Brian Cooley’s on the show today to issue some bizarre challenge to the chat room, related to an old Dick Van Dyke movie he thought was only available on 16-millimeter film. That kind of thing just happens when he’s around. Also, iOS 4.2 delayed, Facebook’s Gmail killer, and why is working at Google so bad? …
Month: November 2010
BOL 1349: HED: YAFE: Yet Another Facebook Event
In titles we didn’t use because they’re not SEO-friendly, topics today include the fact that it’s on like Brian Tong ™, Jessica Simpson’s tooth fur, gold does grow on trees, and tiny fists of rage. We interview RockMelt’s CEO and ask him to explain that name, and we preview the latest TRON trailer MST3K style. …
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BOL 1348: Call of Duty: Black Socks
Amazon comes up with the best idea ever for converting terrible gifts to good gifts — before they even get to your doorstep. Take that, Aunt Mildred! Also, RockMelt stands us up, so we demand 50 more invites (which seems counterintuitive, I know). Also, Glassgate hits case-makers, goodbye to Ask.com, and what social networks are …
BOL 1347: Got an STD? There’s an app for that.
On today’s show, a brief digression on the topic of McRibs and then back to the serious news of the Windows Phone 7 launch, Amazon doubling rev share for newspaper and magazine publishers, and broadband satellite service with real speeds. Also, our review of the first TV with Google TV inside, and the best looking …
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BOL 1346: RockMelt our hearts
Happy Monday, everyone! On today’s show, we’re loving the new RockMelt browser, even though yes, we know, we could do the same thing with extensions. We just don’t want to. Also, Apple doesn’t care if you make it to work on time, they’re not fixing that DST alarm bug. Maybe you’re just waking up wring. …
BOL 1345: The right to be forgotten
The EU is standing up for your right to be lonely and off the grid. And we’re glad they are. Plus, Google lays down the smack on Facebook–no importing without reciprocity, suckaz! And in other tech beefs, Consumer Reports goes after Gamespot’s claims that the Kinect can’t see darker-skinned players. Plus, apple pie sparks an …
BOL 1344: Gadgets for rich, white people
Some Gamespot.com editors discovered that the Microsoft Xbox Kinect seems to have trouble recognizing darker skinned players. Plus, it pretty much requires you to have a big, giant house. So, you can see how we arrived at the obvious conclusion in our headline, there. Plus, why Hulu is, in fact, destroying the TV industry, and …
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BOL 1343: BOL loves a parade
On today’s show, we rush you along so we can go watch the San Francisco Giants ticker-tape parade. But in actual tech news, Silicon Valley fails to take over California politics, Google’s really sorry about the whole Buzz thing, but not in a pay you kind of way, and if you’re a Rangers fan, we …
BOL 1342: Kindle burns through the great Firewall
Natali Del Conte Morris joins us on today’s show to talk voting, iOS 4.2 and the curse of that dreaded mute switch, and some notes from the future of technology (hint: it knows where you are). Plus: the real reason DirecTV dropped G4! –Molly Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. …
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BOL 1341: The Power of Tong
It’s Glee meets BOL! Ok, no, don’t panic, there’s not that much singing. But it’s Brian Tong’s first day in the co-host chair, and we are having a good time. Off the rails. In the news today: Facebook app developers were evidently selling your personally identifiable information, which Facebook could barely be bothered to punish …