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The 404 993: Where we smell the roses (podcast)

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Tue, Feb 14, 2012

If you're burning to spend this Valentine's Day, Pizza Hut has a $10,000 engagement party package that includes a personal fireworks display, a one-topping pizza, and bread sticks with icing to prep your stomach for a lifetime of loneliness.

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Leaked from 404 Podcast 993:

• Valentine's Day survey: 25 percent text their significant others 10 times or more daily.


• Pizza Hut's $10,000 Valentine's engagement party package includes a ring, fireworks, and pizza.


• 97 percent of Pinterest's daily users are women.


• Can prof's algorithm reunite Craigslist Missed Connections?


• Mattel finally releases Hoverboard from "Back to the Future."


• "Charlie Bit My Finger" video is still churning a big profit.


• Apple wants the Galaxy Nexus off the market.


• Bathroom break video 1: World's biggest cuddle buddy

Episode 993

Barbie is a digital camera, Angry Birds flock to Facebook, and iPad 3 rumors hint at 4G connection speeds.

Links from Tuesday's episode of Loaded:

• Expect iPad 3 to have 4G
• Crash Bandicoot on your HTC
• Touch screen on next Xbox controller
• Angry Birds flock to Facebook
• Windows is changing its logo

This week, we pass around Sony's new PlayStation Vita for some hands-on testing, check out HP's newest Beats Audio laptop, and debate the best and worst Valentine's Day gadget gifts.

Show links:

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Did anyone else besides Jeff get teary-eyed yesterday watching Adele's performance at the Grammy Awards?

According to psychologist John Sloboda, there's a specific musical device called an "appoggiatura" that produces chills and a physiological reaction--in Jeff's case, a fist-clenching, hand-trembling faucet of man-tears.

On today's episode, we'll go around the table with the songs and movie scenes that pull at our heart strings, and why.

Leaked from 404 Podcast 992:

• Science explains why Adele makes everyone cry.


• Whitney Houston's post-death album price rise? Blame Sony, not Apple.


• 25 extremely upsetting reactions to Chris Brown at the Grammys.

Episode 992

Google Wallet puts hold on prepaid cards, Samsung unveils the Galaxy Tab 2 and Apple launched independent investigations into the working conditions at its overseas factories.

Links from Monday's episode of Loaded:

• Apple launches labor inspections
• Troubles with Google Wallet
• Google TV improves YouTube app
• Spotify app doubles stream quality
• Galaxy Tab 2 unveiled
• Grammys honor Steve Jobs

Users want to know the best way to use their iPhones and iPads in the car, and we explain why Apple will never just build its own version of the AppRadio.

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This week's failure to communicate, from Path, was hardly a unique event. Companies--especially fast-moving startups--screw up all the time. The issue is how they react to their errors. Can Path recover, as Facebook and Google have from their privacy flaps, or will this flub hurt the company over the long term?

And how can you prepare for your own inevitable, and public, failures, if you're running your own company?

I have two guests today well-versed in the art of failure and graceful recovery:

• Brooke Hammerling, founder of Brew Media Relations, and
• Owen Thomas, the founding editor of The Daily Dot

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Discussion points:

Path: Why was this such a big deal? Or was it?

Owen: Discuss the "non-apology apology."

Other flubs, and their costs: Airbnb, Netflix, Apple, Facebook, Google, etc...

What about Pinterest?

What's a CEO to do?

"Never waste a crisis." Discuss.

How to plan for the inevitable screw-up.

Components of a proper apology.

How to evaluate risk profile.

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Steve "The Spherical Audiophiliac" Guttenberg makes his first 2012 appearance on the show this morning and adds some more descriptors to his middle name.

He brings in a few noise-canceling earbuds and headphones into the studio for a head-to-head, and we'll confer about which modern artists have the talent to stick around another 30 years.

Finally, we'll end the show with a talk about Paul McCartney pulling his tracks from Spotify! These stories and more on today's 404 Podcast.

Leaked from 404 Podcast 991:

• Paul McCartney pulls tracks from streaming services.


• It's a boom box. It's a vintage suitcase. No, it's a BoomCase.


• Poll: Why do young people play LPs?


• Follow Steve Guttenberg on Twitter.

Episode 991

Rafe Needleman and Donald Bell join Brian Tong on the show today to discuss all the new video-streaming options coming down the pipe. We got Amazon, Viacom, HBO, Netflix, Verizon, Redbox, and now possibly another service called Quickflix. Which one will you choose? In other news, the iPad 3 is coming in March, and we investigate who exactly Pinterest appeals to. If you are a guy you most likely have no interest in Pinterest.

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NEWS:

-Apple will reportedly unveil iPad 3 in early March

-Purported iPad 3 shells floating around China

STREAMING VIDEO NEWS:

-Amazon, Viacom reportedly near Web video deal

-Is HBO’s investment in Netflix-like firm a strategy shift?

-Verizon teams up with Redbox to offer video streaming service

-Redbox agrees to buy NCR/Blockbuster kiosks as revenue surges

-Paul McCartney jets from streaming music services; Rhapsody calls it a 'shock'

-End of an era: Kodak discontinues camera business

-Google Near Launch of Cloud Storage Service

-Google: We’ll pay you to track the Web sites you visit

-Three years on, Chrome at last arrives on Android

-Adobe: Chrome for Android will not get Flash support

-The Path fracas

-We are sorry. – Path

-Read FBI background report on Apple co-founder Steve Jobs

SCIENCE:

-Telepathy machine reconstructs speech from brainwaves

FEEDBACK LOOP LOOP:

-Aaron from Champaign says Pinterest is for weddings
This guys wife just showed him Pinterest and he has no interest in Pinterest
Pinterest is basically made to annoy guys
Brett from Michigan wants to clear up a fact about the Reading Rainbow theme song

EMAILS:

Hello!

in response to you guys talking about the stickiness of facebook, i would have to disagree, i had a facebook account for literally 2 days before I “”deleted”" it. I actually found it kind of boring….hmmmmm to each his own i guess… Tillman

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Was just going to say i was having a not amazing day and was just
cleaning and listening to your show, and then i hear brian tell some
caller how to spell g-i-v-e-i-t.com and pinterest haha. Made my day
loveeeeee the jokes!

love the show!(obviously) TOMAS

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Hi BOL crew,

I think this sums up pinterest perfectly:

http://ilovecharts.tumblr.com/post/16875898793/people-who-use-pinterest-i-dont-want-to-start

I have a Pinterest account and am female, but I just don’t get it. If I want to share something I find online with my friends, I do it on Facebook or Twitter. If I want to save something for later, I use instapaper. And if I want to mark something as “”to buy”" I do it on Amazon. I just don’t see how Pinterest fits in.

Love the show! Nicole

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Hi Buzz Crew,

First, I’m a lady, so maybe what I have to say is not what you’re looking for, but I really like Pinterest. I’m planning a wedding, so I’m pulling together images of flowers and hairstyles that I really like to help with inspiration. I also like to find recipes, pottery (I’m a potter, so I like to see what other people are doing with their work), and other creative ideas through pinterest. But I can see where it’s a niche market for people with two X chromosomes. I do find it overwhelming at times and have trouble with self-curation. We’ll see how it changes as it develops.

As my fiance (who introduced me to BOL) said when he discovered I was on the site, “Bitches love Pinterest.” It’s true. Gloria

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http://bol.cnet.com, 800-616-2638 (CNET), buzz@cnet.com

Follow us on Twitter: @mollywood @brian_tong @stephenbeacham @donald @rafe

Survival of the fittest

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Can a smartphone sense depression? If that's true, then Jeff's Galaxy Nexus is about to blow up.

On today's show, we'll review a new virtual therapist app out of Northwestern University that tracks a user's location, social context, and activities to determine mood-affecting triggers.

This story and more fun on today's 404 podcast!

Leaked from 404 Podcast 990:

• End of an era: Kodak discontinues its camera business.


• Can a smartphone sense depression?


• Sony plans to try the 'smart watch' game for a second time.


• Bathroom break video: Twins eating lunch.

Episode 990

Chrome comes to Android with one gigantic caveat. Or maybe two. And we are joined by cell phone expert Jessica Dolcourt who gives us her personal opinion of Android.

Listen now: Download today's podcast

NEWS:

-Three years on, Chrome at last arrives on Android

-Verizon Galaxy Nexus loses Google support

-Google Voice gets the Ice Cream Sandwich treatment

-Motorola patent license will cost Apple 2.25% of sales

-Google secretly testing pair of connected devices

-An Android tablet for the tub

-Superslim Samsung Galaxy S III could drop in May

-HTC hoping Studio can revitalize brand in 2012

-Transparent Screen

EMAILS:

Here is a HTTP user-agent for the Android Browser:
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.2.1; en-us; MB525 Build/3.4.2-107_JDN-9) AppleWebKit/533.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/533.1

Webkit is based on the KHTML rendering engine, which is was first seen in KDE’s web browser Konqueror. Apple forked KHTML in 2002 to develop Webkit.

It’s sad to see Antgoo leave, at least now he won’t be flailing his phone at the Camera for dates.
- kevin

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Hey guys, I just caught your podcast for this week, where you talk
about bigger screen sizes. I must be in a minority, as I want my phone
screen as LARGE as possible, given that I just the screen (games, web
surfing, videos, etc) exponentially more than making calls. If I
could’ve got a GNexus at the size of a Note or Dell Streak, I would’ve
in a hearbeat!

Great show
–
Ryan

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Voice mail about Facebook. Fit it in where ever

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Hi my name is josh from the Chicago area. in response to your voice mail about the callers phone not syncing with Facebook. You over looked the most valuable piece of evidence in that call. The fact he said he had a galaxy nexus.

Facebook blocking syncing is so last summer news. Right about the time google plus rolled out Facebook blocked syncing to the nexus class phones. When I bought my Nexus S 4G the Sprint employee reminded me. I can’t remember if it was exactly Facebook that did this or google.

The other Android phones can do it because whatever skin they run is actually doing the Facebook syncing not Android. So if your running a pure vanilla Android (Nexus class) you cannot sync because Facebook and google can’t get along in the social network arena. I knew this when I bought my Nexus S 4G and honestly don’t miss it seeing as I have over 400 friends on Facebook and that just clogs up my contact list and my phone would always blow up all day with Facebook notifications and run the battery down even faster.

Love the show
-Josh-

http://androidcommunity.com/google-says-facebook-contacts-sync-violates-android-tos-20110223/

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Hey guys! Love the show, been listening for a few months now. As a truck driver, it really helps the miles fly by.

I bought the Motorola Bionic in September and saw the data connectivity issues almost immediately. Heard there was going to be an OTA update that would fix this problem. Well, I got said OTA update, but airplane mode is still my most used app on my phone in order to reset my data connection. I randomly, and frequently lose my data connection (4G & 3G) out of nowhere. Is there an actual, working fix on the way that you guys know about?

Thanks for all the hard work and great entertainment.
Matt from Colorado Springs.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/12/19/this-is-why-your-verizon-galaxy-nexus-or-other-4g-lte-vzw-phone-is-losing-data-signal/

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SHOW DETAILS:

BLOG cnet.com/android-atlas
STREAM cnet.com/live/
TIME Wednesdays @ 10am PT
EMAIL androidatlas@cnet.com
TWITTER @androidatlas
JAYMAR @jaymarcabebe
JUSTIN @notmyrealname
PHONE 866-344-CNET (2638)

Path takes a wrong turn, Yahoo's board gets new faces, and Amazon Instant Video adds Viacom content.

Links from Wednesday's episode of Loaded:

• Amazon adds Viacom content
• Path uploads address book
• Pinterest tracking codes cause stir
• Yahoo board change-up
• iPhone drives Sprint growth
• Google creates its own TED

If you know...

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Simpsons fans in Los Angeles are meeting up today to kick off the Ultimate Fan Marathon Challenge in an effort to beat the world record for consecutive TV watching currently set at 86 hours, 6 minutes, and 41 seconds. On today's show, we'll discuss the challenge and propose one of our own that may be a little more difficult to achieve.

Lady Gaga is back in the news with the emergence of a new social media site for her fans called LittleMonsters.com. It's the first site that runs under Backplane, a portal for interest groups backed by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt that combines elements of Reddit, Pinterest, and Google+, but some critics argue that the site is a ripoff.

We'll dive into this story and more on today's episode!

The 404 Digest for Episode 989

• Lady Gaga's gift to fans: The LittleMonsters.com social network.
• Celebrate 500 episodes of The Simpsons with world-record-breaking TV-watching marathon.
• HUD Google Glasses are real and they are coming soon.
• An 83 year-old woman gets 3D-printed jaw.
• First downloaded and 3D-printed Pirate Bay ship arrives.
• Bathroom break video 1: iPhone survives 82 mph slapshot.
• Bathroom break video 2: A Penguin Classic.

Episode 989

Samsung's fabled Retuna Deesplay has made its way to our e-mail inbox!

(Credit: Stanley Huang)

Today's episode blew our minds. And not just because it was Humiliation Day.

First Emily embarrassed herself by revealing her hidden talents; then she discovered her old lady cowboy voice; then Karyne did a "face mic," which is basically a face palm but using a mic; and then Amazon killed us with the possibility of opening brick-and-mortar stores to sell (drum roll, please): BOOKS! Say what?

Best Buy put out a survey starring the iTV this week, only to tell us later that the survey was "hypothetical." You know what else is hypothetical, Best Buy? You not carrying the iTV, no matter how big it is and how much it costs.

Also on today's show, the next iPod Nano might be used as the stupidest spy camera in the world, we give the Duck Timer for a Windows Phone 8's possible specs, and Samsung is releasing so many products a minute, we just can't keep up.

Don't miss the special video-within-a-video for Humiliation Day!

EPISODE 19

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Links from the show!

Apple TV shows up in Best Buy survey

Best Buy: That Apple TV survey was 'hypothetical'

More photos of iPod Nano with a camera emerge

Can Amazon replicate Apple's brick-and-mortar success?

Amazon has tried everything to make shopping easier. Except this.

Superslim Galaxy S iii could drop in May

Yay or nay?

iPhone 5 could see June debut at Apple confab, report says

Data debugger reveals iPad 3 to get 4G, A6 chip

iOS 5.1 to bring Facebook integration to your iDevice?

RIM puts resources behind single BlackBerry 10 device, report says

Thunderbolt headed to iOS devices? Patent pitch says so

Now it's a Google tablet that will challenge Kindle Fire?

Google's HUD glasses have been sighted

Heard a tech rumor you think we should cover? E-mail us at Rumorhasit [at] cnet.com, or directly at karyne.levy [at] cnet.com or emily.dreyfuss [at] cbsinteractive.com. And call and leave us a voice mail at 1-800-750-CNET!

And don't forget to follow us on Twitter! @EmilyDreyfuss, @karynelevy, @RumorShow, @stephenbeacham.

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Great news for our live listeners--the stream is back! Please bear with the short delay that allows the stream to buffer.

We'll keep working on it, and in the meantime we put together a great show for you today with fun stories about a dummy politician citing an article from The Onion, the pitfalls of online dating, prototype headphones with built-in proximity sensors, and a conceptual McDonald's ad campaign that uses seedbombs!

Leaked from 404 Podcast 988:

• Moron Congressman John Flemming cites an article from The Onion as fact.


• Grading the online dating industry.


• Prototype headphones use proximity sensors to detect which ear they are in.


• McDonald's new insanely effective viral ad is actually illegal to remove.


• Bathroom break video 1: Urban blind 4 to hang.
• Bathroom break video 1: Baby blubbers.

Episode 988

Google is working on augmented-reality goggles, say goodbye to Blockbuster Express kiosks, and Redbox and Verizon team up to take on Netflix.

Links from Monday's episode of Loaded:

• Redbox joins Verizon for streaming video
• Redbox acquires Blockbuster Express
• Google working on HUD glasses
• Google begins laying fiber
• Butterfly spy in the sky?

This week, Ty demos Sony's strap-on 3D visor, which we've dubbed the "Headman," while Scott shows us how the OnLive Desktop brings cloud PC computing to the iPad. Also, check out a cool new laptop backpack, and find out what our favorite MacBook Air substitutes are.

Show links:

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This week's podcast is my first time ever hosting, so please excuse all the awkwardness as I get my sea legs going.

To compensate, I offer you a lively discussion about the new details surrounding Windows Phone 8. So far, there's word of a multicore processor in the works, as well as integration with the Windows 8 desktop and tablet operating system.

We also debate the merits of HTC's Sense skin. Some of us think it's just fine and dandy (we still get a kick out of that retro clock on the phones), but others believe it's time for a change. Especially when compared to Android's beautiful Ice Cream Sandwich OS.

And lastly, we offer some recent news headlines in the mobile industry, including purchasing details for the Samsung Galaxy S III (it's coming in May), and the Galaxy Note (it's available for preorder).

Listen now: Download today's podcast

Stories
Windows Phone 8 details reportedly leak
Should HTC blow up Sense?
Superslim Samsung Galaxy S III could drop in May
Military, government officials could get secure Android phones
Google Wallet app surfaces on unlocked Galaxy Nexus
Samsung's Galaxy Note phablet now ready for preorder
Verizon Galaxy Nexus loses Google support?

Reviews
Samsung Replenish (Boost Mobile)
MyTouch Q by LG (T-Mobile)
MyTouch by LG (T-Mobile)

The way we were

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Twitter reports that football fans sent roughly 10,000 tweets in the final 3 minutes of last night's game, but that wasn't enough to overthrow the all-time record for tweets per second.

Guess which film roped in 25,088 tweets per second last December? Hint: it wasn't made in America.

Leaked from 404 Podcast 987:

• Twitter: 10,000 tweets per second near end of Super Bowl.


• 11 million slices: Inside Domino's Super Bowl pizza war room


• Over three years later, "deleted" Facebook photos are still online.


• Snake is still the world's most popular game, 26 years and going strong.

Episode 987

Windows 8 may kill the Start menu button, the Super Bowl spawned tons o' tweets, and Facebook admits that deleted photos can still be accessed.

Links from Monday's episode of Loaded:

• Facebook photos not deleted
• Facebook adding mobile ads
• No Start button in Windows 8?
• Windows Phone 8 details leak
• PSN becomes SEN
• Super Bowl Tweets

Facebook filed to go public this week and the entire tech world turned its attention to the filing document, the S-1. It revealed some impressive numbers: 845 million monthly users on Facebook, about half of them on mobile devices.

It also showed that Zynga accounted for 12 percent of Facebook's revenue.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in a letter embedded in the S-1, also took pains to tell potential investors that Facebook would try to maintain its "hacker culture," as well as its focus on connecting people to each other, as opposed to connecting shareholders just to revenue.

There's a lot to unpack in the Facebook filing, and we have two great guests to help us walk through it:

• Josh Constine, a writer at TechCrunch and fomerly the lead writer of Inside Facebook, and...
• Shervin Pishevar, a venture capitalist in Menlo Ventures and an entrepreneur

Bonus: Shervin was an early investor in Klout, so I asked him some questions on that product, after the main show. The video is embedded at the end of this post.

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Discussion points:

Was the IPO filing what we expected? Why is Facebook going public?

Will there be a brain drain?

(5:30) The Facebook culture: What is it? Is it for real? Can it be maintained?

(9:10) Inside the S-1 registration statement. What's Facebook going to do with the money?

(13:00) Revenues per user are low. Should, or can, Facebook raise them?

(14:00) How advertising changes because of Facebook

(18:00) Facebook vs. Google

(19:00) Mobile: How does Facebook play here?

(24:00) Where Facebook's downfall could come from

(25:00) Zynga

(28:00) Developer relationships and Spotify

(31:30) Google and Google+, again, and "the identity layer."

(34:30) Vs. the mobile operating system companies

(36:00) Twitter

Bonus: After Shervin, Josh, and I finished talking about Facebook, I left the recorder on so we could talk briefly about the social-influence-measuring company Klout, which Shervin invested in. See the extra video right here.

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There are no chat room viewers to keep us on topic now that we've stopped live streaming.

So fair warning: we spend most of the first half explaining the concept of Goodwill stores to Jeff, whose ignorance I still suspect is a veiled attempt at live trolling.

We eventually get back to the news, and today's rundown includes the story of a guy who found a 32GB iPad 2 in his local Goodwill store for $65, a New York adult store delivering toys within an hour on bikes, Kim Dotcom's transformation into Dr. Evil, and Facebook testing a new photo viewer!

Leaked from 404 Podcast 986:

• Want a $65 iPad 2? Check your local Goodwill.


• Facebook tests a new photo viewer that encourages comments.


• A New York sex shop delivers toys within an hour--by bike!


• Kim Dotcom accuses the police of assault, and is denied bail again.


• Super Bowl XLVI launches a free app for game day.


• RIM cuts BlackBerry PlayBook prices again--but should you buy in?


• Bathroom break video 1: Donkey singing to violin.

Episode 986

Classical music fan mourns the end of CDs in the car, U.K. vs. U.S. mpg--why so different? Give your older car a total tech transplant, and why Bluetooth is so complicated--still!

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Tesla hits us with an orgy of new cars, Spotify heads into Ford dashboards, a new superfast wireless to rock cars soon, and we drive the 2012 VW Jetta GLI.

Listen now: Download today's podcast

The Buzz crew talks about Facebook's historic IPO, and the challenges the company will face moving forward. Zynga is smiling, and so is the invite-only Pinterest. We've figured it out, and it's the new social network for girls or metrosexuals. "Into it, Not Into it" brings us vacuum-sealed couples, and that's all you need to know.

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NEWS:

-Facebook files to go public, plans to raise $5B

-Facebook's S-1 Reveals: 845 Million Users Every Month, More Than Half Daily, Half Mobile

-Facebook's net income and revenues: $1 billion on $3.71 billion in 2011

-All-time top 10 IPOs for Internet companies

-Facebook IPO highlights ‘The Hacker Way’

-Facebook’s biggest winners look to rich payday

-Facebook's platform paid out $1.4 billion to developers in 2011 -- less than what Apple did

WINNERS from the outside:

-Zynga shares soar on Facebook IPO

-From Founders to Decorators, Facebook Riches

Challenges:

-Facebook’s days of hypergrowth may be over

-Facebook’s IPO: What Wall Street still wants to know

-Pinterest nearly equals Twitter and Google in referral traffic

-Google must pay $660,000 for offering Google Maps for free

-Twitter yanks Reading Rainbow handle from squatter

-Reading Rainbow theme song

-Here's how new CEO Kaz Hirai wants to save Sony

-Apple’s supply chain flap: It’s really about us

-Tim Cook: Apple cares about ‘every worker’ in its supply chain

Quick Hits:

-Pirate Bay Founders' Prison Sentences Final, Supreme Court Appeal Rejected

-WikiLeaks Founder Appeals Extradition at Britain's Supreme Court

-Apple Loses German Court Bid to Ban Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N, Nexus Phone

-Photos of Debug Software Show Alleged Details of iPad 3 with Quad-Core A6 and LTE

-iPhone’s Siri can’t handle surly Scottish man

SCIENCE:

-NASA spacecraft releases first video of moon’s far side

INTO IT NOT INTO IT:

-Pew, pew! Xappr brings laser tag to smartphones

-Keep your gadgets charged on the go with Powerbag

-Microsoft debuts Kinect for Windows, commercial SDK

-See nano quadcopter robots swarm (video)

-Boxx on wheels makes for unique, eco-friendly ride

-Canadian teens send Legonaut 15 miles into atmosphere

-Artist vacuum-seals couples for portrait series

VOICEMAIL:

Fordo calls in about Foxconn – How to take action

Robert from Atlanta says his school uses iPads

Hank takes personal offense at calling iPhone users douchebags

EMAILS:

Hey guys,
Regarding last week’s discussion about Foxconn and other Apple factories working conditions. The one thing that I don’t hear anybody saying is that Foxconn is actually one of the better factories to work at in China.

A coworker of mine who has been to several big manufacturing plants in China/Asia (including Foxconn) says that there are dozens if not hundreds of plants from big clothing and electronics manufacturers who do not provide any oversight or supervision in the way that Apple does.

Because of all the press surrounding Foxconn, Apple is working to improve things by placing supervisors in the factories and pressuring change. Clearly, Apple can and should do more (being the biggest player in the area) but they are also taking all the heat in the press so that these other companies have no motivation to improve conditions because they are ignored by the media.

Just wanted to point that out, I think it would be great if Apple and Foxconn completely reformed their practices, but the fact is that it’s a problem with the whole system and not just one company. Jesse Potter”

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Hey Buzz Crew,

I’ve heard discussion about Google’s new privacy policy all over the place, generally balanced but with discernible “”anti”" vibes. Well, just now, Facebook showed me an ad for a Commander Shepard Hoodie! That is awesome! Somebody sold them the right information! I wouldn’t mind if Google propositioned cool goods like that to me. Just saying.

You guys are awesome! Keep up the good work!

Sincerely,

Mark from PA

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Hey Buzz Crew,

Like everyone else I received Google’s updated privacy policy and it
is indeed shorter and much easier to read. I have edited and
re-phrased it to make it even shorter and easier to read:

We are Google. You will be assimilated. Your biological and
technological distinctiveness will be added to our own. Resistance is
futile.

Love the Show,
Jonathan from Chicago

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When interviewing somebody about their website, can you PLEASE spell the website. I *listen* to the show in the car. I was totally interested in the interview about givit.com, but became frustrated because I thought you were saying getit.com, and I couldn’t find the stupid site using my smartphone. Finally found its spelling in the show notes, but, man, what a hassle. Same thing for that website jean simmons was promoting. Or the dating site based on your location. And I could go on and on. Grrrrrrr. Christopher

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http://bol.cnet.com, 800-616-2638 (CNET), buzz@cnet.com

Follow us on Twitter: @mollywood @brian_tong @stephenbeacham @donald @PhatEmoKid @darthweef

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Due to technical difficulties beyond our control, we're cutting the live stream to free up bandwidth. Our tenderest apologies to the daily live listeners, but be sure to follow @the404 on Twitter for an extremely truncated, livebloggish version of the episode.

If you're now wondering what to do from 12-1 p.m. every day, we recommend rewatching old episodes and pretending they're live. On today's show: sunbathing groundhogs, instant Facebook millionaire David Choe, a CBS pilot show about Groupon, and "Reading Rainbow" host LeVar Burton strikes back.

Episode 985

Pinterest ties with Twitter and Google for referral traffic, HTC cures security bug, and Facebook reveals finances in its filing to go public.

Links from Thursday's episode of Loaded:

• Roundup on Facebook IPO
• Pinterest nearly equals Twitter in referral traffic
• HTC patching WiFi password leak

This week, we go over some Super Bowl TV tips, including what to do if you're not going to be near a TV at all. Julie talks about developing new battery life tests, and Josh laments the decline of the compact point-and-shoot camera.

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A new galaxy nexus, a new samsung tab and do you really answer your phone in the bathroom? all that and more on this week's edition of Android Atlas Weekly for February 1st, 2012. I'm Justin Eckhouse alongside Antuan Goodwin and Jaymar Cabebe. Today we say goodbye to Antuan Goodwin who will be leaving the podcast to focus on Car Tech. We will miss you Antuan.

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NEWS:

-Android Users Most Likely to Use Phones While in the Bathroom

-German appeals court keeps Galaxy Tab 10.1 out of stores

-Samsung may have a 2GHz Galaxy Tab 11.6 for Mobile World Congress

-Refreshed Galaxy Nexus Plus with faster CPU and improved camera on the way?

-[Study] Android Fragmentation Not as Bad as You Think

APP OF THE WEEK:

-Add automatic volume adjustment to your Android alerts

-Ringdimmer

EMAILS:

Atlasers Crew,

I was just wondering, why do some apps let you save them to the SD card, and others don’t give you the option. I understand there are some performance issues installing an app to the SD card, but as someone with a MyTouch 3G Slide, my memory is at a premium and installing to SD often decides if I can use an app. I know there are apps that can force install apps to SD if I root, but the MT3GS is notorious for being tricky to root and my technical prowess is lacking. Just was wondering.

Love da show!

Rich in Lovely Cleveland

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I wonder why Google haven’t released Chrome for android yet? They have the phone OS and they have the browser. Making the two become one shouldn’t be that hard. The only options right now are opera Mobile and Firefox Mobile.

Best regards

Henrik

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I am new to android and also email and tweeting. Not good at either. But I watch the show and enjoy it. I need help! I have an HTC thunderbolt and it is awful. I have had three one in June a second in October and a third in November. Each one the software was awful. It failed in each one ,phone calls froze,I could not listen to music without being disconnected or watch video podcasts, and to download was a nightmare. The customer reps were great. But the phone is still crappy. My contract is up at the end of the year,please , any suggestions would be appreciated. My carrier is Verizon are there any phones that I should watch for. Thanks Guys! – Deboarah

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Hi guys,

I have a question.

A few weeks ago I was trying to view some some NFL videos on my new Nexus (which I love, btw). As you may know, the mobile NFL app didn’t work on the Nexus at launch, so i went to the desktop site and tried to watch the Flash videos, with very mixed (mostly bad) results. Aside from an advertisement, I was never able to see any videos. I’m sure these bugs will be worked out eventually, so i’m not too worried about that.

The surprising thing was that I went to the site on my wife’s ipad expecting to see an empty frame where the video should be but instead the video was actually there. (most likely encoded in html5, i’m assuming) I’ve noticed this on a few other sites, like engadget for example. What gives?

Is there some kind of user agent trickery going on here? Are android users being forced to watch flash videos even when an html5 video is available? Flash is awesome when its the only option, but if it isnt the only option do we not have a choice? And finally, is there something android users can do to request the html5 video. I tried switching the Dolphin browser user agent to ‘ipad’ but i was still told to download flash.

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I am a proponent of flash on mobile but I, and probably most users, would prefer the html5 video if its actually available, especially on a slow connection.
What i’m trying to find out is whats going on here. As far as I know, the android browser handles html5 video just fine. But, even after uninstalling flash and going back to the site, i wasn’t presented with a video. I was told I needed to download flash.

thanks in advance for the info,

@Szientific

VOICEMAILS:

Jerry in Toronto calls in to ask about the Samsung Galaxy Note

Tre from San Antonio asks about the Facebook and Google war and why he can’t get his facebook contacts to sync with his Droid

SHOW DETAILS:

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Aunt Jill Schlesinger, editor-at-large for CBS MoneyWatch.com, is back on the show to tell us everything we should know but are too lazy to read about the impending Facebook IPO.

She'll break down the process of how a startup progresses from the idea stage to capital investment to public offering, and we'll speculate on how the filing will affect the site in terms of advertising, content, and sharing.

We'll also shoot her a few questions submitted by our listeners in the third period, but don't be mad if we didn't get to your questions--tweet them to @jillonmoney and she'll do her best to answer them on her CBS Moneywatch show!

Episode 984

BlackBerry London details leak, Sony gets a new leader, and Redbox thinks a deal with Warner Bros. is a stinker.

Links from Wednesday's episode of Loaded:

• Redbox ends Warner Bros. deal
• BlackBerry London
• YouTube considering subscription service
• New Sony CEO
• Xbox Live video apps
• We ignore most apps

"If the wind changes, you'll be stuck like that!" (When the live stream freezes, we learn the expressions our faces are apparently capable of making.)

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To celebrate Mark Zuckerberg maybe possibly loosening his death grip on Facebook, Karyne and I give you a little Econ 101 lesson.

Kidding! No we don't. All I learned in Econ 101 was that there is apparently no such thing as a free lunch (then what was that pizza I just found abandoned in the kitchen and ate, hmm?) and that the more scarce a thing is, the more money it will cost.

But scarcity might explain why unvested stocks of Facebook have been some of the highest valued and most traded on SecondMarket--a market to trade stocks in private companies--until Zuck stopped letting Facebook be traded there this week, ostensibly because a proper IPO is about to be filed.

Yadda, yadda, math, money, numbers! All I want to know about Facebook going public is this: if suddenly I can own a bit of the company, can I have a say in rolling back the wretched Timeline? Ugh! Let's all buy stock and then rise up and demand the old interface back!

Other stuff we bet on this week: whether the new Xbox will drop in October of 2013; Samsung will bore us with an unnecessarily enormous new tablet at Mobile World Congress; and Nintendo will embarrass itself by changing the name of the Wii U to something much, much worse.

Oh, also--almost forgot--the iPhone 5 could be coming this summer, and it may be waterproof. No biggie.

EPISODE 18

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Links from the show!

New Xbox coming in fall 2013?

New Xbox might SUCK!

Microsoft phasing out Microsoft Points?

Samsung Galaxy Tab 11.6-inch tablet incoming?

Wii U might change its name

Facebook IPO filing could be around the corner

Is AT&T jockeying with FCC to take control of Dish's new wireless spectrum?

Is Facebook run by sociopaths?

Can Barnes & Noble save the bookstore?

New Nook coming this spring

Heard a tech rumor you think we should cover? E-mail us at Rumorhasit [at] cnet.com, or directly at karyne.levy [at] cnet.com or emily.dreyfuss [at] cbsinteractive.com. And call and leave us a voice mail at 1-800-750-CNET!

And don't forget to follow us on Twitter! @EmilyDreyfuss, @karynelevy, @RumorShow, @stephenbeacham.

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The saddest part of the rumor about celebrities getting paid thousands of dollars to send corporate-sponsored Tweets is that it's true.

It started with Internship.com paying Charlie Sheen $50,000 to solicit "Tiger Blood" interns, and today we're exploring the number of ways celebrities make money on the side.

We'll also talk about presidential campaigns embracing modern technology, starting with Romney's crew using Square hardware to grab donations and votes.

We'll also pick at the reasons why Obama and Google strategically ignored the most-voted question from yesterday's YouTube campaign q&a. Plenty of time to talk about late-night snacks, but what about the 4,500 users who have legitimate health concerns?

Finally, we'll debunk the "Mozart Effect"--that listening to classical music causes a temporary increase in IQ.

Doctors have found that nearly any kind of music tends to increase dopamine levels of the brain that are generally thought to improve cognition, so a solid dose of Lady Gaga can have the same cerebral effects as a Vivaldi concerto.

Leaked from 404 Podcast 983:

• YouTube ignores a cop's first-place marijuana legalization video question for Obama.


• Celebs are paid $2,500 to $8,000 per sponsored tweet.


• Obama and Romney are using Square to collect donations.


• Bathroom break video 1: Bulldog sits in a too-small box.

Episode 983

Voters chat with Obama on Google+ Hangouts, Apple surpasses Hewlett-Packard in PC shipments (if you count iPads, that is), and almost everyone would take your call while on the toilet.

Links from Tuesday's episode of Loaded:

• Apple takes top PC spot
• New Apple retail chief
• Obama video chats on Google+
• Obama campaign using Square
• T-Mobile limits data roaming
• Wash your hands

Looks like AT&T just can't stop complaining about the FCC meddling in its business, but CNET mobile section editor Kent German just isn't having it.

We also discuss exactly how awesome we think the Motorola Droid Razr is, but is it a little too late for Droid Razr owners? In addition, other news rocked the smartphone world, including former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein saying bye-bye to HP, recent co-CEO of RIM Mike Lazaridis injecting a massive amount of his own cash to boost the company's stock price, plus the value of possible Verizon family data plans.

Later in the show we all go gaga over the Sony Xperia S dream phone likely landing on AT&T and try to figure out if the Samsung Galaxy Note tablet/phone hybrid makes sense.

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Stories
Hey, AT&T, quit whining!
Former Palm CEO Rubinstein out at HP
Ex-RIM CEO Lazaridis to buy $50M in additional stock
Is Verizon readying a family data plan?
Sony's lovely Xperia S may land on AT&T soon
The Motorola Droid Razr should have gone Maxx to start with

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What would you do if you found a bag of white powder tucked neatly into the textbook you just bought on the Amazon Marketplace?

If you're smart, you'd take it to the police like Sophia Stockton, a junior at a university in Kansas who discovered something similar in the pages of a history book called "Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives and Issues."

While we're on the topic of narcotics, don't forget to tune into President Obama's Q+A on Google+ Hangout tonight at 5:30 p.m. ET, live from the West Wing of the White House. Based on the results of a question submission contest held last weekend, Obama will begin with the most-voted question, addressing the decriminalization of marijuana.

Retired LAPD Deputy Chief of Police Stephen Downing asked the winning question that earned twice as many votes as any other video question. You can check out the rest of the interview questions over at the White House YouTube Channel.

We're cutting the show off a little short today, but not before we check out a few video voice mails and e-mail from the listeners. We'll also briefly discuss the potential Facebook IPO happening this week. More on that tomorrow!

Leaked from 404 Podcast 982:

• Cop's marijuana question for Obama gets first place in White House Video Contest.


• Watch Obama's live Q+T tonight at 5:30 p.m. ET.


• Student receives free cocaine with Amazon textbook order.


• Bathroom break video 1: Flying people in New York City.

Episode 982

Nintendo announces an online gaming network, Twitter censorship stirs up protest, and Facebook is expected to make its stock market launch this week.

Links from Monday's episode of Loaded:

• Facebook to file IPO Wednesday
• Users unhappy with Timeline
• Nintendo Network coming to Wii U
• Twitter protest over censorship
• Android malware hit millions

We examine the end of the in-car CD player, our supposed hatred of Chevys, how to upgrade the head unit in your Prius, and the need (or not) for Android in your dash.

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BMW says touch me, Ford takes mirrors high tech for quiet, the Chevy Volt is off the hook with the Feds, and how much would you pay for Obama's Chrysler 300? And we drive the Chrysler 300 SRT8.

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Apple is the most valuable U.S. company there is, and the most powerful and influential consumer electronics company by far. It is obscenely profitable.

This amazing success is built on the backs of hundreds of thousands of factory workers, almost all of them in China, who assemble iPhones, and other products from other vendors, in giant, science-fiction-scale plants that never stop.

These plants take their toll. On workers in China. And on jobs here in the United states.

Two recent pieces of outstanding journalism highlight the issues. First, there's a series developing in The New York Times, co-authored by Charles Duhigg, that kicked off in the Sunday edition: "How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work." A follow-on piece, "In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad," ran Wednesday.

Second, a "This American Life" episode, "Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory," has reignited interest in monologuist Mike Daisey's report of his trip to visit the birthplace of his iPhone, the Foxconn plant in China.

Today we have both Charles Duhigg and Mike Daisey on the Roundtable, and we're going to talk about Apple's muscle, how it works with Chinese manufacturing companies, if there's any chance that manufacturing could return to the U.S. And if it would be a good thing if it did.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has responded to the emerging reports on working conditions at Apple's device manufacturers. I discussed this response with Duhigg in a separate interview, which is at the end of this Roundtable (at the 24-minute mark, if you want to go straight there).

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Discussion points:
Why are iPhones and iPads (and Android phones and HP laptops...etc.) manufactured in China?

Products are global. Why are we talking about where they are manufactured?

What's more important: Where things are made, or how workers are treated?

Let's talk about the factories that make these devices.

Have working conditions improved since stories about them started to appear, more than a year ago?

What are Apple's policies? Can you compare to other companies?

Can Apple innovate in this areas?

How would the plants be different if they were in the U.S.? More automated?

Don't we have supply chain expertise here? If Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, and BMW can bring manufacturing to the U.S., why can't Apple?

Do consumers care? What would they pay for "exploitation-free" gadgets?

Discussion with Charles Duhigg about the new Tim Cook memo on working conditions.

More from our guests:
Charles Duhigg has a new book coming out in a month called "The Power of Habit." It's available for preorder on Amazon.

Mike Daisey is re-opening "The Agony and the Ecstacy of Steve Jobs," with updates based on the New York Times series. It will be at the Public Theater in New York for five more weeks, starting January 31.

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As the case for Web censorship moves forward, Twitter announced today that it'll soon block tweets on a countrywide basis when they violate local restrictions, so we can look forward to our government making it illegal for Nickelback to fight back against their Twitter haters.

We're surprised that some Google users are upset about the company's new "streamlined" privacy policies--don't they know that Google knows more about you than your own mother?

If you don't believe it, you can see exactly who Google thinks you are on its Ads Preferences page, or download the Google Advertising Cookie Opt-out Plugin to permanently get rid of them.

An issue with Nintendo's proposed nomenclature change for the Wii U goes down in the second half of today's episode, but we'll also talk about the company's announcement about NFC chips coming to the next console and how they will soon blend objects in real life with those on your television screens.

Finally, be sure to check into the second half of the show as well if you've been wondering about 4K televisions, aka the "next big thing in home theater." 4K TVs are supposed to display four times more resolution than today's current HDTVs, but CNET's own Ty Pendlebury tells us that the human eye is physically unable to view extra detail beyond 1080p.

In fact, most people can't even tell the difference between 720p and 1080p from 10 feet away. Bottom line is that 4K is just a marketing buzzword, because, well, 4K is stupid.

Leaked from 404 Podcast 981:

• Twitter to block tweets locally, not globally.


• Google sets the record straight about its privacy changes.


• Nintendo chief tips NFC, new network for Wii U.


• Report: Nintendo considering changing the Wii U's name.


• Why 4K TVs are stupid.


• 4K TV next-generation resolution explained.


• Bathroom break video 1: State of the Union modest fail.
• Bathroom break video 2: Failed guitar swing is least metal thing ever.

Episode 981

On this week's Buzz Out Loud, Brian and Molly take Apple (and others) to task for unsafe and inhumane working conditions at consumer electronics factories in China. It's time for Apple and us, the consumers, to demand better. Plus, Google's privacy policy changes, Netflix's big bounce-back, and Computer Love. And meet Givit, the way to share private videos of your kids or, um, other things.

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Interview with Greg Kostello CEO of http://www.Givit.com

NEWS:

-Google announces privacy changes across products; users can't opt out

-FAQ: what the changes mean for you

-In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad

-Whos-most-to-blame-for-poor-conditions-at-apples-chinese-suppliers

-Apple iPhone 4S propels company to massive earnings

-Nokia Q4: Scrambling For A Grip, But Still Falling; 1M+ Lumia Phones Sold

-$1.4b-loss-despite-strong-windows-phone-sales

-AT&T to offer Lumia 900 for $100 on March 18

-Netflix bounces back bigtime, says Amazon is coming

-Netflix: No plans for games, but 3-D streaming possible

-New Xbox coming, fall 2013?

-Rumor: iPhone 5 with 4-inch screen expected this summer

-Motorola sues Apple over iPhone 4S, iCloud

-RealNetworks sells patents to Intel in $120M deal; stock soars

Quick Hits:

-RIM’s co-CEOs step down; insider Heins takes helm

-10 things RIM’s new CEO must do right away

-First video: Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom appears in court

-OpMegaUpload: the aftermath

-Anonymous-goes-nuclear-everybody-loses/

-Anonymous: Facebook is next, on Jan. 28

STEPHEN’S VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK YEAH!

Hey Stephen,

I’ve been listening to BOL now for more years than I care to admit (I remember the shock of dl the BOL episode with Veronica swearing, my jaw literary hit the floor) and I wanted to share the attached video clip or my 13 month old son Isaac that I took on my phone just before xmas (BTW this is his third word after “”car”" and “”go”").

This is especially aimed at you as you are soon to blessed with having a “”little one”" and you will soon experience the overwhelming feeling of joy when they do something special to melt your heart.

Love the show etc …

Regards,

Nigel
(from London, UK)

VOICEMAIL:

Caller calls in about how we said Android users ae more interested in specs than iPhone users.

Jake from Spokane Washington thinks he knows why video calling has not caught on.

EMAIL:

Happy Australia Day so nice of you to put a show on for us especially for this day,

Keep up the great podcast and for this show can I request for you’re Australian listeners:

All Girls (women) should be “”Sheelas”" (pron: She – la -s) Molly is a great example of a Shela, good brain, good body – and err, well is this a G rating show?

and any Men – “”Blokes”" Pron: “”Blow -k s”" – TONG! come on – harden up – a real Bloke does’t use hair products…

and everyone should be your MATE!

G’Day Mates! from down under

Bryan – MATE!

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Hey Buzz Crew,
In episode #1577 you guys talked about the new iTunes U and what that could mean for schools that want to adopt this technology. My high school in Ohio has been using iPads as digital workbooks since the start of the 2010-11 school year, so I thought I should share a few details about how the system was implemented. My high school is a private catholic school, so I understand that it may not be representative of how public schools could implement it, but I figure the information will be useful nonetheless. As part of the cost of attendance, a $200 fee was added as a “”rental fee”" for use of the ipad for a year. Each year a student attends the school they pay the fee, and get to keep the iPad upon graduation. Students can even keep the iPad on summer breaks and use it however they choose. It’s not a perfect system, since if a student starts at the school as a freshman, the kid is paying $300 extra dollars than paying for the iPad outright, but the $200 annual fee does cover cost of the workbooks apps, and also what amounts to an insurance policy if the student breaks the thing. The system has worked really well here, as the interactive features that the workbooks provide are a significant upgrade over the standard workbook. In regards to your concerns about how tech-savvy some of the teaching staff could be, its actually worked out nicely here, as the students seem eager to aid the staff in becoming tech literate, which in turn has had a positive effect on the relationship between the teachers and students.Like I said, it’s not a perfect system, but its worked out really well here and the revamped iTunes U should only aid that.

-Alex from Ohio

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The same people who did the Eagle Cam last year are doing the same with a momma bear, and her cub. They placed a camera inside a bear den in Minnesota. You can watch live video of the bears, or watch video recorded earlier of the bear cubs birth.
“”Observers report the mother and child communicate using grunts, groans, and squeals.”"

http://www.ustream.tv/jewelblackbear
http://www.bear.org/livecams/jewel-den-cam.php

Maybe the bear should get a Twitter account. I mean if a Senator who speaks in incomprehensible phrases can get 400,000 followers, a bear should be able to get at least a few thousand.

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“Hey guys,

Great work on CES 2012 in Las Vegas. It was totally the year of 3D printing!

Just a quick info. The word SOPA in greek means ''shut up'', just go to google translate if you want! [ ???? ] (the greek word to put)

Coincedence?

Thanks and i love you!

Stathis from Greece”

“WB is pushing netflix releases back to 56 days! FIFTY-SIX DAYS! wtffffffffff

Remember when they originally agreed to 28 days in return for more streaming content?

So it’s now, what, a year later and no new content ANNND they are pushing the dates back to “”maximize the potential”" of its new releases?

What a crock of doggie doo-doo!

WB will never see another dollar from me from today on. Also, I’m calling it: Netflix death march begins.

The consumer just never wins.

Hope you guys are having fun in Vegas and thanks for the super excellent coverage!

Love,
Dr. Karl :)

-Warner-Bros-doubles-netflix-delay

COMPUTER LOVE:

BOL crew

I just found the online equivalent of the girl who doesn’t want you to ask her out so she injects a story about her boyfriend (whether she has one or not) into conversations as soon as she meets you.

I’ve been chatting with a woman at work — trying to let her get to know me. I mentioned some photos I have on Facebook, and she said send me the link. But apparently I’m only in the friend zone. She friended me with a Facebook profile she uses for work contacts only. I realized she had another profile for “”real”" friends when Facebook’s ‘people you may know’ feature busted her by showing me her real profile.

Oh well. Moving on.

Mike
Fort Lauderdale

-Hot’ Rod tops online love connections

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McDonald's posted impressive quarterly earnings two days ago, but a scoop from the UK Sun newspaper today exposes the astonishing truth behind McDonald's Chicken McNuggets: you shouldn't eat them everyday for 15 years straight.

The show title today is ripped from a quote from the mother of 17-year-old UK factory worker Stacey Irvine, who's eaten nothing but McDonald's Chicken McNuggets since she was 2 years old. Shockingly, doctors maintain that her diet may have been a factor in her sudden anemia and swollen tongue veins that caused her to collapse yesterday.

Speaking of things getting ripped off, we'll also talk about the Australian Transport Minister that just got caught copying Michael Douglas' speech from the movie "The American President," and the NFL installing computers on the sidelines of the Pro Bowl for players to tweet fans during the game!

Leaked from 404 Podcast 980:

• Australian politician caught stealing speech from Michael Douglas' "The American President."


• NFL installs sideline computer for players to tweet.


• Teenager hospitalized after eating nothing but Chicken McNuggets for 15 years.


• Xbox 720 will be six times as powerful as current generation.


• Nintendo earnings collapse.


• Low Latency No. 7: Mega-pileup


• Bathroom break video 1: Law & Order vocal theme song
• Bathroom break video 2: NY bag lady

Episode 980

Hawaii might monitor all Web browsing, a Spotify app takes aim at Pandora, and Netflix's CEO expects DVD subscriber numbers to dwindle every quarter.

Links from Thursday's episode of Loaded:

• Netflix CEO expects decline in DVDs
• Hawaii bill to monitor all browsing
• Open WebOS coming this Fall
• AT&T faces whopping loss
• Spotify app mimics Pandora

Download.com editor Jaymar Cabebe joins us as we discuss who's making money on Android, upcoming phones, and whether Google's new privacy policy violates its own "Don't be evil" mantra.

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NEWS:

-How Google’s privacy policy changes will affect Android

-Tap that App

-Android Is No. 1, But Google Says It Still Makes Little Money

-Each Kindle Fire generating more than $100 in additional revenue for Amazon

-What to expect out of HTC at Mobile World Congress

-LG Optimus 3D 2 a second stab at the third dimension

-Samsung Galaxy S III specs confirmed by industry insider?

EMAILS:

@antgoo i would like to know if there are any apps for bluetooth controls on bluetooth headsets preferably the motorola ones.

thanks. Travis

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hi guys, i am new to smartphones and your show. i heard Antuan take a shot at the casio commando. I just purchased my first android phone and it is the commando. Can you tell me why you are so dismissive of the device? I know its not the bestest most powerful smartphone out there but it is working fine for me. And it looks Kickass.

bob s.

-I want this:
http://www.g-shockzone.com/content.php?275-G-Shock-smartphone-previews-as-CES-2012

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Greetings Guys from De Nederlands

I love the show and listen to it every week. The segment in your last broadcast about user interphase guidelines really caught my attentions. I agree with you about the inconsistency of user interphases with Android apps. In comparison to iOS, it is bloody annoying. I applaud Google for publishing guidelines but I don’t think it goes far enough. I think a simple solution would be for Google to provide a section in the Market for apps delelopers that have followed the guidelines. They should then endorse the product with something like a Google Certificate of Interphase Compliance. The first thing you should see when you open Market is the Google compliant apps. Still keep Market open to developers who wish to use their own interphases. you just have to troll for them. I think that this would please everyone without treading on anyone’s toes and encourage developers to keep to the guidelines. I believe that this would be a cheap and easy solution to one of the most irritating aspects of Android. I use the Samsung Galaxy S Plus and I love the thing. Android is just a great system and is only going to get bigger and better.

Thanks a bunch guys for a great show, It is something I look forward to each week.

Groetjes

Andy (Amsterdam)

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I have an EVO 3D and I’ve never had any battery problems. Unless its in roaming or a bad app kicks in, its never been a problem. All day power, even with games playing. I know you guys like to rip in the phone because you’re 3D Haters, but even without 3D, its a sweet and fast phone. – Max Title: The Evo is 4G: Title says is all. You guys need to learn more about the EVO 3D. It still is the best phone in Sprint, and likely will be until those new Quad core NVIDIA phones come out. (Please tell me you guys know about those. You seem to know little about Android) :\

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Hello Android Atlas I am Ander and I have an Xperia Play. I have been considering rooting it but I fear for my warranty going void since I have already need to use it in the past. Resnetly I discovered this rooting software called Gingerbreak that is supposed to be able to root your phone without voiding your warranty. I this true? And is Gingerbreak a safe and good way to root your phone?

P.S. Keep up the good work. – Ander

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Hello Justin and Antuan,

I will start by saying I love the show, even if at times it gives me serious tech envy. I am writing to ask your opinions about the upcoming Motorola Droid Razr Maxx versus the Galaxy Nexus with an extended battery. I am planning on getting a phone within the next five months or so and was considering getting the Nexus when it came out on Sprint, but decided to stay with Verizon for the 4G LTE that is now in my area. I like to think of myself as a technophile and I cringe at the idea of either no removable storage or a non-removable battery, but these seem like the only two good, high end Android phones out right now. What would you suggest I spend my hard earned cash on, the Maxx, the Nexus, or another device?

Thank you and keep up the awesome show. – Raymond

-Verizon confirms Droid RAZR MAXX price, availability

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Jeff gets a ticket for suspicious repairs on his vehicle.

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Jeff almost didn't make it out of court this morning to be on the show, but he squirms out of Lady Justice's grasp just in time to join us, maybe with a few minutes in between to update his Facebook.

We'll talk today about Facebook's Timeline feature coming to a profile near you (whether you like it or not), last night's tech-heavy State of the Union Address, and who's responsible for the state of John Kerry's face.

Obama's made lots of promises in his speech this year, not the least of which is a pledge to give more technology training to Americans looking to expand their workforce skills.

He also mentioned an end to digital piracy and will host a Google+ video hangout on January 30 with questions accepted through the White House YouTube channel.

Finally, we play a couple voice mails from listeners whose opinions on the show range from helpful criticism to unflappable adoration to venomous hatred.

We must be doing something right!

Leaked from 404 podcast 979:

• Ready or not, Facebook's Timeline is coming to a profile near you.


• Facebook intros 60 new Open Graph partners, open to all.


• Jobs' wife, Instagram's founder among State of the Union guests.


• Obama to Internet: Hang out with me on Google+.


• Bathroom break video 1: Unveiled: the voice behind the Honey Badger

Episode 979

Apple earnings reach record highs, Xbox rumors ramp up, and Obama tackles energy and tech industry concerns in his State of the Union address.

Links from Wednesday's episode of Loaded:

• Obama pushes clean energy funding and incentives to grow tech jobs
• Magnetic soap
• Apple earnings at all-time high
• New Xbox in 2013

So you mean to tell me, Casio makes things other than this SA-35 keyboard?

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It's Tuesday again, and this time we are prepared.

On today's show, code in iBooks 2 points to possible Retina Display iPad; Casio does something other than make keyboards; our favorite people on Earth, analysts, comment on the upcoming year for Netflix; and we have a couple guesses about who Anonymous will attack next.

Also next week, or maybe the week after, is Humiliation Day. You know what's different about this Humiliation Day? For once, Karyne isn't the big loser. If you have any Humiliation Day ideas for Emily, or if you have any ideas about who Anonymous will attack next, let us know in the comments! Or shoot us an e-mail, or a tweet, or leave us a voice mail! It turns out, we're very easy to get a hold of. Just ask analyst Gene Munster!

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Show notes:
Could Instagram come to Windows Phone before Android?
iBooks 2 code reveals HD images, possibly for iPad 3 Retina Display
Casio said to be prepping quad-core handset
Uh oh: Netflix set for an even worse 2012, analyst says
Anonymous: Facebook is next, on January 28

Heard a tech rumor you think we should cover? E-mail us at Rumorhasit [at] cnet.com, or directly at karyne.levy [at] cnet.com or emily.dreyfuss [at] cnet.com. And call and leave us a voice mail at 1-800-750-CNET!

And don't forget to follow us on Twitter! @EmilyDreyfuss, @karynelevy, @RumorShow, @stephenbeacham.

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Since Jeff can't attend the 26th annual Game Developers Conference on March 5 in San Francisco, we're doing the next best thing and bringing part of the show to him!

General Manager Meggan Scavio is our guest today and we're getting all the details on the upcoming show, like the split among console, PC, and mobile gaming, the rise of independent game developers, and sequelmania! We'll also rant about 3D games and the convergence of the film and gaming industries.

She'll also join us in the second half of the podcast where we'll run down the Academy Award nominees released today, Microsoft points finally going away in lieu of actual currency, and more!

Big thanks to Meggan for making time for us this morning, and be sure to follow her on Twitter.

Leaked from 404 Podcast 978:

• Bathroom break video 1: 3D printer outputs LP of theme song from Portal
• Bathroom break video 2: Boss does worm fail

Episode 978

Back from CES, we show off some video clips of our favorite products, Ty tells us why OLED matters, and Scott and Dan debate the best laptop for covering trade shows.

Here are some of the CES video clips we used during the show this week.

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