TWiT 270

TWiT Episode 270

This Week In Tech 270: Fractal Rock

Panel

• Leo Laporte (@leolaporte)
  • Leoville.com
• Dwight Silverman
  • Dwight's Techblog
• Harry MacCracken
  • Harry MacCracken
• John C. Dvorak
  • http://channeldvorak.com

Topics

• Windows Phone 7 Shows Why RIM, Nokia Need a Fresh Start
• Microsoft Takes an Unconventional Route With New Windows Phone 7 Commercials
• Smaller MacBook Air on Apple's agenda
• Rovio’s web site crushed by Angry Birds
• Bing, Now With Extra Facebook: See What Your Friends Like & People Search Results
• AOL Attempting to Buy Yahoo
  • Yahoo Said to Hire Goldman to Handle Takeover Approaches
• Fox Cuts off Hulu: Good and Bad for Cable Subscribers
• Apple’s App Store crosses 300,000 apps
• iPad coming to AT&T and—yes—Verizon stores Oct 28
• Steve Jobs hosts Mark Zuckerberg for Ping pong?
• John Sculley: The Secrets of Steve Jobs’ Success
• "Deleted" Facebook photos still not deleted: a followup
• Government Admits Spying Via Facebook
  • Govt relies on Facebook "narcissism" to spot fake marriages, fraud
• Google’s Marissa Mayer To Leave Search Team, Take Over Location And Local
• Benoît Mandelbrot, Novel Mathematician, Dies at 85

Notable Quotes

• "Four words you'll never hear from Steve Jobs: What do you think?"
  • -- Leo @ 89min23sec

Significant Products

• Product / Service Name
  • Link URL
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Sponsors

CarbonitePro

• CarbonitePro.com
• CarbPro #2
• ad times: :50 - 1:01 and 21:53 - 23:57

Squarespace

• Squarespace.com/TWiT offer code TWiT
• SP #2
• ad times: 1:02 - 1:16 and 44:22 - 47:45

Ford Edge

• ad times: 1:16 - 1:34 and 1:14:48 - 1:18:58

Production Information

• Edited by: Jeff
• Notes:

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