Stolendroids Podcast

Stolendroids Podcast


Podcast Episode #297 – Crunchy Knuckles

December 19, 2016

2016 is coming to a close and we have some important news for you!  In addition to all the celebrities who died, 2016 also saw the death of Blackberry.  Yup, we’re calling it; it’s dead.
Also this year the death of Yahoo, the death of Samsung’s credibility, the slow death of wearables, and the slow death of Flash.  Wasn’t this year fun?

Headlines:

* Rogue One
* Trump wants Scoliosis Awareness Hillary
* Microsoft Edge will do what everyone else promised to do (and will get yelled at)
* Apple TV shows just how far behind it is with new update
* Uber would like you to pay to be an uninformed test pilot!
* Yahoo is all out of good graces as 1B user breach surfaces
* Apple introduces “Super Battery Mode” for watch; just bricks the device
* Evernote: “We’re only reading your stuff to better train the bots that are reading your stuff”
* Google’s 2016 year in search confirms what you already knew about this dumpster fire
* Samsung continues the distraction campaign with the Galaxy S8 and BT5
* Verizon clarifies stance; says it WILL disable the Note 7
* So, I guess KickAss Torrents is back?
* Australia officially blocks Torrent sites
* Blah Blah Blah, Government Agency hacked
* Official: Blackberry is dead.
* Plex Cloud on Amazon stops supporting . . . Amazon

Zuke’s Favorite: Rogue One (GGP)
Zohner’s Favorite: Aftership