“Honey? What’s this letter from the City?”
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| “Honey? What’s this letter from the City?” | |
| Number | 2636 |
| Broadcast Date | DECEMBER 1, 2015 |
| Episode Length | 39:48 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt |
| Guests | Allison Sheridan |
Delivery services like Amazon Prime Now make purchase and delivery convenient. Too convenient? Is this much convenience good for us? Allison Sheridan tells Tom Merritt how Amazon saved her Thanksgiving and whether that’s a good thing.
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Headlines
- TechCrunch reports that WhatsApp for Android appears to be blocking links to messaging app Telegram. Android developer Jernej Virag posted on Twitter that hefound a snippet of WhatsApp code that deliberately targets Telegram. Telegram noted its Facebook page has been taken down but it also said it never used it and hadn't noticed at first.
- Engadget reports that Nokia is taking pre-orders for its OZO virtual reality camera. The OZO is a professional grade device that uses eight synchronized 2K x 2K camera sensors to capture its surroundings in 360-degree spherical video. The camera records to a 500GB solid state drive that can hold up to 45 minutes of footage. As for the price? $60,000 with $5,000 down, plus an optional $1500 docking station. The first cameras will ship in Q1 2016.
- Nokia shareholders will meet in Helsinki Wednesday to vote on whether to approve the acquisition of France’s Alcatel-Lucent. The NY Times notes that analysts think the takeover could be good. Nokia specializes in wireless networking while Alacatel-Lucent is best known for equipment like routers used to create broadband networks.
- Google has updated its Data Saver feature in Chrome for Android and claim it can save up to 70% of data use. The Data Saver mode will now remove most images on webpages when loading on a slow connection. Users can choose to see the images if they want. The new Data Saver mode will come to India and Indonesia with other countries to follow.
- Adobe will change its Flash Professional CC product to be called Animate CC starting early next year. Last night Adobe wrote on their blog that the company will "encourage content creators to build with new web standards" including HTML5. Adobe will work with Microsoft, Google and Facebook to keep existing Flash implementations secure.
- Submitted by spsheridan
- 9 to 5 Google says Motorola will begin taking orders for the Moto 360 Sport smartwatch on December 18th for customers in the UK and France. US buyers can pre-order starting January 7th, 2016 or buy it in a Best Buy on January 10. The cost is $299 for the fitness centric-wearable.
- Ars Technica reports that Monday a US federal judge has ordered the public release of some details from a National Security Letter issued by the FBI to Calyx Internet Access in 2004 when Nicholas Merrill was its President. The FBI asked for a target’s Web browsing history, IP Addresses of everyone corresponded with, and records of all online purchases. The FBI dropped the order but Merrill fought for 11 years for the right to make the details of the order public.
- A Medium post from Nick Selby notes that Los Angeles city councilwoman Nury Martinez proposed that the city access a database of license plates captured by cameras in locations known to be frequented by prostitutes, and send the car owner a letter explaining the vehicle was seen in an area known for prostitution. The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to ask the office of the City Attorney for their help implementing the plan.
- Submitted by apotheo
- The UK’s OFcom warns that electrical interference from Christmas lights could degrade your WiFi reception. OFcom has released a WiFi checker app for troubleshooting problematic connections. The problem is similar to that caused by microwave ovens, cordless phones and such. In this case the issue arises because most strings of lights have unshielded wiring.
- Submitted by KAPT_Kipper
- Spotify named Drake with 1.8 billion streams this year as the “most streamed artist” of 2015 in its annual Year in Music list. According to Fortune his album If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late attracted 46 million listeners. Other entries include Rihanna as the top female artist with over a billion streams and 57 million listeners, and Justin Bieber for most streams in a day with 36 million streams. Fortune notes that neither Adele or Taylor Swift appeared on the list as both kept their new albums off Spotify.
- Bloomberg reports Dongjin Koh will take over as president of mobile communications for Samsung. He replaces J K Shin who was head of that group remains remains a president and co-chief executive officer of the electronics business and focus on long-term strategy. Koh oversaw the Knox and Samsung Pay products. This is the first major executive change at Samsung since Jay Y. Lee took over day to day operations when his father and Samsung Chairman, Lee Kun-hee had a heart attack last year.
Discussion
- Amazon Prime Now – A Thanksgiving Day Miracle
- The Amazon Echo was the best-selling $100+ item on Amazon.com during Black Friday
- Amazon Wants to Ship Your Package Before You Buy It
Pick of the Day
- I wanted to recommend a series of games for IOS and Android called 'The Room' (from FireProof Games). The series mixes adventure and puzzle gaming with a light touch of Eldritch Horror. It's a ton of fun and great to get the brain juices flowing.
All three games may be purchased on the IOS App store for around $10 total and the first two games are available on the Google Play Store for a measly $4.00.
This series if by far my favorite mobile game franchise and I suggest you all take a look. If you get stuck on any puzzle there's plenty of walkthroughs online to assist so what are you waiting for! - Submitted by Matt in Baltimore, MD
- I wanted to recommend a series of games for IOS and Android called 'The Room' (from FireProof Games). The series mixes adventure and puzzle gaming with a light touch of Eldritch Horror. It's a ton of fun and great to get the brain juices flowing.
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