Accidental Tech Podcast

96: The Windows of Siracusa County


Casey upgrades his podcasting setup after an awkward Apple store experience
Follow-up:
App Store Woes
<a href="https://twitter.com/panic/status/543095328287633408">Panic's Transmit woes reversed</a>
<a href="http://shinyplasticbag.com/dragondrop/">DragonDrop</a>
<a href="http://whimsicalifornia.com/timebar/">Timebar</a>
<a href="https://cromulentlabs.wordpress.com/2014/12/07/launcher-followup-and-thoughts-on-the-app-store-review-system/">Launcher</a>
<a href="http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/how-andy-and-matt-are-making-a-motza-by-wasting-your-time-with-crossy-road-20141217-1276j5.touch.html">Crossy Road financials</a>
PS4 DLNA support is coming (via <a href="https://twitter.com/asendra_/status/543706781172916224">@asendra_</a>)
<a href="https://plex.tv/">Plex</a> has <a href="https://blog.plex.tv/2014/12/17/plex-now-sega-genesis-just-kidding-ps3-ps4/">announced PS4 support</a> (via <a href="https://twitter.com/returnedlast/status/545264456516005888">@returnedlast</a>)
However, <a href="https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/204074136">rollout will be staggered</a>
Sleazy Twitter app scans
<a href="http://www.neglectedpotential.com">Nick Arnott</a> corrects Marco
<a href="https://twitter.com/AlexRedSox/status/544912344221220864">Christmas comes early</a> for John, perhaps because of <a href="https://twitter.com/RoMoExpress/status/545234594052980736">Romain</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RoMoExpress/status/545234791868952577">Moisescot</a>
<a href="http://tapbots.com/software/pastebot/">Pastebot</a> (RIP)
<a href="http://hockeyapp.net/blog/2014/12/11/hockeyapp-joins-microsoft.html">Microsoft Acquires Hockey App</a>
<a href="http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/services/mobile-services/">Azure Mobile Services</a>
<a href="http://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-security/marking-http-as-non-secure">Should HTTP or HTTPS be the default browser state</a>?
<a href="https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere">HTTPS Everywhere</a>
<a href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2014/12/16/eric-schmidt-privacy">Eric Schmidt is confused, as usual</a>
Finally, a very special after-show, starting with John missing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WindowShade">WindowShade</a> (<a href="https://riscx.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/windowshade_x_review_092610.jpg">image</a>).

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Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.