Welcome to Episode 42 of the Observed Tech PODCAST.
This episode discusses the 50th anniversary of John Glenn’s historic orbital flight; the Windows 8 logo change; Xbox Live Indie Games get featured in a Windows Phone app and Xbox Live; playing with your phone on the toilet; PressPass a directory of journalists; Antennagate gets settled; why you will never be paper free in your office; Google got caught with hands in privacy jar; juror in jail for friending defendant on Facebook; your bandwidth will get throttled; managing email with Hotmail; msnWOW tracks hot social social topics; use WP Remote to keep an eye on your WordPress site; Facebook Timeline for brands available soon; 90% of Windows Phone code can be ported for Windows 8 app; buy and sell stuff on Twitter; Smoked By Windows Phone in Southern California and a fake Steven Sinofsky Twitter account is shut down.
As usual we wrap up with a look at the past week on WindowsObserver.com
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Show Links:
- Celebrating America’s First Manned Orbital Flight – Friendship 7 50th Anniversary (Spaceref)
- Official: Windows Logo Change Confirmed for Windows 8
- Watching the White Space (FEDEX Logo)
- WindowsObserver Windows Phone App Version 2.0
- XBLIG Companion for Windows Phone gives indie Xbox 360 games the attention they deserve (The Verge)
- ‘Playing With Your Phone While Sitting on the Toilet’ Gets a Tribute [VIDEO] (Mashable)
- Looking for coverage: Press Pass, a Twitter-powered journalist directory may be the answer (The Next Web)
- Settlement reached in iPhone 4 ‘antennagate’ case, every US customer gets $15 or a bumper (The Next Web)
- Why your office will never be completely paperless (Ed Bott)
- Google Caught Tracking Safari Users: What You Need to Know (Mashable)
- Juror Jailed For Friending Defendant on Facebook [VIDEO] (Mashable)
- Your Bandwidth Will Be Throttled. Here’s Why (Mashable)
- Managing your email with Hotmail (Ian Moulster’s MSDN Blog)
- MSN launches msnNOW to track breaking Web, social media trends (Microsoft Pri0)
- Backup and maintain multiple WordPress installs effortlessly with WP Remote (The Next Web)
- Facebook Timeline for Brands Coming Later This Month [REPORT] (Mashable)
- Windows Phone 7.5 to Windows 8 app porting possible with 90% code reuse (The Next Web)
- Startup Lets You Buy and Sell Stuff on Twitter (Mashable)
- My favorite photos & stories from the “Smoked” tour of Southern California (Windows Phone Blog)
- One fake @StevenSinofsky doesn’t amuse real Microsoft (Microsoft Pri0)
WindowsObserver.com Week in Review:
- Smoked By Windows Phone Becoming A Global Phenomena
- Angry Birds Apparently Invading Space
- Windows 8 Developer Preview Expiration Date Fix
- PaperKarma Suffers From Rising Popularity
- Official- Windows Logo Change Confirmed for Windows 8
- Privacy Issues Continue- Isn’t It Time To Get This Right-
- Windows Phone App Flow- Smile and Say
- Windows Phone Apps: To Trial Or Not To Trial- That Is The Question
- Patch Tuesday Security Updates Go Live for February 2012
- Mass Effect 3 Demo Available for Xbox Live Gold Subscribers
- Hotmail Is Best Spam Fighter Among Top Three Web Email Providers
- Observation- Windows 8 on Tablets and Our Mobile Productivity
Date Produced: 20 February 2012
Length: 45:57
Format: MP3, 128KBPS
Size: 42.1MB
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