Episodes will be released daily (as long as we can keep up on it).
Spoiler: it’s Veronica! Also, gambling prostitutes. Ms. Belmont joins us today to talk about Google’s abject apologies and speculate about what’s inside that Google-Aid they’re drinking down there. Plus, we think Windows Phone 7 looks pretty cool despite that odd naming convention, and after that it’s all mobile news all the time. –Molly Buzz Out …
Read the full post →“BOL 1166: What’s in Veronica’s closet?”
The rumor mill has it that Amazon wants to give its Prime subscribers a free Kindle. Like, all of them. We think that fails the sniff test, but we might be hypersensitive because of the ridiculous rumor mill that briefly killed off the Palm Pre and Palm Pixi this week. Oh, and Google’s working on …
Read the full post →“BOL 1165: Kindles for all? The future is cloudy.”
We think, due to the magic of search-engine optimization, that this episode is about to become our highest-rated ever. P.S. Attention, visitors from Google: this is not the Facebook login page. Sorry about that. In other news today, we tear down Google Buzz’s privacy options, Bill Gates can barely be bothered to diss the iPad, …
When botnets do battle for your desktop, you lose. But we still find it kind of cool. Google Buzz on the other hand, we’re not so sure about — mainly because we just want to try it out and it turns out we’ve now been opted in to all kinds of public information and sharing …
Google rolls out its new Buzz feature and all we can say is this: don’t even THINK of calling your new text-to-speech chat feature Buzz Out Loud. Because we will come for you. Also, the Nexus One gets phone support … for shipping questions only. Sad trombone. And Toyota can’t catch a break. Poor Toyota. …
Today’s BOL ushers in the dawn of … a new drinking game! Whenever you hear us say definitely on today’s show — and it’s going to be often — take a swig. Also, we Monday-morning quarterback the Super Bowl ads and explore the many reasons people don’t want to buy an iPad. Oh, and my …
Read the full post →“BOL 1161: Molly Wood is definitely back on BOL. Definitely.”
We cover Amazon’s capitulation to another publisher, and Google’s book deal comes under assault from the Department of Justice. Jeff Zucker appears to lie to Congress and Sling implies AT&T lied about their app. And the $9.99 eBook is declared dead by Gizmodo and Rafe declares eInk dead. Just another day on the Internet. Buzz …
We discover that the Internet is just as dangerous as outside, which means you need to wear clean underwear. Natali also invents the IPADBJ?RN for all you iPad-wanters who need to use it hands-free. And we declare Donald Bell Emperor Pimp of portable entertainment devices. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio …
Read the full post →“BOL 1159: Wear clean underpants on the Internet”
dek: Nexus One gets multitouch but the rest of the Android universe is left out in the cold. Plus, Motorola’s not using the Droid name for its upcoming Android phones. What’s going on here? Plus, we revel in the intellectual awesomeness of imagining Windows 7 running on an iPad (even in virtual mode). –Molly Buzz …
dek: On the Internet, the only thing harder to fight than frivolous copyright infringement accusations is comment trolls. Nevertheless, we’re all going to give it our best shots. In other news, Woz hacks its Prius, the Internet comes up with wishful-thinking rumors to turn the iPad into the thing we all wanted it to be, …
Read the full post →“BOL 1157: Fighting trolls is like fighting ghosts”
