With Molly out covering the iPad launch for your local CBS stations, we’re free to make wanton puns about knot theory. And we do. Plus Brian Tong gets his brain in knots trying to explain how it applies to tangled headphones. we also have the explanation for why iPad apps are ridiculously expensive. And We …
BOL 1197: Where this episode is no joke
Once again this year, we’ve had it with April Fool’s jokes. Except for one. You’ll see. If you’re more tired of iPad than you are of April Fool’s, skip the first half of the show where we recap other people’s reviews since Apple refuses to give us an iPad early. Also, we debunk Microsoft’s claims …
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BOL 1196: Schrodinger’s iPad
We talk a bit about the iPad and Rafe reveals that his iPad is in quantum indeterminacy. He has it reserved but he hasn’t paid for it. And he won’t know until the last minute whether he’s going to buy it. Meanwhile the Google-Apple war heats up on the Flash and the tablet front. And …
BOL 1195: Five years. You’re welcome, tech world.
It’s our five-year anniversary today, and wow, is that a long time. We’ve been here longer than the iPhone (rumors of a Verizon phone announced in June), almost as long as it took the U.S. House to ask the FTC to investigate Google Buzz, and about how long it will take Verizon to actually deliver …
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BOL 1194: Pee2Pee
The show’s a pretty well-controlled train wreck right up until we start talking about the underwear that texts when it’s, um, moist. No, you’re not listening to the 404 (or Gadgettes), it’s actually Buzz Out Loud. In real news (if you will), the first week’s worth of iPads have apparently sold out and actual competition …
BOL 1193: Apple hypocrisy: we salute you
Today’s show opens with a not-unexpected rant about AT&T trying to sell you a $150 MicroCell to supplement the coverage you already pay for. A bit more on Google and China, Apple’s unbelievably bizarre sandbox behavior in approving the otherwise super cool Line2 app, and cheap photos from space. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released …
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BOL 1192: The ethical standards of GoDaddy
We accidentally besmirch the reputation of Danica Patrick, come up with some reasons why Bing might actually work (except for how it apparently means disease in Chinese), and take to task the millions of people who are still deliberately clicking on spam. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata …
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BOL 1191: Evo! Evo! Evo!
On today’s show, there’s tech news, but there’s also the new Sprint Evo 4G, and that’s kind of all we can think about. Its big 4-inch screen, its two cameras, its kickstand. Sigh. It’s my new boo. Also, though, some stuff about Google, the full text of ACTA is leaked, we have a winner in …
BOL 1190: Steve Jobs vs. Predator
Announcing our very first not-even-remotely sanctioned by the legal department video creation contest: make us an awesome video in which Steve Jobs and the Predator work out who has prior art on swipe-to-unlock. We will reward the awesomest video with a Buzz Out Loud ceramic travel mug. Oh, and Google turns off its filters in …
BOL 1189: Slide to explode
Google and China’s war heats up a bit. Amazon is apparently not going to war against the iPad. But the most compelling news of the day? Swipe to unlock existed long before Apple ever thought of it. It involved Aliens. And Predators. And self-destruction. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. …