SMRPodcast #107: No, It Was Two Yous




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Summary: SHOW TOPICS Opening Thoughts We are recording early because Robb is travelling Rod brings up one of his flying horror stories Robb has been tinkering with his playbook Rod is wondering if Robb has been having issues on Playbook 2.0 Robb says that he is using his playbook less because the lack of apps Chris is wondering what are some basic apps the playbook is missing We talk about Apple hitting 25 billion app downloads Rod wants to know if this will change the way people buy apps on computers Robb says that people will still want to install full apps Chris explains how Windows 8 will work with apps Did Google Invade a person’s privacy Rod brings up a story where a man was caught in a Google street view image Chris says that Google definitely did not do the right thing Robb says that he had no expectation of privacy Will an Apple deal to stream TV Shows ala-carte hurt the cable companies? Chris says that it would definitely hurt them Rod wants to know if a more intuitive guide would be an incentive Robb says this is a way to cut the cable We all agree that this option would be better for the consumer Picks of the Week Roku Remote App (Remote Control App)Robb Dunewood (RIMarkable) QFolio (Stock App) Rod Simmons (SimpleMobileReview) Windows 8 Consumer Preview (Windows 8 Beta) Chris Ashley (SimpleMobileReview)