MacBreak Weekly 173
Episode 173 |
Guests: Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko Recorded: December 29, 2009 Published: December 29, 2009 Duration: 1:15:45 |
Contents
MacBreak Weekly 173: Two Words: Dance Belt
Hosts
Topics
- AT&T temporarily halts online iPhone sales to New York City - Why?
- Google schedules Android related announcement for January 5th Will the Google Nexus One phone be officially unveiled?
- Apple reportedly books venue for product announcement on January 26th Tablet announcement? iTunes/Apple TV content deals to be unveiled?
- Apple tablet rumor mill - Steve Jobs reportedly "happy" with as yet unannounced Apple tablet product
- Nokia files complaint against Apple for patent infringement
- [1] Nokia unboxing video
- Andy thinks that Unix and Unix derivative operating systems (i.e. Linux) are the technology of the decade
- Will the rumored tablet introduce a third variation of Mac OS X? What will it be called?
- "I'm on a Mac" Parody music video
Picks of the Week
- Leo Laporte
- Blippy.com - Social networking for online purchases (iTunes, Amazon); Free
- Withings Wi-Fi scale - Transmits weight and other data via Wi-fi, also allows online publishing; $159 USD
- Alex Lindsay
- Qik Live - Live streaming video app for iPhone; Free
- Andy Ihnatko
- ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac - OCR software for Mac OS X; $99.99 USD
Notable Quotes
- "Google is like Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory" - Andy Ihnatko
Significant Products
- Link URL and optional brief description
Sponsors
Audible
- Audible.com/macbreak
- ad times: 00:01:08-00:01:16 and 00:50:08-00:55:19
Picks
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Googled: The End of the World as We Know It by Ken Auletta (UNABRIDGED) Narrated by Jim Bond |
FordSYNC
- FordSync #7
- SyncMyRide.com
- ad times: 00:00:37-00:00:54 and 00:34:07-00:36:20
Squarespace
- Squarespace.com/macbreak
- ad times: 00:00:55-00:01:07 and 00:19:23-00:22:08
Production Information
- Edited by: Erik
- Notes:
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