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  • DigitalOutbox Episode 256

    Chris and Ian discuss Ashley Madison, Facebook's M and naughty Samsung

    http://www.digitaloutbox.com/podcasts/episode256/DigitalOutbox-256-150828.mp3

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    • Ashley Madison data published -- and it's worse than anyone thought
    • Spotify says sorry after privacy policy anger
    • Twitter blocks accounts that tracked deleted tweets of politicians
    • Vlogger guidelines published by advertising committee
    • Facebook Launches M, Its Bold Answer to Siri and Cortana
    • Amazon free delivery extended to 13,000 pickup locations
    • BBC iPlayer takes on Netflix with new catchup features
    • Thinking Outside the Square: Support for Landscape and Portrait Formats on Instagram
    • Samsung Galaxy Note 5 faces stylus issue
    • Google’s Next Version Of Android Is Called Marshmallow
    • Google Hangouts finally has its own website
    • Google just launched an easy-to-use $199 Wi-Fi router
    • Meet YouTube Gaming, Twitch’s Archenemy
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    • DigitalOutbox Episode 255

      Chris and Ian discuss Alphabet and Samsung

      http://www.digitaloutbox.com/podcasts/episode255/DigitalOutbox-255-150816.mp3

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      • Meet Alphabet, Google’s New Corporate Boss As Sundar Pichai Takes Over The Search Company
      • Carphone Warehouse in customer data breach
      • Check UK mobile coverage with this interactive map
      • Microsoft Launches Open Source Tool To Help iOS Developers Port Their Apps To Windows
      • Windows 10 Is Now Available For The Raspberry Pi
      • Twitter Removes 140-Character Limit From Direct Messages So That People You Follow Can Send You Long Rambling Missives About Their Day And Stuff And Things. You Know, Like Horror Stories About Their In-Laws Or Boss. But Hey, How Are You?
      • HTC phone stored unencrypted fingerprints
      • Samsung
      • John Cridland: Encourage teenagers to study arts so computer games of the future are not designed by 'spotty nerds', says CBI boss
      • No more LOLs: 50% of Facebook users prefer 'haha' to laughing out loud
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      • DigitalOutbox Episode 254

        Chris and Ian discuss Windows 10, Uber and Xbox

        http://www.digitaloutbox.com/podcasts/episode254/DigitalOutbox-254-150807.mp3

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        • Windows 10 review – final version of Windows might be Microsoft's best ever
        • Uber faces legal action in UK over drivers' rights
        • Nokia’s HERE maps sold for $3 billion to Audi, BMW and Mercedes
        • Why Reddit banned 'CoonTown', and what comes next
        • Internet experts submit plan for US to cede control of ICANN
        • U.K. Web Users Now Prefer To Do It With Smartphones
        • Two Mac viruses strike at the heart of the platform's secure image
        • BBC Store will sell 10,000 hours of TV
        • Amazon signs Top Gear cast for new streaming motoring show
        • Amazon Prime Music launches in the UK
        • YouTube videos will no longer get stuck at 301+ views
        • Google Weans Itself Off Of Google+
        • LinkedIn promises to quit bugging you so much
        • Facebook Launches Live Streaming Video Feature, But Only For Celebrities
        • Fitness-App Consolidation Continues As Adidas Buys Runtastic
        • EE recalls Power Bar battery packs after explosion in student's bedroom
        • MOTO X STYLE, PLAY AND MOTO G
        • Xbox at Gamescon
        • Elite: Dangerous to add planetary landings and more with Horizons expansion
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        • DigitalOutbox Episode 253

          Chris and Ian discuss UK Courts, Apple Pay and Satoru Iwata

          http://www.digitaloutbox.com/podcasts/episode253/DigitalOutbox-253-150725.mp3

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          • Pao Out as Reddit CEO; Co-Founder Huffman Takes Over
          • High court rules data retention and surveillance legislation unlawful
          • Ripping music and films illegal again after High Court overturns new law
          • Universal finds pirated copy of Jurassic World seeded from its own servers
          • Infidelity site Ashley Madison hacked as attackers demand total shutdown
          • Apple Pay launches in the UK: here's how to use it
          • Apple releases new, faster, iPod touch with 8MP camera and 128 GB option, new Nano/Shuffle colors
          • The end is nigh for Adobe Flash
          • BT and Openreach broadband service could be split in Ofcom review
          • Satoru Iwata was Nintendo
          • Sony’s Playstation Now game streaming service beta launches in the UK
          • Electronic Sports League to implement anti-doping policy, including drug testing

            • Picks


            Ian

            Affinity Photo

            - £39.99

            - Mac

            - Great photoshop replacement for Mac

            - No subscription

            - Fast, modern app

            - Highly recommended if you need to do some photo touch-up/editing

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            GoPro Session

            - £329.99

            - Smallest lightest GoPro

            - Excellent output

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          • DigitalOutbox Episode 252

            Chris and Ian discuss Reddit, Facebook and GoPro

            http://www.digitaloutbox.com/podcasts/episode252/DigitalOutbox-252-150711.mp3

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            • Reddit Moderators Are Locking Up The Site’s Most Popular Pages In Protest
            • Theresa May named internet villain of the year
            • Hacking Team, Which Sells Surveillance Tech To Governments, Exposed By Major Hack
            • Facebook Gives Users The Ability To Control What They “See First”
            • BBC Micro Bit computer's final design revealed
            • Microsoft Writes Down $7.6B Of Its Nokia Acquisition, Announces 7,800 Layoffs
            • Amazon Marks 20th Anniversary With “Prime Day,” Its Answer To Black Friday
            • All Apple Stores revamping third-party accessory selection with Apple designed boxes
            • GoPro's Hero 4 Session is its smallest camera ever
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            • DigitalOutbox Episode 251

              Chris and Ian discuss Google Woes, Safari is the new IE and Apple Music

              http://www.digitaloutbox.com/podcasts/episode251/DigitalOutbox-251-150703.mp3

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              • Google Manipulates Search Results, According to Study From Yelp and Legal Star Tim Wu
              • Google apologises for Photos app's racist blunder
              • Safari is the new IE
              • UK Apple Pay hold-out Barclays wants you to use its own devices for contactless payments
              • Amazon Takes Prime Now Outside U.S., Opens One-Hour Delivery In London
              • Amazon set to pay self-published authors as little as $0.006 per page read
              • Data roaming charges to end in EU within two years
              • Cisco To Buy Cloud Security Company OpenDNS for $635M In Cash
              • Zane Lowe on Apple’s Beats 1: unlikely to trouble mainstream radio
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              • DigitalOutbox Episode 250

                Chris and Ian discuss Taylor Swift and E3

                http://www.digitaloutbox.com/podcasts/episode250/DigitalOutbox-250-150628.mp3

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                • Apple Music changes policy after Taylor Swift stand
                • Google Play Music Will Now Be Available For Free
                • Stephen Elop out as Microsoft merges Windows and devices groups
                • Twitter’s CEO Dick Costolo Chooses To Step Down, Jack Dorsey Named Interim CEO, Shares Up 3%
                • Twitter Gets Serious About Messaging, Will Remove DM Character Limit
                • Google Must Expand Privacy Delistings, Says French Watchdog
                • Google takes steps to crack down on revenge porn
                • Hack of cloud-based LastPass exposes hashed master passwords
                • Major zero-day security flaws in iOS & OS X allow theft of both Keychain and app passwords
                • Microsoft Officially Launches Office For Android Phone
                • Kindle Announces New $119 Paperwhite E-Reader With A Font That’s Easy On The Eyes
                • YouTube launches live gaming site to take on Amazon's Twitch
                • E3

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                  Ian

                  Gestimer

                  - £2.29

                  - Gestimer is a beautiful Mac menu bar app for those little reminders during the day.

                  - Simply drag the Gestimer menu bar icon onto the screen to create your reminder.

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                • DigitalOutbox Episode 249

                  Chris and Ian discuss WWDC and a quick take on the Oculus Rift

                  http://www.digitaloutbox.com/podcasts/episode249/DigitalOutbox-249-150612.mp3

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                  • WWDC
                  • Spotify responds to Apple Music by revealing it now has 75m active users
                  • Adblock Plus cries foul over Apple plan to stop ads
                  • Sharing block lists to help make Twitter safer
                  • Reddit Bans Five Harassing Subreddits, Its Trolls Respond Exactly As You’d Expect
                  • Mass snooping fake mobile towers 'uncovered in UK'
                  • Broadband shakeup to let customers with slow speeds leave contract early
                  • BT is launching Europe’s first 4K sports channel in August
                  • Oculus reveals its consumer Rift headset
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                  • DigitalOutbox Episode 248

                    Chris and Ian discuss Ross Ulbricht, Windows 10 and Privacy

                    http://www.digitaloutbox.com/podcasts/episode248/DigitalOutbox-248-150606.mp3

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                    • Silk Road operator Ross Ulbricht sentenced to life in prison
                    • Windows 10 arrives on July 29 for PCs and tablets only
                    • Microsoft's acquisition of Wunderlist is official
                    • Thunderbolt 3 Uses Reversible USB Type-C And Could Be The Ultimate Port
                    • MPs say UK surveillance laws breach human rights
                    • Facebook defends sharing of video of screaming baby being dunked
                    • Apple boss delivers strongest attack yet on Facebook and Google over privacy
                    • Google Centralizes Privacy And Security Controls On New Web Dashboard
                    • Google Maps now shows real-time public transit info in San Francisco, Chicago, UK and more
                    • Amazon’s £119 Fire tablet for kids arrives in the UK on June 18
                    • Lego Worlds game to challenge the might of Minecraft
                    • Rare Apple I computer put into recycling

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                      Ian

                      Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions

                      - £3.99

                      - Fast and fun shooter

                      - Virtual sticks but doesn't bother me

                      - Includes classic modes from Geometry Wars 2

                      - Great on iPad, bit small on the iPhone

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                    • DigitalOutbox Episode 247

                      Chris and Ian discuss Google I/O, Jony Ive and the expensive Rift

                      http://www.digitaloutbox.com/podcasts/episode247/DigitalOutbox-246-150530.mp3

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                      • Google I/O
                      • Amazon to begin paying corporation tax on UK retail sales
                      • Microsoft To Bring Cortana To iOS And Android With Companion App
                      • Apple’s Jony Ive Promoted to Company’s Chief Design Officer
                      • Apple’s Jeff Williams Says Native Watch SDK Will Give Direct Access To Sensors
                      • Oculus Rift Total Package Price: Around $1,500
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                      DigitalOutbox is a weekly podcast on computing, gadgets and gaming with a distinctly UK voice. Join us each week as we wander through the week's news and discuss topic's relevant to the everyday user.