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PTJ 349: Now, Voyagers

January 27, 2021 J.D. Biersdorfer Leave a comment

As the last week of January rolls in, so do the Internet themes and memes — including TikTok’s flirtation with sea shanties and the cold-weather fashion of Senator Bernie Sanders. El Kaiser and J.D. ponder the latest Web whimsy, as well as Google and Apple’s fight against the ongoing problems of the world, other tech news and fun things to do with your smartphone’s camera. Hear it all on PTJ 349!

Sea Shanty TikTok (TikTok)
The Music Theory of Tik Tok Sea Shanties (YouTube)
Everyone’s Singing Sea Shanties (or Are They Whaling Songs?) (The New York Times)
‘It’s just Bernie being Bernie’ — How a photo of Sanders wearing mittens at Inauguration Day went viral (CNBC)
Bernie Sanders / Sea Shanty Meme Mashup
“Star Trek: Discovery”
“Star Trek: Picard”
How we’re helping get vaccines to more people (Google blog)
Apple launches major new Racial Equity and Justice Initiative projects to challenge systemic racism, advance racial equity nationwide (Apple)
Propel Center Global HBCU Campus for Innovation
NBCUniversal is bringing its live events to Twitter users globally (CNBC)
Introducing Birdwatch, a community-based approach to misinformation (Twitter blog)
Increasing Transparency Around US 2020 Elections Ads (Facebook blog)
The Internet Is a Crime Scene, And After the Capitol Riots We Need Better Information Governance Rules for Treating It Like One. (Foreign Policy)
What the Biden administration means for Amazon (CNBC)
Google workers across the globe announce international union alliance to hold Alphabet accountable (The Verge)
Apple Elaborates on Potential for iPhone 12 and MagSafe Accessories to Interfere With Implantable Medical Devices (MacRumors)
Microsoft backtracks on Xbox Live Gold price hike (The Verge)
Clubhouse announces plans for creator payments and raises new funding led by Andreessen Horowitz (TechCrunch)
4 Ways to Do More With Your Smartphone Camera (The New York Times)

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PTJ 313: Bye, Design

July 1, 2019 J.D. Biersdorfer Leave a comment

On this week’s episode. El Kaiser and JD discuss Jony Ive’s departure from his long-time design post at Apple, Facebook’s attempts at civil rights and the latest in cat-flap technology. And, after decades of living the 3.5mm life, El Kaiser also unboxes his very first set of Lightning-connector earbuds and tests them out. Have yourself a listen here on Episode 313!

Jony Ive ‘dispirited’ by Tim Cook’s lack of interest in product design: WSJ (The Verge)
Jony Ive made the entire tech world care about design (The Verge)
Why Jony Ive’s greatest achievement wasn’t the iPhone. It was the original iMac (Digital Trends)
Publishers Not Making Much Money From Apple News+ (MacRumors)
The Bixby Marketplace is Now Officially Open in the U.S. and Korea (Samsung Global Newsroom)
A Second Update on Our Civil Rights Audit (Facebook Newsroom)
Amazon Air is expanding to Alaska in a warning shot to UPS, FedEx (Business Insider)
The Huawei rollercoaster continues as Google gets a green light to license Android again (PCWorld)
Huawei may get its US supply chain back after Trump’s policy “U-turn” (CNN)
The Hidden Cost of GoFundMe Health Care (The New Yorker)
Former Equifax employee sentenced for insider trading (Department of Justice)
Cat flap uses AI to punish pet’s killer instincts (BBC News)
If Tom Brings Jerry Home, ML Locks the Cat Door (Synced)

Earbud Unboxing

RHA MA650i Earbuds with Lightning connector

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PTJ 251: The One After the 250th Episode

October 22, 2017 J.D. Biersdorfer Leave a comment

El Kaiser and J.D. are back this week with the usual suitcase full of technology news to unpack, including Samsung’s announcement that its Bixby virtual assistant is open (source) for business. And while Blue Apron is folding up a bit of its workforce, and Google’s DeepMind A.I. software is folding proteins. Oh, and let’s not forget, the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update started to show up on PCs everywhere this week. Now, if only we can get to the sweater weather…slip on your flip-flops come on along for Episode 251!

Links to Stories Mentioned on This Week’s Show

Bixby 2.0: The Start of the Next Paradigm Shift in Devices (Samsung Global Newsroom)
Experience Samsung 360 Round, a High-Quality Camera for Creating and Livestreaming 3D Content for Virtual Reality (Samsung Mobile Press)
Facebook officially rolls out its discovery-focused ‘Explore Feed’ (TechCrunch)
AlphaGo Zero: Learning from scratch (DeepMind)
‘It’s able to create knowledge itself’: Google unveils AI that learns on its own (The Guardian)
Google Serves Fake News Ads in an Unlikely Place: Fact-Checking Sites (The New York Times)
Twitter account claiming to belong to Tennessee GOP was run by Russian trolls (The Hill)
McCain signs on to Democrats’ Facebook ad disclosure bill (Politico)
Facebook and Google Helped Anti-Refugee Campaign in Swing States (Bloomberg)
Dodging Russian Spies, Customers Are Ripping Out Kaspersky (The Daily Beast)
HP Unveils World’s Most Powerful and First Detachable PC Workstation (HP Newsroom)
Blue Apron announces layoffs (Axios)
Lego’s official ‘Women of NASA’ set goes on sale November 1 (TechCrunch)

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

What’s new in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (Microsoft)
How to get the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (Microsoft)
The definitive Windows 10 Fall Creators Update review (Windows Central)

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PTJ 231: Veni, Vidi, Vendi

April 20, 2017 J.D. Biersdorfer Leave a comment

Are we ready for the vending machines to silently judge us based on our snack habits? Some New Yorkers will find out soon as new models equipped with artificial intelligence are making their way to town. Meanwhile the disruptors are getting some disruption themselves, Facebook’s F8 conference brings new announcements, there’s a new Star Wars trailer out and El Kaiser and J.D. wonder if it’s time for iTunes to retire. Grab a bag of chips or your favorite meat-stick product and settle in for a listen here on Episode 231!

Links to Stories in This Week’s Show

Inside the hotel industry’s plan to combat Airbnb (The New York Times)
New York moves to require Uber to provide tipping option in its app (The New York Times)
Facebook Spaces: A new way to connect with friends in VR (Facebook)
The 4 most important things Facebook just announced (Time)
Manhunt in Cleveland after video of killing posted to Facebook (NBC News)
Community Standards and Reporting (Facebook Newsroom)
Netflix falls short on users without a ‘House of Cards’-size hit (Bloomberg)
Apple readies iPhone overhaul for smartphone’s 10th anniversary (Bloomberg)
Apple is having trouble getting the iPhone 8’s signature feature to actually work (BGR.com)
Comment: Rumored Apple TV account switching in tvOS 11 may suggest multi-users for iPad with iOS 11 (9to5Mac)
Samsung says Bixby voice assistant won’t ship with Galaxy S8 (Axios)
PayPal teams up with Android Pay for mobile payments (TechCrunch)
Steve Ballmer serves up a fascinating data trove (The New York Times)
Introducing new ways to organize your saved posts (Instagram blog)
Introducing New World Lenses (Snap blog)
Artificially intelligent vending machines are coming to NYC (Time Out New York)
Cassini at Saturn (NASA)
NASA finds evidence of hydrothermal vents on Saturn’s moon Enceladus (Popular Mechanics)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Official Teaser (StarWars.com on YouTube)
We know who the ‘Last Jedi’ is and its scary but not surprising (Mashable)
Apple rebrands iTunes Podcasts as ‘Apple Podcasts’ (MacRumors)
iTunes needs to go (well, the name, anyway) (Macworld)
Loopy Cases

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PTJ 227: Special Delivery

March 25, 2017 J.D. Biersdorfer Leave a comment

It seems like everybody’s got something on the way this week: Samsung’s new phone waits in the wings, Amazon’s Alexa is calling in for a six pack, robots are rolling out with restaurant orders and Apple even quietly slipped a few new products into the retail channel. El Kaiser and J.D. discuss it all — including that very special package sent down from the International Space Station.

Links to This Week’s News Stories

Bixby: A new way to interact with your phone (Samsung Mobile Press)
Galaxy S8 leaks: The 10 biggest leaks you missed over the weekend (BGR)
Alexa, order from Prime Now! (BusinessNews)
eBay to roll out guaranteed delivery for 20 million items (PR Newswire)
DoorDash will start delivering food via robots in California this Thursday (BuzzFeed News)
O-MG, the Developer Preview of Android O is here! (Android Developers Blog)
With Project Torino, Microsoft creates a physical programming language inclusive of visually impaired children (Microsoft blog)
Apple’s next big thing: Augmented reality (Bloomberg)
Apple introduces Clips: The fun, new way to create expressive videos on iOS (Apple)
New 9.7-inch iPad features stunning Retina display & incredible performance (Apple)
Apple introduces iPhone 7 & iPhone 7 Plus (PRODUCT)RED special edition (Apple)
US to ban laptops and tablets on flights from eight countries (BBC News)
Q&A: Aviation security enhancements for select last point of departure airports with commercial flights to the United States (Department of Homeland Security)
A simple command allows the CIA to commandeer 318 models of Cisco switches (Ars Technica)
Google Maps v9.49 beta adds a manual parking location tracker, weather indicator for mass transit navigation, and more (Android Police)
New: Save your live video to your phone (Instagram Blog)
CRS-10 Mission (SpaceX)
Researchers ready to collect science, tech samples returning to Earth (NASA)

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