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Mark and Wes at a secret location in Oakland, CA.
Sites of Interest:
The Innernette
A Brief History of AOL
USB - Micro SD card reader, butt plug and data storage dongle!
No UI is the New UI; i.e. the return of the command prompt
Examples of modern apps based on a messaging interface: Slack, Campfire, Operator.
Order an Uber using Facebook Messenger
You can now play Chess in Facebook Messenger
All Bluetooth devices will be able to access the Internet directly without going through a computer.
Use AirPlay to wirelessly stream content from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
An Internet of Things that will number ten billions
IPv6 deployment
SoundCloud is in major trouble
Who bought the most expensive album ever made?
Martin Shkreli tried to buy another album, was scammed for $15million?
Einstein was right about ripples in spacetime!
But Einstein kept changing his mind.
How Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry’s words were freed from old floppy disks
Andy Warhol's Amiga computer art found 30 years later
The Internet Archive wants your goddamn AOL CDs
Internet Archive: Classic PC Games, MS-DOS games, arcade games
Time Inc Acquires Viant, Owner Of Myspace
Alternatives for Facebook: Ello, Peach
Circuit City is coming back
History of electronics stores Good Guys and Circuit City
Gorilla Arm prediction for touchscreen monitors
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What's New is OldBy Mark & Wes