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September 21, 2012 DigitalOutbox Episode 135
DigitalOutbox Episode 135

DigitalOutbox Episode 135 - iOS6, Maps and UK Pirates
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2:31 - Manchester is the UK piracy capital

6:44 - Amazon brings Cloud Player music service to the UK

9:11 - iOS6 - updated maps disappoint

18:34 - Record preorders for the boring iPhone 5

20:22 - HTC Windows Phone 8X

23:11 - MS Employees to get Surface Tablet

24:07 - Yahoo replace RIM smartphones

25:20 - Twitter hearts Facebook

28:51 - Google acquire Snapseed

29:37 - BBC announce new media player and updates for iPlayer on Android

31:33 - New slimmer PS3
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September 14, 2012 DigitalOutbox Episode 134
DigitalOutbox Episode 134

DigitalOutbox Episode 134 - 4G with EE, iPhone 5 and Nintendo Wii U
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2:37 - 4G hits the Uk - EE

12:19 - iPhone 5

38:50 -

40:16 - Nintendo announce Wii U Launch date

44:09 - Broadband red tape to be cut

46:09 - Great Google Drive update for iOS and Android users

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September 07, 2012 DigitalOutbox Episode 133
DigitalOutbox Episode 133

DigitalOutbox Episode 133 - Nokia, Motorola and Amazon on Fire
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1:40 - Nokia Windows Phone 8 event
7:01 - Motorola Press Event
9:25 - Amazon Kindle Update
26:54 - BBC iPlayer launches mobile-download service
28:13 - Raspberry Pi to be manufactured in the UK
34:26 - Valve recruiting hardware engineers
37:10 - Bruce Willis to fight Apple over right to leave iTunes library in will
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August 31, 2012 DigitalOutbox Episode 132
DigitalOutbox Episode 132

DigitalOutbox Episode 132 - Apple vs Samsung, 4G in the UK and IFA gadgets
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1:06 - Samsung to pay Apple over $1 billion

9:03 - Samsung at IFA

15:06 - Sony at IFA

20:24

23:10 - Nook comes to the UK

24:30 - Windows 8 Upgrade Price

25:25 - UK will have a 4G service this year

27:22 - Where did Tweetbot for Mac go

30:42 - Diaspora team hands keys over to the community

32:31 - Sony shuts Psygnosis
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Sticky Notifications

- $3

- Sticky Notifications lets you leave quick, easy reminders for yourself.

- Works with Notification Center or Growl.

- Growl not required, even on Lion.

- Automatically opens URLs in reminders.

- Retina Display ready.

- Integrates with System Services.

- Automator support.

- Trigger via URLs, e.g. with Alfred.

- GateKeeper-aware.

- Menubar icon can be hidden.

- Open at Login option.
Bark

- A growl plugin that displays Growl notifications in Notification Center

- Free

- Retains low level control over notifications that Growl brings
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August 21, 2012 DigitalOutbox Episode 131
DigitalOutbox Episode 131

DigitalOutbox Episode 131 - Twitter API, John Browett and OnLive
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3:01 - Once a Dixons employee

6:11 - Amazon to deliver parcels to UK cornershops

9:11 - Twitter announces API changes

17:26 - Medium

19:06 - Branch

20:51 - Is the UK heavy handed with Internet Trolls

23:05 - First truly digital Olympics

28:21 - Jeremy Hunt pledges fastest broadband network in Europe by 2015

30:27 - Netflix reaches 1,000,000 subscribers on the UK

31:41 - Onlive sold to another company

35:25 - Call of Duty Black Ops 2

37:45 - Simcity for the Mac
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August 12, 2012 DigitalOutbox Episode 130
DigitalOutbox Episode 130

DigitalOutbox Episode 130 - Metro dropped, App.net and Mat Honan gets hacked hard.
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2:38 - T-mobile - tethering no longer available to new full monthly customers

5:14 - Microsoft drop the Metro brand

7:07 - Valve to sell non-gaming software on Steam starting September 5th

8:51 - Would you pay for a social network - App.net hopes so

15:51 - Google Free iPhone

19:02 - Google brings knowledge graph to rest of the world (if you speak english)

23:03 - Mat Honan Hacked Hard
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Pixelmator

- £10.49

- Great image editor for the Mac

- Now at version 2.1 and on sale, hence the recomendation

- Everything you probably need in an image editor and now comes with iCloud, retina and Mountain Lion support
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August 03, 2012 DigitalOutbox Episode 129
DigitalOutbox Episode 129

DigitalOutbox Episode 129 - Dropbox, Twitter and Outlook
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0:59 - Google Updates

2:29 - Dropbox Security Breach

6:32 - Robin Hood Airport tweet bomb joke man wins case

7:32 - While others need to watch what they say on Twitter

13:16 - Twitter users blamed for disrupting BBCs cycling coverage

16:09 - Microsoft launch outlook.com

21:19 - Digg Relaunched

- Simpler, cleaner and more visual

- No comments

- Based on facebook likes and tweets

- Still aims to bring you the best of the web

- Fresh start as old site cost about 15-20 times what the new one does

22:24 - Apple buys AuthenTec

24:03 - The Lords look forward

27:20 - Nokias new product launch

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Mountain Tweaks

- Key features:

- Small app, but extremely powerfull!

- Brand new tweaks!

- Works with both Lion and Mountain Lion

- Free

- Enable Airdrop on old hardware

- Enable colours in the Finder sidebar

- Disable many animations

- Remove Spotlight icon

- Disable gatekeeper

- Highlight non-retina images

- Remove leather from Contacts (ML)

- Remove leather from Calendar (ML)
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July 27, 2012 DigitalOutbox Episode 128
DigitalOutbox Episode 128

DigitalOutbox Episode 128 - Mountain Lion, Quarterly Results and Nexus 7
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1:11 - Mountain Lion

5:01 - Apple Results

8:01 - Microsoft Results

9:25 - Google Results

13:20 - Google buys Sparrow

17:56 - Nexus 7

23:59 - Ofcom reveals 4G auction plans

25:45 - Three users double data usage

28:13 - Open Internet Code of Practice
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July 20, 2012 DigitalOutbox Episode 127
DigitalOutbox Episode 127

DigitalOutbox Episode 127 - Marissa Mayer, Office 13, Apple Woes and don't criticise the Olympics
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1:05 - O2 Compensation

2:14 - UK Texts more than Talks

5:29 - Marissa Mayer is Yahoos new CEO

9:29 - Office 2013

15:43 - Nokia Woes

18:15 - Man assaulted for wearing digital eye by McDonalds staff

21:40 - Apple ordered to run Samsung didn't copy ad's

23:08 - Apples in-app purchasing circumvented

26:08 - Apple reverses course on EPEAT environmental standard

28:32 - Betaworks Acquires Digg

31:56 - Now TV Launched

36:04 - You can't link to Olympics website if you say something mean about them
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July 12, 2012 DigitalOutbox Episode 126
DigitalOutbox Episode 126

DigitalOutbox Episode 126 - O2 Outage, Samsung, KickStarter and Yodel
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1:54

6:21 - Samsung wins latest patent dispute

9:08 - Windows 8 Launch Date

9:44 - Dropbox doubling pro accounts

12:02 - Kickstarter coming to the UK

15:39 - Ouya - the android gaming console

19:49 - Amazon launches GameCircle

22:38 - Yodel threatened to sue Twitter
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Google+ for the iPad

- Fantastic update to the app to support iPad

- photo's and video's look amazing
Tweetbot for Mac

- Alpha release

- Free but will be a paid app upon release to the App store

- Despite missing features it's my default client on the Mac
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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.

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