On today’s show, cute-animal-song wunderkind Parry Gripp joins us to talk about his new Baby Monkey iPhone game, and he’s represented by the cutest bunny ever. Seriously. We can barely focus. Seriously. Also, Facebook’s major sweeping privacy changes mean you can finally erase your ex from your profile, which is actually kind of awesome. And …
BOL 1537: BOL, Quake Out Loud Edition
On today’s show, an earthquake appears to be headed right for us, and all we can talk about is HP and WebOS some more! Plus, Lenovo’s baffling decision to drop the ThinkPad Tablet into the marketplace at $500, when fire-sale frenzy is at its peak. Um. Oops. And would Apple risk fragmenting the iPhone in …
BOL 1536: TouchPad frenzy ignites the Internet
HP has a winner on its hands, now that it’s killed off that particular winner. The Internetorati clamor to buy discounted TouchPads, while HP’s stock plummets 20 percent to a six-year low. So, Apotheker, who’s right? You or the geeks? Also, Facebook finds out once again that censorship is hard, and the real reason aliens …
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BOL 1535: WebOS? What WebOS?
If you stood by believing all of HP’s grand proclamations about standing by WebOS and supporting it to the end, you’re finding out the hard way that love really does hurt. A lot. Plus, we discuss whether HP really can make it in the post-PC world, and whether this was or wasn’t the best week …
BOL 1534: Cognitive semiconductors: here comes the Singularity!
IBM has created what they’re benignly calling cognitive semiconductors, which are computers that can actually learn, think, and creatively process information. So, that sounds like a good idea, right? I mean, seriously, great work, IBM, but when one of your big backers is DARPA, you can’t fool us. We know Skynet is upon us. Also, …
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BOL 1533: Happy 8,000,000th patent!
We celebrate the patent wars with Zynga while Google’s stock gets downgraded. TV Studios think its a good idea to pull back their content on the Web and if you’ve ever faked a phone call on your cell phone, you’re not the only one. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. …
BOL 1532: President Obama’s on Foursquare
Barack, Do you really want everyone to know where you are? In the Googorola aftermath, Microsoft was reportedly one of the companies in negotiations with Motorola. And the best way to kill an iPad 3 rumor is to squash it with another rumor that you made up. Plus, Wilson Tang of the 404 joins us …
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BOL 1531: Introducing: Googorola!
Google buys Motorola Mobility! Once we figure out that it’s not actually a joke, we grabbed News.com senior writer Maggie Reardon to help break it all down for us. Upshot: patents, patents, and more patents, and a war with its hardware partners. And also, a sea change in the entire industry. So, no big deal. …
BOL 1530: Google’s Got Game
Google gets into the social gaming biz, because it turns out that social gaming addiction is the key to all social media success. Well, and a 5% cut of the profits compared to Facebook’s 30%. Nice move, Google. Scotland Yard is using Britain’s huge network of spy cams plus facial recognition software to track down …
BOL 1529: HTC tries to buy some street cred
HTC spends $300 million to acquire some Beats Electronics awesomeness, but we have to admit: we’re befuddled. Also, Apple is now officially the world’s most valuable company, and we’re happy, because they’re slightly less evil than ExxonMobil. And in the worst idea we’ve heard in a while, the British Prime Minister floats the idea of …
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