DRM: Digital Recipe Management

DRM: Digital Recipe Management
Number	2806
Broadcast Date	JULY 11, 2016
Episode Length	39:59
Hosts	Tom Merritt
Guests	Veronica Belmont, Michael Wolf

Retailers see smart kitchen items as a better bet than light bulbs and hubs. Michael Wolf talks with Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt about whether the smart kitchen will make the Internet of Things take off.

Guest

• Veronica Belmont
  • Botwiki
  • Sword and Laser's Patreon
• Michael Wolf
  • The Smart Home Show
  • The Smart Kitchen Summit

Top Stories

• The numbers prove it: People would rather catch Pokémon than catch a date
• Pokemon Go wants to catch (almost) all your app permissions
• Pokémon Go shouldn’t have full access to your Gmail, Docs and Google account — but it does

Analytics company SimilarWeb estimates Pokémon Go is installed on more US Android devices than Tinder and is approaching Twitter in daily active users. Morgan Stanley's Mia Nagasaka told CNBC that Pokémon Go is estimated to have made $3.9 million to $4.9 million on its first day The game is out in Australia, New Zealand and the US. Yet some concern is being expressed about the level of permission Pokemon Go asks form your Google account to log in. The permissions are similar to Ingress, also from Niantic Labs. The application can see and modify nearly all information in your Google Account (but it can’t change your password, delete your account, or pay with Google Wallet on your behalf). But that does mean access to location and camera and mic.

• Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Isn’t Actually Waterproof, Says Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports has tested the Samsung Galaxy S7 Active’s water resistance. The S7 is rated at IP68 meaning it should survive 30 minutes of submersion in up to five feet of water. In a tank of water pressurized to 2.12 pounds-- the same as five feet-- one phone’s touchscreen died and showed green lines and had bubbles infiltrate the cameras. A second phone’s screen turned on and off every few seconds and had water in the camera lenses and SIM card slot. The phones would turn on after drying out but the screens could not be read. The odd thing is that the regular S7 and S7 Edge passed Consumer Reports' tests.

Submitted by motang

• Twitter will livestream the Democratic and Republican National Conventions thanks to a new deal with CBS

Twitter has reached a deal with CBS to stream the network's coverage of the US Democrat and Republican Conventions. The Republican National Convention takes place in Cleveland July 18-21. The Democrats convene in Philadelphia July 25-28. Twitter also sent a cease and desist to PostGhost a site that archives deleted tweets by public figures. Twitter's API requires to show tweets as they are shown on Twitter which means respecting deletions. Politwoops archives politician's deleted tweets but has a specific exemption agreed upon with Twitter.

• Microsoft updates its bot platforms with new features, support for Facebook, Slack bot features

ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley notes Microsoft has updated its Skype Bot developer platform. Bots can now take part in group conversations. The bots can also use visual image cards, carousel cards and receipt cards. Skype is also working with Bing to enable natural language understanding through Bing Entity and Intent detection. Other Microsoft Bot Framework updates this month include Skype calling, Slack buttons and Facebook bot features. The framework is still in preview but expected to be generally available by the end of calendar 2016.

• Facebook vows to only delete graphic live video used to mock victims

Facebook has clarified its existing policy on live video after video of the aftermath of the shooting death of Philando Castile in Minnesota on July 7th. The video disappeared shortly afterward and then was restored. With regard to violent or graphic images, Facebook says, "context and degree are everything." As an example Facebook said a video meant to raise awareness or find a shooter would be allowed but a video mocking a victim or celebrating a shooting would not. Facebook says a team is on call at all times and will respond to even one complaint. A video can be left up, removed, or left up with a warning about the content.

• Putin Jumps Into the Race to Build a Hyperloop

Bloomberg reports Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged support for Hyperloop development during talks with Hyperloop One co-founder Shervin Pishevar at a forum in St. Petersburg last month. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Bloomberg the President, "promised state backing for implementing it." Russian freight tycoon Ziyavudin Magomedov and the state's Russian Direct Investment Fund are investors in Hyperloop One. Russia is involved in study of several projects including one in China and several around Moscow.

Discussion

• Meet Guided Cooking Systems, A New Kitchen Appliance Category
• Analysis: Innit's Platform Strategy Meets A Clear Need In Appliance Industry
• Autonomous Robots to Begin Delivering Food and Parcels in Europe
• Retailers May Have Found A Smart Home Category That Works: Smart Kitchen
• Meet Juicero, The First Big Stealth Startup Of The Smart Kitchen Era

Pick of the Day

• eero - Finally, WiFi that works

Submitted by Tom

Messages

Hi

Carl from sunny Stockholm here chiming in about the discussion on e-voting in episode 2805. My biggest problem with e-voting is the right to vote for what you want without someone else knowing. With e-voting you could have an oppressive husband for example that stands behind you and pressure you to vote for the right party. I don't know how could get around that problem.

Thanks for a great show.

Regards

Sent by Carl from sunny Stockholm

I'm senior to Senior Geek Gary by almost a decade and I also read most of my news online. I read the local paper, get alerts from the LA times and use Google alerts to pull in any news about realtives or special interest topics like Fukushima, forest fires. The Kindle Fire browser has a reader view for most web pages so it is far easier to read online than the print news with smudgy ink. Audiobooks includes a subscription to an audio version of the New York Times so I often listen to that too. I also get a variety of news podcasts from the Beeb & Late Night Live from Australia like a lot of Americans who like to see the US as others see us. Most Sunday news shows have an audio podcast including the CBC.

I have also set up a twitter list to get info from various sources like Maddow, Sanders, and Trump, Robert Reich, Hans Rosling of Gapminder fame, etc. Also Tom, Molly Wood, Sarah Lane, Iyaz, Veronica. I find a list is easier to maintain than following people.

I don't know how many senior geeks are out here but on thinking about it I wonder if seniors in living facilities have guaranteed internet access rights. Being condemned to daytime TV seems cruel and unusual punishment. I'll bet nobody thinks to add that to medicare/medicaid for patients.

Sent by Judy

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Preceded by: "Democracy Sausage"

DRM: Digital Recipe Management

Followed by: "Gotta Patch ‘Em All"