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| The French Connect Things | |
| Number | 2876 |
| Broadcast Date | OCTOBER 11, 2016 |
| Episode Length | 51:22 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt |
| Guests | Patrick Beja, Laetitia Gazel Anthoine |
Can we use the Internet of Things to make our cities smarter? Laetitia Gazel Anthoine joins to explain. Plus Tom Merritt and Patrick Beja discuss the fallout from Samsung abandoning the Samsung Note 7.
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- Samsung crams LTE into a tiny smartwatch chip
- Samsung introduces its own high-end cylindrical desktop computer
- First the good news. Samsung has a new 14-nanometer chip for wearables with an LTE modem built in AND the ArtPC Pulse desktop PC that is cylindirical, runs Windows, will support expansion modules and starts at $1200. That's the good news. And now the rest of the top stories.
- Samsung announced it will halt sales and production of the Galaxy Note 7. The move comes after at least five reports of overheating and fires caused by new supposedly-fixed Note 7 replacement devices. Both the Korea Agency for Technology and Standards and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued warnings not to use the new Note 7s due to safety concerns. Owners are urged to turn the phones of and return them to the place of purchase. In a related announcement, Oculus updated its Gear VR app to prevent it from being used on Note 7 models. XDA-Developers says Samsung sent them a Return Kit for the Galaxy Note 7. The kit includes gloves, a static shielding bag, and three boxes, the outermost box islined with ceramic fiber paper.
- Facebook brought its Facebook at Work service out of private beta Monday, officially naming it Workplace. The service offers familiar Facebook features like the News Feed, Groups, Chat, and Live Video for corporate use. Pricing for the service will be based on monthly active users, not strictly per person. Pricing starts at $3 per active user per month for the first 1,000 users; $2 for the next 1,001-10,000; and $1 for any Monthly Active Users beyond that.
- The AP reports that Yahoo disabled its email forwarding feature at the beginning of October. It only prevents forwards from being added, existing forwards are unaffected. Yahoo pointed the AP to its Help Page which states the service has been disabled while "under development." Email forwarding is a basic service that has been available from most email providers since the 1990s. Pulling it does have the effect of making it less smooth to switch to a new email provider.
- The Wall Street Journal reports Amazon is developing something called Project Como to create convenience stores where Amazon Fresh customers could buy perishables and pick up orders. While full stores are apparently a year or more away, a drive-up location may open in Seattle within weeks.
- Dating app Hinge announced a new app Tuesday emphasizing relationships rather than dating. Profiles will include a timeline of photos and facts to convey more depth. Users will need to like one and only one post or comment in order to request a conversation. The service will cost $7 a month and still use Facebook to match people with friends of friends.
- Monday the Oculus Touch went up for preorder until October 30. $199 gets you the two controllers, an extra camera sensor, a “Rock Band VR connector,” and two bundled VR titles called “VR Sports Challenge” and “The Unspoken.” People who preordered the Oculus Rift will get their orders prioritized if they use the same email they used to order the Rift and order by October 27th. Touch controllers will start shipping on December 6. Oculus's replacement earphones are also up for preorder for $49 shipping December 6.
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- FROM THE SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 7 TOP STORY: Hi Tom - I was just reading most tech sites revoking their recommendations of the Note 7 after the replacements have started catching fire as well. This has definitely put the Samsung brand back a few years, but what do you think is the impact to the Android brand? Because for many, Android is synonymous with Samsung. The Pixel brand is still niche and even in my moderately tech literate circles the Nexus/Pixel is not a consumer product. Have the last couple of months given Apple the boost they needed for the slowing sales??
Thanks, - Sent by Josh
- FROM THE SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 7 TOP STORY: Hi Tom - I was just reading most tech sites revoking their recommendations of the Note 7 after the replacements have started catching fire as well. This has definitely put the Samsung brand back a few years, but what do you think is the impact to the Android brand? Because for many, Android is synonymous with Samsung. The Pixel brand is still niche and even in my moderately tech literate circles the Nexus/Pixel is not a consumer product. Have the last couple of months given Apple the boost they needed for the slowing sales??
- I got my note about Comcast's new data caps and they estimate I use 1263 GB a month. Looking at her own data usage tool she shows 1189. It isn't a big difference, but it's enough to change my decision about going unlimited or just paying $10 for each extra 50GB. At 1263, I'd be paying $60 most months and it would be cheaper to pay for the unlimited plan. At 1189, I'm paying $40 extra most months, which is less than the unlimited plan.
- Sent by Elizabeth
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