Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Show Notes, Episode 12: Zack's Rant

200,000 Android Phones activated everyday.
http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/04/android-activations/

Zach has officially ordered his Droid X on 08/08/10
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=phoneFirst&action=viewPhoneDetail&selectedPhoneId=5369&changingCompletedOrder=&capId=142&phoneTopRated=

The new Blackberry Torch has been announced and there is a hands on review from ars technica. Are they to late with consumer confidence, with a more consumer friendly multimedia phone.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/reviews/2010/08/blackberry-photos.ars

Blockbuster now adds Game rentals to its arsenal
http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/blockbuster-including-games-in-its-by-mail-rentals/

Net Flix has cut a deal with Lionsgate, MGM, and Paramount.
Epix is the movie library that includes films from MGM, Paramount and Lionsgate.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/netflix-epix-deal-is-official-paramount-mgm-and-lionsgate-mov/

Droid 2 is here, and has finally officially been announced
  • 3g Mobile Hot-Spot, 5 device connectivity
  • Flash Player 10.1
  • Redesigned Keyboard
  • Froyo 2.2
  • Corporate E-mail Support
  • R2-D2 Edition available online in September
  • 5 Mega PX camera
  • Swipe Keyboard
  • 3.7 inch Display
  • 8 GB on-board memory, 8 GB Micro SD card pre-installed  upgradable up to 32 GB.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/motorola-droid-2-and-r2-d2-edition-finally-official-android/

South Korean authorities raided Google’s South Korean headquarters today to see if the company has broken any local privacy laws after kicking off street view in that country.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20013156-83.html

Google offers a way for Germans to opt out of Google street view.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hYMBZWNyfe2iANio6x28OBJKbJrQ

Google on whether or not selling user data is a problem.
http://gizmodo.com/5609061/leaked-google-vision-statement-shows-the-company-warming-up-to-selling-user-data

Madden 2011 is out today officially
http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/sports/maddennfl11/index.html

Mafia 2 coming by August 24th
http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/mafia2/index.html?tag=stitialclk;gamespace

Trying the Gazelle service this week will report on how well it works.
http://www.gazelle.com/

Square up credit card service ( investor Kevin Rose of Digg, Digg Nation Podcast  )
https://squareup.com/

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