This week, we’re proud to add Devindra Hardawar (reporter for VentureBeat and co-host of the Symbiotek & Slashfilmcast podcasts) as part of our regular roundtable of co-hosts (welcome, Devindra!).
We discuss the new “add to Tumblr” button for publishers, using speech to recharge cellphones, inside Apple with Steve Jobs, infighting amongst Anonymous factions, the Biggest BitTorrent case in U.S. history, Google lobbies for driverless cars, and a FCC commissioner who brokered Comcast’s merger with Universal leaves to lobby for Comcast.
Later we discuss Microsoft’s deal to purchase Skype for $8.5 billion, and we cover news from Google’s I/O conference, including Google Music Beta, movie rentals on YouTube, Android@Home, and Chromebooks
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Headlines
- Tumblr Launches ‘Share On Tumblr’ Button For Publishers
- Cellphones could be charged by voice chatter
- “Inside Apple” Reveals Steve Jobs Anecdotes, Apple’s Little Known Facts
- Exclusive: AnonOps splinter group speaks out
- Biggest BitTorrent Downloading Case in U.S. History Targets 23,000 Defendants
- Google lobbies Nevada to be first state for self-driving cars
- Meredith Attwell Baker Leaving F.C.C. to Join Comcast
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Musical Interlude #1
Hot Topic I: Microsoft buys Skype
- Microsoft Buys Skype for $8.5 Billion. Why, Exactly?
- Done Deal! Big Deal. Smart Deal? Microsoft Buys Skype For $8.5 Billion In Cash
Musical Interlude #2
Hot Topic II: Google I/O Conference
- Google Music Is Live In Beta Now! Here’s What You Need To Know
- Google’s Music Beta first look: it’s miserable
- Google Partners With Sony Pictures, Universal And Warner Brothers For YouTube Movies
- Google announces Android @ Home
- Google launches Chromebooks
This week’s music by Robert Lund and Spaff.com, courtesy MusicAlley, the podsafe music network