TC# 50: There will be no singing

This week: Mike (aka Johnny Napalm) joins the crew and we wonder why we're not making 1.5M a year.

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TC# 50: There will be no singing

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Discussion/Feedback

• Tweetie pricing fuss highlights App Store flaw
• Leo Laporte Rakes In $1.5 Million A Year Podcasting

News

• If 30% is good enough for Apple in the App Store, it should be good enough for dropped calls on AT&T, right?
• Google Wave to be released to 100,000 testers Wednesday - CNN.com
  • Google Removes Pirate Bay Frontpage From Search Results
    • Google Puts The Pirate Bay Back in Its Search Index - Business Center - PC World
  • Chased From Sweden, Pirate Bay Sails To Ukraine
• Google maps imploding?
  • Apple may have Google Maps replacement waiting in the wings - Ars Technica
  • Google Injects Ads And User-Generated Content Into iPhone Map
  • Google expands ads for smartphones, adds to iPhone Maps app
• Apple rejects iSinglePayer iPhone app for being 'politically charged'
• Flash to iPhone app inside Flash CS5
• Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer: Chrome And Safari Are Rounding Errors
• Palm webOS 1.2.1 fixes iTunes sync...again
  • This is getting stupid
• Facebook says, "Holidays make people happy."

Other

• Microsoft Security Essentials anti-virus software is now live and free
• TomTom announces iPhone car kit price
• Apple replacing Mighty Mouse (Please, God)
  • RUMOR: Apple to Launch New Touch-Sensitive Mighty Mouse
• Obama bans "texting while driving" for 4.5M govt workers
• Erik gives up.  Vonage can get into the App Store without "duplicating iPhone functionality" (thought it blatantly does), though all kinds of other apps can't.  Yay for Vonage, but at this point, I think it's time to throw in the towel when it comes to making any sense of this.
• YouTube - Mouse 2.0 Video Demonstration
• Wanna talk iTablet rumors?
  • Apple's been in talks with print publications and wants the iTablet to become the next newspaper/magazine reader (plus eBooks, video, LP's, etc.).
  • ...and if it supports annotations and notetaking, it'll beat the Kindle, according to this study of Princeston students. (apparently students hate the Kindle for etextbooks.)

Picks

• Brian
  • Dropbox - Please use my linky!
• Erik
  • Kanex brings digital audio into a Display Port to HDMI adapter
  • Pastie (or Pastie Lite)
• Dan
  • Zombieville USA 1.99
• Mike
  • Pandora app and Max Injury game for iPhone - saved a commute last week when iPhone said 'no content'...
• General
  • Handbrake
  • MetaX
  • 
    Video Monkey

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