MacBreak Weekly 181

MacBreak Weekly Episode 181

"Dread Pirate Robert"Hosts: Leo Laporte Guests: Andy Ihnatko, Alex Lindsay, Merlin Mann Recorded: February 16, 2010 Published: February 16, 2010 Duration: 1:47:45 Transcript Previous episode – Next episode

Contents 1 MacBreak Weekly 181: Dread Pirate Robert 1.1 Hosts 1.2 Topics 1.3 Picks of the Week 2 Notable Quotes 3 Significant Products 4 Sponsors 4.1 Audible 4.1.1 Picks 4.2 GoToMeeting 5 Production Information

MacBreak Weekly 181: Dread Pirate Robert

MacWorld Expo lives, Apple sells more Macs, and Adobe doesn't hate HTML 5 after all...

Hosts

• Leo Laporte
• Alex Lindsay
• Andy Ihnatko
• Merlin Mann

Topics

• Macworld 2010 show wrap-up
• pixelcorps.tv Check out MacBreak video coverage from Pixel Corps!
• Verizon to allow Skype calls over 3G on select phones
• A unified App Store for non-iPhones?
• Adobe sabotaging the HTML 5 spec?
• Why are some things so hard to find on iTunes?
• Giving up tech for Lent?
• Google Buzz, Facebook and Twitter privacy issues
• The latest Apple sales data

Picks of the Week

Andy Ihnatko

• Trexta iPhone Case - iPhone case you can draw on; Coming soon

Alex Lindsay

• Plants v.s Zombies - Game for iPhone; $2.99 USD

Merlin Mann

• Liquid Scale - iPhone app that allows you to scale or crop an image without distorting content; $1.99 USD
• Reel Director - Movie editing iPhone App; $7.99 USD
• Wikipanion Plus - Wikipedia search and information collector]; $4.99 USD, Free version also available
• Canabalt - Platform game for iPhone; $2.99 USD

Leo Laporte

• Uncommon - Custom designable iPhone cases; $39.95 USD

Notable Quotes

"Haha. My privacy's going away and I'm eating a burrito". --Merlin's first Buzz post

Significant Products

• Typekit - A subscription service for including high quality Open Type[1] fonts on your web site.

• Appsaurus - One of Merlin's favorites from MacWorld's Teeny Tiny Town. Get personalized app recommendations based on the apps you already like. Also reviewed on MacBreak Video[2].

Sponsors

Audible

• Audible.com/macbreak
• ad times: 0:48-0:57 and 1:08:34-1:14:25

Picks

How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer (UNABRIDGED) Narrated by David Colacci

GoToMeeting

• GoToMeeting.com/MacBreak
• G2M #2
• ad times: 0:37-0:47 and 40:38-43:44

Production Information

• Edited by: Tony
• Notes: edited out Leo when he coughed during Audible ad. 1:09:35

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