Bits: Tech Talk
By The New York Times
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Podcast Description
A weekly look at tech news, trends and innovations, with hands-on computing tips, product reviews and a joyful celebration of geek culture. All this and more from J.D. Biersdorfer, Bettina Edelstein and Pedro Rafael Rosado.
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Jenna Wortham on mobile device trends, Tanzina Vega on Ads Worth Spreading; and Alan Yacavone on the iPad 2. | 3/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes | |
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Ben Sisario on the digital music business; a laptop sound bar; and ifixit.com unpacks Xoom and MacBook Pro. | Bettina Edelstein talks to Ben Sisario, who covers the music industry for The Times, about new twists in the digital music business, which has been drumming up interest from investors and entrepreneurs. What's under the covers of Motorola's Xoom tablet and Apple's new MacBook Pro models? J.D. Biersdorfer chats with Kyle Wiens of ifixit.com about its latest teardowns. Pedro Rafael Rosado checks out a sound bar designed for laptops, the Edifier MP250-USB portable multimedia speaker. This week's news roundup includes an eye-movement cursor control prototype; AT&T's shopping text alert program; Verizon ending its unlimited iPhone data plan; and that new thing from Apple. J.D.'s tech tip: how to use the Windows built-in memory tester. | 3/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Brian Stelter on TV's embrace of social media and digital comics on tablets and phones. | Bettina Edelstein talks to Times media reporter Brian Stelter about the TV industry's embrace of Twitter and other social media. J.D. Biersdorfer chats with David Steinberger, the CEO of ComiXology, about digital comics on tablets and smartphones. And Pedro Rafael Rosado takes on the tech term "mobile tagging." This week's news roundup includes GPS for students; video streaming for Amazon Prime subscribers; big investments in the Spotify online music service; and South Korea's plan to expand high-speed broadband. J.D.'s tech tip: Customizing how you sort your iTunes library. | 2/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Adobe Museum of Digital Media, smartphone backup methods; news. | Bettina Edelstein chats with the Adobe Museum of Digital Media's first guest curator, Tom Eccles, and the first artist to show work on the site, Tony Oursler. J.D. Biersdorfer and Pedro Rafael Rosado explore ways to back up your smartphone, including the Iomega SuperHero dock for the iPhone. J.D.'s news roundup includes Apple’s new subscription service; Verizon’s network surviving the iPhone; Last.fm charging for mobile streaming; and IBM’s Watson on Jeopardy. Her tech tip: Safari Reader, a browser tool that unclutters web pages. | 2/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 4 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
No self-indulgent time-wasting
As opposed to some podcasters who're all excited to show off their special audio effects, chatter about themselves, and seem to think listeners have all day to listen to them, these pros get right to the news. The content/time ratio is very high.
I'm also a fan of future tech
I really like this podcast. It talks about the future and current tech (F.Y.I Tomarrow comes today, duh). I really like tech and I can't live without it.
If you want the meat without the fat
This is all Meat and no Fat. Thank you for getting and staying on point! This podcast focuses on Tech and doesn't mess around (well maybe just a little, but that's OK). Thank you for making my travel to and from work a productive one.
