Buzz Out Loud 1551: We all spend way too much time on Facebook (Podcast)

Microsoft Sold 450 Million Copies Of Windows 7
http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/13/microsoft-sold-450-million-copies-of-windows-7/

TechCrunch Disrupt: Startup Battlefield
http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/ebusiness/231601263

Authors Guild sues universities over online books
http://news.yahoo.com/authors-guild-sues-universities-over-online-books-233911504.html
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/authors-guild-sues-universities-over-book-digitization-project.ars

AMD grabs a Guinness World Record for highest CPU frequency
http://www.slashgear.com/amd-grabs-a-guinness-world-record-for-highest-cpu-frequency-13179323/

Philly papers offering subscribers $99 Android tablet
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20105363-93/philly-papers-offering-subscribers-$99-android-tablet

Nintendo 3DS Getting New Games, Video Recording, Analog Pad
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2392869,00.asp

Americans spent 53.5 billion minutes on Facebook in May 2011
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/americans-spent-535-billion-minutes-on-facebook-in-may-2011/3566?tag=content;selector-blogs

Quick Hits

iOS 5 beta 8 coming this Friday, GM on the 23rd, iPhone 5 launch early October as rumored?
http://www.bgr.com/2011/09/13/ios-5-beta-8-coming-this-friday-gm-on-the-23rd-iphone-5-launch-early-october-as-rumored/

Sony officially details Android Walkman
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20105214-1/sony-officially-details-android-walkman/?tag=cnetRiver

How many web pages are on the internet?
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/09/12/web.index/index.html?hpt=te_t1

Science

Six New Planets: Mini-Neptunes Found Around Sunlike Star
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/02/110202-nasa-kepler-new-planets-found-mini-neptunes-space-science-nature/
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100621133749.htm

Live Demo of the Ring Shuffle App we talked about on Ep 1550

Make Temporary Phone Numbers With RingCentral's New App http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/ringcentral-new-numbers/

EMAILS

Buzzers,

Maybe I’m cynical, but when I heard Stephen bring up the app that lets you create temporary phone numbers, all I could think was that this will be used for one-night stands and for screening creepy guys. Forget Craigslist, this will just be the substitute for blocking someones number. Go on a date, give the fake number and if it’s a disaster they’re gone, if it’s a good one, just tell them you changed your number.

Love ‘da sho

Rich in Lovely Cleveland

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Hey guys
For Android’s new operating system how about a little spice a little south of the border action. I purpose Jalapeno
Love the show
Jim in Colorado

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Next Android Version will be Jerman Chocolate Cake from Aaron Morris

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Next Androis OS name should be Jingle Jangle Jellydoughnut from Jay fox

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Android Names: Jelly Donut
since im jamaican how about Jerk Chicken From Peterjon Smith

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The NEW ANDROID VERSION Thou SHALT BE Called. JESUS! From Calvin Coleman

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Jujube. Its a fruit AND a candy. Pretty sweet. Pun intended.

Julian C

Toronto, Canada

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Dear Buzz Crew,

Re: Episode 1550.

I hate to be the one to point this out to you , but there is a Netflix for books. In fact there's been one for decades (maybe centuries). It's called a library.

Love the show, but sad to lose the daily show.

Thanks,
Kristofor in Toledo

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Hey Buzz Crew,

Just a quick note to tell you that my Android tablet has made it possible for me to go cellphoneless (if that is a word).

By porting my cellphone number to Google Voice, and then setting that up to ring to my Skype-In number on my Motorola Xoom, I still get all my calls and text messages. But am only paying $35 a month for the data plan. Granted, it forces me to keep a bluetooth headset in my ear all the time (otherwise my only option is to use it as a speaker phone) but at a third of the cost of my old voice / data / texting plan, it is a trade off I can live with.

I got tired of carrying both my tablet and my smartphone (Evo) with me everywhere I went. Especially considering I pretty much have the same apps on both devices, both have cameras, etc. I found that I was really only using my smartphone for making calls anymore. When I realized that I could drop the cellphone all together, and keep the number, etc it seemed like a no brainer.

Sincerely,
Hiram: Salt Lake City

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