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Did you ever just wing your presentation?  Did you ever just say, “Screw it, we’ll do it live!”  We start off talking about the Samsung S4 launch, then we talk some more Google with Keep.  We finally cap it off with a rapid fire headlines. Show Notes “Google Keep” | Droid Life “Google Now (not)… Continue reading inThirty 84 – A Hodgepodge of Announcments

Did Chaim get into I/O? Did Justin become the new Pope? Did Harry say something nice about non apple anything? Tune in on this week where we talk Google, Google, Google. First we discuss whether Chaim got into I/O. We discuss the problems with Google Wallet, and all the other issues with it. Then we delve into the other announcements of the day. What will happen with Android and Chrome now that Andy Rubin has stepped down. FInally we discuss all the spring cleaning problems Google let out today. Show Notes "A second spring of cleaning | Google Blog “Update from the CEO” | Google Blog “Powering Down Google Reader” | Google Reader Blog “Google I/O 2013 Registration Sells Out In 49 Minutes As Users Report Problems Early On Making Payments” | TechCrunch “Google’s Android chief Andy Rubin steps down” | Reuters “Chaim at Google I/O” | inThirty Episode 47 “Starbucks Typewriter Guy Is Here to Answer All Your Burning Questions” | Gizmodo (sorry) Fever NewsBlur “Google to shut down Google Reader, Snapseed for Mac among others” | TUAW “Picasa Web Albums Are Almost Dead, Now Redirecting Photo Owners To Google+, Too” | TechCrunch PocketCasts

Did Chaim get into I/O? Did Justin become the new Pope? Did Harry say something nice about non apple anything? Tune in on this week where we talk Google, Google, Google. First we discuss whether Chaim got into I/O. We discuss the problems with Google Wallet, and all the other issues with it. Then we… Continue reading inThirty 83 – No, no Google I/O

 Justin has a problem.  He is “Android curious”. He is intrigued by all the interesting features Android has to offer, but loves the stability and quality of his iPhone. Sure, he jailbreaks, but still longs for more customization. It doesn’t help that he is entrenched in the Google ecosystem. Can Harry convince him to stay,… Continue reading inThirty 82 – Et tu, iOS?

 Justin has a problem.  He is "Android curious". He is intrigued by all the interesting features Android has to offer, but loves the stability and quality of his iPhone. Sure, he jailbreaks, but still longs for more customization. It doesn't help that he is entrenched in the Google ecosystem. Can Harry convince him to stay, or will Chaim, the once-and-former iPhone user convince him it's time to make the leap? Show Notes “Why I switched from iPhone to Android” | Macworld “An iPhone fan’s month with Windows Phone: Week one” | Macworld “2012, The Year I Basically Stopped Using Apple’s iOS Apps” | AllThingsD “New Google Voice Search, Siri are closely matched (hands-on)” | CNet “An iPad Lover’s Take On The Nexus 7” | TechCrunch “Steve Wozniak Says Apple is Falling Behind, Thanks to Android” | Android Headlines “Project Amy merges Apple’s Messages app with App.net” | Ars Technica  

On this episode the guys talk about how they like to social network.  Turns out the guys all truly hate the state of social networking to the point that they sound like the elders on the internet telling 'them 'youngins to get off their damn lawns. Part 1: We talk about Falcon Pro's Twitter API limiting.  We all agree that we care because users bring social interaction to Twitter. Part 2: Next Chaim details the new Google+ oAuth offering.  Spoiler alert:  Chaim loves it, Harry says he rather iCloud (whatever that means). Part 3: We go back into discussing what should be the new social network.  We talk about App.net's freemium model. [Editor's note: We should be back to normal in terms of posting.  New episodes should be out on Friday].   Show Notes App.net Harry on ADN Curious Rat on ADN Chaim on ADN Justin on ADN The Understatement “Twitter Doesn’t Want You” | CuriousRat.com “Falcon Pro Update Resets Twitter ID Tokens, Hopes to Free Up A Few More Spots” | Droid-Life “Introducing Google+ Sign-In: simple and secure, minus the social spam” | Google Developers Blog  

On this episode the guys talk about how they like to social network.  Turns out the guys all truly hate the state of social networking to the point that they sound like the elders on the internet telling ‘them ‘youngins to get off their damn lawns. Part 1: We talk about Falcon Pro’s Twitter API… Continue reading inThirty 81 – Social Sharing

What happens when announcements don’t have that wow factor?  Even big companies suffer from boring announcements or botched product launches.  In this week’s episode  we talk about two announcements that should have been larger than life, but fell on pretty much deaf ears. [Editor’s Note] – Sorry for the delay.  We will try to be… Continue reading inThirty 80 – Not So Special Announcements

What happens when announcements don't have that wow factor?  Even big companies suffer from boring announcements or botched product launches.  In this week's episode  we talk about two announcements that should have been larger than life, but fell on pretty much deaf ears. [Editor's Note] - Sorry for the delay.  We will try to be more proactive about getting episodes out on time. You can always watch us live on YouTube, Wednesday's at 9pm Show Notes “Sony announces the PlayStation 4, launching at the end of 2013” | The Verge “Sony confirms that the PlayStation 4 won’t play PS3 games natively” | The Verge “Sony adds instant ‘remote play’ of PlayStation 4 games on PS Vita” | The Verge “Sony’s PlayStation 4 will use Gaikai game streaming technology” | The Verge "Sony PlayStation 4 games can be played while they are downloading” | The Verge Chromebook Pixel | Google Play Store “HTC One unveiled” | Engadget Retina MacBook Pro | Apple.com Apple’s Transition to Intel Processors | Wikipedia

    [Editor’s note] Sorry for the delay.  We had everything fail us, including the site.  Hangouts failed, then Skype failed us, then finally the posting failed us.   So what do the guys think about wearing technology?  Do we need smart watches in a society that doesn’t wear watches?  Do we need to be… Continue reading inThirty 79 – Wearable (Tech) Couture

    [Editor's note] Sorry for the delay.  We had everything fail us, including the site.  Hangouts failed, then Skype failed us, then finally the posting failed us.   So what do the guys think about wearing technology?  Do we need smart watches in a society that doesn't wear watches?  Do we need to be even closer to our notifications to the point that we just get notified, but not respond?  Watch as Chaim and Harry agree that watches are important, but not (gasp!) the Apple Smart Watch.   Show Notes “Pebble Smartwatch Review” | The Verge “Why Would Apple Want to Make an iWatch?” | The Verge “Candidly Speaking, An iWatch Is A Dumb Idea” | Macgasm “Starfish smartwatch saga illustrates entrepreneurial stumbling blocks” | Macworld

Have you guys heard about these “tablet” things that are all the rage, because we’ve certainly never discussed them before. Listen as we wax poetic on the new Microsoft Surface Pro, how it stacks up against Apple’s new 128 GB iPad, and answer the question: Does anyone really need that much space? Spoiler alert: Yes.… Continue reading inThirty 78 – Tablet Evolution

Have you guys heard about these “tablet” things that are all the rage, because we’ve certainly never discussed them before. Listen as we wax poetic on the new Microsoft Surface Pro, how it stacks up against Apple’s new 128 GB iPad, and answer the question: Does anyone really need that much space? Spoiler alert: Yes. Finally, we remember Dell still exists for all of five seconds before moving onto something more interesting. Show Notes “Microsoft Surface Pro Review” | The Verge “Dell in $24 Billion Deal to Go Private” | The New York Times Apple Increases iPad with Retina Display to 128GB | Apple PR

BlackBerry must have heard that we were doing a show today, and decided that they wanted the guys from inThirty to talk about it.  Listen in as we give the best non biased review we can of the armchair quarterbacking you love from Chaim, Harry, and Justin. We discuss if this is a reinvention, or too little too late.  How does the hardware compare to the current crop of smartphones?  Does the keyboard, both virtual and hardware, keep in line with the keyboards RIM err... BlackBerry is known for.  Finally we takle the OS.  Is QNX really worth it?  Show Notes “RIM reinvents itself with new name, new BlackBerry 10 OS, new smartphones (video)” | TechHive “BlackBerry Z10 review: a new life, or life support?” | The Verge “BlackBerry 10 Global Launch Event Keynote Wrap-Up” | BlackBerry Blog

BlackBerry must have heard that we were doing a show today, and decided that they wanted the guys from inThirty to talk about it.  Listen in as we give the best non biased review we can of the armchair quarterbacking you love from Chaim, Harry, and Justin. We discuss if this is a reinvention, or… Continue reading inThirty 77 – BackBerry