Digitaloutbox

DigitalOutbox Episode 155 DigitalOutbox Episode 155 - Rubin moves, Reader shuttered and the Boxer hunts a Troll Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 0:51 - Sundar Pichai Takes Over For Andy Rubin As Head Of Android At Google 11:30 - Google takes harsh stance against ad-blocking apps, removes them from Play Store 14:03 - A second spring of cleaning 26:56 - Kindle Fire HD 8.9 finally hits the UK 28:23 - Netflix Speed Index 29:46 - Average UK broadband speed hits 12Mbps 32:20 - Pirate Bay for 3D printing launched 35:22 - The boxer and the troll Picks Ian Pocket Casts - £2.70 - Great features - Great widget - Digitaloutbox looks excellent in it - see the feeds Ridiculous Fishing - £1.50 ish? - Great games for iOS - Simple - drop anchor, catch fish

DigitalOutbox Episode 154 DigitalOutbox Episode 154 - Microsoft Fine, Evernote breach and EA dickery Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 3:20 - Microsoft fined 561m Euros for browser choice error 7:00 - Evernote Security Breach 9:38 - Twitter discontinuing iPhone, Android, and Air versions of TweetDeck 12:21 - Facebook updates News Feeds 16:13 - Amazon acts to halt sales of Keep Calm and Rape T-shirts 18:54 - Tu Go app lets O2 UK customers use their mobile number with any iOS or Android device 20:55 - Tesco launches Clubcard TV, a Blinkbox-powered video-streaming service supported by advertisers 23:47 - Simcity - more EA dickery

DigitalOutbox Episode 152 DigitalOutbox Episode 153 - Gullible Brits, UK Courts and Mobile World Congress Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 0:55 - Microsoft Hacked Too 2:35 - UK was world's most phished country in 2012 8:05 - Attorney general takes legal action over online pictures of Jamie Bulger killers 10:03 - Court orders UK ISPs to block more piracy sites 11:52 - Another Twitter client bites the dust 14:57 - App.net Introducing a freemium tier 20:01 - Google Launches Google+ Sign-In For Mobile And Web 23:30 - Microsoft Launches IE10 For Windows 7 25:14 - Firefox OS Hits The Ground Running With Phones From Telefonica, T-Mobile, Firefox Marketplace For Apps 28:11 - HP Slate 7 hands-on: a standard Android tablet with standard HP style 29:34 - HP emerges as big winner in webOS sale, and LG doesn't rule out a phone 32:13 - Asus launch the Fonepad and the Padfone 34:49 - Samsung unveils Wallet an Android alternative to Apples Passbook 37:21 - Nintendo to brin

DigitalOutbox Episode 152 DigitalOutbox Episode 152 - PS4, Apple Hacked and 4G Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:06 - PS4 13:32 - Google shows what its like to use Project Glass in new video and expands preorders 16:44 - Google launches the Chromebook Pixel 23:38 - HTC One 26:53 - 4G auction raises £2.34 billion in the UK 32:59 - iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S each outsold the Galaxy S3 in Q4 34:13 - Apple Hacked 39:15 - Burger King Twitter Account hacked 42:37 - Google now uses over 120 signals to thwart account hacks 44:51 - Outlook.com passes 60m users Microsoft drops preview tag and preps ad push to kill Hotmail 46:12 - Jonathan Ive gets gold Blue Peter badge

DigitalOutbox Episode 151 DigitalOutbox Episode 151 - iOS issues, Mailbox and naughty Nike Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:07 - Hold off updating your iPhone 4S to iOS 6.1 European carriers warn customers 2:41 - iPhone lockscreen can be bypassed with new iOS 6.1 trick 4:39 - Mailbox 11:24 - Apple drop prices spec bump on laptops 13:23 - First digital magazine sales figures in the UK 15:57 - BBC to broadcast shows on iPlayer before TV transmission 19:45 - 4G to affect TV reception in two million homes 21:21 - Nike has no plans for Fuelband Android app 23:07 - Fitbit brings Bluetooth 4.0 support to Android app 24:41 - Minecraft Pi Edition Picks Ian Kickstarter for iPhone - Free - See all messages - Keep up to date on pledges - Staff highlights, whats popular - Easy to buy into new campaigns - Easy to check on status of a campaign that you are running

DigitalOutbox Episode 150 DigitalOutbox Episode 150 - Three's LTE promise, Dell goes private and next gen consoles Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:01 - Three UK promises to provide LTE without increasing prices 4:32 - BT to end traffic throttling - claims capacity is FAT 6:35 - Liberty Global to buy Virgin Media for $23.3bn 9:57 - Sky+ Android app catches up 11:32 - Channel 4 gives its catch-up TV service 4oD a native Android app 13:57 - iPhone 5 iPad mini jailbreak now available 15:08 - Dell goes private 18:51 - Microsoft Surface Pro Tablet Gets Good Reviews - Except For Battery Life 23:04 - Twitter Hacked 26:00 - Glasgow has the chattiest people on Twitter in the UK 27:41 - Amazon Launches Amazon Coins 30:25 - Hailo closes $30.6m Series B round from Union Square Ventures 32:51 - Next Gen Consoles

DigitalOutbox Episode 149 DigitalOutbox Episode 149 - Blackberry 10, Apples Porn Problem and Glasgow gets smart Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:41 - Blackberry 10 14:23 - EE rolls out 4G to nine new UK towns ahead of schedule 17:45 - Glasgow - UKs first smart city 22:02 - Apples porn problem 26:21 - iOS 6.1 29:45 - New iPad 32:59 - Apple confirms Mac Pro sales will cease in EU on March 1 34:42 - Office 2013 Launched 37:30 - Microsoft Launches Modern.IE 39:31 - Skys Now TV to offer Premier League football and other major sporting events 41:15 - Sky Broadband struggling with demand 43:46 - App.net moves beyond its ad-free Twitter alternative adding 10 GB of storage to share 46:28 - Computer science part of English Baccalaureate 47:19 - 15000 Raspberry Pis free to UK schools thanks to Google 48:43 - Nintendo cuts sales forecast for Wii U and other devices 50:53 - GTAV Delayed

DigitalOutbox Episode 148 DigitalOutbox Episode 148 - Apple slides, HMV is saved and Kims Mega Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 0:58 - Quarterlies 5:33 - Atari files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy 8:53 - Hilco takes control of HMV Brand 10:32 - Sony fined £250,000 after millions of UK gamers details compromised 13:10 - Kim Dotcoms Mega now open 16:28 - Surface Pro dated and Priced 20:53 - EE tweaks 4G pricing 25:15 - The Firefox Phone 26:46 - Twitter launches Vine 28:52 - Actual Facebook Graph Searches Picks Ian Documents for iPad Free file viewer for iPad - Connect to lots of cloud services or load up docs from iTunes - View lots of file types, audio files etc - PDF support is great - Replaced Goodreader for me - as fast if not faster PDF support and better front end Hola - Region unblocker chrome extension - View hulu, pandora, fox, cbs content in the UK, or iPlayer around the world - Free and it works - pretty slick

DigitalOutbox Episode 147 DigitalOutbox Episode 147 - Aaron Swartz, Facebook Graph Search and HMV Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:49 - Aaron Swartz internet activist and builder of Reddit dies at 26 3:31 - Jessops closed 4:06 - HMV in Administration 13:36 - Tweetdeck threatened with closure 15:35 - Facebook Graph Search 24:27 - New Myspace is open 27:08 - BT SmartTalk 29:22 - UK Mobile Operator 3UK Filtering Political Satire

DigitalOutbox Episode 146 DigitalOutbox Episode 146 - CES Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 2:27 - CES 13:13 - Jessops and Play 14:39 - Hacker Gary McKinnon will not face UK charges 15:23 - Internet porn Automatic block rejected 18:36 - Prosecutors clarify offensive online posts law 20:50 - Consumers given more copyright freedom 21:41 - Pirate Bay proxy gets shut down after music industry legal threat 22:38 - Pi Store 25:01 - Another blow for handset subsidies as UK regulator mulls price hike controls 27:57 - Ubunto for Android phones coming 2014 29:45 - iOS Do Not Disturb Bug 31:33 - Google launch YouTube Capture on iOS 33:20 - Microsoft to kill Messenger Picks Henry iRunner - Great app for runners - Plugs into a variety of software and hardware platforms including Runkeeper and Fitbit - Advantage is more detailed running stats Chris Eufloria - Great game Triple Town - Great game

DigitalOutbox Episode 145 DigitalOutbox Episode 145 - Piracy, Google Maps hit iOS and Filters, Filters, Filters. Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:34 - BPI Chase Pirate Bay Proxies 4:17 - Legit Promo Bay is blocked 5:20 - Nook Video launches in the UK 6:51 - BBC Launch Red Button 2.0 7:19 - BBC iPlayer - focus on Android 9:44 - The Daily shuts down 10:51 - Times Nexus 7 Offer 11:56 - Daily Mirror moves to free on the ipad 13:16 - UK Internet Monitoring Bill to be rewritten 15:27 - EE to roll out 4G to another 17 cities and towns 17:44 - Instagram makes Twitter look worse 19:52 - Twitter adds filters to photos 20:52 - Flickr says me too 23:46 - Yahoo updates mail 26:06 - GMail for iOS version 2 27:50 - Google launch Maps for iPhone 33:10 - Google Kills Free Google Apps For Business 35:30 - 2012 38:08 - Last.fm launch Scrobbler for iOS 40:02 - Sony ceases production on cassette player/recorders Picks Ian 1Password 4 - Universal iPad and iPhone - Fas

DigitalOutbox Episode 144 DigitalOutbox Episode 144 - Tweetro, iTunes 11 and iOS vs Android. Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:29 - Twitter kills Tweetro 5:09 - Twitter extends discovery 7:15 - iTunes 11 finally out 10:17 - Nokia Here on iOS 12:58 - Apple looks to TomTom for help 16:54 - Why are iOS users more engaged than Android users 23:28 - Google Drive brings Spreadsheet support 25:43 - 'Piracy' student Richard O'Dwyer avoids US extradition 27:46 - EE increase it's mobile broadband allowance 31:08 - Kickstarter sued over 3d printer 34:15 - Microsoft release Surface Pro pricing 36:34 - IE10 funny video from Microsoft 38:15 - Psy's 'Gangnam Style' becomes most viewed YouTube video of all time 39:39 - Wii U Out Now Picks Ian Fantastical for iPhone - Easy to use calendar for iPhone - Fast, syncs with iCal, far cleaner interface - Quickest way to add calendar entries Flashout 3D - Nice Wipeout clone for iOS - Fast, good graphics - Weapons not so hot -

DigitalOutbox Episode 143 DigitalOutbox Episode 143 - Answerphone.

DigitalOutbox Episode 142 DigitalOutbox Episode 142 - Sinofsky leaves Microsoft, Windows Adverts and Liveblog Wars. Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 6:57 - Windows head Steven Sinofsky leaves Microsoft 10:47 - Windows 8 Hidden Feature 16:07 - Realtime War 18:06 - Government services go digital 21:53 - Queen chooses Samsung 23:39 - Judges tear into Apple 25:21 - Apple and HTC settle patents litigation 28:43 - UK 4G Auction Rules detailed Picks Ian Evernote - New updates for iOS and Mac - Easier to use - Nice looking Mac app now 100000 Stars - Nice app for Chrome browsers Chris Curiosity - what’s inside the box? - Intriguing game for mobile devices - Someone will eventually find whats inside the box - will it be you?

DigitalOutbox Episode 141 DigitalOutbox Episode 141 - Barack, Comet and Halo Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:08 - Barack Wins Social Media 3:38 - Number 10 dashboard 6:46 - Comet crash 9:22 - Instagram launches web profiles 11:41 - Apple finally writes its apology 13:17 - Smart streetlights controlled via iPads to be used in London 17:00 - Elite Dangerous on Kickstarter 20:49 - Xbox Smartglass out for Android and iOS 25:29 - Halo 4

DigitalOutbox Episode 140 DigitalOutbox Episode 140 - Google Nexus Family, Apple Cuts and Windows Phone 8 Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:33 - Google Nexus updates 19:51 - Google Play Music heads to Europe 22:36 - Google brings advanced voice search to iOS 26:52 - Scott Forstall, John Browett To Leave Apple As Ive, Cue, Mansfield And Federighi Take On New Roles 33:12 - Apple publishes apology to Samsung 35:25 - Apple delays iTunes 11 35:50 - Windows Phone 8 41:01 - Kickstarter launches in the UK 46:14 - ITV Player revamp brings ad-free TV rentals, keeps the free catch-ups 47:22 - Disney buy Lucasfilm

DigitalOutbox Episode 139 DigitalOutbox Episode 139 - Apple iPad mini, Macbook 13 Inch Retina, iPad 4th Gen and EE Pricing Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:44 - Apple Keynote 23:07 - Windows 8 29:36 - UK Digital TV Digital Switchover Complete 30:13 - EE finally reveal 4G pricing 35:51 - More UK piracy sites to be blocked Picks Ian Letterpress - iOS - free with in app purchase for $0.99 - New game from Loren Brichter, developer of Tweetie - Simple, addictive word game - Gorgeous clear visual design - Make a word, score points, friend makes a word, block out area’s of the game board

DigitalOutbox Episode 138 DigitalOutbox Episode 138, Facebook, Trolls and Do Not Track Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:53 - Facebook has more than 1 billion users 3:42 - Facebook could be used to prove identity for public services 7:27 - Troll jailed for three months 11:33 - David Cameron joins twitter 12:44 - Huawei and ZTE pose security threat, warns US panel 17:02 - Do Not Track standard needs action says commissioner 19:54 - BBC Launch iPlayer Radio 24:04 - Kindle Lending Library comes to the UK 28:59 - Webplatform.org Picks Ian Super Hexagon - iOS - £1.99 - Minimal action game - Fast, simple, addictive

DigitalOutbox Episode 137 DigitalOutbox Episode 137 - 4G, App.net and Maps. Again. Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:58 - Apple release a letter 4:09 - While Samsung sue Apple for the iPhone 5 7:35 - O2 and Vodafone agree network sharing deal 12:22 - 4G timetable agreed 15:25 - EE Announce 4G launch 19:46 - App.net reveal price drop 22:26 - Tabots release Netbot 26:11 - XFactor for Tech community Picks

DigitalOutbox Episode 136 DigitalOutbox Episode 136 - Nook HD, Samsung Security worries and Maps, Maps, Maps Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 3:15 - Apple had a year left on Google maps contract 8:23 - Meanwhile Google is mapping the Ocean 12:05 - Facebook shutting down face detection in EU 15:20 - Twitter forces IFTTT to remove support 20:19 - Barnes & Noble bring Nook HD tablets to the UK 23:20 - Link found that will reset Samsung Android devices 25:37 - The Guardian proposes a broadband levy to fund journalism 29:11 - News Corp. Backs Down On Anti-Google Stance 31:32 - Nintendo confirm the Wii U is region locked Picks Ian Jasmine Jasmine on iTunes - Free Youtube client for iOS - Clean interface, no ad's, comments or clutter - Can sign in and get you liked and favourited videos - Easy to browse whats popular on youtube - Excellent replacement for the now removed Youtube app from Apple and better than the official Youtube app from Google