Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 59
Welcome to Episode 59. As I say in the show thanks for your patience while I was recovering from a bad chest infection after that last show! In this episode we talk about Windows 8 RTM; the tablets boom; what it is like to develop for the iPhone platform; new Twitter API rules for 3rd party apps; no Metro is not being banned in app names in the Windows 8 Store; SkyDrive.com’s modern facelift; 10 million Outlook.com users already; YouTube copyright claims require you to reveal personal details to unknown parties; land and drive the Mars Science Laboratory Rover Curiosity; Windows 8 is a very secure OS; new updates for Windows Photo Gallery and Movie Maker in Windows Essential 2012 and the inflight WiFi company GoGo offers free eBay shopping to customers on Delta and Virgin Atlantic. Make sure you check out the show notes below for links to all the sources. Enjoy and as always thanks for listening!
Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 58
Welcome to Episode 58 – our return from hiatus show! After being on vacation for the last month visiting Italy we are ready to get back into talking all kinds of tech news. To start with I forgot to mention this in the show but we are a proud member of the Tech PODCASTS Network! I am a little rusty after a month off from recording I guess. We start off the show talking about whether AT&T is testing LTE in the Jacksonville, Florida area; the end of Windows Home Server; how Twitter Lists support should be a standard feature in any Twitter app; Microsoft announcing their Build 2012 Conference; my view and choice between the Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse and the Microsoft Touch Mouse for daily use and how NBC failed to live stream the Olympics Opening Ceremonies from London in this heavily connected world. We then looked back at some recent posts to WindowsObserver.com to catch up on a lot of Microsoft news this past month including Windows 8 RTM and General Availability; the Office 2013 Preview and my two favorite free software programs Microsoft Security Essentials and Soluto. It was definitely fun getting back to recording the show. Make sure you check out the show notes below for links to all the sources.
Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 57
Welcome to Episode 57 of the Observed Tech PODCAST. What a week in the Microsoft world with the announcement of Microsoft Surface and Windows Phone 8 in the last 7 days! We will talk about those things and lots of other subjects in this week’s show. We have some great security related posts to share about download sites misleading ads and phishing sites that are not banks;, news about Facebook and editing comments; Twitter’s proposed Smoke Alarm notification system; the number of machines out there without any or disabled security software; whether the Xbox 720 document was for real; Audible.com comes to Windows Phone; Nokia announces exclusive apps and games for Lumia owners; e-book lending at your local library; Windows Live Essentials 2011 mandatory update for all except for XP users; LastPass password manager updated to 2.0; too much sitting can be bad for you; Microsoft has been enamored with tablets for quite a while; PC shipments expected to decline this fall and improvements in the Windows Phone Marketplace submission timeline. We wrap up with a look at the past week on WindowsObserver.com.
Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 56
Welcome to Episode 56 of the Observed Tech PODCAST. I am just back from Microsoft’s Annual TechEd Conference in Orlando, Florida and had a great time talking to vendors and others about where computing is heading. The future is quite dynamic for many reasons. In this show we cover items from the past week such as the mysterious announcement that is coming on Monday from Los Angeles; Bing partnering with Yelp and Qwiki to enhance search results; free Xbox Live Gold weekend until 17 June; pizza from a vending machine; YouTube and paid subscriptions to cable content; Verizon shares data plans amongst family members; Paramount now has their own app on the Xbox 360 dashboard for streaming movies and shows; Xbox 360 Spring update is rolling out; Twitter tweaks trends for users; Seton Hall freshman all get a Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone; Windows 8 and your business; TiVo and PayPal partnering for purchases from your TiVo; building a Windows Phone App in 30 days with Generation App; NASA moves to the cloud and save $1 million bucks; get notified when overhead imagery updates on Google Maps/Earth; more Silver Surfers online these days; Xbox 360 still has two years in it according to Microsoft; Office 365 tips and training materials and Hotmail Metro Screenshots. We wrap up with a look at the past week on WindowsObserver.com.
Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 55
Welcome to Episode Double Nickels (55) of the Observed Tech PODCAST. In this weeks show we talk about E3; Microsoft’s E3 Media Briefing and their new announcements; COMPUTEX where they revealed a lot of Windows 8 hardware; NASCAR and Twitter’s new relationship; IE10 and Do Not Track; Kinect bringing voice control to Madden 13; desktop programs in the Windows Store; HTC shut out of building Windows 8 RT tablets; Venus Transit pictures; new Microsoft Stores; Spreecast being a better On Air Hangout option; Kinect helps in surgery; that Privacy Notice Status on Facebook is bogus; peek in at Amazon from former Microsoftie; upgrade your Build Tablet to Windows 8 RP; Google grabs Quickoffice; Airtime debuts; should kids under 13 be on Facebook because Facebook wants to know; sneak peek at the next version of the Windows Phone OS coming soon; emergency security patch for Windows systems; SkyDrive App for iOS now supports iPad; a funny ventriloquist and the PC Pitstop May 2012 newsletter. We wrap up with a look at the past week on WindowsObserver.com.