The crisp fall air has returned to the Northeast, as do memories of sipping apple cider in front of a roaring fire. Unfortunately for some, the only fire around was coming from their replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones…
On this week’s episode, El Kaiser and J.D. wrangle the week’s headlines, including the latest from the aforementioned Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Inferno, a new coat for Microsoft Paint and Sprint’s efforts to close the digital divide for low-income high-school students. El Kaiser discusses proper electronics safety and J.D. has a (Hopefully) Helpful Hint on how to find out what other household products might be problematic. Now, where are those marshmallows, Hershey bars and graham crackers?
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Links to This Week’s News Stories
- Samsung will ask all global partners to stop sales and exchanges of Galaxy Note7 while further investigation takes place (Samsung)
- Samsung ends Galaxy Note 7 production as problems mount (NYTimes.com)
- U.S. pressed to disclose secret court’s order on Yahoo email search (Reuters)
- Amid breach talk, some Yahoo users finding it hard to exit (Associated Press)
- Yahoo Turned Off E-Mail Forwarding Just When People Might Want To Leave (Consumerist)
- Verizon won’t drop Yahoo but may seek lower price (Fortune)
- Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter provided data access for a surveillance product marketed to target activists of color (ACLU of Northern California)
- Comcast to pay $2.3M fine to resolve billing complaints (FCC)
- Introducing Workplace by Facebook (Facebook Newsroom)
- Here’s a first look at Microsoft’s new Paint app for Windows 10 (The Verge)
- Microsoft is updating Paint with new features and refreshed interface (Thurrott.com)
- Save the date for our Microsoft Event (Windows Experience blog)
- Google Cast app to be renamed Google Home app (Variety)
- Google Assistant is getting a sense of humor from ‘The Onion’ (Engadget)
- Amazon eyes its own convenience stores in addition to drive-up grocery sites, WSJ reports (GeekWire)
- Amazon’s secretive drive-up grocery store takes shape in Seattle neighborhood (GeekWire)
- Five new Dropbox iOS features to help you work on the go (Dropbox blog)
- Sprint provides free wireless devices and service to 1 million disadvantaged students (Sprint)