Close Encounters of the Third Kind is coming back for a 40th-anniversary run, but a couple of old standbys are getting boxed up for the software attic. El Kaiser and J.D. take a stroll through the week’s headlines and talk later about Google Street View — and how those who love it can make their own outdoor 360-images. Punch that Play button and come on along!
Links to Stories on This Week’s Episode
- EU increases pressure on Facebook, Google and Twitter over user terms (Reuters)
- Alphabet adds to cash pile despite higher costs, antitrust fine (Reuters)
- iPhone 8 launch date: Expect hint in Apple’s earnings call next week (Business Insider)
- Second version of HoloLens HPU will incorporate AI coprocessor for implementing DNNs (Microsoft Research blog)
- “Perverse” malware infecting hundreds of Macs remained undetected for years (Ars Technica)
- Roomba vacuum maker iRobot betting big on the ‘smart’ home (Reuters)
- NASA invites you to become a citizen scientist during US total solar eclipse (GLOBE.gov)
- GLOBE Observer app
- Helping people in a crisis (Google blog)
- Flash & the future of interactive content (Adobe Conversations blog)
- Microsoft Paint’s days may be numbered (The New York Times)
- MS Paint is here to stay (Windows blog)
- Google Street View
- Google Street View apps
- Finding a map’s date on Google Street View (The New York Times)
- Pedro Rafael Rosado’s Instagram feed
- J.D. Biersdorfer’s Instagram feed
- Wandering Livestock on Instagram
