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April 13, 2012 DigitalOutbox Episode 115
DigitalOutbox Episode 115

In this episode - Facebook buys Instagram. Microsoft buys some patents and BT doubles speeds.
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2:09 - Facebook buys Instagram

7:26 - Microsoft buys AOL Patents

9:00 - Jack Tramiel dies

11:02 - Apple respond as the Mac trojan is verified

13:36 - DOJ sues Apple and book publishers over price fixing

18:04 - Google+ Refresh

22:13 - BBC Launch Sport App for connected TVs

24:51 - BT doubling Infinity speeds
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Ian

Pebble

- E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android
Caines Arcade

- If you’ve got 11 minutes, watch this
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April 07, 2012 DigitalOutbox Episode 114
DigitalOutbox Episode 114

In this episode the team discuss Project Glass, Privacy and Apple woes
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0:58 - Girls Around Me

4:02 - Govt plans increased email and social media surveillance

10:02 - Twitter suing spammers

13:29 - Game rescued

15:07 - Foxconn audit

17:58 - iPad Wifi Issues

19:44 - Mac trojan affects 600000

22:47 - Project Glass

28:06 - HTC One X and S Launched

29:35 - Instagram launches for Android

31:13 - Olympics Overload

33:39 - Virgin throttles all users

36:03 - 0x10c
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Ian

Hero Academy

- RPG’ish battle between friends

- Like mini chess

- Seems simple but has real depth due to different factions, characters, powers and upgrades

- Multiplayer - play quickly or over a few days like words with friends

- Now universal - lovely lovely graphics

- Free, but in app purchases to unlock other classes
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March 30, 2012 DigitalOutbox Episode 113
DigitalOutbox Episode 113

In this episode the team discuss Game, Racists, Kindle Touch and Paper.
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1:42 - Game Enters Administration

6:10 - Racist twitter user jailed for 56 days

11:06 - Kindle Touch hits the UK

15:40 - Harry Potter ebooks finally available

17:49 - Dot scot on the way

19:19 - Friends Reunited Relaunches

22:02 - Shitter
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Ian

Paper

- a blank slate of paper devoid of settings panels, menus, and adjustable line widths.

- team behind it had an interesting history: a handful of them spent several years at Microsoft, with a good chunk of that time focused on the Courier

- Fountain pen is only tool at startup

- Free app but £6 for 4 tools - Write (ballpoint), Sketch (pencil), Outline (marker), and Color (watercolor paintbrush)

- Simplicity and clear toolbar free UI is really nice. Great for sketching, but here’s the funny. A stylus really helps.

- Undo is really nice - hold two fingers on iPad and rotate anti clockwise - step through additions removing one at a time

- Share - twitter, facebook, tumblr and e-mail
Wind Map

- Lovely visualisation of current wind flows in the US

- Team hope to expand ot other countries if they can find the data feeds they need
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March 23, 2012 DigitalOutbox Episode 112
DigitalOutbox Episode 112

In this episode the team discuss Apple and it's money. Mike Daisey, Game and iPlayer hits the 360.
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Henry

CloudOn

- free office on ipad.

- Now accepting signups
Cloak

- Zero config vpn app for Mac and iOS
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March 16, 2012 DigitalOutbox Episode 111
DigitalOutbox Episode 111

In this episode the team discuss Encyclopedia Britannica, BBC, Yahoo Sues Facebook and homeless wi-fi transmitters
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1:29 - BBC Boss confirms Pay Download Service

3:47 - DrawSomething is a hit

5:46 - Game warns investors

9:38 - Everything Everywhere should be allowed to offer 4G

11:16 - Virgin Media chosen to bring wi-fi to London Underground

12:30 - Yahoo sues Facebook

15:00 - Twitter buy Posterous

20:41 - South by Southwest breakout product

23:54 - Employers asking for facebook logins
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Henry

Bryce 7 pro

- Free until end of march

- Mac and PC - doesn’t work well with Lion
Ian

MacUpdate Bundle

- VMware Fusion 4 ($49.99) – Run Windows and more on your Mac without rebooting

- Drive Genius 3 ($99.00) – Optimize, repair, test, resize and clean up your Mac

- PDFpen 5 ($59.95) – Edit and annotate PDFs

- ForkLift 2.5 ($29.95) – File manager: FTP, WebDAV, S3, Bluetooth, and more

- Typinator 5 ($33.00) – Text expansion solution

- DesktopShelves 2 ($14.99) – Display folders as desktop shelves

- Snapheal ($14.99) – Professional-quality image enhancement utility

- Boom ($10.99) – Boost audio output for your entire system

- Phone to Mac ($24.95) – Copy media from an iOS device to your Mac

- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed ($29.99) – High-energy action set in the Star Wars universe

- Worms Special Edition ($9.99) – Classic turn-based strategy game

- $378 of app’s for $49.99

- 13 days and 8 hours - so a couple of weeks to bag a bargain
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March 09, 2012 DigitalOutbox Episode 110
DigitalOutbox Episode 110

In this episode the team discuss the new iPad, Google Play and Halo 4.
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0:59 - Apple Keynote

15:08 - Google Play

16:43 - Raspberry Pi

20:47 - BT and Talk Talk lose challenge over Digital Economy Act

22:44 - Lulzsec leader was working for the FBI

24:39 - Game and Capcom issues

27:49 - Halo 4 Preview
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Chris

DrawSomething

- OMGPOP game.

- Cross device app (Android, iOS)

- Turn based pictionary in essence. You get to chose the word you want to try and draw. More coins earned for harder words.

- Other person then gets to see a recording of you drawing.

- Hangman style letters at bottom of the screen to chose from and make a word.

- Once correct/pass, the recording of the other person guessing is then played back to the original drawer - followed by watching the other player draw their word... etc

- Idea is to get the longest winning streaks.

- Coins earn you unlocks - eg you start with a limited pallet, so coins unlock more colour options. High coin prices on colours etc mean you need to play lots to unlock OR (of course) you can in-app purchase more coins.

- Yes, it’s easy to cheat and just write the word on screen - but MOST people don’t do this and I just stop playing with anyone who does that.

- Currently on sale 69p.
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March 02, 2012 DigitalOutbox Episode 109
DigitalOutbox Episode 109

In this episode the team discuss Mobile World Congress, Windows 8 and trouble for Game.
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3:00 - Mobile World Congress

16:40 - EU votes to cut roaming charges

19:48 - Windows 8 Consumer Preview

28:42 - Twitter figure out revenue streams

30:18 - Game will not stock future EA games

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Ian

Moom

- $5

- Application/window sizer

- Size an app to half, quarter screen with ease

- Size to a grid - great for spcaing out apps easily

- Create window layouts - handy for common task involving a few app’s....like podcasting, graphic editing, coding

- A tool OS X should really have built in

Chris

Do Not Track +

- Essentially a browser plugin that blocks tracking data from reporting back about your visits.

- Chrome, FF, IE, Safari / Mac, PC

- Stops an awful lot of ‘chatter’ that goes between advertising and tracking companies and social visit tracking through like/+1 buttons.

- Stops analytics tracking.

- Doesn’t stop some tracking - especially where logged in and interacting with social buttons so not fool proof by any means
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February 24, 2012 DigitalOutbox Episode 108
DigitalOutbox Episode 108

In this episode the team discuss Privacy, Piracy, 4G in the UK and the Sony Vita.
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1:15 - New Privacy Rights

8:02 - Real world Google Goggles

13:24 - Pirate Bay could be blocked in UK

15:27 - The Oatmeal on Piracy

18:21 - Nightline visits Foxconn

21:11 - 4G Rollout - up to 1 million will need TV filters

24:47 - 4G Broadband could hit the UK this year

27:34 - Sky Go hits Android

30:06 - Sony Vita

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Ian

Matter

- MATTER will focus on doing one thing, and doing it exceptionally well. Every week, we will publish a single piece of top-tier long-form journalism about big issues in technology and science. That means no cheap reviews, no snarky opinion pieces, no top ten lists. Just one unmissable story.

- MATTER is about brilliant ideas from all around the world, whether they come from professors at MIT or the minds of mad people. But most of all, it’s about getting amazing investigative reporters to tell compelling stories.

- Long form journalism is becoming a lost art and it deserves your support
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February 17, 2012 DigitalOutbox Episode 107
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1:36 - Mountain Lion

- http://daringfireball.net/2012/02/mountain_lion

13:26 - App access to contact data will require explicit user permission

17:17 - Chinese authorities start seizing iPads

18:27 - Google Wallet Hacked

19:58 - Pingit

23:30 - Sony Music

25:07 - Most successful kickstarter so far

27:42 - Minecraft Lego preo-order

28:09 - MIT launches completely free Electronics course

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Chris

Fancy for iPad

- Free

- Don’t know whether we’ve discussed this on pod before - but essentially an app that highlights awesome products / design / concepts and, if available, will also offer a link for you to buy said item!

- All sorts covered from gadgets, food, fashion, architecture, locations, photography, design

- Love it to scroll through in quiet moments!

Ian

Clear for iPhone

- Easy to use todo manager

- Fantastic new UI concept

- No buttons - very visual

- No dates, categories etc - just lists and a visual way to sort and clear todos

- Audio great to

- £0.69, well worth trying if you are at all interested in design and UI
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February 10, 2012 DigitalOutbox Episode 106
DigitalOutbox Episode 106

In this episode the team discuss Apple legal woes, Path choose the wrong way and rumours.
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1:05 - Apple lose lawsuit in Germany

6:46 - Apple faces $38m fine in China trademark case

9:57 - FBI releases Steve Jobs file

11:30 - Path choose the wrong way

17:36 - Googles Bouncer for Android

19:32 - Chrome beta for Android

23:58 - Rumours

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Ian

Tweetbot for iPad

- £1.99

- Fast, clear, great UI, mute options, tweetmarker support

- So much better than Twitter official client on iPad and iPhone

- Hope twitter don’t buy these guys...

Chris

FontSquirrel

- As free web fonts ramp up - this site offers another selection of free (including commercial use) font packages that allow you to give your sites a little something different.

- Another great feature of the site is the ability to upload a font you already own (and have the web licence for!) and use their online tool to deliver back down a full browser pack that will mean your fonts display cross browser/operating system.

- TrueType Fonts for Firefox 3.5+ , Opera 10+, Safari 3.1+, Chrome 4.0.249.4+

- EOT fonts for Internet Explorer 4+

- WOFF fonts for Firefox 3.6+, Internet Explorer 9+, Chrome 5+

- SVG fonts for iPad and iPhone

- Cufón fonts in case you want them
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