April 3 2015 - The WAN Show Livestream

[nicklmg]

 

Soundcloud link: https://soundcloud.com/thewanshow/the-wan-show-apple-watch-edition-benefits-amazon-testing-delivery-drones

 

News

Apple will let you skip lines if you buy the 10,000$ Apple Watch Edition

Source 1: linustechtips.com/apple-will-let-you-skip… OP: Horizon59

Source 2: theverge.com/apple-watch-edition…

• Apple Watch launch is April 24

• purchase of the Edition gets you:

• cut the line

• private consultations for up to 1 hour with an “Apple Watch Expert”

• 2 years of 24/7 tech support (NOT included with all Apple Watches…)

• “The employees are also being told that the ‘journey’ for buying an Edition ‘is intended to be extremely personal, elegant, and purposeful.’”

• first Apple device that causes a meaningful divide between billionaires and average joes that have enjoyed iPhones and other Apple products to date

Microsoft has unleashed Project Spartan preview with new Windows 10 build

Source 1: linustechtips.com/microsoft-has-unleashed-project… OP: AlexGoesHigh

Source 2: theverge.com/microsoft-project-spartan-windows…

• finally available to the masses

• will be available with build 10049

• Cortana is included with “features like contextually aware suggestions”

• assistance for weather or stocks info

• calendar and flight info WON’T be available as part of the initial build

• Cortana Digital Assistant is limited to the US for now

• Reading View mode is available, but roaming across devices and saving offline aren’t available yet (both are planned for the final version)

• final version to ship with Windows 10 in summer

• one impressive feature is the ability to annotate notes with a pen (Web Notes function)

• write or type directly on a webpage, share comments through email, social networks, or OneDrive

• though Spartan is included in Windows 10, they’re not planning on phasing out IE entirely

• it will be targeted at some customers and some versions of the software

• currently thought to be targeted at Enterprise customers

• Spartan will still be pinned to start and taskbar, IE will not

 

HTC’s One E9+ latest phablet with stunning screen

Source 1: linustechtips.com/htcs-one-e9-is-its-latest… OP: Victorious Secret

Source 2: engadget.com/htc-one-e9-plus…

• E9+ is half metal, half plastic

• claimed to have a 5.5” Quad HD display (534 ppi), though the website lists a 1080p resolution (assumed that was an error and was intended for the regular E9)

• 3GB of RAM on the plus, 2GB listed on the site (assumed to be meant for the regular E9)

• 13MP main camera listed, assumed to be meant for the regular E9, E9+ is said to have a 20MP camera

• other speculated specs for E9+:

• 2GTHz MediaTek MT6795M chipset, 16GB internal storage, microSD expansion up to 128GB, dual Nano SIM slots, 2,800 mAh battery, UltraPixel front-facing camera, BoomSound front-facing stereo speakers

• 7.49mm thick

• no price or date listed yet

Amazon is testing delivery drones in a secret location in Canada

Source 1: linustechtips.com/amazon-is-testing-its-deliver-drones… OP: Victorious Secret

Source 2: gizmodo.com/amazon-is-testing-its-delivery…

• Canada is giving Amazon “a virtual carte-blanche” in testing and deploying their delivery drones

• must fly above 200 feet, below 500 feet

• range of 10 miles (very feasible for deliveries from a warehouse for goods under 5 pounds)

• a “formidable team of robotics, software engineers, aeronautics expers, and pioneers in remote sensing - including a former NASA astronaut and the designer of the wingtip of the Boeing 787 - are staffed in British Columbia”

• working on a number of projects including “sensors that can detect and avoid obstacles in a drone's path; link-loss procedures that control the aircraft should its connection with base be broken; stability in wind and turbulence; and environmental impact. Once each of these facets has been perfected, a new Amazon prototype drone will be assembled that [is predicted to] be utterly safe and wholly unlike anything seen before.”

• are expect to travel up to 50mph!

• not clear exactly how far along they are, but much further ahead than if they had stuck it out with the FAA

ASUS 20th Anniversary Edition 980

Source 1: linustechtips.com/asus-20th-anniversary… OP: Satholin

Source 2: asus.com/graphics_cards…

• “The Fastest GTX 980 Infused with Award-winning Innovations”

• DirectCU II with 0db fan technology

• DIGI+ VRM and 14-phase Super Alloy Power

• Japanese-made 10K black-metallic capacitors

• Memory Defroster

• one-press VBIOS reload

• Color-coded Load Indicator

• GPU Tweak with XSplit Gamecaster

Samsung is launching three more curved PC monitors starting at $299

Source 1: linustechtips.com/samsung-is-launching… OP: SmittyShmee

Source 2: theverge.com/samsung-curved-monitors…

• prices range from $299-599

• 1080p displays

• 24 and 27” screens will have VGA and HDMI, 31” will have 2 HDMI ports and 1 DP (no info on which versions of each

• highlighting that curved displays can relieve eye fatigue associated with flat monitors

• Eye Saver Mode decreases the amount of blue light emitted by the displays, spares your eyes some discomfort

• also uses Samsung’s “Flicker Free” technology

• response time of 4ms, pitching them as gaming & content consumption monitors

• available next month

Parents who don’t stop children playing Call of Duty to be reported to Police - warn schools in the UK

Source 1: linustechtips.com/parents-who-dont-stop-children… OP: deansmylie1993

Source 2: express.co.uk/parents-who-don-t-stop…

• letter sent home by a group of schools under the Nantwich Education Partnership in Cheshire, which oversees 15 primary schools and one secondary academy

• stated that they would “call in the police and social services if children reveal in the playground that they have been playing ‘adult-themed’ games”

• "Several children have reported playing or watching adults play games which are inappropriate for their age and they have described the levels of violence and sexual content they have witnessed: Call Of Duty, Grand Theft Auto, Dogs Of War and other similar games are all inappropriate for children”

• “If your child is allowed to have inappropriate access to any game or associated product that is designated 18-plus we are advised to contact the police and children's social care as it is neglectful.”

• “Parents were also warned about allowing their youngsters to have accounts on social media sites such as Facebook and WhatsApp because it could make them vulnerable to sexual grooming.”

• explicitly stating that violent video games and access to social networks “ increases early sexualised behaviours (sometimes harmful) in children and leaves them vulnerable to grooming for sexual exploitation or extreme violence.”

• seems to be a reaction to David Cameron’s announcement early this month that “teachers and social workers who fail to report concerns about children could face up to five years in prison.”

• headteacher who drafted the letter stated “We are trying to help parents to keep their children as safe as possible in this digital era. It is so easy for children to end up in the wrong place and parents find it helpful to have some very clear guidelines."

Volvo Lifepaint

Source 1: linustechtips.com/volvo-lifepaint OP: ahhming

Source 2: volvolifepaint.com

• unique reflective safety spray

• invisible by daylight, shines brightly in the glare of car headlights

• can apply to clothes, shoes, helmets, backpacks, dog collars and leashes, your bike

• washes off and will not effect the color or surface of chosen material

• lasts about one week after application

• sales pitch “The best way to survive a crash is not to crash”

• currently available in the UK

• “every year in the UK over 19,000 cyclists are involved in accidents”

• designed for safe cycling, but can be used for a variety of applications

• Volvo 2020 vision “By 2020, no person will be killed, or seriously injured, by a new Volvo”

2 former federal agents charged with stealing Bitcoin during Silk Road probe

Source 1: linustechtips.com/2-former-federal-agents-charged… OP: Reavantos

Source 2: cnn.com/federal-agents-charged-with…

• US federal government became owners of one of the biggest troves of Bitcoin thanks to seizing millions of dollars in Bitcoin while taking down silk road

• seized from criminals associated with Silk Road black market

• two now-former agents of the Drug Enforcement Agency and US Sercret Service who led one of several investigations against Silk Road decided to keep some Bitcoin for themselves

• charged with money laundering, wire fraud, and other offenses

• this could cause complications in the government’s “murder-for-hire” case against Ross Ulbricht, also known as “Dread Pirate Roberts,” the Silk Road founder

• he was already found guilty for drugs-related charges

• one agent allegedly set up false personas online and tried to extort over $300,000 from Ulbricht in exchange for not providng information to federal investigators

• allegedly successfully got $100,000 from the Silk Road founder under one of those personas

• together they allegedly stole over 1.1 million dollars worth of Bitcoin during the investigation

IBM Creates a new Internet of Things unit

Source 1: linustechtips.com/ibm-creates-a-new-iot-unit OP: jackwynne

Source 2: zdnet.com/ibm-creates-internet-of-things…

• investing $3 billion over four years to solidify efforts in IOT space

• following the same strategy they took with e-commerce, analytics (Watson), cloud and cognitive computing

• first invested at least $1 billion, hardware, software, and consultants at the issue

• then build out that unit from there

• unit will include 2,000 consultants, researchers, and developers working on both hardware and software

• aims of the unit:

• build a cloud platform with dynamic pricing models and delivery to various verticals, Bluemix IoT platform as a service so developers can create and deploy applications for asset tracking, partner with the likes of AT&T ARM and The Weather Company as well as many others

• speculated that this is in response to companies like Cisco and GE making large investments into IoT devices

Amazon’s New Dash Buttons

Source 1: linustechtips.com/amazons-new-dash-buttons OP: jackwynne

Source 2: cnet.com/amazon-to-launch-easy-ordering…

• launched one-click ordering nearly 2 decades ago

• now available in physical button form

• Dash Button, a follow-up to the Dash remote scanning device it launched last year, which allowed users to scan product barcodes, automatically adding them to a shopping list

• intended to be placed throughout your house, pressed when you realize you’re running low, and automatically order a new pack of that product

• only available with certain products from certain brands

• Amazon launched with 18 different partners including Tide and Huggies

• each button is directly tied to one products - you’ll still have to order the old fashioned way with the majority of your orders, for now at least…

• buttons are FREE for Prime members

• these buttons are just an intermediary solution, and are intended to fill the void while partners work to include a proprietary Dash order system in many of their products

• some products like coffee and pet food should be set to re-order themselves automatically based on how much you have left in your home, either by a scale or a sensor

Sony buys OnLive online gaming service

Source 1: linustechtips.com/sony-buys-onlive-gaming… OP: Xsilent(X)

Source 2: cnet.com/sony-buys-onlive-streaming…

• service offered a “groundbreaking” new way to play games over the Internet

• OnLive service will shut down April 30

• Sony confirmed the deal, saying the purchase opens “great opportunities for our gamers, and gives Sony a formidable patent portfolio.”

• OnLive was founded over a decade ago by former Apple and Microsoft employee Steve Perlman

• revolved around cloud gaming

• OnLive struggled since its official launch in 2010, even declaring a form of bankruptcy and selling to an investor group at one point in its life

• unclear whether Sony can find more success than OnLive did with the platform

• speculated that they will use the patents to improve the Playstation Now streaming service

• Sony says this investment “is yet another proof point that demonstrates our commitment to changing the way gamers experience the world of Playstation.”

Hyperkin’s ‘Smart Boy’ leaked on Reddit

Source 1: linustechtips.com/hyperkins-smart-boy-leaked… OP: faissaloo

Source 2: reddit.com/r/gaming/some_concept_art…

Source 3: http://9to5toys.com/2015/04/03/smart-boy-game-boy-cartridges-iphone-6/

• alleged Hyperkin employee leaked these images on Reddit, originally April Fools Joke but due to positive feedback they’re putting it in development

• smartphone accessory that allows you to load (what are implied to be) GameBoy cartridges

• not known yet if it will work with all GameBoy cartridges

• poster also said it would function as a bluetooth controller and they are looking into making it double as a battery pack

• not exclusive to iPhones, are apparently working on “an open design to fit Android phones.”

• curious to know if Hyperkin’s issues with the Retron 5 code will be present in this as well

Intel launches 750 series NVMe SSDs 2.5” and HHL PCI-e

Source 1: linustechtips.com/intel-launches-750-series… OP: werto165

Source 2: anandtech.com/intel-ssd-750-pcie-ssd...

• PCI-e 3.0 versions with 4 lanes

• special cable is required for the 2.5” SSD (that’s why our review isn’t out yet, waiting on that cable)

• first client PCIe SSD from Intel

• design for gaming, digital content creation and workstations - this is an enthusiast drive

• reads 4x and writes 2x current SATA SSDs

• “datacenter DNA,” endurance of up to 120GB writes per day

• 400GB and 1.2TB capacities

RAPID FIRE

April Fools' 2015 - Rounding up

Source 1: linustechtips.com/main/topic/339563-april-fools-2015-rounding-up/ OP: Goodbyte

Source 2: linustechtips.com - announcement 22 april fools threads only allowed

• Top 5 companies’ April Fools activities according to the LTT community: Google, Microsoft, Corsair, ASUS, Razer, in that order

GTA V Supporting Vulkan API

Source 1: linustechtips.com/gta-v-supporting-vulkan… OP: TwistedDictator

Source 2: gamingtheater.net/gta-v-supporting-vulkan…

• Rockstar teased GTA V again, causing users to ask about Mantle support

• Roy@AMD replied stating that GTA V will support Vulkan, essentially meaning that it supports Mantle

Cyanogen CEO wants you to “calm the f*** down” regarding delayed OnePlus One Lollipop update

Source 1: linustechtips.com/cyanogen-ceo-wants-you… OP: Victorious Secret

Source 2: phandroid.com/oneplus-one-lollipop…

• OnePlus promised users a Lollipop update to Cyanogen by March 31

• certification process is taking longer than expected

• users are lashing out at Cyanogen for the holdup even though they weren’t the ones who promised the date

• CEO feels that they’ve been put in an awkward spot (don’t want to push an unfinished update, users upset about a missed date that they did not promise)

• wants everyone to calm down and wait for the update - they’ll get it when it’s ready

The USA’s most popular OS and browser [based on data from gov’t websites]

Source 1: linustechtips.com/the-usas-most-popular… OP: jackwynne

Source 2: analytics.usa.gov

• 1.42 billion visits to gov’t websites in the past 90 days (top page is “Where’s my refund?” for taxes)

• 67.9% of visitors did so on desktops, 24.6% on mobile, 7.5% tablet

• 35% Chrome, 28.4% IE (most on latest version), 20% Safari, 11% Firefox, 3.2% Android and 2.3% other

• 58.7% visiting on Windows, only 9.2% on Mac OS

Steam is now publishing movies

Source 1: linustechtips.com/steam-is-now-publishing… OP: ahhming

Source 2: kitguru.net/steam-is-now-publishing…

• “Motivational Growth” now on steam, a move from Developer Digital, the publisher of Hotline Miami

• about a man who hasn’t left his apartment in over a year and his friend, a pile of mould, which grows and “has designs on [its] new friend’s life”

Indian Govt. made it mandatory to use/build open source apps

Source 1: linustechtips.com - indian govt made it mandatory to u OP: Rohith Kumar S

Source 2: deity.gov.in/sites/upload_files/dit/files/policy_on_adoption_of_oss.pdf

• announced a policy that makes it manditory to use open-source software in building apps and services

• this is to “ensure efficiency, transparency and reliability of such services at affordable costs.”

• all government organizations must require software suppliers to consider open-source options when implementing e-governance applications and systems

• brings India in line with the US, UK and Germany

[RedSphyxis]

thanks @nicklmg

[DimasRMDO]

Love it. (But something's wrong with the sound)

[DeViLzzz]

I thought it was a pretty good show.  I think that since it was The WAN Show though Luke's mic should have been louder than Austin's.  Also Luke's face should have been more of the focal point than Austin's.  As for the "Rapid Fire" topics I don't remember them talking about GTA V news but I could have missed that.  As for The WAN Show in general I think I am getting bored of tech and such again a break may be needed for me soon. One can only take so much tech talk.  You have to have other things in life and well I guess for me that is going to mean reading a new book and well I will definitely be watching the hockey playoffs when they get here so that will take me away from tech too.  Anyway good show but sadly for Austin there were more viewers when Luke's mom was on. LOL

[SIGSEGV]

Yay! I made it into the WAN show!

[Snickerzz]

@nicklmg plz 

[sirtoby]

Thanks for the quick upload, but HOLY SHIT: The Audio is way out of sync

[SurvivorNVL]

As has been said, and shall be said again--it's -really- out of sync for audio.

[SlackerNerd]

Synced the soundcloud file with my muted TV. That's better. 

[RZeroX]

Sound is out of sync but the twitch version works fine

http://www.twitch.tv/linustech/v/3986782

[Master Disaster]

Re up please @nickimg @Slick

[Bane Killgrind]

 

It went ok....

[poopcorn]

im bored ,need Linus to inspire the fear lol ,sorry slick .
also i think Lmg should be checking videos before uploading them witch doesn't mean they should watch the entire thing but to skip thru and do a ruff check, Linus has standards

[Sharif]

I thought it was a pretty good show.  I think that since it was The WAN Show though Luke's mic should have been louder than Austin's.  Also Luke's face should have been more of the focal point than Austin's.  As for the "Rapid Fire" topics I don't remember them talking about GTA V news but I could have missed that.  As for The WAN Show in general I think I am getting bored of tech and such again a break may be needed for me soon. One can only take so much tech talk.  You have to have other things in life and well I guess for me that is going to mean reading a new book and well I will definitely be watching the hockey playoffs when they get here so that will take me away from tech too.  Anyway good show but sadly for Austin there were more viewers when Luke's mom was on. LOL

It was fine for me   ,maybe becasue i was using the speakers,I got no idea why  

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

@nicklmg  Fix the audio on the archive , also how is it possible that you guyz wont check the uploads or stream before uploading them?

[Skizzy034]

I think the biggest reason everyone is commenting over and over about the sound is that, although it's really annoying to try to watch, a business like LMG that posts ads on every video and receives revenue from it (and also asks and receives donation from its viewers) shouldn't have these problems.

It's hard to believe this wasn't reviewed before being uploaded or re-upload right away.

[Mujteba]

Audio out of sync. Disliked, unsubbed, uninstalled windows.

[DimasRMDO]

Audio out of sync. Disliked, unsubbed, uninstalled windows.

Damn straight to the point eh?

[Augurian]

What's Austin rambling about? We here in Europe have the "regular" new 3DS and the XL version. And the normal version has those cool interchangeble plates to customize it.

I really love that for once we in Europe have stuff exclusively, instead of it only getting released in North America. Nintendo is doing this with a couple of other products too.

[ross06187]

the audio de sink has made this WAN show into a pod cast.  you can still lessen to it in the background but watching it is impossible.

[Lord Sparklebottom]

Apple will let you skip lines if you buy the 10,000$ Apple Watch Edition

Source 1: linustechtips.com/apple-will-let-you-skip… OP: Horizon59

Source 2: theverge.com/apple-watch-edition…

• Apple Watch launch is April 24

• purchase of the Edition gets you:

• cut the line

• private consultations for up to 1 hour with an “Apple Watch Expert”

• 2 years of 24/7 tech support (NOT included with all Apple Watches…)

• “The employees are also being told that the ‘journey’ for buying an Edition ‘is intended to be extremely personal, elegant, and purposeful.’”

• first Apple device that causes a meaningful divide between billionaires and average joes that have enjoyed iPhones and other Apple products to date

 

Yeah! My post was featured!

Changed my name by the way, so that's why it says Horizon59 

[tihor29]

I don't usually not like WAN Show videos because I love the format but 10 second audio design is extremely off putting please re upload

@Slick

[Dimwitted]

Nice Podcast. Oh well. Both the sync and Luke's mike. I think that Luke needs to go over to Linus' seat. When he stood up or leaned forward the sound drastically improved. Austin was great. He's a great sub for Linus. Well prepared and brings the energy. Hopefully you'll do something with him soon again.

[EricX2]

Do they actually WATCH their show themselves before they post it?

[flibberdipper]

The audio sync issues made it unwatchable for me.