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| Don’t judge an OS by its stick | |
| Number | 2543 |
| Broadcast Date | JULY 23, 2015 |
| Episode Length | 38:00 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt |
| Guests | Veronica Belmont, Paul Thurrott |
Paul Thurrott, Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt talk about what you need to know to be ready for Windows 10 next week. Plus why eSports just got legit.
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Headlines
- The Verge reports Electronic Sports League (aka ESL) will introduce a drug policy. Kory Friesen, a high-ranked Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player recently admitted to using Addrerall during matches. The ESL said its in the beginning stage of formulating policy and has not presented an implementation timeline. Punishments will not be enforced retroactively.
- Xiaomi is teaming up with Uber to help deliver smartphones in Singapore and Malaysia according to Re/Code. Users can select Xiaomi from the Uber app to order a Mi Note phone and pay with the credit card tied to the Uber account.
- TechCrunch reports Line has launched a slimmed down version of its messaging app called Line Lite for Android. The 1 MB app only does text chat and is available in Algeria, Cambodia, Colombia, Egypt, India, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Korea, and Vietnam. Line has 205 million users mostly in Japan, Thailand and Taiwan and wants to expand to other markets.
- Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, Dropbox, AT&T, Adobe, and LinkedIn have teamed up with education partners like Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, and Georgia Tech to help educate future developers and app makers about accessibility. The partnership is called Teaching Accessibility and will focus on accessibility and design principles in main courses taken by computer scientists, designers and researchers. Microsoft says job descriptions should also state a preference for those with accessibility knowledge.
- Reuters reports LG Display Company believes OLED is the future. The world’s largest LCD display-maker will invest nearly $1 billion in a fourth OLED display factory. LG Display and Samsung Display are the only companies capable of large-scale OLED screen production. The aim is to provide more capacity for small and mid-sized devices.
- 9 to 5 mac has sources that say that Apple will soon allow approved manufacturers to make charging pads for the Apple Watch. Right now dock makers can only create a space in their dock for Apple's magnetic charger to rest.
- Here's one for you app devs. TechCrunch reports IBM has acquired Compose, a database-as-a-service startup once known as MongoHQ. The company will continue to operate as usual. Its service lets app developers not have to worry about database backends. IBM intends to use Compose to expand it’s Bluemix platform offerings.
- And here’s one for the sysadmins, TechCrunch reports Google has taken its cold storage service Nearline out of beta. The service offers a very warm cold storage service offering access to archived data within seconds rather than hours. It’s also less than half the price of standard cloud storage. Cloud Storage Transfer Service is also now generally available if you want to move data from any http/s server including Amazon S3. There’s also an offer for a 100 petabyte credit for new customers but that has some strings attached.
- CNBC reports Amazon reported $23.18 billion in revenue profit of $92 million and earnings per share of 19 cents. Analysts expected revenue of $23.39 billion and an EPS LOSS of 14 cents. So take that profit margin moaners.
News From You
- The Verge reports that the European Union Commission has issued a statement of objection against Sky UK and six major film studios, saying licensing agreements unfairly restrict customers access to content within the EU. The studios are Disney, NBCUniversal, Paramount Pictures, Sony, Twentieth Century Fox, and Warner Bros. The companies have a chance to respond before a full antirust suit is brought. The Commission is investigating simialr charges against Canal Plus, Sky Italia, Sky Deutschland and others.
- Submitted by t2t2
- Engadget reports Twitch is converting from Flash to HTML5. The first step is swapping out the video controls. Videos are still Flash-based for now but will eventually be converted as well.
- Submitted by starfuryzeta
Discussion
- When should businesses upgrade to Windows 10?
- No RTM for Windows 10, Microsoft Says
- More Windows 10 Answers: How Activation Will Work on an Upgrade
- Windows Hello lets you sign into Windows 10 devices with your face or finger
- The Uber recruitment scandal isn't scandalous
- Uber's dirty tricks quantified: Rival counts 5,560 canceled rides
- Uber Strikes Back, Claiming Lyft Drivers And Employees Canceled Nearly 13,000 Rides
Pick of the Day
- The music catalog for popular streaming services doesn't have many non-English songs. For someone who wants to stream Arabic music legally for example, I've had to use youtube. Enter Anghami. It's a music streaming service that operates a lot like Spotify, but their catalog is focused on Arabic music. Just like almost all music streaming services, there's a free with ads and a paid version with no ads and offline storage. They have apps for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, and Nokia Ovi. We put it on my dad's smartphone and he listens to it all the time on his commute to and from work. I love it because it gives me access to new and popular Arabic music that I wouldn't have found out about otherwise living here in the US. So if you are interested in finding an easy way to stream Arabic music on your smartphone, check out Anghami.
- Submitted by anonymous
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