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Tech Hangout #15 – A lot going on in the Apple world

Introduction

  • Andrew Rouch
  • Ben Roethig (Hosts)
  • Patrice Brend’amour
  • Ricardo Garza

Apple Q3 results

http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/23/apple-announces-q3-2013-financial-results/

Security breach in Apple’s Developer Portal

http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/22/apples-developer-center-hacked-by-security-researcher-to-highli/
http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/21/apple-acknowledges-that-developer-site-was-hacked/

Verizon Wireless Introduces Three New Droid Phones

http://www.nerd-news.com/2013/07/verizon-wireless-introduces-three-new.h

Battery Technology

http://gigaom.com/2013/05/21/a-lithium-ion-battery-that-can-last-25-longer-from-startup-amprius/

Movie: Now you see me

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/summit/nowyouseeme/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1670345/

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Tech Hangout #14 – JUMPing carriers

Introduction

  • Benjamin Roethig (Host)
  • Andrew Rouch
  • Patrice Brend’amour
  • Paul ‘Harumph’ Gans
  • Ricardo Garza

Tim Stevens leaves Engadget

http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/15/tim-stevens-out-at-engadget-marc-perton-to-take-over-temporarily/

Rise of the upgrade plans

T-Mobile JUMP:
http://geekbeat.tv/t-mobile-introduces-new-plans-sprint-news-and-more/

AT&T NEXT:
http://geekbeat.tv/att-introduces-next-upgrade-plan/

Sprint My Way and All in
http://phandroid.com/2013/07/11/sprint-announces-unlimited-my-way-all-in-plans/

Logic Pro X

http://www.geekbeat.tv/LogicProX

Spacewalk Aborted After Dangerous Water Leak in Astronaut’s Helmet

http://news.yahoo.com/video/spacewalk-aborted-dangerous-water-leak-170700762.html

Hi Tech Parking Garage (For Bicycles)

http://gizmodo.com/5965336/japans-eco-cycle-stows-bikes-in-a-quake+proof-underground-storage-cylinder

Hybrids and Electric Cars

http://www.fiatusa.com/en/2013/500e/
http://www.ford.com/cars/cmax/

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Tech Hangout #13 – App Stores and Robots

Introduction

  • Benjamin Roethig (Host)
  • Andrew Rouch
  • Steve ‘Kinetic’ Roberts
  • Patrice Brend’amour
  • Paul ‘Harumph’ Gans
  • Ricardo Garza
  • Melissa ‘TheMacMommy’ Davis

Addendum: Android Jellybean surpasses Gingerbread

http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/08/android-jelly-bean-usage-surpasses-gingerbread/

App Store trademark war over

http://www.macrumors.com/2013/07/09/apple-and-amazon-settle-app-store-dispute/

5th Anniversary of the Apple App Store

http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/07/08/apple-takes-popular-ios-apps-free-as-app-store-5th-anniversary-approaches
http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/08/apple-celebrates-5-years-of-the-app-store/

SprintBankWire. Its all over. Thank you God!

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/07/09/sprint-completes-its-acquisition-of-clearwire/

Pacific Rim

http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/8/4501378/pacific-rim-review
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663662/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pacific_rim_2013/

Bionic eyes

http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/07/a-bionic-eye-renders-the-world-in-6×9-resolution-for-the-blind/

Picks of the week

Intellivision

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intellivision_games

Public Service Announcement: Alpha, Beta, and developer preview.

http://bugreport.apple.com

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Tech Hanghout #12: Oh Google….

Introduction

  • Ben Roethig (Host)
  • Andrew Rouch
  • Patrice Brend’amour
  • Rick Garza (Green Tech)
  • Victoria Harrison
  • Dock Rock

Oh Google

troubles getting this started

Post- reader world

http://www.tuaw.com/2013/06/30/last-call-everything-you-need-to-prepare-for-the-google-reader/
http://www.tuaw.com/2013/06/30/third-party-rss-readers-which-ones-are-ready-for-the-google-re/

Data Centers are taking over the world

http://www.slashgear.com/20mw-apple-solar-farm-in-reno-planned-with-high-tech-panels-02288720/
https://www.facebook.com/notes/lule%C3%A5-data-center/lule%C3%A5-goes-live/474321655969861
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/02/us-apple-solar-idUSBRE96102E20130702
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellis_Solar_Power_Plant

Canon EOS 70D: Crazy auto focus. The next step in (semi professional) video production

http://www.canonrumors.com/2013/07/canon-eos-70d-announced/
http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/02/canon-70d-hands-on/
http://youtu.be/0TNL9Y2AnBk

App Camp 4 Girls

http://www.appcamp4girls.com/
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/app-camp-for-girls