Digitaloutbox

DigitalOutbox Episode 176 DigitalOutbox Episode 176 - Twitter Trolls, Now TV and goodbye Skydrive Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 0:41 - Twitter under fire after bank note campaigner is target of rape threats 7:55 - Internet troll who abused Mary Beard apologises after threat to tell his mother 9:36 - UK 'losing fight' against internet crime, warn MPs 13:39 - Google asked to remove 100 million 'piracy' links in 2013 16:18 - Blu-ray successor plan unveiled by Sony and Panasonic 19:20 - Microsoft forced to rename SkyDrive following trademark case with broadcaster 22:10 - British broadcaster BSkyB launches £9.99 Now TV set-top box to make all TVs smart 24:34 - The Old Reader bites the dust 27:46 - Brits can now get hands-off with the Autographer wearable camera 30:33 - Asda removes Nintendo's Wii U from stores Picks Ian Immunicity - simple censorship circumvention - basically, configure browser to point to a proxy.pac file. This file contains the latest list

DigitalOutbox Episode 175 DigitalOutbox Episode 175 - Cameron bans porn, Google's new Nexus and Chromecast and Kinightmare returns Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 0:35 - Online pornography to be blocked by default, PM announces 13:01 - Net block MP Claire Perry in spat over porn hack 18:10 - Googles Breakfast 18:10 - Googles Breakfast 18:10 - Googles Breakfast 18:10 - Googles Breakfast 29:25 - Microsoft suffers poor fiscal Q4 with $19.9B in revenue and $0.59 EPS after $900M Surface RT charge 30:41 - Apple Confirms That Its Dev Center Has Been Breached By Hackers 30:41 - Apple Confirms That Its Dev Center Has Been Breached By Hackers 35:40 - Amazon UK will track Prime packages to within 15 minutes of delivery 40:29 - Xbox One will allow independent developers to self-publish titles 44:25 - Knightmare

DigitalOutbox Episode 174 DigitalOutbox Episode 174 - PC decline, Microsoft Restructure and ISP's go to war Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:19 - PC sales see 'longest decline' in history 4:31 - Microsoft Realigns To Focus On Hardware And Better Compete Against The Apples And Samsungs Of The World 8:41 - How Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages 12:28 - UK to probe Huawei staff's role at cybersecurity centre 15:11 - Leaked letter shows ISPs and government at war 21:27 - Google for Non-profits hit's some of the UK 23:00 - UK to test self-driving cars on public roads this year

DigitalOutbox Episode 173 DigitalOutbox Episode 173 - Guilty Apple, Dropbox and GTA5 Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 0:55 - Apple guilty of ebook price fixing 5:18 - Google patches critical Android threat as working exploit is unleashed 7:42 - Vodafone under fire over per-minute charges change 9:25 - Facebook threats against a high school land UK man in jail for two years 12:13 - The BBC will take a three-year hiatus from creating new 3D programming at the end of 2013 14:06 - First 3D printer reaches high street 16:00 - Twitter Apps Finally Sync The Read Status Of Your Direct Messages 17:19 - Dropbox gets cloudier with API for syncing data, not just files 19:07 - Smart lighting and route app to get residents on their bikes 23:39 - Xbox Live UK prices jump one-third in real money swap 26:37 - GTAV

DigitalOutbox Episode 172 DigitalOutbox Episode 172 - Doug Engelbart, Three and EE Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 0:57 - Doug Engelbart, American inventor and computing legend, passes away 1:46 - Facebook to stop ads running next to offensive material 4:34 - UK to crack down on online piracy and counterfeiting with new government unit 6:31 - AutoRip comes to the UK 8:28 - Samsung buys set top box maker Boxee 11:15 - BlackBerry Misses In Q1 2014 13:34 - 3 mobile slashes pay-as-you-go costs 17:46 - EE doubles 4G speeds this week and offers UK's first shared data plans 22:07 - Ubisoft website hacked, usernames and encrypted passwords exposed 23:40 - Zynga Confirms Xbox Head Don Mattrick as New CEO

DigitalOutbox Episode 171 DigitalOutbox Episode 171 - Microsoft Build 2013, Facebook and Sony Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 2:28 - Build 2013 12:33 - Facebook hate speech row 15:39 - Facebook Security Bug Exposed Personal Account Information 19:39 - Sony launches giant waterproof Xperia Z Ultra phone 23:00 - Sony's SmartWatch 2 24:38 - Barclays to sell customer data 27:07 - Google Reader ends this Sunday 31:37 - British Airways to relax rules on electronic devices

DigitalOutbox Episode 170 DigitalOutbox Episode 170 - Xbox 180, Porn, Samsung and Project Loon Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 0:45 - Samsung Ativ 5:18 - Galaxy NX 7:37 - ISPs to include porn filters as standard in UK by 2014 11:18 - Google Is Starting War On Child Pornography 14:48 - Google alternative DuckDuckGo hit nearly 3.1M queries 19:05 - Apple TV Finally Gets HBO GO And WatchESPN 22:02 - Google X Announces Project Loon 25:36 - Google told to delete Street View payload data 27:13 - Instagram Launches 15-Second Video Sharing Feature 29:40 - Skype Video Messaging is now a full-fledged feature for iOS, Android, Windows, Mac and BlackBerry 30:50 - Microsoft launches Office iOS app 32:32 - Xbox 180

DigitalOutbox Episode 169 DigitalOutbox Episode 169 - E3 Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:37 - Xbox 23:17 - Sony 43:53 - Nintendo 45:27 - EA 47:35 - Ubisoft 51:14 - Fez 2 51:52 - Android Consoles

DigitalOutbox Episode 168 DigitalOutbox Episode 168 - WWDC and Prism Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:39 - UK gathering secret intelligence via covert NSA operation 10:38 - UK intelligence make thousands of requests for Microsoft data 12:09 - Google Bought Waze For $1.1B 16:07 - WWDC 19:05 - OS X Mavericks 31:25 - Mac Pro 41:20 - iCloud 43:37 - iOS 7

DigitalOutbox Episode 167 DigitalOutbox Episode 167 - Snoopers Charter, Feedly and the BBC Clock Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 4:11 - Internet companies warn May over 'snooper's charter' 6:36 - Government Still Demanding Action to make web safer 10:02 - UK piracy warning letters delayed until 2015 13:12 - Sky Broadband starts to block access to torrent site proxies, other ISPs likely to follow 15:52 - Reeder, gReader & Other Popular Feed Reading Apps Partner With Feedly Ahead Of Google Reader Shutdown 18:53 - Save Podcasting 23:08 - Zynga lays off 580 employees 26:40 - Nintendo partners with O2 to give 3DS owners free Wi-Fi access at over 8,000 hotspots in the UK 27:30 - Peter Molyneux reveals winner of gaming experiment 30:37 - Trust upholds BBC Online clock complaint Picks Ian Dots - Free addictive game for iOS - From betaworks - Diggg and Instapaper owners - New update today brings it to iPad too plus a multiplayer game - Android in the works

DigitalOutbox Episode 165 DigitalOutbox Episode 165 - Xbox One, Tumblr and Flickr Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 0:40 - Xbox One 30:38 - Yahoo buys Tumblr 34:06 - Flickr Refresh 38:57 - Twitter launch two factor authentication via SMS 39:40 - Emma Way suspended over cyclist tweet 42:50 - Vodafone delays 4G superfast mobile internet launch until September 44:19 - Youtube is 8 years old 47:28 - An Honor for the Creator of the GIF Picks Ian Impossible Road - £1.49 - iPhone/ipad - Tough but enjoyable game - If you like Super Hexagon, you will love this

DigitalOutbox Episode 164 DigitalOutbox Episode 164 - Google I/O Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:45 - Google I/O - Just one keynote this year....that lasted for 3 ½ hours - Notable absence - no new hardware. Unlike previous years there were no hardware announcement, but all attendees did get a Chromebook Pixel. There was however plenty of new software and services (but nothing on Google TV and no new version of Android). Key announcements... - Google: 900 million Android activations to date, 48 billion app downloads - Google announces Play game services, Android's cross-platform answer to Game Center - The platform will support cloud saves, thereby allowing users to save their progress or game state and pick it up on a separate device, as well as achievements and leaderboards using Google+. - API will enable both turn-based and real-time multiplayer - Google Play game services will be supported for titles on Android, iOS and the Web - truly cross platform -

DigitalOutbox Episode 163 DigitalOutbox Episode 163 - Adobe MAX and Windows Blue Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:17 - Windows Blue 3:33 - Microsofts Gates iPad Users Really Just Want a Surface 8:22 - Google's decision to recognize Palestine could undermine peace efforts, Israel says 10:47 - Flipboard Brings Personalized Magazines To Android 14:18 - Adobe MAX 21:45 - Project Mighty smart stylus and Napoleon ruler 25:20 - BT offers free Premier League football in BSkyB battle 27:50 - EA confirms 10 percent of staff laid off in major restructuring 29:38 - 100 websites Capturing the digital universe Picks Ian OneTab - Whenever you find yourself with too many tabs, click the OneTab icon to convert all of your tabs into a list. When you need to access the tabs again, you can either restore them individually or all at once. - When your tabs are in the OneTab list, you will save up to 95% of memory because you will have reduced the number of tabs open in Google Ch

DigitalOutbox Episode 162 DigitalOutbox Episode 162 - Google Now hits iOS and shady Path Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 3:05 - Google Now comes to iOS 6:48 - Monotype deal helps Google's fonts escape the Web 8:52 - Google adds remote desktop to Hangouts, lets users simultaneously video chat and troubleshoot 10:28 - Microsoft launch Skype for Outlook.com 12:09 - Digg Owner Betaworks Buys Instapaper To Go Big On Social Reading And Discovery 16:11 - Path texts user's entire address book at 6am 20:17 - BlackBerry Q10 is fastest-selling ever at Selfridges as corporates snap it up 23:18 - Games Company Releases Version For Pirates That Forces Them To Fail Constantly, Irony Lost On Pirates

DigitalOutbox Episode 161 DigitalOutbox Episode 161 - Apple Doomed, Twitter Hacks and Long Live Clegg. Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:38 - Microsoft introduces two step authentication for its user accounts 2:42 - Dow drops 100 points over a tweet 5:44 - Apple is doomed 10:15 - The Bearer of BadNews 12:46 - Google offers clearer search labels after EU probe 15:57 - Nick Clegg kills off Tory hopes of swift deal on revised 'snooper's charter' 18:10 - Virgin adds 21 new channels to its TV Anywhere service, confirms an Android app for later this year 19:14 - First UK 4G service EE reaches 318,000 LTE customers 5 months after launch 20:26 - Samsung S4 Reviews 22:51 - Nintendo posts annual loss of $366m for 2012, as its 3.45m Wii U sales fall short of 4m target 24:23 - Microsoft to unveil next Xbox at event on May 21st at its Redmond campus 26:51 - Apple auction the most exclusive cup of coffee Picks Ian iPlayer Radio for Android - Great Android app - not j

DigitalOutbox Episode 160 DigitalOutbox Episode 160 - Twitter music, Google Glass and 5 Picks. 5!!!! Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:48 - Twitter Music 6:16 - Google Glass No advertising allowed, developers told 12:27 - Leap Motion Controller Tech To Be Embedded In, And Bundled With, Future HP Devices 15:43 - O2 Refresh 19:43 - Wordpress website targeted by hackers 22:39 - Guardian launches platform for user-generated content 27:07 - Ev Williams acquires long-form journalism project Matter 30:26 - LinkedIn buys Pulse 33:26 - Gov.uk wins Design of the Year award Picks Chris PointerPointer - Just try it Google Remote Desktop - Why have I not heard about this yet!! - Brilliant in browser VNC type solution for any computer you set up through Chrome App Store and your Google ID. Ian Instashare - Airdrop for iOS - Run client on Mac, run app on iOS device - Easily share files - it just works - Free, IAP for £0.69p to remove adverts Macheist - Macheist

DigitalOutbox Episode 159 DigitalOutbox Episode 159 - Google Store, HTC One and Facebook celebs Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:33 - Mayor Pumps $33M Into London Startups With New MMC London Fund 4:30 - HMV branches sold to Hilco, saving 141 branches 6:31 - LulzSec hacktivists plead guilty to cyber-attacks on NHS, Sony and NI 8:14 - Google store updates 11:22 - 4G mobile broadband speeds 'doubling', says EE 14:32 - HTC - Great One reviews, poor profits 18:06 - Samsung unveils 6.3in Galaxy Mega smartphone 21:48 - Facebook starts charging users up to £11 to contact celebrities 23:41 - Apple Pulls App Discovery App 'AppGratis' From App Store 28:05 - Googles New Inactive Account Manager Gives You Control Over Your Digital Afterlife

DigitalOutbox Episode 158 DigitalOutbox Episode 158 - Facebook Home, Browser Forks and So Long Lucasarts Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:29 - Facebooks New Home 8:28 - Google Forks WebKit And Launches Blink 13:05 - Mozilla and Samsung Collaborate on Next Generation Web Browser Engine 17:01 - Dropbox Now in Yahoo! Mail 18:36 - Amazon buys Goodreads 21:06 - Lodsys returns 23:52 - Disney closes Lucasarts 27:10 - British Library to archive one billion UK web pages by year's end 30:12 - Tory MP accidentally tweets porn site instead of news 31:21 - Rumours Picks Chris Kerbal Space Program - Available on Steam. It’s still in Beta and is certainly rough round the edges but is an amazing Space Sandbox game - where you’re pretty much left to start up your own space program from scratch. - Build rockets, send manned missions into space, to the mun, try and get everyone back safely! - Nicely characterized but extremely technical - Thanks to Paul for the pick.

DigitalOutbox Episode 157 DigitalOutbox Episode 157 - Yahoo buys a teen and Updates Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:21 - Apple introduces 2 step verification 4:54 - Global internet slows after biggest attack in history 8:52 - Yahoo spends millions on UK teen Nick D'Aloisio's Summly app 14:03 - Facebook launches free calling for iOS users in UK 17:43 - Google announces open source patent pledge, won't sue 'unless first attacked' 19:59 - Blockbuster UK sold to investment firm, half its stores to close 21:03 - Jessops Returns 23:21 - Telegraph extends paywall to UK readers 26:24 - Flipboard - Now You Can Publish Your Own 'Magazine' 30:07 - U.K's First 4G Network Reaches Half The Population Five Months After Launch 30:47 - Google gives Nexus 4 obvious design tweaks to keep it from falling off your desk Picks Ian Forecast.io - Hyperlocal forecasts for the UK - Web app - Shows now, next hour, next 24 hours and the week ahead - Nice map view - Supports

DigitalOutbox Episode 156 DigitalOutbox Episode 156 - Samsung Galaxy S4, Mailbox and Google Keep Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 0:44 - Samsung Launch Galaxy S4 8:45 - Dropbox buys Mailbox 12:51 - Build collaborative apps with Google Drive Realtime API 14:06 - Google Keep 16:12 - Feedly picks up 500,000 new users 19:33 - Three gobbles up large slice of EE mobile phone spectrum for free 22:00 - Press regulation deal sparks fears of high libel fines for bloggers 27:13 - Kevin Lynch Joining Apple To Become VP Of Technology 34:04 - Internet pioneers are first winners of £1m engineering prize Picks Ian Alfred 2 - Free, powerpack costs $15 - Superb launcher for Mac - Workflows are like a supercharged version of the original extension support. Create one workflow that encompasses a number of steps and scripts - Much improved theme support