Stolendroids Podcast

Stolendroids Podcast


Podcast Episode #223 – Confederate Stapler

July 06, 2015

It's  a week of disjointed news as Schmidty joins us for a record setting number of consecutive episodes.  Collin is still missing, presumably crushed under a row of servers he attempted to move.  Zuke is running on 40 hours of stress, and Zohner . . . well, he's Zohner.

Headlines:

* EU brings up some interesting net neutrality questions (http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/06/eu-plans-to-destroy-net-neutrality-by-allowing-internet-fast-lanes/)
* Apple Music . . . it's worldwide! Also, around the world. (http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/30/did-we-mention-it-was-worldwide/)
* Sprint officially has no clue (http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/06/30/sprint-officially-americas-dumbest-carrier-adds-a-hard-600kbps-video-streaming-speed-cap-to-its-new-unlimited-plans/)
* AT&T allegedly likes Blackberry (http://pocketnow.com/2015/07/02/blackberry-venice-android)
* Plex servers have been hacked.  It's all good. (http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/02/media-server-company-plex-hacked-forum-servers-affected-but-payment-info-safe/)
* Elon Musk saw Age of Ultron . . . it scared him. (http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/02/elon-musk-future-of-life-safe-ai/#continued)
* At least there's not gorillas IN the concentration camps? (http://kutv.com/news/nation-world/whoops-google-sorry-for-including-nazi-concentration-camps-in-game)
* Google Glass 2? (http://pocketnow.com/2015/07/02/new-google-glass-2)
* New Batman v. Superman images (http://geektyrant.com/news/6-official-batman-v-superman-photos-released) More (http://geektyrant.com/news/batman-v-superman-ew-cover-and-the-two-heroes-face-off-in-new-photo)
* Lego shows us the new Batmobile (http://majorspoilers.com/2015/06/30/toys-lego-unveils-first-batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice-sets/)
* New Star Trek movie has a title (http://www.toplessrobot.com/2015/06/star_trek_beyond_title_confirmed_first_official_se.php)
* Chicago taxes the cloud (http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/02/chicago-netflix-tax)
* PlutoTV gets Hulu

Zuke’s Favorite: Comic cameos are awesome! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWY4-SVsyf0)

Schmidty’s Favorite: Brandon Sanderson: Mistborn Series (http://www.amazon.com/Mistborn-Trilogy-Brandon-Sanderson-ebook/dp/B004H1TQBW?tag=stolendroids20)

Zohner’s Favorite: Another great lockscreen replacement (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.next&hl=en)