Today On Twitter 17: Back On The Beat

Today on the show: Josh Windisch (@themacinjosh), Rob Brogan (@robrogan)

Special thanks to Devin Polasky for the music on the show.  Check him out online at http://devinpolasky.com

Topics Discussed…

  1. Superbowl 45: The reaction to the game, commercials & halftime on Twitter.
    @RyanRuggiero: FOX: Super Bowl XLV averaged 111M viewers and 162.9M total viewers to become the most-watched program in TV history #Superbowl
    @rgiraldi God – never in my life have I wanted @kanyewest to interrupt a performance more. #superbowl #blackeyedpeas
    @devbost: Dear @Groupon – over a million Tibetans have been killed during Chinese occupation. Your ad wasn’t funny. http://bit.ly/e3HVjZ #SuperBowl
  2. Verizon locks WiFi on Motorola Xoom until you buy 1 month of data service (Engadget)
    @techfrog Verizon locks WiFi on Motorola Xoom until you buy 1 month of data service? At $800, I say #FAIL
  3. AOL to buy The Huffington Post for $315 million (Reuters)
    @tsinews: AOL to buy The Huffington Post for $315 million

    @paulscheer The most surprising thing about the AOL/ Huffington Post merger is that AOL still exists. What’s next Geocities buying Aint-it-Cool News?
  4. Sprint’s Kyocera Echo dual-screen Android phone announced (Engadget)

Today On Twitter 15: Two Sick Men and One Excited Child

Today on the show: Josh Windisch (@themacinjosh), Mike Rapin (@mikerapin) and Brian Murray (@brianhead)

Topics Discussed…

  1. Intel Hires New Director of Creative Innovation — and it’s Will.i.am from Black Eyed Peas -LA Times (thanks @krewell)
  2. Google Launches Cloud Printing for iOS Devices -Modyouri
  3. Full Text of Obama State of the Union draft leaked -Huffington Post
  4. Keanu Reeves Reveals 3D Plans for “The Matrix” 4 and 5 -NME Magazine
  5. Protesting in Egypt: 3 People Reported Killed. “Most serious civil unrest in recent memory” -NY Times
    @ustream BREAKING: @Twitter is blocked in Egypt as protests ensue. Ustream has a live feed of the streets in Cairo. http://bit.ly/hUxKvf #Egypt

    @twitterglobalpr: We can confirm that Twitter was blocked in Egypt around 8am PT today.

Today On Twitter 14: The End Is Nigh

Today on the show: Josh Windisch (@themacinjosh), Mike Rapin (@mikerapin) and Brian Murray (@brianhead)

Thanks to Devin Polaski for the intro music!  Visit him at http://devinpolaski.com

Topics Discussed:

  1. Golden Globe Awards
    Ricky Gervais not to host again? (AllVoices.com)
    The Social Network wins big at the Golden Globes. (@kellyhclay)
  2. Facebook Security concerns back in the news (TheAtlantic.com, thanks @KaitlynDennihy)
  3. “The Daily” iPad newspaper could be priced at $30/mo. (MacRumors.com, thanks @flyosity)
  4. George Lucas ‘believes in Mayan apocalypse” (digitalspy.com, thanks @dcmarriott)
  5. Written by 5-yr-old, drawn by his 29-yr-old brother: Axe Cop! (thanks @serafinowicz)

Today On Twitter 13: A Sign Of The Times

Today on the show: Josh Windisch (@themacinjosh), and Brian Murray (@brianhead)

Topics Discussed…

  1. New Zodiac Sign Dates (Huffington Post)
    -And here’s the story we couldn’t find while we were on the show: No, Your Zodiac Sign Hasn’t Changed (CNN)
    -@herbertfromFG: Wow. Apparently there’s a new Zodiac sign called #Ophiuchus. That sounds like it could be an STD, a Greek God, or Oprah’s scientific name.
    -@ZodiacLife: ALERT: Your zodiac sign is based on the location of the stars at the time of your birth.  Ophiuchus did not appear until 2009.
  2. What will be the REAL cost of the Verizon iPhone for existing customers? (@chrispirillo)
  3. Our iDevice’s Familiar Home Button Could Be Going Away (@appadvice)
  4. Point Laser At Police Helicopter, Go To Jail (Arstechnica)
  5. Facebook Email Addresses, upgrades to messages available by invite only (@gnomedex)
  6. This should make @mollywood happy. iPad’s physical orientation lock switch back in iOS 4.3 (@stuartgibson)
  7. Fox shoots man (@stevegarfield, Yahoo! News)

Today On Twitter 12: The Polar Bear-Ferret Equivalency Theorem

Today on the show: Josh Windisch (@themacinjosh), Mike Rapin (@mikerapin), Brian Murray (@brianhead), Rene Rodriguez (@rodrigur29).

Thanks to Devin Polaski for the intro music!  Visit him at http://devinpolaski.com

Topics Discussed…

  1. The Verizon iPhone is official!
    -Official Verizon website
    -5 Major Questions Answered (ZDnet)
  2. Google Kills H.264 support in Chrome (PC World)
    @gruber “If Google is dropping H.264 because their “goal is to enable open innovation”, why not also drop support for closed plugins like Flash?”
  3. Kinder Surprise egg seized at U.S. border (CBC)
  4. Ferret Chews Off 7 Fingers of 4 Month Old Baby (The Pitch)

Today On Twitter 11: The Big Story

Today on the show: Josh Windisch (@themacinjosh), Drew Yeaton (@xeeton)

Topics Discussed…

  1. Google Goggles updated for iPhone to solve your Sudoku puzzles!
  2. Chief Executive of AMD Resigns
  3. Microsoft to replace head of its server software division
  4. @Zeldman vs. @t on owning your own data
  5. Tragedy in Tuscon Arizona, how the media handled it on Twitter.
    from @DCBlackstallion :

    Sarah Palin Deleting Old Tweets & Gunsight Maps http://ow.ly/3Bjli editing facebook page http://ow.ly/3BjmC #sarahpalin #GabrielleGiffords
    Jared Loughner’s mugshot released Monday also:

Today On Twitter 10: Stockholm Syndrome

Today on the show: Josh Windisch (@themacinjosh), Mike Rapin (@mikerapin), and Brian Murray (@brianhead)

Thanks to Devin Polaski for the great intro music, you can find him online at http://devinpolaski.com

Topics Discussed…

  1. iPhone Coming to Verizon: Wall Street Journal confirms! (AppleInsider)
    -AppAdvice has an update, that Steve Jobs will be at the event
    -John Gruber theorizes why it won’t be hosted by Apple
  2. Quake correction: 4.1 magnitude quake was followed by 2.6, 2.1 aftershocks – usgs.gov (@breakingnews)
  3. Comics News: Jason Aaron (a prevalent Marvel writer) said “I don’t give a sh*t about Alan Moore anymore”
  4. Kevin Rose chimes in on iPad 2 rumors (tipb.com)
  5. #FakeNationalTreasureQuotes

Today On Twitter 9: A Day That Will Live In Infamy

Today on the show: Josh Windisch (@themacinjosh) and Mike Rapin (@mikerapin)

Topics Discussed…

  1. The Mac App Store is Live!
    -Store is now online (TUAW)
    -Broad range of prices (MacRumors)
    -App store won’t let you waste money (AppAdvice)
    -Almost 1,000 apps in the store (TUAW)
    -Mac apps we hoped we’d see (TUAW)
  2. iPhone 3GS is Now $49 from AT&T (ihasapple)
  3. CES: Verizon Announces Several New Products in Keynote
  4. All 6 Star Wars films on Blu-Ray Releases in Sept, preorder now for $90 (@timdgibson)
  5. Ted Williams, homeless guy with the “golden voice”:
  6. #lessambitiousmovies:
    The Credible Hulk
    Catch Me If You Want
    How The Grinch Stole Arbor Day
    (4 and a half) weeks of spring
    Lease
    Schindler’s Grocery List
    How To Lose Facebook Friends And Alienate Tweeple
    Conan The Librarian
    The 14 year old virgin
    Ten Dollar Baby
    The Empire files a complaint

Today On Twitter 8: Bird Brains

Today on the show: Josh Windisch (@themacinjosh), Mike Rapin (@mikerapin), Brian Murray (@brianhead)

Topics Discussed…

  1. 7.1 Magnitude Earthquake in Chile
  2. Thousands of birds fall dead over Arkansas (NY Times)
  3. Neil Gaiman marries Amanda Palmer over the weekend
  4. Apple Now Worth Over $300 Billion (Logic Lounge)
  5. Angry Birds Gets Real In China (Engadget) & Angry Birds Heads to PS3 (Logic Lounge)
  6. howto.destroythecyb.org – new short story initiative started by @mikerapin, @brianhead and others – see site for details

Today On Twitter 7: Some Restrictions Apply

Today on the show: Josh Windisch (@themacinjosh), Brian Murray (@brianhead), John Francois (@sirgiggles), Kyle Maddox (@siegfried2623)

Topics Discussed…

  1. Play(Share)List at play.pirefower.com (Mike Rapin’s latest project)
  2. From @9to5mac: 3G Skype Video Calls use around 3.4 MB of data per minute.
  3. From @amazonkindle: Kindle Book Lending now available
  4. From @techcrunch & @arrington: NookColor is Barnes & Noble’s Top Seller This Holiday
  5. From @mashable: Advanced Trojan Could Zombify Your Android Device