A full year of tear downs!
In this episode, David and Mike talk about the year, their favorite guests, and the latest in tech and media.
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- Swell App acquired by Apple; Marco launches his podcast app (story)
- How I exposed a social media/sales “expert” on Twitter. (the Twitter conversation)
- HBO $49/month only web trial may expand past Comcast (story)
- Hilton moving to smartphones as keys (story)
- Hilton offers beautiful hotels, and endless emails (story)
- NYT Chronicle from NYTimes labs – Search keywords over the paper’s history. (the tool)
- Amazon opens a 3D printing store (story)
- Dungeons and Dragons turns 40 this year and it saved many a teenager, including David and Michael (story)
- Dungeons and Dragons Open Sourced through d20 License (the available rules)
- Nerd Poker – Podcast of comedians playing D&D with Brian Posehn (podcast)
- Weed is legal (at least in Michael’s state of Washington) (story)
- “Public” to the media industry and technology industry. The blurred lines. And how “Policy” tries to control it. Anil Dash piece on Medium. Interesting discussion. (story)
- Kindle Unlimited (learn more)
- NPR One – New curated app for NPR content. Requires you to log in via G+ or Facebook. Collects user data, and learns from behavior. Also has donate button. (read story and download the app)
- Bonza app for crossword puzzle fanatics (download the app)
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