We’re thrilled about Amazon’s new Cloud Drive and Cloud Player, but the record labels might not be — so good for them for potentially forcing that anti-consumer claptrap out into the open. Also, we might complain a lot about our Internet issues, but at least we don’t live in Canada. Plus, the Color hack you …

Read the full post →"BOL 1436: Think before you Color"

Apple’s WWDC announcement could signal the iPhone 5 is coming later this fall. Facebook’s movie model is working, mobile phone payments will be the new black, and Symbian phones will be discontinued in 2010…*tear*. Plus, thanks to the Oxford English Dictionary muffin top will live forever. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original …

Read the full post →"BOL 1435: Oh Symbian.. We hardly got to Nokia"

On today’s show, Benito announces that he’s leaving us for his one true love, Gamespot–the good news is, he’s still in the family, and more importantly, in the building, to help out the new guy, Steve Beacham. Be nice, everyone. Also, Google plays Honeycomb close to the vest, Groupon might be on a downward slide, …

Read the full post →"BOL 1434: Fare thee well, Benito, the cake is not a lie"

Sony PS3 jailbreaker George Hotz scampers down to South America to avoid having to turn over his possessions to Sony — but claimed he’s just there on spring break. Um. Ok, dude. Also, Apple’s grand plans to take over the Internet completely, the new Color app that either is or isn’t the most amazing startup …

Read the full post →"BOL 1433: George Hotz and the Girls Gone Wild defense"

Sprint doesn’t like the AT&T/T-Mobile deal, and they plan on doing something about it. Firefox 4 comes out with a strong launch, and Microsoft tries to piggy back on it. Yeehaw! And, we’re willing to give our brainwaves away. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation and/or correction …

Read the full post →"BOL 1432: AT&T: The T-1000 of Telcos"

On today’s show, Brian Tong has an exclusive about the next crop of iMacs: they’re on a boat! Also, Kent German calls in from CTIA to talk AT&T-T-Mobile fallout on the show floor, plus a sneak peek at Sprint’s new phone announcements. We rant about Microsoft’s new strategy of demanding licenses for things like status …

Read the full post →"BOL 1431: iMac on a boat"

AT&T gets bigger, a whole lot bigger with its purchase of T-Mobile. Trust us, mobile plans won’t be getting any cheaper. Sprint gets a few consolation prizes, Twitter is 5 years old and we feature the Morning-After App. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation and/or correction has …

Read the full post →"BOL 1430: T-Mobile gets super-mooned"

The government is planning a new sock puppet program that will create fake online personas to play on social networks in countries around the world (but not America — they say). Microsoft and the feds shut down another giant spam-sending botnet, and HP continues its bold moves: next up, a cloud computing platform. Also, a …

Read the full post →"BOL 1429: Spies on Facebook? Yes, it’s true."

On today’s show, Time Warner’s new live TV iPad app is too cool to last very long, iOS is slower than Android (but Apple’s nit-picking the results, predictably), and Sony is continuing to try to turn George Hotz into a smoking crater for daring to jailbreak the PS3. –Molly Buzz Out Loud episodes are released …

Read the full post →"BOL 1428: Jailbreak Geohotz"

We’re back in the bunker, everyone, talking the Japan crisis and its effect on tech supply chains. Plus, bid on the SXSW iPad 2, or if you don’t have that kind of cheddar, buy Street Fightr and Sonic for iPhone and the proceeds go to charity. Obama’s IP czar wants to make unauthorized streaming a …

Read the full post →"BOL 1427: Why Yahoo can’t have nice things"