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www.thegeeksmack.com - Pushing out the show as quick as possible, tonight I’ll be a guest bartender at AJBombers trying to raise money for the Madison Social Media Club. No show next week as I’ll be flying to Detroit for some super secret Ford event. Then it’s off to LA for BlogWorld & New Media Expo. Tickets are still available: just use that code BWELA20 for 20% off.

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Geek Smack! Tech News:

The Steve Jobs Biogrophy
- Did you buy it? – Get the Steve Jobs Book
Ice Cream Sandwich on Samsung
- Android 4.0 Is it worth it?
Nokia Windows Phone 7
- Nokia N9 might be a game changer.
Chrome Updates Tab Page
- Customizable, easy to use.
Meg Whitman Joins Zaarly Board 
- Alternate eBay site with former CEO? Not a bad idea…
11 Percent of Adults own Tablets, Half Read News
- How papers need to look at this data.
Netflix Shares Drop, Users Leave
- Netflix needs a feel-good moment.

Geek Smack Crap for Halloween

We move from Halloween to Thanksgiving, but in all reality, you could get this one for Halloween. The Raw Turkey Hat lets you wear a Turkey on your head!
Need to spruce up the mail box? Magnetic Wraps let you get festive!
Looking cool never looked so go. That is why you can get some Dragon DX SkullCandy Goggles to get ready for the Winter season. Anti-Fog plyurethane eyewear!

Geek Smack! Geek News:

Rubik or Juggling - Solves Rubik’s Cube While Juggling
Green - Nest Learning Thermostat
Chris Brogan or Social Networking - 106 Excuses that Prevent You from Becomming Great
Pinball - Congrats to Ben Heckendorn’s Pinball Buisness
Game - Steering Wheel for Nintendo 3DS
Lottery FAIL - How Not to Win the Lottery
Pixar - Pixar’s Hoping Lamp Halloween Costume

Geek Smack! Topic of the Week: Microsoft and Android

It’s not unusual that a phone has some technology in it that is owned by another company. Sometimes you barter for trade – you own a patent, they own a patent and it’s a wash. However, sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and pay a few royalties to another company.

That is the case with Microsoft patents and Android. Now, in some cases, a couple dollars here per phone goes to one patent holder, a couple dollars there goes to another. It’s not unusual in building computers. However, in the building of an Android phone, Goldman Sachs estimated Microsoft getting $444 million for Android phones next year.

Makes you wish you got in the patent game, doesn’t it?

In the end, the question arises: Does it make the phone worth it to you? Do those little additions help you build your business? For me – the answer is yes. It’s not the first time a company has profited from another, and it certainly won’t be the last.

You may not like it, but that’s not going to make it go away.

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