Convertcast Episode 103 Sunday, January 29, 2012 MISC  http://www.solidoodle.com/ 3D Printer - I’m not sure I understand how this thing works, but it looks really cool!! (A friend just bought a 3D printer - can't wait to check it out!) Would Barnes and Noble go bankrupt without the Nook?  Some analysts think so. new CEO of RIM arrived, doesn’t look like he has a vision and not changes enough 27 German publishers to combat Apple with open digital textbook platform http://9to5mac.com/2012/01/25/27-german-publishers-to-combat-apple-with-open-digital-textbook-platform/ Online Voting...


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Convertcast Episode 102 Sunday, January 22, 2012     MISC Protect IP Act (PIPA), Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), OPEN Act - many sites go dark on 1/18/12 to protest (XDA developers, REDDIT, WikiPedia, CyanogenMod included) KODAK company goes bankrupt, some other companies like Microsoft and IBM fear they can long-term also share this destiny. Did you have Kodak camera or somethig? Kodak bankrupt because failed in TRANSITION from analog film to digital cameras. Android Some Sprint devices get Honeycomb update.  Evo 3d only gets an update that removes the embedded...


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Convertcast Episode 101 Sunday, January 15, 2012 MISC ICANN new domains - wtf?! Wasn't .xxx bad enough? thick whois system ICANN wants to indroduce - so no private whois and one needs to identify to registrars etc. the US embassy and terror alerts in Bangkok Was yours one of the disappearing 4Square accounts this week? SOPA samsung’s bada OS to merge with intel tizen OS (samsung is biggest maker of smarpthones globally!) http://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabethwoyke/2012/01/13/samsung-merging-its-bada-os-with-intel-backed-tizen-project/ Android CM lets you put ICS on HP Touchpad....


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Convertcast Episode 100 Sunday, January 8, 2012 Edward - resident Windows Phone and Kinect expert Diana - resident Android expert What did you like best in the 2011 tech world? I liked the push for competition, but not so much the litigation. Plethora of e-readers. the best in 2011: iCloud, iOS5, Windows Phone mango with multitasking and WiFi tethering, Kindle Touch, Kinect Siri and clones like it What do you want to see in 2012? Whatever happened to those paper thin batteries? One social network to rule them all, or updates to what we've got  so we can have the best...


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Convertcast Episode 99 Dec. 20, 2011 Mul­ti­ple reports have emerged of T-Mobile switch­ing on 3G for fre­quen­cies that exist­ing unlocked iPhones and other devices can use. At least some parts of Neva­da and some parts of North­ern Cal­i­for­nia and the North­west are see­ing 1,900MHz repur­posed to be used as addi­tion­al car­ry­ing space for theHSPA+ 84Mbps net­work antic­i­pat­ed for 2012. Those who live in the altered areas are see­ing speeds faster not just than they would on EDGE but faster than AT&T’s real-world 3G, at 7.92Mbps down and 1.8Mbps up. How...


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Convertcast Episode 95 November 15, 2011   Apologies for half the podcast going missing. No excuse other than it got eaten mid upload. :( iOS 5.0.1 and battery issues iTunes Match Live Icon and Shortcut Crazy - Link to Control Panel and Applications using URL access codes. Customize your own icons using Icon Project Add shortcuts to your homescreen using QR codes Use Siri to access control panel options by using contacts Google vs. Siri On the Verge - Matias Duarte, Windows Phone 7 giveaways (trade your crappy phone for a HTC Titan), new Photography tech Brian...


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I know I am not alone in my dislike of Android’s built-in contact manager.  Among many other frustrations, it is incredible that in order to be able to see a contact’s address (home, email etc), you have to put the contact in “edit” mode. Enter GO Contacts EX, another application from the popular GO Dev team.  Not only is this a better contact management interface, but it is also a dialer replacement, which brings back a feature that I have missed since my days on the Hero: that of being able to type a few letters of a person’s name (2 for a, b or c, 3 for d, e or f, etc.) and have...


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Convertcast Episode 86 August 16, 2011 Google buys Motorola...blah blah blah. Buy any cool accessories lately? WD 1TB drive that fits in my 2nd Kinies purse/gadget bag Just ordered the first interesting case in a while: http://www.padandquill.com/ The Little Black Book. It looked great before, but the lack of camera opening was a deal breaker. They've updated, so I ordered. I don't "get" their case for MacBook Air. (BodyGuardz with Ciderz and carbon fibre) Gratuitous plug for Zamzar.com The greatest converter out there Spotify Help us pick a new printer. Mac OS X 10.7.1 update:...


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Convertcast Episode 85 August 10, 2011 iOS 5 beta update - (this version) of iTunes SUCKS. :) Reminder - location based http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/10/us-apple-samsung-legal-idUSTRE77928620110810 Apple wins preliminary round against Samsung and is now going after Motorola Is it me, or does it make no sense that Apple wants to purchase iPad screens from Samsung in the midst of this drama? If Apple clears any competition that in any shape resembles its products (black or white "slabs"), are they on the way to being a monopoly? And speaking of monopolies.... http://brianshall.com/content/google-are-pussies Google...


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Convertcast Episode 83 July 19, 2011 Great Support week Vulkano support Beta 3 and iTunes strangeness my iTunes support experience Mandatory mention of lawsuits HP tv commercials - they've done one thing right for Web OS Countdown to Lion? Confession: I like live wallpapers on Android Pros and Cons of the "huddle" feature on Google + mobile How to use huddles for group sms Create a shortURL for G+ Follow Jerry on Twitter Follow Alli on Twitter Call the Just Another Geek Site Google Voice number, and leave us a message! (304) 884-JAGS (5247) Download the episode...


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