IBM beat analyst expectations on sales of $22.1 billion in Q4, and on non-GAAP earnings per share of $4.84. Analysts were expecting EPS of $4.81 on sales of $22.04 billion. This marks the 15th straight quarter of declines in sales revenue.

Discussion

Pick of the Day

Hi Tom (and guest, and Jenny, and Roger and everybody else),

I wish I had installed my pick on my wife's computer since it auto "updated" to Windows 10 last week. Oh Well.
GWX Control Panel: http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/ will allow you to block Get Windows 10 ad pop ups, delete WIN 10 installation files and more all from a GUI interface so there's no need to open the registry. I'm currently running it on my laptop and I find it easy to use. Did I mention that it's free?!?!

Thanks for all your hard work!
Submitted by That Charlie Dude

Messages

Harry is an airline pilot who is skeptical about autonomous cars. He makes the point that an airplane’s flight is much more predictable than a car’s and requires an army of pilots, air traffic controllers, maintenance people etc. to keep flying safely, and they still aren’t fully autonomous,

He writes:
“Here is the bottom line – Level Four autonomous cars are 20+ years away IMO – no matter what the pundits tell you. Level Four autonomous cars in the next five years is pure fantasy – no matter how much you want it. Check out this article. It shares many of my views.

… Who is going to buy an autonomous car after the first cell phone video makes the news of a helpless “driver” going off a cliff, not being able to stop the car because the steering wheel and brakes have been deemed to not be needed (Google!). Unless you believe hardware and software made by man is flawless, this will happen. And with 300 million drivers on the road every day – this will happen often…
Sent by Harry, The Airline Pilot

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