The fungi at CES 2014

The fungi at CES 2014
Number	2140
Broadcast Date	JANUARY 6, 2014
Episode Length	21:16
Hosts	Tom Merritt
Guests	Lamarr Wilson

Tom chats with Lamarr Wilson about what’s happening at CES 2014 in las vegas.

Guest

• Lamarr Wilson
• youtube.com/user/wilsontech1

Headlines

• TNW reports Pebble will launch an app store by the end of January.

Developers should submit their apps by Jan. 9. We also got a peek at the new luxury model, Pebble Steel smart watch for $249 shipping Jan. 28 in brushed stainless or Black Matte.

• Engadget reports Intel’s making a big deal about RealSense at CES.

The first product with the name is a 3D camera that Intekl promises helps devices see depth much like the human eye, and can even read emotions in faces. The RealSense 3D camera will come to tablets, Ultrabooks, notebooks and all-in-ones, from the likes of Acer, ASUS, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, Lenovo and NEC in the second half of this year.

• Has AT&T sparked a net neutrality war?

Ars Technica reports the US carrier confirmed a plan to allow content providers to pay in order to exempt their content from a user’s data cap. As an example, Netflix could pay AT&T and any Netflix video watched on an AT&T phone wouldn’t count against the users cap. To find out more users or businesses can go to att.com/sponsoreddata.

News From You

• BBC reports Zynga is now taking Bitcoin as a payment option.

Zynga has partnered with BitPay to allow the purchase of virtual items in some Zynga games using BitCoins.

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• Roku announced Sunday it has partnered with TCL and HiSense to release TV’s with Roku’s software built in.

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• Engadget has leaked the 12 partners for Valve’s Steam machine

iBuyPOwer and Digital Storm were already known, but Engadget says Alienware, Falcon Northwest, CyberPowerPC, Origin PC, Gigabyte, Materiel.net, Webhallen, Alternate, Next, Zotac and Scan Computer will join the party tonight.

Submitted by Splendor78

• The Verge reports on Vizio’s first consumer grade 4K TV.

Called the P Series, models will be will be available between 50 and 70 inches and priced “aggressively”.

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• Engadget explores Corning’s anti-microbial Gorilla Glass that inhibits algae, mold, mildew and fungi as well as bacteria.

The glass uses an ionic silver coating for the germ-killing, but claims it’s intrinsic to the surface meaning it will last for the lifetime of the device.

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More CES links

• First LG Smart TV running WebOS goes public at CES
• Google unveils the Open Automotive Alliance to in collaboration with Audi, GM, Honda, Hynudai and Nvidia
• Wearables at CES include LG’s Lifeband fitness tracker
• Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang unveils the 192-core Tegra K1 mobile processor for Android devices at CES

Links

• http://www.dailytechnewsshow.com/dtns-2142-the-fungi-at-ces-2014/
• patreon.com/acedtect
• subreddit

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The fungi at CES 2014

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