Tech Podcasts

Hosts: Megan Morrone, Jason Howell Guests: Scott Hanselman, Casey Fiesler Scott Hanselman joins Megan Morrone and Jason Howell to discuss how access to the world's information might be dampening our curiosity to explore. Also, Pinterest acquires Fleksy and it might have something to do with AI, because that's what social networks do nowadays. Game Developer Barbie gets another shot, and this time she can actually code. Meerkat might be on the cusp of releasing its next product, a video chat app called Houseparty. Plus, Facebook envisions a day when video and images dominate the experience, and words disappear. Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show.

Software engineer and Google employee John Eric Hoffman welcomes Matt and Andy to his house (next door to Todd Glass's, coincidentally) to talk about machine learning, neural networks, Maxwell's Demon, DeepDream, natural language processing and the recent short sci-fi film written by AI (and co-starring past guest Humphrey Ker).

Jason Howell shows how to vastly improve Androids notifications with a variety of new apps that re-tool functionality, interface, and aesthetics. Send in your app tips to arena@twit.tv. Vote for your favorite apps on our subreddit at androidapparena.reddit.com. Subscribe to Android App Arena at https://twit.tv/shows/android-app-arena. Bandwidth for Android App Arena is provided by Cachefly.

Do we need conferences anymore? When companies can stream straight to customers what’s the point to the expense of an E3 or CES? Raj Deut, Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt discuss. MP3   Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org. Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. Follow us on Soundcloud. A special … Continue reading DTNS 2785 – Rhapster →

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, Paul Thurrott Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Mary Jo Foley discuss Microsoft's gigantic deal with LinkedIn, Xbox One's little brother and big sister at E3, Xbox Design Lab for customizing controllers, the slow approach of the Anniversary Update, a new startup by former Microsoft employees, mods for Cyanogen OS 13.1 available, Windows 10 Xbox App for Android/iOS, and more! Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

Is Napster still recognizable enough to bring in the subscribers? Rhapsody sure hopes so.

We also debate whether Napster is a better brand name than Rhapsody.

1911 - The Computing Tabulating Recording Company (CTR) is incorporated. It was built between the Computing Scale Company of America, The Tabulating Machine Company and The International Time Recording Company of New York. Later, this company would be renamed to International Business Machines (IBM) Full Day in Tech History podcast show notes for June 15 1752 - Benjamin Franklin flies a Kite 1983 - Microsoft eXtended Basic (MSX) 1982 - Arcades and the First Amendment 2006 - Bill Gates announces he is stepping down from CEO of Microsoft

On today's show, we'll talk about a new federal court ruling that will allow the Federal Communications Commission to define high-speed internet as a utility; look at highlights from this year's E3; and chat with CNET Editor-in-Chief Lindsey Turrentine about kitchen technology.

Hosts: Jason Howell, Ron Richards, Florence Ion Guest: Tony Hannides This week, we'll be discussing some big hardware including the Phab2 Pro, the Moto Z lineup, a hands-on review of the OnePlus 3, plus Android's new Nearby feature, and the app boom appears to be slowing to a crawl. Read our show notes here. Subscribe to All About Android at https://twit.tv/shows/all-about-android. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show.

Think about where you go to find news. Podcasts? WNYC? The New York Times? Facebook? Twitter? Newsletters? Do you want us to stop asking questions? Welcome to the Attention Economy. There is fierce competition for your eyes and ears — (thank you for choosing correctly). Media companies know that a good way to find an audience is to write and speak like the people they're trying to reach. It's the reason Buzzfeed, Vice, Mashable and so many others are popular with Snake People. Identity Media is a big part of why theSkimm — a newsletter that targets Millennial women by rounding up the day's news from Kanye West to Ban Ki-moon — has over 3.5 million subscribers. You might be one of them. This week we talked to theSkimm co-founders Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg about how they go about presenting the news. Identity Media is more than just a business model, it's changing how we consume the news. To try and sort out why this "Skimm" approach to serious stories made her feel a little queasy, Manoush talked to John Herrman. He reports on the media for the New York Times. Together, Manoush and John embark on a mission to answer that age-old question: Do Justin Bieber and Hiroshima belong in the same sentence? Here's a rundown of links to supplement this week's episode: The Skimm issue that mentions President Obama's trip to Japan The New York Times article about the same trip How the Japan Times covered the same trip How Buzzfeed covered it, and then went in a different direction The Politico playbook A silly guide to generation gaps In a way, this whole conversation ties into — you guessed it — our Infomagical project. (Did you catch last week's boot camp?) How we consume media and our goals for reading the news can influence our ability to think and communicate. If you want to get in on the project, it's still around for a limited time. For more Note to Self, subscribe to Note to Self on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, I Heart Radio,Overcast, Pocket Casts, or anywhere else using our RSS feed.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Steve Gibson BlueCoat Systems gets a new parent, a bad Chrome bug you never knew you had, prolific hacker "Peace" has another 51 million account credentials to sell, LetsEncrypt's mass emailer reveals a fun bug, Visual Studio 2015 C++ compiler secretly inserts telemetry code into binaries and Steve answers your questions! We invite you to read our show notes. Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Bandwidth for Security Now is provided by Cachefly.

Hosts: Megan Morrone, Jason Howell Guests: Becky Worley, Russell Brandom Tonight, Becky Worley from Good Morning America joins us to talk about the hack of the Democratic National Committee, a new Facebook tool that might help save lives, the OnePlus 3, SiriKit, and the rest of today's tech news. Then, we talk to Russell Brandom from the Verge about today's Net Neutrality decision. Next, Becky takes us on a thought journey through the state of funding in Silicon Valley, and what we can learn from Microsoft's purchase of LinkedIn. When the money dries up, what happens to innovation? Finally, Twitter let's you retweet yourself, but should you? Email your thoughts to tnt@twit.tv. Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show.

A big battle between telecoms and the FCC is settled. Net neutrality is safe for now.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Rene Ritchie Guest: Rich Siegel Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Rich Siegel talk about announcements from WWDC 2016 including a new Apple File System, Differential Privacy which allows Apple to learn more about user behavior without compromising user privacy, macOS Sierra, iOS 10, watchOS 3, and more. Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Bandwidth for MacBreak Weekly is provided by Cachefly.