Buzztown Archive

We’re thrilled about Amazon’s new Cloud Drive and Cloud Player, but the record labels might not be — so good for them for potentially forcing that anti-consumer claptrap out into the open. Also, we might complain a lot about our Internet issues, but at least we don’t live in Canada. Plus, the Color hack you knew was coming, and our official advice: don’t use it. Plus,...

Apple’s WWDC announcement could signal the iPhone 5 is coming later this fall. Facebook’s movie model is working, mobile phone payments will be the new black, and Symbian phones will be discontinued in 2010…*tear*. Plus, thanks to the Oxford English Dictionary muffin top will live forever. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementa...

On today’s show, Benito announces that he’s leaving us for his one true love, Gamespot–the good news is, he’s still in the family, and more importantly, in the building, to help out the new guy, Steve Beacham. Be nice, everyone. Also, Google plays Honeycomb close to the vest, Groupon might be on a downward slide, and laser bongs and douche telecoms. Friday! –Molly Buz...

Sony PS3 jailbreaker George Hotz scampers down to South America to avoid having to turn over his possessions to Sony — but claimed he’s just there on spring break. Um. Ok, dude. Also, Apple’s grand plans to take over the Internet completely, the new Color app that either is or isn’t the most amazing startup that ever existed, and record labels’ attempts to sue Limewir...

Sprint doesn’t like the AT&T/T-Mobile deal, and they plan on doing something about it. Firefox 4 comes out with a strong launch, and Microsoft tries to piggy back on it. Yeehaw! And, we’re willing to give our brainwaves away. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation and/or correction has been done for SEO, clarification, or as...

On today’s show, Brian Tong has an exclusive about the next crop of iMacs: they’re on a boat! Also, Kent German calls in from CTIA to talk AT&T-T-Mobile fallout on the show floor, plus a sneak peek at Sprint’s new phone announcements. We rant about Microsoft’s new strategy of demanding licenses for things like status bars on mobile phones, and Apple takes on Amazon in a...

AT&T gets bigger, a whole lot bigger with its purchase of T-Mobile. Trust us, mobile plans won’t be getting any cheaper. Sprint gets a few consolation prizes, Twitter is 5 years old and we feature the Morning-After App. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation and/or correction has been done for SEO, clarification, or as a product of...

The government is planning a new sock puppet program that will create fake online personas to play on social networks in countries around the world (but not America — they say). Microsoft and the feds shut down another giant spam-sending botnet, and HP continues its bold moves: next up, a cloud computing platform. Also, a look inside Amazon’s app store (and the continued Balkanization...

On today’s show, Time Warner’s new live TV iPad app is too cool to last very long, iOS is slower than Android (but Apple’s nit-picking the results, predictably), and Sony is continuing to try to turn George Hotz into a smoking crater for daring to jailbreak the PS3. –Molly Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation and/or...

We’re back in the bunker, everyone, talking the Japan crisis and its effect on tech supply chains. Plus, bid on the SXSW iPad 2, or if you don’t have that kind of cheddar, buy Street Fightr and Sonic for iPhone and the proceeds go to charity. Obama’s IP czar wants to make unauthorized streaming a felony, and Netflix throws down in a big way for original content. Plus, Microsoft h...

Apple’s iPad 2 dominates the tech news headlines, even down here in Austin. America is sold out of iPads, and we’re at least partly to blame. Also, no NFC for your iPhone anytime soon, Facebook gets into the Groupon game, Brian Tong and Cheezburger CEO Be Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation and/or correction has been done for...

From Austin, Molly and Brian interview Pete Cashmore, get caught up on the big group texting trend, and fall in love with Felicia Day. Plus: movie stars! Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation and/or correction has been done for SEO, clarification, or as a product of data migration. Please report errors to buzztownrecovery@gmail.com. This ep...

Between computer love and our frustration at Apple’s capricious review-unit shenanigans, today’s show ends up a tiny bit off the rails. However, in the straight dish, Kinect is the fastest-selling consumer device, Safari falls to hackers in record time, AOL has some brutal layoffs, and Discovery lands safely and is headed for the museum. Sniff. –Molly Buzz Out Loud episodes are r...

Zynga tries to trademark the use of -ville as a suffix in everything from games (including the games it shamelessly ripped off) to clothing stores. Won’t someone stop the madness? Please? Also, Goldman Sachs states from its highly compromised position that Facebook could be a credible threat to Netflix, and credulous reporters and shareholders eat it up. Plus, HP makes a SERIOUS move: puttin...

Facebook is going to start showing movies (and making you buy credits), Microsoft is staking Nokia $1 billion to distribute Windows Phone 7/Nokia love children, and Sprint may buy T-Mobile USA and create a massive mobile carrier third head. Plus, in data porn, Android tops the U.S. smart phone market, AT&T dominates on downloads, and the iPad 2’s dual-core processor is apparently not all...

On today’s show, the increasingly scary security battleground that is our mobile phones (and how carriers could be making it worse), Sony’s war against jailbreaking the PS3 goes nuclear, and Microsoft announces that IE6 needs to die. Plus, RIM’s roadmap for 2011 doesn’t inspire that much confidence, and the reason we’re so tired on Monday (and every other) mornings. &...

Today we are joined by Rafe Needleman of Reporters’ Roundtable and Wilson Tang from The 404 to break down Microsoft’s tablet strategy, what a $539 Xoom means for the iPad 2, and all the dirty things you can do with Opera. Oh, and we found a spot for our moon base! Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation and/or correction has been...

On today’s show, we’re joined by Eric Franklin of the Crave podcast and Wilson Tang from the 404 for what turns out to be a much more reasonable and serious discussion than you might expect. Short version: what’s going to happen to the Android tablets now that iPad 2 is out, and will there be an iPad 3? Also, Verizon ends iPhone unlimited data plan and security woes strike the An...

In case you missed the big event and like to get your news recaps as though they’re happening in real-time, here’s a replay of our live coverage of Apple’s iPad 2 announcement! Upshot: Brian Tong really IS NostraTongus, and every other tablet maker on earth better start slashing prices, stat. –Molly Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some meta...

Gmail is still up and down, PS3 sales are actually blocked in Europe, and Motorola says Xoom sales are off to a good start. What does that mean? But they’re certainly off to a better start than Microsoft, which is only just now, rumor has it, working on Windows 8 tablet design demos that we’ll see … in June. JUNE! Bill Gates is so pretending he never worked there right now. Plus,...

Facebook now shares the stories you like on third-party sites with your News Feed. It’s actually kind of cool, but please: use this feature responsibly, won’t you? Also, Gmail goes down and we’re all rushing to back up, I call Unicorn on rumors of a white iPad 2, and the Tolkien estate takes the Culture of Ownership to a whole other level. –Molly Buzz Out Loud episodes are...

On today’s show, we visit the horror that is the We Dare game for Wii (really!? REALLY!?), celebrate the expected disappearance of content spam from Google search results, and geek out on the details of Thunderbolt. Plus, bigger ads on HuffPo that might not be a bad thing, the Xoom rooted in two hours flat, and Computer Love! –Molly Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original...

Donald Bell joins us today to show off the Xoom in the flesh … and yes, it’s gorgeous, but is Verizon going to ruin it with high carrier prices and contracts? Molly lays down some shocking advice. Also, the new MacBook Pros have Light Peak, called Thunderbolt, Breakup Notifier gets the cold shoulder from Facebook, and the loosest adaptation of a true story we’ve ever heard. Good...

On today’s show, Brian Tong’s secret sources seem to indicate that the iPad 2 might be hitting stores sooner than expected … we’ll see. The announcement is March 2! Also, the FTC looks into kids buying all those Smurf Berries in game on their iPhones, and radiation from cell phones does actually make things happen in your brain, we just don’t know what it means. &#821...

Today in hot, fresh, buzzy news, don’t panic: Libya can fire guns at protesters from helicopters, but it can’t turn off all your bit.ly links. Phew, right? Also, even though the Motorola Xoom might not have Flash the day it comes out of the box, it’ll have it within two weeks, so that’s also a calm-down story. Plus, Amazon launches its Prime streaming service, Microsoft off...