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138: We All Want a Willing Partner
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Haddie and Dan discuss the rumored Apple September 10th event, the Snapchat Lawsuit, the discovery of super-healing honey, and more with a brief interruption by TWiT's Tech News Today.
Links for this episode:
- Apple’s rumored September 10 iPhone event
Yep - Circle September 10 on Your Calendar for Apple’s Big iPhone Event – AllThingsD
Apple is expected to unveil its next iPhone at a special event on Sept. 10, sources told AllThingsD. - ‘iPhone 5S’ (plus gold model), ‘iPhone 5C’ will actually be names of next iPhones? | 9to5Mac
Apple’s next two iPhone models will be named iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C, according to a report from Japan-based Macotakara. With repeated reports and rumors of the next-generation iPhone retaining the same design as the iPhone 5, the “iPhone 5S” name has long been claimed and regarded as the name of the new flagship iPhone. Apple’s iPhone 4S and iPhone 3GS retained the designs of the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3G, respectively. - Next iPad Takes After Thin, Light Mini - Digits - WSJ
The same touch-panel technology that made the iPad mini thin and light will likely feature in the next iPad, which is currently being produced by Apple Inc.'s Asian suppliers, according to people with knowledge of the matter. - Snapchat Lawsuit Photos Texts And Emails - Business Insider
This is how Snapchat — and the most significant startup lawsuit since the Winklevosses sued Mark Zuckerberg over Facebook — was born. - KICKSTARTER OF THE WEEK: Pi Pans
- Doctors discover 'super honey' with amazing power to treat soldiers' wounds and kill superbug infections | Mail Online
A new honey has been produced that has had ?amazing? results treating wounds and infections.The bio-engineered product Surgihoney was tested on babies, new mothers, cancer patients and the elderly for over a year in Hampshire hospitals. - BlackBerry Says It’s Looking For A Buyer (Or A Willing Partner), Forms Special Committee To ‘Explore Strategic Alternatives’ | TechCrunch
BlackBerry, the embattled Canada-based handset maker, today finally called a spade a spade. The company halted trading in its shares to announce what some might argue was inevitable: the company says it is now exploring strategic alternatives, including a possible sale or JV or other partnership. - LEAKED AUDIO: Listen To AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Fire A Patch Employee In Front Of 1,000 Coworkers - Business Insider
Below, we've embedded probably the most intense moment you'll ever hear during a workplace conference call. - APP OF THE WEEK: Key Me
- Hold This Cat: HTC and Robert Downey Jr. kick off $1 billion 'Change' campaign (video)
"Big things ahead?" Well, it looks like HTC's earlier tweet wasn't a cheeky hint at the upcoming 5.9-inch One Max - LG ships retro TV with rotary dials
Do you miss walking over the TV to change the channel? We know LG does. It just launched a 32-inch LCD set, the 32LN630R, that resembles a '70s tube TV down to the working channel and volume dials. - Infinity Blade 3 Rumored to Be in the Works - Mac Rumors
Following the cancellation of Infinity Blade Dungeons, it appears that a third game in the popular Infinity Blade series will be released in the future. Gaming site Kotaku has discovered that the LinkedIn profile of a QA Tester at Chair, the studio behind the series, has Infinity Blade III listed as one of his projects. - Apple Brings Final Developer Services Back Online, Extends Memberships By 1 Month | TechCrunch
Apple today announced that all of its developer program services are now back online. Apple’s portal for developers, which also hosts its iOS and OS X beta downloads, went down on July 18th and a few days after, the company acknowledged that there had been a security breach. To make up for the prolonged outage of some of the services, Apple will extend all memberships, which are usually for a year, by one month. - Disconnect, The Anti-Ad Tracking Startup, Now Has A Privacy App Specifically For Children (Built By An Ex-NSA Engineer) | TechCrunch
Disconnect, the anti-tracking, anti-ad targeting startup launched by ex-Googler Brian Kennish and consumer rights attorney Casey Oppenheim, has more than 1 million people each week using its apps and browser extensions to block how different third-party sites collect information about what you do online and then use it to serve ads. Now it’s taking its campaign to the next generation: today, the company is launching Disconnect Kids, a free iOS app designed specifically for children (and their parents) to help them control how their web and app browsing activity is used, and to educate them about online privacy in the process. - To Match The Growing Number Of Ground Travelers, Startup Wanderu Launches A Kayak For Bus and Train Schedules | TechCrunch
A startup called Wanderu, pronounced “Wander-oo,” is hoping to become the Kayak of motorcoach and train travel, a sector of inter-city transit that does not yet have a leading ticket aggregation site. Wanderu, which accumulated about 20,000 user sign-ups in private beta, is rolling out to the public today. - The Pirate Bay Celebrates Its 10th Birthday By Launching A Tor-Based Anti-Censorship Browser | TechCrunch
The Pirate Bay (TPB), the torrent site that really doesn’t need an introduction anymore, celebrates its 10th birthday today. To mark the day, TPB launched PirateBrowser, “a bundle package of the Tor client (Vidalia), Firefox Portable browser (with foxyproxy addon).” - YouTube's Geek Week Easter Eggs Celebrate Missile Command, Star Wars And Bronies
YouTube just wrapped up its first Geek Week, a celebration of all things geek. Besides featuring daily videos of things like slow motion water balloon fights, Neil deGrasse Tyson talking about science and anime versions of Doctor Who, YouTube also featured a daily Easter Egg each day. - The Chicago Tribune Has Made the Best Internet Mistake of the Day
It looks as though they've fixed it, but for a glorious 16 minutes this was the Chicago Tribune homepage. It is self-evidently wonderful, but let's still talk about just how wonderful it is. - Erwin Schrödinger birthday celebrated in Google doodle | Technology | theguardian.com
Google's latest doodle marks the birthday of Erwin Schrödinger, the Nobel prize-winning quantum physicist whose eponymous equation lies at the heart of quantum mechanics. - What Happens On The Internet In One Second - DesignTAXI.com
What happens on the internet in one second? - Sinkhole opens 'neath holiday resort complex near Disney World - Boing Boing
A 15-foot-deep sinkhole opened beneath a vacation condo complex near Walt Disney World in Florida, partially devouring a pair of three-story buildings above it. - VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Animation Runs Through 108 years of Herman Miller in 108 seconds
- Katy Perry's 'Roar' Lyric Video Is Eye Candy for SMS Addicts
Pop singer Katy Perry, who is the most-followed female Twitter user with 40.6 million followers, opened the soundproof cage on her new single overnight, unleashing "Roar" for digital download. And on Monday, she released an SMS-inspired lyric video for the song. - Motorola Unveils New Logo, Inspired By Google - DesignTAXI.com
Google-owned Motorola Mobility has unveiled a change in its logo. The redesigned trademark takes after some resemblance of its parent company’s Google Nexus logo - More Than 100,000 People Eager to Die on Mars – AllThingsD
The Mars One project, an effort to establish a human colony on Mars by 2023, will have plenty of civilian astronauts from which to choose for its first mission.Some 100,000 people have applied to be among the first humans to take a one-way trip to the Red Planet, paying a small fee ($38 or so) to be considered. - Twenty Bystanders Shot with BB Guns During LG G2 Promo Event – Droid Life
Coming equipped with BB guns to the event, as soon as the balloons were released, chaos ensued. Twenty people walked away from the event (or were taken to the emergency room) with BB gunshot wounds. LG has since cancelled all similar types of promotions in Korea, and announced adequate compensation for those that were hurt. I’m guessing a new G2 might make those BB wounds feel a bit better. - Religious people are less intelligent than atheists, analysis of over 63 scientific studies stretching back over decades concludes - Science - News - The Independent
Religious people are less intelligent than atheists, analysis of over 63 scientific studies stretching back over decades concludes - TUMBLR OR THE WEEK: Heal Yourself, Skeletor
- What's the most intellectual joke you know? : AskReddit
What's the most intellectual joke you know?
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177 episodes
Archived series ("Inactive feed" status)
When? This feed was archived on February 23, 2020 19:09 (). Last successful fetch was on August 15, 2019 01:13 ()
Why? Inactive feed status. Our servers were unable to retrieve a valid podcast feed for a sustained period.
What now? You might be able to find a more up-to-date version using the search function. This series will no longer be checked for updates. If you believe this to be in error, please check if the publisher's feed link below is valid and contact support to request the feed be restored or if you have any other concerns about this.
Manage episode 17802270 series 18856
Haddie and Dan discuss the rumored Apple September 10th event, the Snapchat Lawsuit, the discovery of super-healing honey, and more with a brief interruption by TWiT's Tech News Today.
Links for this episode:
- Apple’s rumored September 10 iPhone event
Yep - Circle September 10 on Your Calendar for Apple’s Big iPhone Event – AllThingsD
Apple is expected to unveil its next iPhone at a special event on Sept. 10, sources told AllThingsD. - ‘iPhone 5S’ (plus gold model), ‘iPhone 5C’ will actually be names of next iPhones? | 9to5Mac
Apple’s next two iPhone models will be named iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C, according to a report from Japan-based Macotakara. With repeated reports and rumors of the next-generation iPhone retaining the same design as the iPhone 5, the “iPhone 5S” name has long been claimed and regarded as the name of the new flagship iPhone. Apple’s iPhone 4S and iPhone 3GS retained the designs of the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3G, respectively. - Next iPad Takes After Thin, Light Mini - Digits - WSJ
The same touch-panel technology that made the iPad mini thin and light will likely feature in the next iPad, which is currently being produced by Apple Inc.'s Asian suppliers, according to people with knowledge of the matter. - Snapchat Lawsuit Photos Texts And Emails - Business Insider
This is how Snapchat — and the most significant startup lawsuit since the Winklevosses sued Mark Zuckerberg over Facebook — was born. - KICKSTARTER OF THE WEEK: Pi Pans
- Doctors discover 'super honey' with amazing power to treat soldiers' wounds and kill superbug infections | Mail Online
A new honey has been produced that has had ?amazing? results treating wounds and infections.The bio-engineered product Surgihoney was tested on babies, new mothers, cancer patients and the elderly for over a year in Hampshire hospitals. - BlackBerry Says It’s Looking For A Buyer (Or A Willing Partner), Forms Special Committee To ‘Explore Strategic Alternatives’ | TechCrunch
BlackBerry, the embattled Canada-based handset maker, today finally called a spade a spade. The company halted trading in its shares to announce what some might argue was inevitable: the company says it is now exploring strategic alternatives, including a possible sale or JV or other partnership. - LEAKED AUDIO: Listen To AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Fire A Patch Employee In Front Of 1,000 Coworkers - Business Insider
Below, we've embedded probably the most intense moment you'll ever hear during a workplace conference call. - APP OF THE WEEK: Key Me
- Hold This Cat: HTC and Robert Downey Jr. kick off $1 billion 'Change' campaign (video)
"Big things ahead?" Well, it looks like HTC's earlier tweet wasn't a cheeky hint at the upcoming 5.9-inch One Max - LG ships retro TV with rotary dials
Do you miss walking over the TV to change the channel? We know LG does. It just launched a 32-inch LCD set, the 32LN630R, that resembles a '70s tube TV down to the working channel and volume dials. - Infinity Blade 3 Rumored to Be in the Works - Mac Rumors
Following the cancellation of Infinity Blade Dungeons, it appears that a third game in the popular Infinity Blade series will be released in the future. Gaming site Kotaku has discovered that the LinkedIn profile of a QA Tester at Chair, the studio behind the series, has Infinity Blade III listed as one of his projects. - Apple Brings Final Developer Services Back Online, Extends Memberships By 1 Month | TechCrunch
Apple today announced that all of its developer program services are now back online. Apple’s portal for developers, which also hosts its iOS and OS X beta downloads, went down on July 18th and a few days after, the company acknowledged that there had been a security breach. To make up for the prolonged outage of some of the services, Apple will extend all memberships, which are usually for a year, by one month. - Disconnect, The Anti-Ad Tracking Startup, Now Has A Privacy App Specifically For Children (Built By An Ex-NSA Engineer) | TechCrunch
Disconnect, the anti-tracking, anti-ad targeting startup launched by ex-Googler Brian Kennish and consumer rights attorney Casey Oppenheim, has more than 1 million people each week using its apps and browser extensions to block how different third-party sites collect information about what you do online and then use it to serve ads. Now it’s taking its campaign to the next generation: today, the company is launching Disconnect Kids, a free iOS app designed specifically for children (and their parents) to help them control how their web and app browsing activity is used, and to educate them about online privacy in the process. - To Match The Growing Number Of Ground Travelers, Startup Wanderu Launches A Kayak For Bus and Train Schedules | TechCrunch
A startup called Wanderu, pronounced “Wander-oo,” is hoping to become the Kayak of motorcoach and train travel, a sector of inter-city transit that does not yet have a leading ticket aggregation site. Wanderu, which accumulated about 20,000 user sign-ups in private beta, is rolling out to the public today. - The Pirate Bay Celebrates Its 10th Birthday By Launching A Tor-Based Anti-Censorship Browser | TechCrunch
The Pirate Bay (TPB), the torrent site that really doesn’t need an introduction anymore, celebrates its 10th birthday today. To mark the day, TPB launched PirateBrowser, “a bundle package of the Tor client (Vidalia), Firefox Portable browser (with foxyproxy addon).” - YouTube's Geek Week Easter Eggs Celebrate Missile Command, Star Wars And Bronies
YouTube just wrapped up its first Geek Week, a celebration of all things geek. Besides featuring daily videos of things like slow motion water balloon fights, Neil deGrasse Tyson talking about science and anime versions of Doctor Who, YouTube also featured a daily Easter Egg each day. - The Chicago Tribune Has Made the Best Internet Mistake of the Day
It looks as though they've fixed it, but for a glorious 16 minutes this was the Chicago Tribune homepage. It is self-evidently wonderful, but let's still talk about just how wonderful it is. - Erwin Schrödinger birthday celebrated in Google doodle | Technology | theguardian.com
Google's latest doodle marks the birthday of Erwin Schrödinger, the Nobel prize-winning quantum physicist whose eponymous equation lies at the heart of quantum mechanics. - What Happens On The Internet In One Second - DesignTAXI.com
What happens on the internet in one second? - Sinkhole opens 'neath holiday resort complex near Disney World - Boing Boing
A 15-foot-deep sinkhole opened beneath a vacation condo complex near Walt Disney World in Florida, partially devouring a pair of three-story buildings above it. - VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Animation Runs Through 108 years of Herman Miller in 108 seconds
- Katy Perry's 'Roar' Lyric Video Is Eye Candy for SMS Addicts
Pop singer Katy Perry, who is the most-followed female Twitter user with 40.6 million followers, opened the soundproof cage on her new single overnight, unleashing "Roar" for digital download. And on Monday, she released an SMS-inspired lyric video for the song. - Motorola Unveils New Logo, Inspired By Google - DesignTAXI.com
Google-owned Motorola Mobility has unveiled a change in its logo. The redesigned trademark takes after some resemblance of its parent company’s Google Nexus logo - More Than 100,000 People Eager to Die on Mars – AllThingsD
The Mars One project, an effort to establish a human colony on Mars by 2023, will have plenty of civilian astronauts from which to choose for its first mission.Some 100,000 people have applied to be among the first humans to take a one-way trip to the Red Planet, paying a small fee ($38 or so) to be considered. - Twenty Bystanders Shot with BB Guns During LG G2 Promo Event – Droid Life
Coming equipped with BB guns to the event, as soon as the balloons were released, chaos ensued. Twenty people walked away from the event (or were taken to the emergency room) with BB gunshot wounds. LG has since cancelled all similar types of promotions in Korea, and announced adequate compensation for those that were hurt. I’m guessing a new G2 might make those BB wounds feel a bit better. - Religious people are less intelligent than atheists, analysis of over 63 scientific studies stretching back over decades concludes - Science - News - The Independent
Religious people are less intelligent than atheists, analysis of over 63 scientific studies stretching back over decades concludes - TUMBLR OR THE WEEK: Heal Yourself, Skeletor
- What's the most intellectual joke you know? : AskReddit
What's the most intellectual joke you know?
Sponsored by Squarespace (use code FREQUENCY8 for 10% off).
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