Ep. 19 CES 2013

Ep. 19 CES 2013

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Sponsors
IOLO Technologies – System Mechanic. A great set of PC tuning tools.
SClark Consulting

Hosts & Guests
Stuart Clark
James Wilkinson

Topics
Congrats to Jamison on getting married.

Amazon-Netflix Christmas outage and the costly risks of ‘cloud’ reliance

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/us-business/amazon-netflix-christmas-outage-and-the-costly-risks-of-cloud-reliance/article6736744/

Leaked’ BlackBerry 10 info shows video chat and screen sharing in BBM, new task manager

http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/27/blackberry-10-leak-bbm-video-calling-new-task-manager/

Facebook taps Canada to test talk app

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/facebook-taps-canada-to-test-talk-app/article6922790/
“The numbers back him up. In a country of 35 million, 12 million users log on to the site every single day and data-tracking firm Comscore has reported that four of every five Internet users in the country have accounts. Canadians even have more friends than users in other countries, averaging almost 230 each versus a global average of 130.”

Google and Microsoft declare war (added by Jamieson)
http://gizmodo.com/5973295/google-maps-has-never-been-accessible-on-mobile-internet-explorer

An iPhone Lover’s Confession: I Switched To the Nexus 4. Completely.

http://gizmodo.com/5973073/an-iphone-lovers-confession-i-switched-to-the-nexus-4-completely

What is CES?
New Chipsets
New Mobile Phones
New Cameras
New Speaker Systems
and..

4K TVs are here!
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/7/3847102/sharp-unveils-its-first-4k-ultra-hd-tvs-for-the-us-market
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/5/3839992/sony-4k-oled-tv-at-ces-2013-rumored
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/7/3842602/samsung-un85s9-85-inch-4k-uhd-tv-announced

Intel Partners with Comcast for Live Streaming without set top box through Chipset
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/7/3847890/intel-comcast-partnership-brings-live-tv-to-future-chipsets

Intel will offer kinect like motion sensor to computers
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/7/3848012/intel-nuance-voice-face-interface

Fast Free Wi-Fi Access, With a (Big) Catch
http://technabob.com/blog/2007/05/29/slurpr-fast-free-wi-fi-access-with-a-big-catch/

Lego + iOS or Android = Amazing toys (Added by Jamieson)
http://www.macrumors.com/2013/01/07/ces-2013-lego-debuts-ios-compatible-lego-mindstorms-ev3/

revolutionary paper tablet computer reveals future tablets to be thin and flexible as sheets of paper
http://www.humanmedialab.org/papertab

nVidia Releases first game console
http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/07/nvidia-project-shield-hands-on/

Picks of the Week

Stuart – Battle of The Bulge – Classic Wargaming on the iPad.
James – Alien Blue