Tech UK Podcast - Episode 8 - Ren-ubuntu

Tech UK Podcast

Tech UK - Episode 8

UK specific:
1. Digital TV Switchover begins in Northern Scotland - http://www.cable.co.uk/news/digital-tv-switchover-begins-in-northern-scotland-19759075/

2. UK Best Buy sales best in world - http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=455283

3. Tories use YouTube to get last minute votes - http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/tories-use-youtube-for-final-voting-push-687693

4. UK iPad prices announced and Orange data plans announced - http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/apple/ipad-uk-price-and-release-date-announced-687980 and http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/orange-unveils-ipad-data-plan-costs-688018

3 minute news bulletin:

1. Gmail back in the UK - After a company claimed that it had the rights to the gMail name in October 2005, Google only allowed UK users to use the @googlemail.com suffix in their email address. UK users can now sign up to gmail with an @gmail.com email address. Previous users of @googlemail.com accounts can receive their email at the same @gmail.com email address - so if your email address was [e-mail], all email from [e-mail] will also be redirected there.

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/google-resurrects-gmail-in-the-uk-687107

2. YouTube to let users charge for rentals - YouTube's product manager, Hunter Walk, revealed that they will be allowing some content owners to charge for their uploads and creations. This could potentially be fantastic for both indie film makers who want to make money while getting their work out online, or it could spell disaster as consumers pay for sub-standard material.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-20004114-36.html

3. Group video chat coming to Skype - Skype announced Thursday that it will be offering 5-way video chat starting on May 10th, this will initially be free but SKype has said that they will soon charge for this feature. Caling plans have also been changed and there are savings of up to 60% for users. Unlimited calls to one country, calling landlines costs £3.39 a month. If your subscription includes any of the following countries, calls to both landlines AND mobiles are included: Canada, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, United States.

4. Google Goggles Now Translates - Google Goggles, Google's visual search app for Android is getting a new update. Now, users can take a photo of any text in a foreign language, the app with use Optical Character Recognition software to turn it into text and subsequently puts into Google translate - translating back to English. So next time you're abroad and need to know what something is on the menu, take a photo and find out in seconds! Just watch that data bill...

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/google-goggles-turns-cameraphone-into-translation-tool-687797

5. Apple and Visa Partner Up - "This summer, Visa will make it possible for iPhone users to wave their device in front of a contactless payment terminal to make transactions, thanks to an Apple-certified hardware accessory.You will need an iPhone case that will include a secure memory card that will hold Visa's contactless payment application, called Visa payWave. The application, which is compatible with the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS, can be password protected and includes advanced security technology to uniquely identify each contactless transaction."
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/05/06/visa_apple_aim_to_simplify_transactions_with_iphone_payment_terminals.html

General tech news:

1. Ubuntu 10.04 arrives - http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/04/ubuntu-1004-arrives-with-extended-support-and-less-brown.ars

2. iPad reaches 1 million sales, faster than the iPhone - http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/05/03/apple_announces_ipad_sales_top_1_million.html

3. Major security flaw found on facebook - http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/serious-security-flaw-found-in-facebook-s-privacy-settings-687515

4. Internet Explorer's Market Share below 60% - http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/internet-explorer-market-share-dips-under-60--687369

5. Google to launch e-book store this summer - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1273138/Google-Editions-launches-summer.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

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