Flappy Drone

Flappy Drone
Number	2167
Broadcast Date	February 10, 2014
Episode Length	28:17
Hosts	Tom Merritt
Guests	Andrea Smith

Andrea Smith joins us to lament the fate of Flappy Bird, duck drones in Dubai and get prepped for protest.

Guest

• Andrea Smith, andreasmith.org

Headlines

• Developer removes Flappy Bird game from Android and iOS stores

Reuters reports that Dong Nguyen removed his popular app Flappy Bird from the Android and iOS App stores, this weekend. Now that it’s gone, phones with the game installed, which still works, have showed up on auction sites like eBay, some with bids in the tens of thousands of dollars. Nguyen posted on Twitter that the game’s success ruined his simple life and he couldn’t take it anymore. He says the removal was not about legal issues, and he would still make games.

• Nokia to launch Android-based phone at Mobile World Congress

Mashable passes along a Wall Street Journal report that Nokia will launch an Android-based phone later this month at Mobile World Congress. The device will not come with the Google Play app store and will target emerging markets. Microsoft is in the process of finalizing a deal to acquire Nokia’s handset business which predominantly makes Windows Phones.

News From You

• Polish Startup producing grapheme.

The startup is co-owned by mining company KGHM and the Industrial Development Agency (ARP). It uses technology developed at the Institute of Electronic Materials Technology in Warsaw. That would make the company the only one commercially producing graphene. Graphene-based devices could make a big difference in solar power and energy storage among other industries.

Submitted by: AllanAV

• T-Mobile winning its lawsuit against former suitor AT&T over the color purple

A federal court in Texas has ruled that AT&T’s budget carrier AIO Wireless infringed T-Mobile’s corporate trademark magenta. Aio said it was plum not magenta.

Submitted by: Kylde

• DARPA program to develop a brain implant for soldiers to help trigger memories and overcome memory loss.

The device would record and stimulate brain activity.

Submitted by: spsheridan and habichuelacondulce

Discussion

• HTC to focus on low-end smartphones in an effort to boost sagging profits
• Huawei to show off a smartwatch at Mobile World Congress later this month
• Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange still down
• Microsoft opens multi-factor authentication to all Office 365 users

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Preceded by: "Radio Winnebago"

Flappy Drone

Followed by: "Today We Flap Back"