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Number 11 on the top free apps for the iPhone is "Boob Party" and the number 22 app is "Tasty Pasties 18+ Amateurs." Should those apps be listed in the apps list? Apple's policy on this type of content has changed, but Michael thinks it should be in a "Red Light" district with special permissions required. Kids get to see this stuff without asking for it. There are parental controls but that won't filter the lists (this is now verified, the apps still show up in the lists). They also appear in the top paid lists. Michael is OK with content filters, Apple created the store, they should be able to totally control the content/apps. Would you want your mom to encounter this content in the app store? Foursquare. Dave checked in to a hotel and was awarded the "Douchebag" badge. He reported it in the Get Satisfaction support site for Foursquare. Great discussion ensued. They need to make sure that the service is attractive to every age group. Dave thinks the term is potentially offensive. Back to content - let's keep the adult material in a separate part of the store. For clarification, Michael isn't opposed to the content being in the store, it just shouldn't be as easily available. What are your thoughts?

That's a wrap. You can find Dave at http://davetayloronline.com and Michael at http://friendmichael.com . You can find the show at http://boulderopenpodcast.com, iTunes, and Callisto.fm: http://j.mp/6TOXJU

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07 The Twitter API is taking over the world.mp3 (9228 KB)

Boulder Open Podcast Episode 7: The Twitter API is taking over the world. Other services (Wordpress and Tumblr) are duplicating the Twitter API on their services to allow their users to post to their services using standard Twitter clients. It only takes one simple change in the app. Posts are mapped to their respective counterparts on the services. Dave likes the idea of a common/standard API (he's reminded of he quote: "Standards are great, everyone should have one.") He's concerned about the same content appearing on every service, and this might just make that easier. Wordpress and Tumblr content isn't the same as the live stream-of-consciousness content that's posted to Twitter. Dave thinks this will contribute to the normalization of these services from the user's perspective. Michael says that the developers can save time by not having to write their own apps if there's a standard API. Seesmic Desktop will already post to several services, as will many other desktop clients. The Wordpress blog post on the subject was authored by Matt Mullenweg. This could be the start of blogs with hundreds and hundreds of teeny tiny posts. Anything we can do to make less work for iPhone developers (gives us a better chance of finding an idle one!) is good.

Big things in 2010: Of course Apple and the rumored iSlate (or whatever). Google has over 300 services and products... keep an eye on Google Voice. And the blurring of the lines between Apple, iPhone, and Kindle. Apple's tablet will supersede the Kindle for lots in Apple land. Dave thinks the OS will be something other than what we currently know. Michael thinks it'll be Mac OS X Touch for the record. The price point is a challenge for the Kindle once the iSlate appears.

That's a wrap. You can find Dave at http://davetayloronline.com and Michael at http://friendmichael.com . You can find the show at http://boulderopenpodcast.com, iTunes, and http://callisto.fm

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05 Boulder Open Podcast Episode 5_ Subzero (Oh, and Google!).mp3 (18044 KB)

Boulder Open Podcast Episode 5: Subzero (Oh, and Google!) Google is a popular topic. Google Chrome is finally released for the Mac. Yet another browser to test against as developers. Chrome renders the same as webkit (Safari) so how much do we really need to test? Chrome OS isn't going after Windows or Mac, it's about Netbooks and set-top devices. Linux is running the Boxee device. The network is the computer (so said Scott McNealy of Sun back in the day) - oh so far ahead of it's time. Sun will soon become a part of Oracle. Chrome is a decent browser. Michael uses IE8 on Windows. Chrome on the Mac doesn't have extensions today so it's fast. Dave says GMail is slower than it used to be. (brief GMail speed test). What's the point? Do we need another browser? There is plenty of innovation in Chrome. Each page is a process, each plugin is too. Harder to crash. Apple implemented some of the same features that were in Chrome. Dave spends about 50% of his time in the browser, Michael is about 80%. Michael uses Mail.app instead of web based email. Competition breeds evolution. Chrome is more of a competitor to Firefox since it is the only other major browser that runs on all other systems. Chrome should present files in the browser in a sexy way, instead it looks like NCSA Mosaic. Google Chrome OS boots from a dongle which makes it really easy to play with. Would you trust that source? We really protect our Google account names like we used to our bank accounts. Archived email contains receipts and reminders - lots of private data if someone gets into your email. Lots of personal stuff. Michael purges the Trash and Junk folders and stores all of his email on his me.com account - even from other email accounts. Don't rely on the cloud separately. How does Michael back up email if it's all in the cloud? Mail.app keeps a local cached copy of the email stored on the server. Then Michael's email is backed up by TimeMachine. Three copies. Google offline is no longer in the labs. Google is killing Gears because of HTML 5 specs. A company is selling an external keypad for GMail commands (that's just silly, really). Apple went through great pains to make HTML 5 work in Safari (webkit) - it was ahead of it's time. Google was right to use it instead of Firefox. IE8 is nice, Safari 4 is rock solid. Michael tests HyperSites in 14 browsers (Mac, Linux, and Windows). Michael's media center runs Windows 7. Dave's HP laptop doesn't do full screen Hulu well at all. Michael thinks it's the on-board video card or the driver itself. Background processes might be to blame too. The MacBook Pro screams with Hulu. Dave wants a Mac Mini sized media center - Michael's is too big. Boxee released hardware - they worked with D-Link. Boxee doesn't do Hulu but gets around it by integrating Firefox which Hulu allows. There's no spoofing going on so it's all good. Michael and his wife Heather spent about four hours tooling around the new Boxee content. See http://boxee.tv for more. They were announced last year at CES, so this time will be a huge return for them. Boxee was going to embed their software into other devices. Boxee is the perfect software for a TV directly or a Blu-ray player. TVs will have built-in WIFI, etc. expect more at CES. Built-in wireless HDMI over WIFI sounds cool. Dave mentions a standard for up to three yards (ultra-wideband?) he saw at CES. WIFI is going to be too crowded with all of these devices and it'll be reflected with dropped frame rates. Thanks to Townsend & Townsend ( http://townsend.com ) for the space for this show! For more, see http://boulderopenpodcast.com

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Google Andrioid, on the Verizon DROID. iPhone beginning to lose luster with Dave. iCal issues mostly to blame, but the network still stinks. Boulder is full of people ready to jump ship. AT&T sues Verizon, kind of legit says Michael. DROID has fewer apps, the ecosystem is what drives the iPhone these days. A good platform only needs great apps in the major categories. Android feels like Linux to Michael, hardware is cool, but the OS isn't great. Dave's reviewing a Sansa MP3 player, the Sansa has some neat features - Slot Radio for example... $30 for 1,000 songs based on a category. Hard rock not so much, the 80's music is more Dave's style. Very meaningful to have competition in all areas - MP3, phone, etc. - we're happy that people are trying. Apple appealed to geeky unix users (the prosumer?) and that helped Apple sell to the majority. Verizon/Google/Motorola/etc might be doing the same? Google turn by turn is free on Android - and would release it on iPhone if Apple would allow it. iWork is competition for Google Docs and Microsoft Office online. Windows 7 is an effort to become more competitve. Hoping iPhone 4 will drive competition further. iPhone scheduler needs tweaking (LOL!). iPhone comparisons are subjective. Not everyone has the same experience. It's a "perfect" device for Michael since he doesn't use the phone features that much. Apple needs to "Snow Leapord" the iPhone OS. A restore has taken all day for Dave... a new cable fixed it. Droid sells 100,000 units the first weekend. All you need these days is 10% market, look at Apple, BMW, etc. Apple kills it in the > $1,500 laptop market. The DeLL Adamo is on the way, for $2,200. Brief BSG detour (sorry). AT&T's best is iPhone, Verizon has Eris and DROID, Sprint has the Palm Pre, T-Mobile has the G2. Dave had a review unit for the G1. Told them he needed screen capture - they told him to "root" it. Total break down, no coverage. Let people take a screen shot to document things. Dave's daughter has 100 screen shots from Cooking Mama for example. Success with the DROID isn't really important, that it exists is the key. Waiting for Ari's input on the DROID. The dead spot on the hill "doesn't exist." Boulder Valley is the Bermuda Triangle for AT&T. Wrap.

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