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| WiMax Lives!!! | |
| Number | 2739 |
| Broadcast Date | APRIL 19, 2016 |
| Episode Length | 45:18 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt |
| Guests | Patrick Beja |
Wireless Internet CAN replace wired sometimes and what it’s like to truly live the mobile device lifestyle. Patrick Beja talks with Tom Merritt on his experience living in Japan after previously living in France and Finland.
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Headlines
- Apple upgraded its Macbook and Macbook Air laptops. You can get the MacBook with dual-core Intel M processors aka Skylake, up to 1.3GHz, Intel HD graphics 515 GPU with faster graphics and storage, better battery life and now available in rose gold. All models now come with 8GB of RAM in $1299 and $1599 options. The 13-inch MacBook Air also got a bump up to 8 GB of RAM minimum.
- Electrek and 9to5Mac say they have confirmed that Apple has hired Tesla Vice President of Vehicle Engineering Chris Porritt as Special Projects Group PD Administrator. Poritt was also Chief Engineer at Aston Martin previously. Tesla told Electrek that Porritt left Tesla in September.
- Submitted by tm204
- Kevin Kelly wrote a feature about Artificial Reality for Wired, including quite a bit about Magic Leap, and Magic Leap has posted a new demo video of what their augmented (mixed) reality headset can do. Kelly describes glasses that reflect a beam of light into your eyes to create an augmented reality view. HoloLens uses a similar approach with beam-splitting but MagicLeap says it is using something better than beam-splitting. CEO Rony Abovitz describes it as a thin chip that puts out a digital light field. Kind of a Lytro in reverse.
- The US House Energy and Commerce subcommittee, held a hearing on encryption including representatives from Apple and the US FBI. Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell told the committee that it has not provided source code to the Chinese government. FBI’s executive assistant director for science and technology, Amy Hess told the panel the FBI is investing budget into tools “we might be able to throw at the problem.”
- Apple also released a Transparency Report on requests from law enforcement. National Security Requests jumped from the 750-999 category to the up to the 1250 - 1,499 category. China requested the most number of accounts at 6,724, 53% of which were disclosed. The US was second with requests for 5,192 accounts 82% of which were disclosed. The most requests for help with devices came from Germany at 11,989, 52% where some data was disclosed.
- GiantBomb says it has multiple sources that tell it Sony is making a new version of the PS4 codenamed Neo. The Neo would supposedly have a 2.1GHz CPU up from 1.6. -- A GPU that jumps from 18 to 36 CUs and from 800 to 911 MHz. Memory would stay at 8GB but speed would increase from 176 GB/s to 218. From October, games would be required to ship with a base mode and Neo mode which would support 4K output. All games must work on all versions of the PS4, no exclusives, including VR games.
- Viber announced it now offers end-to-end encryption on all calls and chats including group chats. However Viber has not shared what protocol it uses or how it works. You also now get the option to hide chats from the usage log. The feature arrives today in Brazil, Belarus, Israel and Thailand with more countries to follow in the coming weeks. It will work on Android, iOS, Windows and Mac.
- VR headset maker AuraVisor is partnering with a company called VR Bangers to rent in-room adult VR content at Las Vegas hotels. Videos are set in hotel rooms similar to the one that renter is staying in. AuraVisors will cost $20 to rent and come preloaded with requested videos.
- Engadget’s Devindra Hardawar has a post on Virtual Desktop a $15 app for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive coded by Guy Godin. Hardawar describes the experience like having your Windows desktop floating on top of a virtual movie screen and found Virtual Desktop easier to use and text more legible than SteamVR’s “desktop theater mode”. The downside is the need to rely on a keyboard and mouse without being able to see them.
- Submitted by TheRealSilverblade
- Apple confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that it has discontinued support for Quicktime for Windows. Trend Micro and Department of Homeland Security recommended users uninstall the application due to vulnerabilities last week. Apple has noted on its support page that users who do not need QuickTime 7 for Windows should uninstall it.
- Submitted by PhilipShane
- Intel announced it plans to cut 11% of its workforce, eliminating 12,000 jobs. Intel earnings weren’t bad. They made 54 cents a share beating its forecast of 47 cents And they hit their target of $13.8 billion in revenue. Chip sales were up 2% year over year. Most units were down over the previous quarter but up over the past year. Security rose 5% over last quarter and 12% year over year.
- Submitted by stevei0
- Technology Review has an article about how chemists at HRL Laboratories in Malibu have developed ceramics that can be used in a 3D printer. A special resin carries silicon and other elements found in ceramics. The resin is printed then baked to become a ceramic. One lattice has 10 times the strength of conventional ceramics and can tolerate heat up to 1700 Celsius at which other ceramics begin to degrade.
Discussion
- A Guide to Convenience Store Copy, Print, and Fax Services in Japan
- HOW TO: Print in Japan Without Owning a Printer
- WiMAX - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Internet in Japan: Broadband (High-speed) Options and Basics
- Tennessee Man Builds His Own Gigabit Network Thanks To State's Protectionist Broadband Law
Pick of the Day
- I wanted to update you on whether I listened to DTNS on my Android Wear device: Not Yet! It appears that the roll out of podcast functionality has not yet come to my device. While I can subscribe via the web, no podcasts show up on my mobile device and therefore cannot sync to my watch.
On another note, since you have been talking about cordcutting recently, I would like to bring a pick for the day or just some useful info. The application PlayOn (www.playon.tv) has been vital to our household in our effort to stay away from cable and satellite overpricing. Within the past year they have overhauled their interface and it has been much more reliable for us to use.
Here's how it works: You install the PlayOn server on a PC in your home, and you can record shows and movies or stream from sites like Hulu, NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, etc. without needing subscriptions to those individual sites. Or you can record shows/movies, or stream sites you have subscriptions to like Netflix, Amazon Video, HBO, etc.
Then, you can take the recordings and play them through a chromecast, Roku, playstation, xbox, or just about any streaming device. For instance, without a Hulu subscription we can record a show like Brooklyn Nine-Nine once they have it available to stream on a PC. PlayOn can record it once it sees there is a new episode available and I a can watch it on any of the devices in my house, even smartphones, or use their mobile access feature to stream to a device while away from my home.
It is a paid service for recording shows/movies, but we paid a $60 lifetime subscription years ago and never had cable or satellite since then. You can stream through the PlayOn app for free though. Just another service to add to the cordcutting tool belt.
I will keep you updated on when Play Music podcasts come to my android device.
Thanks again, - Submitted by Keith in Beautiful Brownwood, TX
- I wanted to update you on whether I listened to DTNS on my Android Wear device: Not Yet! It appears that the roll out of podcast functionality has not yet come to my device. While I can subscribe via the web, no podcasts show up on my mobile device and therefore cannot sync to my watch.
Messages
- Hi Tom and the Gang,
It looks like we Australian's are going to an election and since a good number of us listen to your show I just thought I would mention for them there is a site called https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/
It came out recently and has attracted endorsements from places like the EFA (the Australian chapter of the EFF) and a lot of groups like them that make me believe it really is impartial as best as I can tell.
It tracks the members of parliaments voting records and provides quick summaries on key issues so humans can understand how they voted and if they really represented their issues without going into great detail (which is why the impartiality is especially important).
It doesn't provide any info except for those that are already in Parliament so its not trying to summarize candidate positions so it doesn't give you a list of alternatives but it does give you hard data to decide if you need to start looking for alternatives.
I figured it might help a few of my fellow Aussie's and their families decide if their interests are really being represented. - Sent by Murray in Sunny Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
- Hi Tom and the Gang,
- Hey Tom
On Google launching a podcast directory, can you think of any reason why this free service is only for the US and Canada? At least when it's a physical product of even paid-for download there are shipping or licensing issues, but podcasts?!
The things us European podcasters put up with.
At least when Ingrid Michaelson released a single digital-only AND restricted it for sale in the U.S., meaning I had literally no way of paying her for it for months, I could assume it was a licensing issue. But podcasts “aren’t available in your country”? Google, you can do a lot better than this. Google launched Gmail globally, Sony launched PS4 globally, Microsoft launched Windows 10 globally… what’s so hard about a damn podcast? (You can quote me on all that if useful.) - Sent by Nate Lanxon
- Hey Tom
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