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inThirty – 94 – NFC

inThirty — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:59 +0000

The day has finally come when we let Chaim bring in the expert to convince everyone why NFC is the bee’s knees. We’re joined by Srini Panguluri, co-founder of Tagstand, to discuss NFC, how it benefits users, and why it should be in every device.

Show Notes

Tagstand

Tagstand on Twitter

inThirty 93 – Google I/O 2013 Part 2

inThirty — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:24:55 +0000

In part 2 of our exposé on Google I/O 2013, Harry, Justin, Chaim, and special guest Peter Teoh examine Google Maps, Hangouts, and just how creepy Larry Page is willing to get with users’ DNA data.

Show Notes

“Google I/O: Everything You Need To Know From A New Nexus Phone To A Massive Google Maps Redesign” | Macgasm

“Google I/O 2013: everything you need to know” | The Verge

inThirty 92 – Google I/O 2013 Part 1

inThirty — Fri, 17 May 2013 01:49:27 +0000

In Part 1 of our Google I/O roundup, we’re joined by Peter Teoh to discuss Google Play Music All Access, Google Play game services, Google+, and…honestly, we’ve forgotten half the things we talked about. It was a long night and an even longer keynote.

Show Notes

“Google I/O: Everything You Need To Know From A New Nexus Phone To A Massive Google Maps Redesign” | Macgasm

“Google I/O 2013: everything you need to know” | The Verge

inThirty 91 – Rumor Has It 2

inThirty — Fri, 10 May 2013 03:33:10 +0000

Our curiosity is at its peak with Google I/O and WWDC right around the corner. Now comes the need to discuss our hopes and dreams for the products we love.

What’s Google’s messaging strategy for the future? Can Sir Jony deliver a refreshed iOS on June 10th? And what features are we hoping to see in Android and iOS going forward?

Tune in and find out. Because it’s 30 minutes and you’ve got nothing better to do.

Also, if you haven’t yet left us a review, please take the time and drop a few words about us on the ol’ iTunes. We’d very much appreciate it.

Show Notes

“iOS 7 Wishes” | MacStories

“Google Babel to launch as Google Hangouts, Gmail getting card-style Holo update soon [RUMOR]” | Phandroid

WWDC

Google I/O

inThirty 90 – People With Glass Should Not Throw Stones

inThirty — Sat, 04 May 2013 13:15:55 +0000

The time has come for Justin to embrace the Google Glass. He stands in awe of Chaim and Peter Teoh who both have become one of the first people in their respective states to own Google Glass. The two of us walk Justin through the experience of getting glass.

Note: The video is worth a watch.

Show Notes

Peter Teoh | Google Plus
ChaimTime | Privacy Concerns with Glass
Google Glass
Hangout Video

inThirty 89 – This One Time at Coding Camp With Jean MacDonald

inThirty — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:45:58 +0000

source: App Camp For Girls

We’re joined this week by App Camp for Girls founder Jean MacDonald to discuss women in tech, the problem with some conferences, and what it’s like to run a programming camp for teenage girls.

Show Notes Jean MacDonald: Twitter | App.net

App Camp for Girls

Smile Software

Codecademy

inThirty 88 – Marking Up Markdown with Brett Terpstra

inThirty — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:25:52 +0000

This week, we sit down with uber-geek Brett Terpstra to discuss Markdown, developing for the Mac App Store, the future of development on the Mac and iOS, and how much one person is able to accomplish by sacrificing sleep.

Show Notes

Brett on App.net
Brett on Twitter
BrettTerpstra.com
Marked App
Brett’s Projects
Flee to MD Ruby script | GitHub

inThirty 87 – A Warehouse Full of Antennas

inThirty — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:58:08 +0000

Aereo, the little cable company that could, won a two lawsuits against the big TV networks – Will Fox News finally be taken off the air?

In this week’s episode we discuss what it means to cut the cord, why it’s so difficult, and what the future of television will bring.

Show Notes

“Zero-TV Doesn’t Mean Zero Video” | Nielsen

“Nuclear option: would Fox really leave the free airwaves to undercut Aereo?” | The Verge

“Explainer: What’s Aereo, why does it matter, and will it kill cable?” | The Verge

inThrity 86 – Facebook Home

inThirty — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:45:45 +0000

source: The Verge

Facebook’s big announcement brings your identity to your Android phone with Facebook home. Your fearless cohosts invite Kelly Guimont to help dust off our Facebook accounts and see if this is enough to respark our love affair with the socialiest of social networks.

Show Notes

Kelly Guimont on Twitter | Kelly Guimont on App.net

“HTC First with Facebook Home hands-on (video)” | The Verge

“People, not apps: Facebook’s Home event in under 5 minutes” | YouTube

inThirty 85 – The Subsidy Free Episode

inThirty — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 04:40:53 +0000

credit: androidspin.com

Now that the iPhone will soon be on all major (and most) minor carriers, we discuss T-Mobile’s potential resurgence as a major force in the mobile carrier industry. Does its new “un-carrier” plan help or hurt the struggling telecom?

Listen to the the latest episode of inThirty to find out, because according to iTunes, we’re “What’s Hot”.

Show Notes
“Current AT&T iPhone 5 will work on T-Mobile LTE, HSPA+ 21 networks” | Macworld
“T-Mobile finally gets its own 4G LTE network” | TechHive
“T-Mobile’s new iPhone 5 is an unlocked, tweaked AT&T phone” | Ars Technica
“iPhone arrives at T-Mobile on April 12” | Macworld

inThirty 84 – A Hodgepodge of Announcments

inThirty — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:54:59 +0000

Did you ever just wing your presentation? Did you ever just say, “Screw it, we’ll do it live!” We start off talking about the Samsung S4 launch, then we talk some more Google with Keep. We finally cap it off with a rapid fire headlines.

Show Notes

“Google Keep” | Droid Life
“Google Now (not) on iOS” | The Verge
“I Survived the Samsung Galaxy S4 Launch” | Curious Rat
“Samsung Galaxy S4 Launch video” (about 1:10 in)
“Statamic“

inThirty 83 – No, no Google I/O

inThirty — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:04:14 +0000

Did Chaim get into I/O? Did Justin become the new Pope? Did Harry say something nice about non apple anything? Tune in on this week where we talk Google, Google, Google. First we discuss whether Chaim got into I/O. We discuss the problems with Google Wallet, and all the other issues with it. Then we delve into the other announcements of the day. What will happen with Android and Chrome now that Andy Rubin has stepped down. FInally we discuss all the spring cleaning problems Google let out today.

Show Notes

“A second spring of cleaning | Google Blog
“Update from the CEO” | Google Blog
“Powering Down Google Reader” | Google Reader Blog
“Google I/O 2013 Registration Sells Out In 49 Minutes As Users Report Problems Early On Making Payments” | TechCrunch
“Google’s Android chief Andy Rubin steps down” | Reuters
“Chaim at Google I/O” | inThirty Episode 47
“Starbucks Typewriter Guy Is Here to Answer All Your Burning Questions” | Gizmodo (sorry)
Fever
NewsBlur
“Google to shut down Google Reader, Snapseed for Mac among others” | TUAW
“Picasa Web Albums Are Almost Dead, Now Redirecting Photo Owners To Google+, Too” | TechCrunch
PocketCasts

inThirty 82 – Et tu, iOS?

inThirty — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:49:37 +0000

Justin has a problem. He is “Android curious”. He is intrigued by all the interesting features Android has to offer, but loves the stability and quality of his iPhone. Sure, he jailbreaks, but still longs for more customization. It doesn’t help that he is entrenched in the Google ecosystem. Can Harry convince him to stay, or will Chaim, the once-and-former iPhone user convince him it’s time to make the leap?

Show Notes

“Why I switched from iPhone to Android” | Macworld
“An iPhone fan’s month with Windows Phone: Week one” | Macworld
“2012, The Year I Basically Stopped Using Apple’s iOS Apps” | AllThingsD
“New Google Voice Search, Siri are closely matched (hands-on)” | CNet
“An iPad Lover’s Take On The Nexus 7” | TechCrunch
“Steve Wozniak Says Apple is Falling Behind, Thanks to Android” | Android Headlines
“Project Amy merges Apple’s Messages app with App.net” | Ars Technica

inThirty 81 – Social Sharing

inThirty — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 14:46:16 +0000

On this episode the guys talk about how they like to social network. Turns out the guys all truly hate the state of social networking to the point that they sound like the elders on the internet telling ‘them ‘youngins to get off their damn lawns.

Part 1: We talk about Falcon Pro’s Twitter API limiting. We all agree that we care because users bring social interaction to Twitter.

Part 2: Next Chaim details the new Google+ oAuth offering. Spoiler alert: Chaim loves it, Harry says he rather iCloud (whatever that means).

Part 3: We go back into discussing what should be the new social network. We talk about App.net’s freemium model.

[Editor's note: We should be back to normal in terms of posting. New episodes should be out on Friday].

Show Notes

App.net
Harry on ADN
Curious Rat on ADN
Chaim on ADN
Justin on ADN
The Understatement
“Twitter Doesn’t Want You” | CuriousRat.com
“Falcon Pro Update Resets Twitter ID Tokens, Hopes to Free Up A Few More Spots” | Droid-Life
“Introducing Google+ Sign-In: simple and secure, minus the social spam” | Google Developers Blog

inThirty 80 – Not So Special Announcements

inThirty — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 03:39:05 +0000

What happens when announcements don’t have that wow factor? Even big companies suffer from boring announcements or botched product launches. In this week’s episode we talk about two announcements that should have been larger than life, but fell on pretty much deaf ears.

[Editor's Note] – Sorry for the delay. We will try to be more proactive about getting episodes out on time.

You can always watch us live on YouTube, Wednesday’s at 9pm

Show Notes

“Sony announces the PlayStation 4, launching at the end of 2013” | The Verge
“Sony confirms that the PlayStation 4 won’t play PS3 games natively” | The Verge
“Sony adds instant ‘remote play’ of PlayStation 4 games on PS Vita” | The Verge
“Sony’s PlayStation 4 will use Gaikai game streaming technology” | The Verge
“Sony PlayStation 4 games can be played while they are downloading” | The Verge
Chromebook Pixel | Google Play Store
“HTC One unveiled” | Engadget
Retina MacBook Pro | Apple.com
Apple’s Transition to Intel Processors | Wikipedia

inThirty 79 – Wearable (Tech) Couture

inThirty — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 01:21:41 +0000

[Editor's note] Sorry for the delay. We had everything fail us, including the site. Hangouts failed, then Skype failed us, then finally the posting failed us.

So what do the guys think about wearing technology? Do we need smart watches in a society that doesn’t wear watches? Do we need to be even closer to our notifications to the point that we just get notified, but not respond? Watch as Chaim and Harry agree that watches are important, but not (gasp!) the Apple Smart Watch.

Show Notes

“Pebble Smartwatch Review” | The Verge
“Why Would Apple Want to Make an iWatch?” | The Verge
“Candidly Speaking, An iWatch Is A Dumb Idea” | Macgasm
“Starfish smartwatch saga illustrates entrepreneurial stumbling blocks” | Macworld

inThirty 78 – Tablet Evolution

inThirty — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 02:19:31 +0000

agbeat.com

Have you guys heard about these “tablet” things that are all the rage, because we’ve certainly never discussed them before. Listen as we wax poetic on the new Microsoft Surface Pro, how it stacks up against Apple’s new 128 GB iPad, and answer the question: Does anyone really need that much space?

Spoiler alert:

Yes. Finally, we remember Dell still exists for all of five seconds before moving onto something more interesting.

Show Notes

“Microsoft Surface Pro Review” | The Verge
“Dell in $24 Billion Deal to Go Private” | The New York Times
Apple Increases iPad with Retina Display to 128GB | Apple PR

inThirty 77 – BackBerry

inThirty — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:29:01 +0000

BlackBerry must have heard that we were doing a show today, and decided that they wanted the guys from inThirty to talk about it. Listen in as we give the best non biased review we can of the armchair quarterbacking you love from Chaim, Harry, and Justin. We discuss if this is a reinvention, or too little too late. How does the hardware compare to the current crop of smartphones? Does the keyboard, both virtual and hardware, keep in line with the keyboards RIM err… BlackBerry is known for. Finally we takle the OS. Is QNX really worth it?

Show Notes

“RIM reinvents itself with new name, new BlackBerry 10 OS, new smartphones (video)” | TechHive

“BlackBerry Z10 review: a new life, or life support?” | The Verge

“BlackBerry 10 Global Launch Event Keynote Wrap-Up” | BlackBerry Blog

inThirty 76 – Analyzing Apple

inThirty — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 03:32:30 +0000

What happens when Google hangouts fails? inThirty continues on, with our trusty backup Skype. So on today’s show we talk about the Apple roadmap that was rumored a week ago. We opine on our thoughts, hopes, and dreams.

MacRumors

inThirty 75 – Search Yourself

inThirty — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:12:03 +0000

In this week’s inThirty the guys ask the Facebook Graph Search for “All users who thinks that Chaimtime looks like Adam Sandler,” and “All users who have listened to inThirty.”

After we get the hysterics out of the way, we discuss is this natural language search, the search of the future? Who does it right? Who does it best? Where is Apple in all of this?

Show Notes

Facebook Graph Search

“Here Is The Ex-Googler Dream Team That Led Facebook’s New Graph Search Tool” | TechCrunch

“Facebook Graph Search video hands-on | The Verge

inThirty 74 – CES 2013

inThirty — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 15:01:51 +0000

The industry trade show we love to hate is back, as are the giant televisions and bizarre fitness gadgets we’ve come to expect. Your trusty co-hosts take a look at some of the more interesting products at this year’s CES and whether any of them will ever see the light of day.

We’re guessing no.

inThirty 73 – New Years Resolutions 2013

inThirty — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:39:39 +0000

It’s that time of year again, when we reflect on our accomplishments and our f-ups from the last 365 days.

Have Chaim, Harry, and Justin achieved their resolutions set forth from last year?

Chaim said he would secure his digital life.
Harry vowed he would write a novel.
Justin promised he would move his reading and entertainment to ebooks and iTunes Match.

What do the boys have in store for 2013? Tune in and find out.

Show Notes

MyFitnessPal

Fitbit

Scrivener | Literature & Latte

“The Problem with Self-Publishing” | Curious Rat

Episode 72 – Your Rights in Sepia

inThirty — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:30:29 +0000

On this week’s episode of inThirty, we get all up in Instagram’s updated Terms of Service and what they mean for your lomo-fied photos of fixie bikes and artisanal coffees.

Show Notes
Instagram’s Updated Terms of Use “Thank you, and we’re listening” | Instagram Blog
“Facebook vs. Google+ Licensing Rights: Who is More Photographer Friendly?” | About.com: Photography
“No, Instagram can’t sell your photos: what the new terms of service really mean” | The Verge
“Google Drive Terms vs. Dropbox Terms” | Curious Rat
Terms of Service; Didn’t Read: Google
Terms of Service;Didn’t Read: Facebook
Terms of Service; Didn’t Read: TwitPic
Terms of Service; Didn’t Read: Apple

Episode 71 – Holiday Gift Wrap Up 2012

inThirty — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:04:27 +0000

Ho ho ho. Hi hi hi. Episode 71 of inThirty marks our second annual holiday gift guide, Holiday Gift Wrap Up 2012. We break our suggestions up into cheap, less cheap, and the “you owe me big next year” categories and vote on which host’s suggestions we’d most like to receive under our tree, or from the FedEx guy via free Super Saver shipping. Chaim was last year’s winner, do you think Harry or Justin have it in them to best his picks? Tune in.

Feeling generous for the holidays? Donate to the Concert for Sandy Relief.

Episode 71 Hangout: http://youtu.be/NDNF8mkPLrU?t=4m31s

Show Notes

Chaim’s Picks (last year’s winner)
Cards Against Humanity | CAH Website ($19.99, $10 per booster deck)
Cuisinart Grind and Brew ($178.48 on Amazon)
Samsung Chromebook ($249 MSRP)
Sony NEX–5RK ($698 MSRP)

Harry’s Picks
Apple Lightning to USB cable ($19.99)
Sketchnote Handbook by Mike Rohde ($39.99)
Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight ($119)
iPad Mini ($329)

Justin’s Picks
Lucky Line 71101 Key Ring ($1.63) +
Swiss+Tech UKCSB–1 Utili-Key 6-in–1 Keychain Multi-Tool ($9.99) +
Verbatim TUFF ‘N’ TINY 16 GB Flash Drive ($14.03)
Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover Black for iPad 2 and iPad (3rd/4th generation) ($85)
Kindle Paperwhite ($119)
Wacom Inkling Digital Sketch Pen ($199.95)

Related Episode: Holiday Gift Wrap Up 2011

Episode 70 – Taking News off the Tablet

inThirty — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:07:07 +0000

Episode 70 would be easier. Touchdown.

Take five: Harry recorded a special introduction in remembrance of the late, great Dave Brubeck, who passed away this week at the age of 91.

Episode 70 Hangout: http://youtu.be/ABwgnUR96lM?t=4m1s

Show Notes
“Confessions of a The Daily subscriber” | The Loop
“The Problem with Self-Publishing” | The Magazine

Episode 69 – Black Friday Blackout

inThirty — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:40:31 +0000

Ready. Set. Shop. On episode 69 of inThirty we take you through Black Friday ChaimHarryJustin style and let you know what we purchased, or didn’t, after giving thanks. We talk about Small Business Saturday, Purple Monkey Dishwasher Sunday, and, of course Cyber Monday and consider whether the retailer or the retailee does better at the beginning of the holiday shopping season. We get classy and discuss the economic, philosophical, political, and technical implications of the “shop till you drop” mentality and decide we’re probably better off sticking to Samsung-versus-Apple type stuff.

Episode 69 Hangout: http://youtu.be/AB0yf4wRxAo?t=52s

Show Notes
Crashplan Black Friday Deal | Better Luck Next Year!
Walmart Workers Threaten Strike | NJ.com
Small Business Saturday | AMEX
“Black Friday ‘Doorbusters’ Don’t Always Hold Up” | Wall Street Journal
“Why I Left Best Buy After Waiting In Line For Two Hours...” | The Consumerist

Episode 68 – Something about Football

inThirty — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 05:16:40 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving listeners! We hope you’ve recovered from your food comas in time to join us for episode 68 of inThirty – Justin jumped the gun and said it was number 69 at the top of the show and his confusion maintains itself throughout. We leave tech on the table and Chaim takes us through something called “football” with the help of regular contributor Drew Pitchford. Harry is absent, but missed, and we bet he’s thankful that he decided to take this episode off because passing around the pigskin is not his forte. Chaim and Drew try to explain the college football Bowl Championship System to Justin and all three soon realize that figuring out whether Apple really did infringe on Samsung’s wireless patents would be easier. Touchdown.

Episode 68 Hangout: http://youtu.be/zpwttYkQ3OU?t=4m13s

Guest
Drew Pitchford, War Eagle

Show Notes
Rutgers headed to Big Ten | ESPN
The road to the BCS has been a long one | ESPN
Obama’s BCS Options | The Washington Times

Sex, Lies, and Cell Phone Cameras

inThirty — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 02:12:27 +0000

Even though we know who’s going to be president for the next four years or so, for episode 67 of inThirty we’re going to get political, political. On our more than two thirds to one hundred podcast extravaganza episode we examine privacy through the experiences of four public figures: General David Petraeus, Governor Mitt Romney, Representative Scott DesJarlais, and the comedian’s best friend, Representative Anthony Weiner. Each of these public servants was undone by his own misdeeds and uncovered by way of his use of digital communication. We undermine good taste and talk about urinals and affairs and other unsavory stuff and even ask whether the unfortunate downfalls of these four men might actually be for the public good.

Episode 67 Hangout: http://youtu.be/J4yA3IPf57Q?t=3m16s

Show Notes
Fusion Ads / The Magazine | CuriousRat.com
“Why David Petraeus’ Email Troubles Should Make You Nervous” | The Huffington Post
“Paula Broadwell Computer Had ‘Substantial’ Classified Data” | Reuters
“Veteran FBI Agent Helped Start Petraeus E-Mail Inquiry” | The New York Times
“WATCH: Full Secret Video of Private Romney Fundraiser” | Mother Jones
“Twitter scandal: a mess for Anthony Weiner…“ | CS Monitor
“Scott DesJarlais scandal” | Slate

Rock the Vote 2012

inThirty — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 04:42:13 +0000

Maybe this should have been episode 666 of inThirty instead of 66 because we don’t know what the devil happened. We start off talking about battery life and its importance (yes, we determine it is important) in the wake of the power outages caused by Hurricane Sandy and veer off into Scott Forstall’s crazy eyes, skeuomorphic (woah, I spelled that right the first time!) design, and whether the Lightning Port is responsible for the iPhone 5′s quick charging. Harry and Justin then proceed to get into a knock down drag out argument about the quality of Siri and Apple Maps while Chaim checks for the nearest open gas station on his Nexus 7. We do not, at anytime during the 30 minutes of this episode, rock the vote.

Episode 66 Hangout: http://youtu.be/xkwrzHjvbsc

Show Notes
“Oh Apple Lightning connector, how do I love thee? | ZDNet
“Episode 41 – Tim Cook Hates Corinthian Leather” | The Impromptu
5000 mAh External Battery Pack and Charger | Monoprice

Attack of the Tablets

inThirty — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 05:32:15 +0000

We wish everyone recovering from Hurricane Sandy well, and episode 65 of inThirty goes out to the team at PSE&G for getting power back to Chaim, Harry, and Justin in time to talk about tablets. Google didn’t fair as well and their scheduled Android event was moved from IRL to online. Chaim managed to collect all of the sweet details about the dot 2 update to Jelly Bean and the hardware that’ll accompany it before he was knocked off the grid but Harry is not impressed. We pit the new Android tablets and the Kindle Fire against the recently announced iPad Mini and discuss price point, features, design, and determine along the way that this holiday season Amazon, Google, and Apple will duke it out in in the less than ten inch category. Chaim and Justin were introduced to a new contender in the ring, the Microsoft Surface, at Microtropolis (go on, Google it), while Harry went undercover at a Microsoft Store to try it. Harry likes its kickstand, Chaim says it’s revolutionary, Justin says it’s mutant disaster of a device. Take some aspirin (that’s a really subtle tablet pun), put on your headphones, and listen up.

Episode 65 Hangout: http://youtu.be/Ik1g2gbYPXg

Show Notes
“Nexus 4, Nexus 7 32GB HSPA+, and Nexus 10 All Land On Google Play” | Droid Life
“Google Boasts 700K Apps In Google Play, Nearly Matching Apple’s iTunes Offering” | Droid Life
“Slow lane: why Google’s new Nexus 4 doesn’t have LTE” | The Verge
“iPhone 4S review” | The Verge
“Microsoft Surface: It just works… or not” | The Loop
Webcast: Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface Launch Events | Microsoft
The Microtropolis | Microsoft

Ay ay ay, iPad 4 – Apple Special Event Commentary

inThirty — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:06:01 +0000

Isn’t every Apple Event special? On Episode 64 (make that 64 bit, we upgraded) of inThirty
Chaim, Harry, and Justin along with guest host Kelly Guimont of TUAW ooh, ahh, and yawn (Chaim) over the announcement of the new iMac and Mac Mini, MacBook Pro 13″ with Retina Display, iPad with Retina Display (don’t call it the iPad 4), and the worth the price of admission all by itself iPad Mini. We start by critiquing the legerdemain used by Phil Schiller when he removed the black cloth from the slim from one perspective, bulbous from another iMac and quickly move on to discuss whether the new Mac Mini is enough to replace the Mac Pro or even the defunct Xserve. We boldly go where no podcast has gone before in our discussion of Apple’s Fusion Drive SDD plus HDD melding tech. And, yes, everyone wants the new 13″ MacBook Pro with Retina Display – how could the little sibling of the beautiful 15 incher disappoint? Do the non Retina MacBooks deserve to keep their Pro suffix? We discuss. Amongst ourselves. Apple speeds up its upgrade cycle some with the iPad 4, but how long did you expect the Lightning port to be kept away from the iPad? We finish up with a who/what/where/when/why on the iPad Mini and manage to wake Chaim up from his slumber (he uses Apple announcement videos as a sleep aid) in time to compare the new device to his beloved Nexus 7.

Also, Harry Marks strummed us some nice intro and outro licks. Told you we upgraded.

Episode 63 Hangout: http://youtu.be/eRLZoRTQ_ks?t=12m15s

Guest
Kelly Guimont of TUAW

Show Notes
iMac | Apple.com
Mac Mini | Apple.com
MacBook Pro | Apple.com
iPad Mini | Apple.com

Coming to the Surface

inThirty — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 23:04:22 +0000

We’ve all played a little Xbox, but how many of you ever got your hands on a Zune, or a Kin? Microsoft’s getting back into the hardware game with the Surface tablet and on episode 63 of inThirty we get into, about, and under the soon to be released device. We talk pricing, features, make predictions on future market share, and add to the overall confusion about the two different versions of Windows, RT and 8, that’ll run on this new entrant to the tablet market.

Episode 63 Hangout: http://youtu.be/6pxvOYZyAJg?t=5m22s

Show Notes
Microsoft Surface Pricing Goes Toe-to-Toe with Apple iPad | Slashdot
Surface with Windows RT | Microsoft
“Surface RT: Pricing details, spec updates...” | PCWorld
“Microsoft fails to explain Windows 8 vs. Windows RT…” | The Verge
On the Recent Microsoft Surface Announcements | Curious Rat

Honey I Shrunk the iPad

inThirty — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:11:09 +0000

While it’s still a possibility that an iPad with a 7 inch screen may never make it outside of Jonny Ive’s secret industrial design compound, it doesn’t stop us from talking about every inch of the yet to be announced device on episode 62 of inThirty. Whether it’ll be called the Mini, Nano, Small, Little, Micro, or Petite, Chaim, Harry, and Justin conjecture, speculate, and postulate about how the device’ll fit into Apple’s current range of mobile products and analyze the impact of screen size on how users consume their digital diets. Want to find out the best screen size for playing Solitaire or reading the Wall Street Journal or mixing the musical score for a feature film? You better search Google for the answer because we come to no conclusions on this episode of inThirty. Oh, and less is more, sometimes.

Episode 62 Hangout: http://youtu.be/0x8lrwHSMHc

Show Notes
Apple Likely to Unveil “iPad Mini” at October 23 Event | All Things D
7.85-Inch iPad Mini Screen Size Compared to Other Tablets [Diagram] | iClarified
Small iPad, Smaller Minds | CuriousRat.com

Fark the News

inThirty — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:19:54 +0000

Drew Curtis: I’ll take a shot of Bulleit, please.

Warning: this episode caused inThirty to shred its CLEAN tag on iTunes.

The uncontested, despotic, chief commander of the snarkiest site on the internet, Fark.com, joins us for episode 61 of inThirty. Drew Curtis sits in his maroon-leather-perfect-for-a-super-villain office chair and, after sipping (guzzling) bourbon off camera fields a bunch of tough questions about the inner workings of Fark from Chaim, Harry, and Justin. Find out how the backend of the 1,177th most visited site in the US (785th in Pakistan) manages to keep churning out the funnies, learn whether SEO is important to maintaining Drew’s empire, listen to Drew bust the Daily Show’s chops when it comes to journalistic responsibility, and find out why Duke sucks so very much. Plus, Drew explains why FLORIDA has its own tag on Fark. Drew also saves us a trip to Wikipedia and tells us how Fark got its name and explains that there is truly no such thing as the wisdom of crowds.
After listening to (or watching, Drew was good enough to Hangout with us) this episode and reading the corresponding commentary on Fark.com, we think you’ll understand how the site’s audience of “Caucasian…disproportionately moderately educated, childless men under the age of 35 who have incomes over $30,000″ roll.

Episode 61 Hangout: http://youtu.be/koxj5ZTeFQM

Guest
Drew Curtis of Fark.com

Show Notes
Drew’s doin a live google hangout about stuff, check it yo | Fark.com
Comments on the live Hangout | Fark.com
Fark.com Site Ranking | Alexa
Bulleit Bourbon | Drew’s Favorite Beverage

I have an iPhone 5, where am I?

inThirty — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:11:04 +0000

On episode 60 of inThirty we investigate the disappearance of hundreds of iPhone 5 users – apparently the new Apple Maps app is to blame for sending them off course. With the help of special guest Stephen Hackett of 512Pixels.net, we dig into the new Maps in iOS 6 and figure out that while its Flyover feature can make you feel like Super Man, it leaves a lot of users longing for Google’s more down to earth Street View. Chaim and Harry take turns giving their take on turn by turn directions and Chaim reveals that he’s always on time since he uses Google Now on his Galaxy Nexus, and Harry says who needs transit directions in Maps on iOS 6, he’s memorized the rail schedules anyway. Our thanks to Stephen for lending some southern comfort to the debate.

Episode 60 Hangout: http://youtu.be/J7D-KSmKbsI

Guest
Stephen Hackett of 512pixels.net

Show Notes
“On the Timing of Apple’s Map Switch” | Daring Fireball
“Maps On the Rocks” | Curious Rat
“Apple Maps: Damned If You Do, Googled If You Don’t” | Monday Note
“How to Report Problems in iOS 6 Maps | Macworld
The Amazing iOS 6 Maps

Counting on iOS 6

inThirty — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:31:02 +0000

Get your abacus app ready because on episode 59 of inThirty we take you through iOS 6′s launch by the numbers. First we hash out how many people will be running this hexa-release of iOS on the flagship iPhone 5, and it turns out, it’ll be quite a few. Something like 2 million people sacrificed their credit card numbers to the gods of industrial design and expect to have a brand spanking new i5 at their door on September 21. We try to calculate the amount of revenue the preorders will generate for Apple but our screens can’t fit all of the digits. Next, we take you through the BOM, the bill of materials, for the new iPhone 5. We figure out how much an extra 16GB of memory, or if you’re in the 1% and opt for a 64GB iPhone, an extra 48GB of memory really costs Apple, and how much profit they squeeze out of people just so they can store all of their Angry Birds high scores on their phones. Finally, Chaim goes all Suzy Orman on us and looks at the total cost of ownership of a carrier contract subsidized iPhone purchase and compares that to buying an iPhone at, gasp, full retail cost and bringing your own plan. For the students out there we should mention: listening to this episode counts as 3 credits of undergraduate study in macroeconomics.

Episode 59 Hangout: http://youtu.be/ohLyGrA0yb0

Show Notes
“Analyst Estimates On iPhone 5 Launch Weekend Sales Range From 3M–10M” | TechCrunch
“Apple takes orders for 2 million iPhone 5s; shares hit $700” | Bloomberg Businessweek
“Boring” | Curious Rat
“AT&T, Sprint chiefs expect strong iPhone 5 sales” | Marketwatch
“iPhone 5 Carries $199 BOM, Virtual Teardown Reveals” | iSuppli

iPhone 5 is Alive

inThirty — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 03:16:08 +0000

One, two, three, four, five, five: It’s here the sixth version of the iPhone, the iPhone 5. Tim Cook, who doubled down on secrecy, took the stage at Yerba Buena and shocked the crowd by introducing a device with a design that no one outside of Apple could have even imagined – well, at least the new iPod Nano and Touch’s designs hadn’t been spoiled by tech bloggers. Chaim is unimpressed, Harry is dying to get the five digits on his right hand around an i5, and Justin admits to having a crush on Jony Ive. We talk about the iPhone 5′s upgraded speakers, its trio of mics, the elongated screen, the sapphire lens coating and its diamond polished chamfers. Damn it has nice chamfers.

Episode 58 Hangout: http://youtu.be/xOgOWropPOQ

Smartphones Dumbed Down

inThirty — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 21:11:44 +0000

Parents, you’ve got to catch episode 57 of inThirty – do you really want your son or daughter starting the school year without being able to explain the differences between the Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx HD and the Motorola Droid RAZR HD? We didn’t think so. Chaim takes us through the ins and outs of Motorola’s new crop of devices while Harry snores. Some are shipping with Android’s latest release, Jelly Bean, but most, unforgivably, come from the factory with the out of date Ice Cream Sandwich. Harry wakes up in time to gush over Nokia’s newest Lumias, all of which sport Windows Phone 8, or at least will, when they ship, but no one knows when that’ll be. Finally, Justin longs for an Amazon based smartphone, even just so he can tear it down. Oh, and wait, isn’t Apple going to announce something in a couple of days? We cover that, too. We don’t want your kid to show up on the first day of school not knowing the specs of the iPhone 5, after all.

Show Notes
“Nokia Lumia 920 hands-on preview, pictures and video” | The Verge
“Nokia starts over, again: stunning new phones, no release date in sight” | The Verge
“Nokia Lumia 820 hands-on preview (pictures and video)” | The Verge
“Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx HD hands-on: bigger battery, beautiful display, Jelly Bean onboard” | Engadget
“Motorola Droid RAZR HD hands-on: a 720p Android ICS update with 2,500mAh battery life” | Engadget
“Motorola RAZR M official: 4.3-inch qHD display, 1.5GHz dual-core, hitting Verizon for $99” | Engadget
“What could be on tap at Apple’s Sept. 12 press event” | Macworld
“Motorola to Offer $100 Credit to Owners of Devices Not Eligible for Jelly Bean Update (Update)” | Droid-Life
“Rumor: Amazon to Unveil First Smartphone at Tomorrow’s Kindle Event | Droid-Life

So Sue Us

inThirty — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:46:30 +0000

Patents, piracy, probate, and prudence, jurisprudence on this week’s podcast. Please don’t take the title too seriously – on inThirty episode 56 we examine the red tape that’s been sticking to things all over Silicon Valley lately, and try, as only we three can, to cut through it. Apple sues Samsung, Google sues Apple, the RIAA sues Joe Schmoe and we take a look at the impact overall. We also try to figure out if you really can patent curved corners on rectangles.

Show Notes
“Court Upholds Colossal Song-Sharing Penalty” | E-Commerce Times
“Apple vs. Samsung: the verdict” | The Verge
“Who inherits your iTunes library?” | Wall Street Journal
“And Now Google Sues Apple” | Forbes

I Spy APIs

inThirty — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:48:11 +0000

Changes are afoot and being fretted over 140 characters at a time at Twitter. Episode 55 of inThirty takes you through the changes to Twitter’s API and what they mean for the social network’s bazillion users. Harry is worried he’ll be unable to mute hashtags like #Bieberific and Chaim is concerned that he’ll have to wade through promoted tweets by Costco competitors. Justin, and we’ll blame Google Hangouts for this, ducks out of the conversation for a few, but Mr. Michael Degusta of the theunderstatement.com joins us to lend some much needed metered, sardonic, rationality to the discussion. Mike has also gotten himself on the guest list to the swankiest most VIPiest club on the internet, Twitter competitor App.net and tells us all he can about the service without violating the oath he took to get a spot. Thank you Mike!

Show Notes
“Changes coming in Version 1.1 of the Twitter API” | Twitter Dev Blog
“Not At Any Price: Twitter Denied Data To Google And Bet On Itself” | TechCrunch
“Don’t Panic” | Tapbots Blog
“Twitterrific: New Rules, Same Road” | Iconfactory Blog
Diaspora
App.net

What’s App?

inThirty — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:29:36 +0000

Well folks, episode 54 of your favorite tech podcast, inThirty, is really something special. We interview Jony Ive about his inspiration for the upcoming, yet to be announced fifth generation iPhone…wait, sorry, I was dreaming. We do the next best thing and take our loyal listeners through our favorite apps on the desktop and in our pockets, apps for work and apps for play – is now a good time to apologize for the introduction to this episode: sorry! Check the show notes for links to the apps we mention.

Change Your Password

inThirty — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:45:44 +0000

We know – you really miss our typical, amusing, pun laden titles, but, for our 53rd episode, we have to get serious. After putting our schadenfreude aside, we use the computer security horror story of a certain senior writer at Wired to begin a discussion about how to keep safe online. We compare the security mentality of Apple, Google, and Amazon and decide which company’s cloud is most secure. You know, the best place to store your baby pictures. We also factor in two-step authentication (that’s almost a pun) and discuss whether it should be widely adopted. We also give a retrospective on the biggest hacks of the last year and reflect on the annoyance of dealing with password resets…and end the show wallowing in despair. You can’t miss it! And, remember listeners, change your passwords! Throw a % or a ^ in it for good measure. Trust us, you’ll be happy you did.

Show Notes
“How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking” | Wired.com
“LinkedIn Confirms Account Passwords Hacked” | PCWorld.com
“Dropbox Links Spam Attack to Employee Account Breach” | PCMag.com
“Amazon fixes security flaw” | The Verge
“Apple temporarily suspends phone password resets” | Macworld
“How to configure Google’s two-step authentication” | Macworld
“I’m Happy That Your Password Got Hacked” | ChaimTime.com

MoLo, YOLO; Mountain Lion Review

inThirty — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 02:00:27 +0000

Lucky for us Apple decided to release the dot eight version of OS X to celebrate inThirty’s second year and 52nd episode. Justin likes to live on the edge so he’s been playing with the betas, but Chaim, Harry, and special guest Apple aficionado Drew Pitchford (the guy who correctly predicted Mountain Lion’s release date before any of the rumor sites) finally get the gold version on their machines.

We hunt down the most significant changes in Mountain Lion, give our first impressions of the GUI, compare it to its predecessor Lion, discuss the impact of iOS on Apple’s latest feline-themed desktop release, and all gasp as Harry gives Android credit for a specific feature of Apple’s latest and greatest. We do all that in thirty minutes, woah.

Our respect to Drake for this episode’s title and to Snoop for showing his support of 10.7 by donning the Lion moniker.

Don’t forget to celebrate with us and enter our 1 year anniversary giveaway for a chance to win a copy of the awesome Pocket Casts podcatcher app.

You can also checkout our initial coverage of 10.8, Episode 28: Taming Mountain Lion.

Show Notes
John Siracusa’s Mountain Lion Review | Ars Technica
Found | Mac App Store
Checkmark | iOS App Store
nVAlt (Notational Velocity fork) | BrettTerpstra.com

A Conversation with Shifty Jelly Co-founder Philip Simpson

inThirty — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 01:17:52 +0000

On episode 51 of inThirty we talk with Philip Simpson, co-founder and developer at Shifty Jelly, the makers of great apps such as Pocket Casts and Pocket Weather AU.

Philip shares his Amazon App Store horror story and goes on to tell us the differences between selling apps on the iOS App Store verus Google Play and also lets us know which store’s customers are nicer to deal with.

Want to know what it’s like to develop for both Android and iOS? How Xcode compares to Eclipse? Want to listen to an iOS developer with a killer British accent?

Download Pocket Casts, check out the featured podcast (which one could it be?), and press play.

Show Notes

ABC: Amazon Overnight, Buckets of Data, Cable a la Carte

inThirty — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 15:10:05 +0000

Those last 49 episodes went by like a flash, didn’t they? For our over the hill 50th episode celebration we go three ways and take you through Amazon’s same day shipping, navigating family share data plans, and ask if you really need all those cable channels.

Episode 50 Hangout: http://youtu.be/1vUIWq2pcGA

Show Notes
“AMC vs. Dish, Viacom vs. DirecTV: Brawling satellite providers and cable companies take different tactics” | The Washington Post
“Jon Stewart Mocks DirecTV-Viacom Dispute (VIDEO)” | The Huffington Post
“AT&T’s New Shared Data Plans Won’t Deliver ROI for Most” | Wired
“AT&T CEO doesn’t deny FaceTime 3G data packages, says ‘it’s too early to talk about pricing’ | The Verge
“I Want It Now: How Amazon’s ambitious new push for same-day delivery will destroy local retail. | Slate
“The Upward Trajectory of Podcast Lengths” | Curious Rat

Navigating the Amazon Book Store

inThirty — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:50:32 +0000

On episode 49 of inThirty young adult ebook author MB Mulhall takes us through her experience using Kindle Direct to publish her first book Near Death. Mary Beth explains the business to budding novelist Harry and we compare the store that Bezos built to other ebook marketplaces. Thankfully, Mary Beth convinces Chaim not to publish a novel based on chaimtime.com.

Show Notes
Kindle Direct Publishing
Novel Publicity
Create Space
NaNoWriMo
Near Death by MB Mulhall | Amazon Kindle Store
Keystrokes and Wordcounts | Mary Beth’s Blog
MaryBeth on Twitter

The Down Low on Google I/O

inThirty — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 05:59:33 +0000

All rested up and jetlag free, Chaim shows us the swag he managed pilfer from I/O. Episode 48 of inThirty (that’s right, you can now listen to a full 24 hours of our yammering) makes Chaim out to be like a kid on Christmas morning as he gives his thoughts on the Nexus 7 and whether it’s cool even for those of us to have to actually buy one, the Nexus Q and its curious spherical shape, the best way to sell a Galaxy Nexus on Craigslist, and the best way to earn Google merit badges at a developer conference.

Also, Chaim promises that if enough listeners review and subscribe, he will auction off one of his Android jelly bean containers.

Episode 48 Hangout: http://youtu.be/eikIhFX1a6k

Related Episodes
#47: Chaim at Google I/O

Show Links
“On Google’s I/O 2012 Keynote” | Curious Rat

Chaim at Google I/O

inThirty — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 03:45:34 +0000

Chaim is our liaison to Google I/O 2012 for episode 47 of inThirty and shows those left coasters the best way to make use of thirty minutes. Listen (or watch) the madness that is registration and see if Chaim can get a properly sized t-shirt, stalk a Googler, and count the number of jelly beans throughout Moscone all while giving us thirty minutes of podcast gold.

Episode 47 Hangout: http://youtu.be/mSlD09vqkr8

Show Notes
Google I/O 2012

Under the Surface: Microsoft Tablet Announcement

inThirty — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 01:46:49 +0000

So someone at Microsoft HQ finally read Walter Isaacson’s biography on Steve Jobs and the Surface was born! On episode 46 of inThirty we take you through the keynote that marks Microsoft’s entrance into the pantheon of PC manufacturers and the device that’ll do it. We compare, only as appropriate, Microsoft’s methodology to Apple’s: Chaim comes out with high hopes for the platform, Justin is ambivalent but thinks the touch keyboard cover thing is cool, and the Surface definitely gets under Harry’s skin.

Show Notes
Live from Microsoft’s ‘major announcement’ event | The Verge
Compare the Surface to Other Tablets | GDGT

WWDC 2012: Coverage

inThirty — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 02:36:53 +0000

On episode 45 of inThirty we give you in 30 minutes (in 15 minutes if you listen on double time) what it took Apple’s top brass 2 hours to present at Moscone West for 2012′s WWDC. Listen to us lust over the new MacBook Pro with Retina Display, pick apart MoLo (that’s Mountain Lion for those not in the know), and decide whether iOS 6 can eat Android’s dessert.

WWDC 2012: Predictions

inThirty — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 04:39:56 +0000

Chaim, Harry, and Justin turn to reading tea leaves for episode 44 of inThirty: WWDC 2012 is fast approaching and we lay down our predictions for product announcements at the conference. Fresh on the heels of Tim Cook’s All Things D appearance we try to figure out what’s in the pipeline and whether there’s going to be “one more thing.” We’ll followup with a scorecard episode, but until then, listeners place your bets.

And for those of you who were about to take out your abacus, we’ve temporarily skipped episode 43. It’s going to be cobbled together in Garage Band soon enough but you can get your fill on YouTube if you can’t wait for it to show up in your RSS feed.

Show Notes
“Let’s Have Some Fun Reading Way Too Much Into the Preliminary Schedule for WWDC 2012” | Daring Fireball
“Apple’s New Photo Sharing Feature” | Curious Rat
“New 13-inch MacBook Pro specs leaked early?” | CNet
Apple Hardware Buyers Guide | MacRumors

Rumor, Rumor, on the Web

inThirty — Wed, 30 May 2012 03:17:09 +0000

Look into your crystal ball, do you see 3 guys talking to each other about tech rumors via Skype? On episode 43 of inThirty Chaim, Harry, and Justin talk about what’s coming for Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android and discuss which rumors sites dish the industry dirt the best and which should be swept under the rug.

Episode 43 Hangout: http://youtu.be/6rnrx124E1g