Robots and iPads Sunday March 18, 2012   MISC  Khan Academy launches iPad app (http://9to5mac.com/2012/03/12/khan-academy-launches-ipad-app-with-complete-library-of-over-2700-educational-videos/) No ancillaries yet, but they are coming. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57393834-93/go-feds-e-books-are-way-overpriced/ Are e-books overpriced? There is certainly no reason for them to cost the same as a physical book requiring paper, binding, and printing costs. Hexbug  (http://hexbug.com) Little tiny robots - Cat vs Spider https://vimeo.com/38712809 4Square using Open Street Maps,...


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Convertcast - Episode 108 Sunday March 4, 2012 MISC  Networking at 10,000 Feet: Airlines Are Making the Skies ‘Social’ http://techland.time.com/2012/02/28/networking-from-10000-feet-airlines-are-making-the-skies-social/ Dumbest idea ever! Samsung Chaton - cross platform SMS replacement. How does it differ from the competition? (Edward) Mobile World Congress ended : mainly show about android but many visitors and journalists were just using iPad for writing and iPhone for calling - isn’t it funny? AT&T updated its data use policy, capping so-called unlimited plans at 3GB. (Edward)...


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Convertcast Episode 107 Sunday, February 26, 2012 MISC  AT&T ordered to pay $850 to a user in California after his data was throttled. Supreme court rules that forcing a defendant to decrypt a hard drive so that the contents can be used by the prosecution is a violation of the 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination Digital Ads are turning consumers off more than drawing business Edward: MAIN EVENT NOW NOW NOW: MWC ongoing now (official starting on Monday but on Sunday first pre-event events)! Plaza Espana - on 1 side venue and other side hotel with Microsoft and Arne...


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Episode 106 Sunday, February 19, 2012 MISC  Farmbook/Faceville: Facebook and Zynga. What happens if they go their separate ways? [Edward hates that one cann’t filter out zynga updates in facebook streams of other people] http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/15/2799410/puzzazz-handwriting-recognition-kindle-touch http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57377767-1/sony-envisions-future-with-pay-as-you-go-power/ [Edward thinks that personal nuclear reactor everybody/many will have in garage] kind of funny: Playbook OS 2.0 coming Febraury 21, stupid blackbook will get emil client app that works...


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I'm going to sue you! Sunday, February 12, 2012 MISC  FB - deleted photos still on their servers3 years later. Flash -free Google Chrome for Android (Edward uses chrome://plugins to disable this Flash pest on pc) SSL revocation check removed from Google Chrome http://arstechnica.com/business/guides/2012/02/google-strips-chrome-of-ssl-revocation-checking.ars RIM’s board is under fire for running the company into the ground Mother got a Nook tablet and thinks she's The Geek now. (Edward asks: what qualifies to be a geek?) Sony PS Vita, available Feb. 22: dual analogoue controllers,...


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Convertcast Episode 104 Sunday, February 5, 2012 MISC  Refurb Xoom tablets sold by Woot still had user data on it. Word of warning - erase your own dang data before returning anything. AT&T throttling top 5% mevio fiasco (podcasts deactivated, no ability to foward feed to other hosting, lost itunes account, lost old episodes etc): http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/01/pro-tip-dont-pivot-your-way-into-irrelevancy/ so: what’s best for podcast hosting (free archive.org?) ? what Alli is using for podcast hosting?a Edward seen movie Real Steel about robot boxing in 2020 : in it a transparent-display...


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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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Windows Phoneification will get you sooner or later, even if you never buy a Windows Phone at all. The first step was, obviously, the release of Windows Phone cellphones. But since Android and iPhone are much more popular it is rather unlikely you will have contact with them. However, many people have Xbox at home, many people use Windows-powered PCs at home and work, and now the look and feel of Windows Phone - tiles - is spreading like a disease. While it may be understandable why Apple is iOSinizing the Mac OS: the huge success of iPhone and iPad. It is strange why Microsoft is pushing the user...


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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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