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| Out Think Disruption | |
| Number | 2699 |
| Broadcast Date | FEBRUARY 28, 2016 |
| Episode Length | 36:51 |
| Hosts | Peter Wells |
| Guests | Trevor Long |
Peter Wells and Trevor Long report back from MWC 2016; the best in show, and the most interesting gadgets they played with.
Guest
Headlines
- Just when you thought the new iPad and iPhone event couldn't leak any more spoilers, turns out the date young Mark Gurman from 9to5 Mac had been told may be wrong. Re/code and Buzzfeed are both reporting their sources tell them the event will be held March 21 - so if you're planning a trip to California for the announcement, I hope you bought flexible airfare.
- Business Insider notes that Apple has hired Frederic Jacobs, engineer behind the encrypted text messaging app Signal, which is used and recommended by Edward Snowden. Jacobs will be taking up a summer internship working with the coreOS security team to strengthen the security of iOS. We're sure this has nothing to do with the current fracas that Apple is having with the FBI.
- CNET reports that the US Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday reversed a 2014 jury verdict that had found Samsung Electronics infringed on three of Apple's patents. Yes, the lawsuit that will never die refused to die. The patents in this particular case refer to Slide to Unlock, and Autocorrect, and data detection, which is the ability for a phone to recognise a date, phone number, etc, and act accordingly. The panel ruled that the first two of the patents should not have been granted in the first place and said Samsung didn't infringe on the third.
- Submitted by habichuelacondulce
- WhatsApp is ending support for Blackberries and the Nokia S40, and Nokia Symbian S60 operating systems. Additionally, it will no longer support Android 2.1 and 2.2 or Windows Phone 7.1. Users will have till the end of 2016 to upgrade their phones if they want to continue to use the WhatsApp service.
- The Verge notes YouTube is taking the complaints of it's community seriously. Popular YouTubers have been complaining the way YouTube handles copyright violations is affecting there business, with some videos pulled or stripped of advertising for weeks at a time, while copyright violation claims are investigated. Tom's wife works for YouTube.
Discussion
- MWC 2016
- We were brought sponsored by Huawei, so let's get Huawei's announcement out of the way first. The Matebook
- Themes of this year's MWC
- HTC Vive
- The game I played had two hand controllers, and the VR included hands. And it was a little thing but that sold the illusion for me.
- LG G5
- LG Rolling Thing
- Sony Xperia line up - some confusion
- Sony Ear
- Motorola Verve
- Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge - really loved the S6
- HP Elite x3
- HTC Vive
Pick of the Day
- TinyBeans! The best way to share photos of your baby with family and friends.
- Submitted by Peter
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