In MobileViews Podcast 72, Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:
– Happy 30th birthday to the Apple Macintosh (Jan. 24, 2014)
– Gmail/Google+-ageddon. 1st world problems. Cyber dependency
Ref: TechCrunch
– iWorks for iOS updated
Ref: GigaOm
– App picks
— Pushbullet for Android – Ref: This Week in Google episode 233
– Yay! S. Korea says no to phone bloatware
Ref: ZDNet
In MobileViews Podcast 71 Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss (and debate):
– Net Neutrality
– Online college courses
– Note the finding that Windows XP is on 95% of ATMs (Automatic Teller Machines).
Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss a number of topics in MobileViews Podcast 70:
1. What products announced at CES 2014 caught our attention?
2. Is controlling the physical world (locks, thermostats, appliances, etc.) from a smartphone a good idea?
3. Cyber security: This time Nieman Marcus’ credit card data was stolen
4. Does it matter that Microsoft did not have a booth at CES 2014? This was set off by The Verge’s click-bait headline: Closing Windows: Microsoft and its platforms are nowhere to be found at CES
5. Windows 9 “Threshold” to arrive in April 2015. And, how much of a disaster is Windows 8 for Microsoft? (ref: Supersite for Windows: “Threshold” to be Called Windows 9, Ship in April 2015)