Drop, charge, and lose the cordsBOL 1094: Crushing on the Droid
Rafe is being drawing in to a love story with the new Motorola Droid. Dare we call it a Dro-mance? It's certainly a flashy new phone for Verizon which hasn't always been known for flashy new phones. We also congratulate Google on getting the contract to provide email to the city of Los Angeles. Well congratulate and fear for them. Because if they mess this up, it is so over.
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EPISODE 1094
Los Angeles adopts Google e-mail system for 30,000 city employees
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/10/city-council-votes-to-adopt-google-email-system-for-30000-city-employees.html
Verizon and Motorola unveil the Droid
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10384994-266.html
Droid Eris: Verizon’s other Android phone?
http://www.cnet.com/8301-19736_1-10384533-251.html
Google Maps adds turn-by-turn to Android phones for free
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10384544-265.html
Microsoft to shut down MSN Direct traffic service for GPS (in 2012)
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/10/shutting-down-msn-direct-traffic-service-for-gps-units.html
Microsoft Signature computers dump crapware
http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/10/microsofts_signature_pc_shows_its_vision_of_computing_perfection.html
Peek silling Twitter-only device. Why?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002R5AG50?ie=UTF8&tag=livedigitally-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002R5AG50
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/the-twitterpeek-is-a-peek-for-twitter/
FCC Considers Shifting Some TV Airwaves to Broadband
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703574604574499730302393274.html
Stalqer mobile social app finds friends in new ways
http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10384727-250.html
How to Solve the Net Neutrality Issue
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/How-to-Solve-the-Net-Neutrality-Issue-68491.html
Ares I-X successfully launched
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ares/flighttests/aresIx/index.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8330424.stm
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Paul on call forwarding
Hey Guys
Remember Redlasso, where you could use their servers that are recording stuff from cable and local stations 24/7 to make clips to emvbed in your blog?
I was on the list for beta testing and they somehow made it back into service this week?
Who’d have thunk it?
J’Tao
in San Francisco
http://redlasso.com/
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Hey Buzz Crew,
Yesterday you asked if there is still a Universal Service Fund fee on phone bills, and the answer is YES! I currently work for a telco as customer service, and I get about 10 calls a week asking what that charge is on their bill. And of course no one ever likes the answer. In fact, I often have people tell me that our company should eat the cost of the taxes and fee’s. Yes, it would be nice if the telcos did that, but the taxes and fees are so high many companies would go out of business. If we had enough people complain about the USF fee or taxes to our elected officials we could probably reduce them. But don’t get angry with companies that are required by law to have them. I bet that most telcos would be fine will lower taxes or fees on their customers bills, because a happy customer is a customer who will generally stay. Love the show.
~Justin~
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Howdy Buzzians
I know the DMCA is last years hot topic, but I thought people would still enjoy this nonetheless. the EFF (Electronics Frontier Foundation) has set up a new site for their “Takedown Hall of Shame” displaying some of the most insane and ludicrous takedown notices people have recieved. Some of them are downright hilarious while others just make you contemplate the depths of human stupidity. Eitherway thought you guys might enjoy it
Buzz on
~Phillip from the Boonies
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From now on you should have at least one woman host on the show, to help steer the conversation away from strip clubs and what ever the heck Rafe was fantasizing about.
I was listening to episode 1094 and I heard something about T.V. over internet and it got me worried. First off broadband internet is not available where I live so I would no longer have T.V. service unless I paid for satellite T.V. (which I have) but I know that some of my neighbors don't. So if Broadcast television goes to the internet many people that live near me will no longer have T.V. service, and I personally think that T.V. is a basic right, and so does my state penitentiary. I was just saying that with the current state of our broadband system this can't happen. My second complaint is more of a network thing. I have a Sprint data card for my internet access and it has pretty decent speed (about 65 kb/s download speed) but recently there have been a lot of service outages from the hours of about 2PM to 6PM so I can't do anything during this time period. Is this just a Sprint thing, and is it just in Louisiana or across the country as well?
Thanks for Listening, Love The Show.
P.S. I download the podcast before I leave School.
In episode 1094, in the story about L.A.'s move to Gmail, Rafe complained that the Gmail interface wasn't as flexible as Outlook's.
Actually, you can access Gmail using Outlook, either via POP or IMAP. So L.A. government staff could still use Outlook for their Gmail.
Rafe's right though, in that some of the functionality of Outlook is not available without Microsoft Exchange. For example, shared folders and shared calendars wouldn't be available to L.A. staff using Gmail.
Bruce from Peterborough
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by MasterChefD
November 2, 2009 11:18 AM PST
- This is my first time listening to the show. Pretty good.
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