143: Social Robot Partner

The Frequency

Haddie and Dan talk about the rumored Oct. 15th Apple Event, Google buying Bump, Kindle Fire photos leaked, Microsoft starts iPad buyback deal to get you to switch to a Surface, the Google Maps Street View Car causing accidents, Ray Dolby passes away, a study that seems to show dogs like robots as much as they like humans, J.K. Rowling is writing a new film related to Harry Potter, and a fun language game!

Links for this episode:

• Could Apple's next 'special event' be Oct. 15? - latimes.com
  The latest iPhones have yet to release but already, talk of Apple's next big event has kicked off.
• Google buys Bump for app to share content with a tap | Internet & Media - CNET News
  The Android operator picks up a 5-year-old startup that makes a smartphone app for exchanging files, photos, videos, and contacts with a bump.
• KICKSTARTER OF THE WEEK: LUMO- The World's First Interactive Projector For Kids
  LUMO turns a kid's room into an interactive playground, encouraging movement and imaginative play in children of any age.
• Photo of New Kindle Fire Leaks on Internet - NorthForkVue
  A photo of the new soon to be launched Kindle Fire was leaked online by a Twitter user by the name of EVLeaks. During the past, the same user has given a number of accurate leaks online.
• Amazon's refreshed Kindle Fire HD allegedly leaked in new photos
  According to the folks at BGR, you're looking at Amazon's next iteration of the Kindle Fire HD.
• Microsoft kicks off iPad buyback deal in latest effort to juice Surface sales - Computerworld
  Microsoft will pay at least $200 for used iPads made by rival Apple, and in return issue credit that customers can use to buy one of the company's Surface tablets.
• Phablets to soon hurt tablet sales: IDC - Times Of India
  Phablets, which are smartphones with larger screens, will start to cannibalize into the market share of tablets over the next 12-18 months, research firm IDC said.
• APP OF THE WEEK: Handy Tools 7-in-1
  "Handy Tools 7-in-1" for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch on the iTunes App Store is the best and the only toolkit you will ever need for your home renovation and decoration projects.
• Google Maps: Street View Car Involved in Three Traffic Accidents - ABC News
  A small Subaru hatchback on a mission to make it easier to navigate the streets of Indonesia ended up causing some traffic chaos near the nation's capital, police said.
• Ray Dolby, Who Pioneered Recorded Sound, Dies | WWNO
  Ray Dolby, who invented some of the technologies that revolutionized film and sound recording, died at age 80 today in San Francisco.
• Dogs Are Perfectly Happy To Socialize With Robots | Popular Science
  In the centuries-old best friendship between dogkind and humankind, humans are apparently easily replaced with robots. Seemingly loyal canines are totally willing to interact with cold, hard machines, according to a new study in Animal Cognition, gazing lovingly at their robot faces and finding hidden foodstuffs that the robot pointed to.
• VIDEO OF THE WEEK: ‘Lose Yourself to Dance’ by Daft Punk
  
• J.K. Rowling to write Harry Potter-inspired film
  The Harry Potter author will pen Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first in a new film series inspired by Harry Potter's Hogwarts textbook of the same name.
• The Great Language Game
  Amongst the thousands of languages spoken across the world, here are just eighty. How many can you distinguish between?
• Owl City - Fireflies - YouTube
  Music video by Owl City performing Fireflies. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 22,880,713. (C) 2009 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
• HaddieBot (HaddieBot) on Twitter
  A bioengineered android replicant of @haddiebird. I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
• ? Carl Sagan - 'A Glorious Dawn' ft Stephen Hawking (Symphony of Science) - YouTube
  

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