Mark Zuckerburg apparently uses the term “awesome” a lot, while Facebook’s new features are, well, playing catch-up, Microsoft playing angels and demons and is Google helping people find what you do in your bedroom? All this and more on this week’s edition of TECHGEEK Weekly.
Stewart’s not present in this episode, leaving Terence hosting the podcast with Chris and Tom in the roundtable. Don’t forget to listen and subscribe.
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Show Notes
Top Stories
OUR NEW LOOK: Bye Bye Exogenesis, Hello Lights
Facebook announces Skype-powered video calling, chat improvements
Call Your Friends Right From Facebook
Report: Google to kill Blogger, Picasa for Google+
Facebook blocks Google Chrome extension for exporting friends
Baidu and Microsoft tie-up for English search in China
Microsoft wants Samsung to pay smartphone license
Report: Microsoft wants $15 per Android handset
Microsoft launches multi-touch SDK for Touch Mouse, allows WP7 Mango on old phones
Pwnage Playtime
Report: PlayStation 4 coming in 2012
Apple’s iTunes App Store Reaches 15 Billion Downloads
Sony’s PSN Pass Latest Tech To Block Secondhand Sales
Tom’s Stockings
Facebook accidentally confirms upcoming music service
Amazon Put In An Order For 1.2 Million Tablets, More Than Any Other Company Besides Apple
China to deploy huge Big Brother surveillance network with Cisco’s help
In Other News
ISPs Fight Piracy: Meet the Six Strikes
Is Samsung making a WP7 version of the Galaxy S II?
Simple DNS change defeats Optus filter
Vodafone class action lawsuit grows – gains 23,000 claimants
Nielsen SoundScan: Album sales inching up
JailbreakMe 3.0 released, works PC-free with iOS 4.3.3
VIDEO: iPad in Apple Store jailbroken
TMI? Some Fitbit users’ sex stats on Google search
In The Loop
Apple Passes RIM In U.S. Smartphone Market Share (Again)
Critical vulnerability found in Apple’s iPhone, iPad operating system
iPhone 5 order: 15 million for Sept. launch, report says
Apple Store overnight planned for July 13th, new MacBook Airs and Lion signage awaits
Tom’s Stockings
Fox News, Secret Service investigating apparent Twitter hack
Printer produces personalised 3D chocolate
Nintendo Nixes Future iPhone, Android Games Despite Pokemon Title