Technology Distilled

Episode 014 - Full of Surprises


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Episode Summary

0:00 - Intro - new theme music by Rob at the Failed Musicians Podcast.

0:30 - Word of the week - Surprise!

3:00 - News and Rumors

  • Microsoft announced 75 million activations of Windows 10.
  • Windows 10 Insider Build 10532 release.
  • Microsoft Hello can tell the difference between identical twins.  Call out to Surface Nation - are there any Ottawa area Identical twins who would join our podcast to test the Hello Camera!
  • Rumors swirl about a Microsoft keyboard with a built-in e-ink display.
  • Is the big Microsoft event schedule for October 19th?
  • Shortage of Skylake processors- Is SP4 causing this shortage or will it be delayed by this shortage?
  • 13:00 - Stephen Hawking's (our former intern) theorizes that you can from a black hole? In related Microsoft news can Microsoft dig out of the Black Hole that is their phone business?

    15:00 - Is the Insider Program for Phones Ending? - No the current beta will stop working at the end of September.

    18:00 - Matt wonders if he will have to pay for his Windows 10 after the "free year" as passed?  It is free for the foreseeable future.

    21:00 - New Surface Application - Less features, bad user interface and doesn't fix the ability to customize the pen-top button.  Check Colin's Blog next week for information on a script that will return some of this functionality.

    26:00 - Touch Me Gesture Studio lets you … "create, edit, and export a customized gesture file and that’s it! This app does not and never will contain the gesture engine that actually brings those gestures to life."

    27:00 - Product Review - Guest Review Kyran Mountain reviews the "BESTRUNNER 16GB USB 2.0 OTG Flash Drive Memory Stick for OTG Phone PC Tablet Micro USB Pen U-disk 1Pcs".  Follow Kyran on Twitter @Kyran.

    33:00 - Call for contributors - This is a community podcast so please contact us if you'd like to contribute like @Kyran did!

    36:00 - Contest – Twitter based contest for accessories has limitations as Colin and David are having trouble tracking re-tweets.  Please follow us @SurfaceSmiths and re-tweet us!

    40:00 -  Outro - Call for your help with the podcast, please…

    1. Follow and Re-tweet, @SurfaceSmiths
    2. Listen www.SurfaceSmiths.com
    3. Purchase Amazon A Store 
    4. 40:30 - Whiskey of the Week is a gin.  Ungava Canadian Premium Gin.

       

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