Your Vote Cannot Be Completed as Dialed.

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Your Vote Cannot Be Completed as Dialed.
Number 2676
Broadcast Date JANUARY 28, 2016
Episode Length 42:42
Hosts Tom Merritt
Guests Justin Robert Young, Jennie Josephson

Is Microsoft the new Diebold? Microsoft partnered with InterKnowlogy to create a system to improve reporting of results from the Iowa Caucus this year, part of the US Presidential Election system. Justin Young and Tom Merritt discuss.

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Headlines

Facebook has opened its live streaming function to all iPhone users in the US. A live button will show in the status update section next to the one for photos and stickers. When you go live it notifies your friends and allows replays permanently.
Oracle announced it will deprecate its Java browser plugin in the JDK9 release of the Java SE Development Kit coming in March 2017. The Java plugin along with The Netscape Plugin API, Flash and Silverlight have become a wretched hive of scum and villainy in your browser. Oracle encourages developers to use the plugin-free version of Java called Java Web Start.
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Apple has announced a voluntary recall of AC wall plug adapters with some Mac and iOS devices between 2003 and 2015 for Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Continental Europe, New Zealand and South Korea. The recall includes adapters sold in the World Travel Adapter Kit. Apple says very rare incidents can cause the adapters to break and cause electrical shock. Details on the recall can be found at http://www.apple.com/support/ac-wallplug-adapter
The Next Web reports Tinder has teamed up with Giphy to integrate GIFs into its app. Users can now tap a blue button to choose from millions of GIFs to send to a match. Other tweaks include larger emojis, the ability to “like” incoming messages by tapping on a green heart, and the ability to upload profile photos from your phone’s camera roll. The updated features are out now for iOS but no word on when they’ll arrive for Android.
Our US listeners take note that New York retail folks Ronny Smoel and Albert Liniado have acquired the brand, domain and associated trademarks for Circuit City. The two plan to have retail outlets, web sales, private-label products, kiosks, mobile shops, franchises and more. The company expects to open its first store in Dallas along with the relaunch of circuitcity.com in June.
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GrabTaxi has rebranded itself as “Grab”. CEO Anthony Tan said the company now includes private cars (GrabCar), motorbike taxis (GrabBike), delivery (GrabExpress) and carpooling (GrabHitch). Grab also announced a new corporate service and cashless payment system is out of beta in Singapore and will expand to Indonesia, Philippines, and Malaysia in February followed byThailand and Vietnam in the first half of 2016.
Samsung warned profits are expected to remain flat for the next six months but recover int he second half of 2016. Economic issues like exchange rates and slowing IT demand are to blame. For Q4 Samsung raised profit 15% year over year and revenue rose 1.1%. Full-year operating profit was up 1.4 trillion won as well.
Alibaba saw its third-quarter revenue grow 32%, and its gross merchandise volume — the total value of goods transacted on its platform— rose 23% to 964 billion yuan. Revenue rose to 34.53 billion yuan beating expectations of 33.33 billion yuan.
Amazon reported a 21.8% rise in quarterly revenue to $482 million and $1 earnings per share up from 45 cents a share last year. Net sales rose to $35.75 billion. The street was expecting $1.56 per share on sales of $35.98 billion.
Microsoft posted $5 billion in net income and 62 cents a share on revenue of $23.8 billion. The company reported total income of $6.3 billion and 78 cents a share. Analysts expected 71 cents a share on revenue of $25.2 billion.

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Pick of the Day

Dear Tom and Jennie,

You mentioned in passing on yesterday's show that computers had mastered Checkers decades ago. There's a really good book about this, called "One Jump Ahead". It's written by Jonathan Schaeffer, who led development team for the computer program.

It's a fascinating story, and the descriptions of the software's games against world champion Dr Marion Tinsley are particularly gripping. Dr Tinsley was probably the greatest Checkers player ever (over the course of his 45 year playing career, he only ever lost seven games!)
Submitted by Will from Maidenhead

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If Twitter is struggling with growth and there is a chance they get bought out, imagine if LinkedIn Bought them or vice versa. Twitter being the Business to Public face, LinkedIn Being the Business to Employees face. It would be a Tough Integration and a hard sell to Passionate supporters of both camps, but you could see how linkedIn would be salivating over the potential Numbers of Businesses that Need Twitter, and how Twitter would get a more Robust backend and purpose.
crazy? yes, but maybe Facebook has your social life, and the work & businesses lives need to gather together for strength.

Thanks Again.
Sent by Cameron From Warm Adelaide

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