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Rocket
By RelayTechnology
Rocket episodes
- 10: Professional Alcohol Chaperone
After discussing the trials and tribulations of fake ID's, this week's episode focuses on the Ellen Pao trial, Mattel's new creepy Barbie doll and the controversial Batgirl cover.
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Links and Show Notes Camp Nowhere (1994) - IMDb Stories from the Ellen Pao trial - Mashable Eavesdropping Barbie is 'downright creepy,' privacy advocates say - Mashable Funzo - Simpsons Wiki Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle dies in latest comic book issue | EW.com This comic book cover is ripping DC Comics apart - Vox Girls Make Games1 hr 15 min - 9: Channing Tatum Saves Feminism
After Bri and Simone question if Christina is a robot, your terrific trio discuss HBO Now and it's potential effect on the TV industry, whether the MacBook's new design makes for a usable laptop and they consider the uses and aesthetics of the Apple Watch.
This episode of Rocket is sponsored by:- lynda.com: An easy and affordable way to help individuals and organizations learn. Free 10-day trial.
Links and Show Notes Apple is HBO Now's exclusive partner, lowers price of Apple TV - Mashable Apple 'reinvents the notebook' with the new MacBook - Mashable Why Apple redesigned the MacBook - Mashable The Apple Watch Edition will start at $10,000 - Mashable The Apple Watch's Insanely Great Economics | WIRED Sharing Your Heartbeat Over Apple Watch Is the New Sexting - Mashable Channing Tatum Ghostbusters: He'll Star In New Franchise Sony ALSO Making All-DUDE Ghostbusters Movie Because WHO WILL THINK OF THE MEN?! | The Mary Sue1 hr 27 min - 8: Holy Cats!
This week your terrific trio discuss the latest rulings on Net Neutrality, take a look at the products coming out of MWC and Christina tries to convince everyone why The Bachelor is the greatest TV Show on earth. Oh yeah, they also discuss 'The Dress'...
This episode of Rocket is sponsored by:- lynda.com: An easy and affordable way to help individuals and organizations learn. Free 10-day trial.
Links and Show Notes The Bachelor (U.S. TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Net neutrality wins: FCC votes to protect an open Internet - Mashable The Samsung Galaxy S6 is here and has a hot brother, the Galaxy S6 Edge - Mashable HTC partners up with Valve to unveil ambitious virtual reality headset - Mashable Unreal Engine 4 is Free for Everyone - IGN What color is this dress: Gold and white or blue and black? - Mashable The Science of Why No One Agrees on the Color of This Dress | WIRED How the Internet handled the Great Llama Escape of 2015 - Mashable1 hr 7 min - 7: Serial Kickstarter Backer
This week, your terrific trio freak out after Bri drops some huge Jem news, that sends everyone down a huge diversion. Once balance is restored they discuss Lenovo's Superfish debacle, consider the Pebble Time as a serious smartwatch competitor and look at how the internet is changing journalism.
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Links and Show Notes Jem Creative Team: 'Kimber and Stormer Are Gay' | Advocate.com Taylor Swift & Karlie Kloss Cover 'Vogue' Together InfoSec Taylor Swift (@SwiftOnSecurity) | Twitter Lenovo hit with lawsuit over Superfish adware fiasco - Mashable Lenovo CTO admits Superfish put users at risk, talks damage control - Mashable This Week in Tech 498 | TWiT.TV Apple Watch Makes U.S. Magazine Cover Debut In Latest Issue of 'Self' - Mac Rumors Women With Google Glass Karaoke Revolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wheel of Musical Impressions with Christina Aguilera - YouTube Pebble returns to Kickstarter for its new smartwatch, the Pebble Time - Mashable Pebble Time's record-breaking Kickstarter is great news for the Apple Watch - Mashable Pebble Time - Awesome Smartwatch, No Compromises by Pebble Technology — Kickstarter The Articulate Clutch: Functionality, Affordability & Style by Articulate — Kickstarter The Real Problem With Journalism In 2015 — Medium The fall of THQ | Polygon To all the young journalists asking for advice.... -- Fusion1 hr 33 min - 6: Next Gen Trash TV
After planning an elaborate 3DS heist, your terrific trio listen to Christina's incredible impressions, take turns pronouncing 'Aluminium' (because of the Jony Ive profile), discuss Sony's recent course change and review Better Caul Saul.
Links and Show Notes 5by5 | Isometric Math Blaster is back -- and it's on Facebook | GamesBeat | Games | by Mike Minotti Zoombinis by TERC — Kickstarter Purple Moon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Purple Moon Wiki Sony is no longer an electronics company | The Verge Six takeaways from that epic Jony Ive profile - Mashable1 hr 25 min - 5: Gravely in the Wrong
Your favourite Left Shark aficionados are back to talk about how the daily show revolutionised the web and the way we consume TV, what the FCC are up to with Net Neutrality and Sony breaks Bri's heart.
Links and Show Notes So That Was Law & Order's GamerGate Episode - Kotaku Support Pixelkin creating Positive stories & videos about video gaming for families PAX East - Boston, MA March 6-8, 2015 How 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart' conquered the social web - Mashable TV explodes — BuzzMachine Jimmy Fallon Blew a Chance to Date Nicole Kidman - YouTube Colbert Roasts Bush - 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner - YouTube Netflix pulls 'House of Cards' Season 3 after posting it 2 weeks early - Mashable Chelsea Handler Signs Deal to Host Talk Show on Netflix FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler: This Is How We Will Ensure Net Neutrality | WIRED Net neutrality wins: the FCC will propose strong Title II regulation | The Verge David North's Incredible Artwork Spider-Man swings back to the Marvel movie universe, hallelujah Dazzler Revolution 60 on the App Store on iTunes1 hr 20 min - 4: I Cannot Be Left Shark
A fight breaks out on Rocket this week, as your intredpid hosts try to decide which one of them is the 'Left Shark' After this is resolved, Christina fills us in on what happened at TUAW, Brianna ponders the future of driverless Taxis and Simone gives her Superbowl half-time show recap.
Links and Show Notes Simone as an Ostrich Pixelkin Let's Play: Kahoot! - YouTube Anybody who can't make money off iPads or TUAW should get out of the money-making business | iMore No skin thick enough: The daily harassment of women in the game industry | Polygon Katy Perry Super Bowl Halftime Show Performance! 2015 , FULL VIDEO 13 Min 2015 - YouTube Katy Perry's Super Bowl LEFT SHARK | What's Trending Now - YouTube Meet the artists making your ‘Left Shark’ portraits, cookie cutters and baby onesies - The Washington Post Daring Fireball: Uber and CMU to Collaborate on Self-Driving Car Technology Toyota Tercel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Apple's Photos app for OS X Yosemite: Hands on Steam Greenlight :: Revolution 60 PC The Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan 1994 Museum by Matt and Viviana — Kickstarter1 hr 25 min - 3: Representative Warren Has No Comment
Rocket is firing on all thrusters this week! Simone tells us if Microsoft's bold new iOS apps make them relevant in mobile again. Brianna argues the Ghostbusting industry should hire more women. Christina analyzes Riot's new psychological tricks so DOTA players won't be such huge jerks.
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Links and Show Notes Microsoft finally has an Outlook app that doesn't suck - Mashable Quip New All-Female 'Ghostbusters' Cast Chosen - The Hollywood Reporter Ghostbusters: The Video Game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hot Fuzz (2007) - IMDb The Sweetest Thing (2002) - IMDb The all-female 'Ghostbusters' cast, remade as paper dolls - Mashable All-Male Sex & The City Cast IS Possible - Jezebel Greece's new finance minister used to be Valve's games economist - Boing Boing Inside the Largest Virtual Psychology Lab in the World — Backchannel — Medium1 hr 12 min - 2: Truly Outrageous
Your intrepid hosts are joined by Isometric's Georgia Dow to lay the smack down about what's going on at Microsoft, debate whether you should be able to really 'feel' your video games and finally prove why 'Jem and the Holograms' is a TV show that inspired a generation, for better or worse.
Guest Starring:Georgia Dow
Links and Show Notes 5by5 | Isometric Jem (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia JemCon 2015 :: Freedom in Philadelphia :: Home Microsoft Windows 10 event: Everything you need to know Project Spartan is Microsoft's new web browser for Windows 10 Microsoft HoloLens won't be the next Google Glass, and that's a good thing "Jem and the Holograms" Theme - YouTube Skeptical of HoloLens? It's time to rewatch how Microsoft sold us on the Kinect | Polygon The Interfaces of Star Wars: A New Hope on Vimeo Ready Player One: Ernest Cline These Are the Titles Are Leaving Netflix in February (And What's Being Added) - Today's News: Our Take | TVGuide.com Barbie and the Rockers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Barbie And The Rockers/rockstars Theme - YouTube Jem - Who is he kissing - YouTube Jem and the Holograms (2015) - IMDb Jem And The Holograms: Master Collection on SoundCloud Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life - YouTube Spice Girls London 2012 Performance - YouTube Global Game Jam PAX South - San Antonio, TX1 hr 19 min - 1: Pilot
Countdown to Launch! In the pilot episode, Bri tells the heartwarming story of Christina writing an article that ruined her life, Simone explains why no one her age will buy a 3D printed car, and why Ant Man has the potential not to suck.
Links and Show Notes Yankee Stadium Bans iPads - Mashable World’s First 3D Printed Car Took Years to Design, But Only 44 Hours to Print - Mashable Ant-Man Trailer1 hr 15 min
About Rocket
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Countdown to excitement! Every week Christina Warren, Brianna Wu and Simone de Rochefort had accelerated geek conversation. Tech, comics, movies, games and books, no galaxy is off limits! Hosted by…
Christina Warren, Brianna Wu, and Simone De Rochefort.
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