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Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 52

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Welcome to Episode 52 of the Observed Tech PODCAST. In this weeks show we talk Windows Phone numbers; LinkedIn’s new Windows Phone App; Apple and security; the upcoming SpaceX launch of the Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon Capsule heading to the ISS; US Postal service ban on shipping Lithium Ion batteries overseas; Apple patching Siri to give the result they want; Twitter opts you in for weekly email summary; use NASA’s data to build an app; half of teens admit to texting and driving; Reddit users respond to dying man’s request for letters and music; IE on the Xbox 360; tweeting during brain surgery; Angry Birds downloads and profits; Nokia Lumia 900 sales continue to outpace supply; Facebook provides crisis tools for US military members, vets and their families; a new WordPress and Pinterest plugin; get Microsoft monthly security updates in DVD ISO format; hackers crack 55,000 Twitter accounts; over 50,000 challengers smoked by Windows Phone; working with Windows Live ID’s and Gamertags; 35 million users and an iOS App for Twitpic; Samsung Focus 2 hands on and 86% of adults use smartphones to settle arguments. We introduced a new twist to this weeks show as we broadcasted a Google+ Hangout On Air as we recorded this episode. You can see that video embedded below and have an option for watching the show as well as listening. We close the show out as we normally do by taking a look at the past week on WindowsObserver.com. . . .

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@WinObs Tweeted Links for May 15, 2012

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Microsoft Redmond Campus is a green paradise Biometric apps for Kinect: Microsoft wants to avoid creeping everybody out How much is your data worth to Facebook? Bing’s social network-infused redesign rolls out to all US users Why Twitter’s weekly email digest is a great move Anyone can use the new . . .

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Weekly Aqua and Flora Dynamic Windows Theme Updates for 15 May 2012

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Here are some more updates to the dynamic Windows themes for Aqua and Flora (Flowers) provided by Microsoft from the personalization gallery.

Don’t forget that you can submit your own photos for these themes by sending in your pictures to the Microsoft’s open call for images.

So are you thinking about sending . . .

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Weekly Additions to Fauna and Terra Windows Dynamic Themes for 15 May 2012

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Continuing this weeks series of updates and this post includes those new background images for the Terra and Fauna Dynamic Windows Themes.

Just a reminder that these themes consists of photos which are submitted by the community for the Microsoft’s open call for images.

Have you sent any in yet?

Terra (Landscapes)

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Microsoft Xbox Community Ambassador Program Gets Major Update

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The Xbox Community Ambassador (XCA) program recently sent an email to all enrolled and active XCA’s announcing some big changes to the peer to peer assistance service.

For those who may have never heard of this program, the XCA’s provide peer to peer chat and forum support to other users of the . . .

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