Aug 17th 2014
This Week in Tech 471
It Is Brisk
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Apple's style, podcast anniversary, Twitter elitism, burgerbot, and more.
Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 22:15 UTC.
Apple's style and their secretive internal training program, podcasting's anniversary, OnePlus' 'Ladies First' contest, Moto 360's feature set, Facebook to flag satirical articles, Twitter elitism, a hamburger-making robot, Samsung buys SmartThings for $200M, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, and more.
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Links
- Simplifying the Bull: How Picasso Helps to Teach Apple's Style
- Apple's secretive internal training program praises Picasso, has full-time faculty
- Apple - Press Info - Apple Leadership
- Facebook: 1.2M unique ALS Ice Bucket Challenge videos posted, and 15M people discussed it
- OnePlus launches, then deletes 'Ladies First' promo contest
- 10 years of podcasting: Code, comedy, and patent lawsuits
- Moto 360 Shows Up at Best Buy for $249, Outs List of Features
- Facebook to flag satirical articles to stop users falling for the Onion's jokes
- I Liked Everything I Saw on Facebook for Two Days. Here's What It Did to Me
- The IBM PC: Was it really only 33 years ago?
- Robot that makes burgers in 10 seconds poised to disrupt fast food industry
- Man who invented pop-up ads:
- The Internet's Original Sin
- Internet of Bling: Samsung Buys SmartThings for $200 Million
- Model S drivetrain warranty increased to infinite miles, applies retroactively