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You think you know everything there is to know about Mommy Blogs? Think again. The Mother of All Bloggers (a title proudly bestowed by the inThirty team) Elizabeth Norton joins us to discuss to how she uses technology to keep in touch with a close nit group of fellow mothers. Elizabeth, without a single pregnant pause, takes… Continue reading The Mother of All Bloggers

Money, money, money, money…MONEY: We talk with Skyler Fox, an expert in payment processing and customer loyalty about NFC, RFID, CARD and every other financial acronym we can wrap our minds around. Not even Skyler, however, is able to answer the question: Can a Galaxy Nexus use its built in NFC to pay for itself? Guest… Continue reading The Evolution of Money

It’s good to be cing, and it’s good to have Klout. Harry earned a free Windows Phone 7, a Samsung Focus, for his courageous tweeting and shared it (and pizza) with his fellow inThirty hosts. We pick it apart and marvel at its simplicity and the lack of Blue Screens of Death, though its connector software did… Continue reading Windows Phone 7

Because inThirty has a team of lawyers making sure we strictly follow all EULAs and TOS, we never created a Google Plus personal profile with first name in, last name Thirty. Now that Google’s introduced Pages for Google+ we’ve gotten clearance to add, or, if you will, +, ourselves to the network to share our… Continue reading Google Plus Pages, a Minus?

Please sir, can I have some more over the air updates? Not if you’re using the majority of Android phones. As a follow up to yesterday’s show, we’re lucky to have the creator of the chart that puts the Dickensian state of upgrade support across Android phones on display, Michael Degusta, with us on inThirty.… Continue reading Android Orphans

Ice Cream Sandwich hasn’t even had time to melt and someone out there on the internet has the nerve to create a chart showing just how infrequently all those Android devices actually get the latest version of the mobile OS. Michael DeGusta, the man who laid out the sad state of Google’s hardware support in… Continue reading Fragmentation Threshold

After two episodes that revolved around the iPhone last week it’s certainly nice to spend some time talking about delectable frozen treats…wait, is that Chaim saying that Android releases are named by desserts in ascending alphabetical order? This week we discuss the new features Android has to offer and trends in mobile operating system development. Chaim feels pushed towards… Continue reading Is Ice Cream Sandwich Delicious?

The cornerstone of Apple’s push towards iOS 5 is iCloud and we decided it deserves a 30 minute block of it’s own. Are sync services central to digital devices going forward? How does Apple’s method compare to Google’s? We also discuss what really happens when all of those 8 megapixel pictures from new iPhone 4Ss… Continue reading iCloudy with a Chance of Google

It’s been nearly a week so each of us has had a chance to use each and every one of the 200+ new features, and with the help of the inimitable Kelly Guimont of TUAW and Angry Mac Bastards fame, we get to make sense of them.  Siri also gives hosting a try, but she’s… Continue reading Eyes on iOS 5

I want nothing besides my keyboard, monitor, and a billion bits between me and buying a gadget, but sometimes, I admit, it’s best to burn some gas to get the next best thing. On this episode of inThirty we discuss brick and mortar retailers and the impact salespeople have on the buying experience, especially when… Continue reading Point of Sale

Apple Keynotes, these are what inThirty podcasts are made for. We talk iPhone, and only iPhone, (please ignore the intro) for 30 minutes and decide whether the keynote was a blockbuster or a bust. Show Links: Apple iPhone 4S – Apple Website Apple Fall 2011 Event Keynote – Apple Website

Beating Apple to the punch with pre-holiday hardware announcements, Amazon revealed its new line of Kindles today. We discuss whether tablets need to have integrated digital content delivery for them to be valuable and close by asking which tablet is currently the best considering price and features…all before sundown. Show Links: Kindle Fire | Amazon… Continue reading The New Kindles: Hot or Not?

Who cares about Windows 8? Well, Harry, Chaim, and Justin care enough to talk about it and the state of the desktop OS in general for thirty minutes. We discuss the most important elements for creating a solid user experience on the desktop and the aspects that lock users into a platform. And try to… Continue reading Who Cares About Windows 8?

Ask yourself this question: how are you going to listen to this podcast? It’ll of course be with deep interest and admiration for its hosts, but will you do it on a smartphone, a laptop, with your home theater in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound? Chaim, Harry, and Justin discuss whether or not the PC… Continue reading Are We in the Post PC Era?

On today’s inThirty we hash out the history and the future of instant messaging.