Intel gobbles up McAffee & FB Places shows up too late.

The big Five-Oh! Devindra, Dwayne, and Chris go on about Facebook’s newly launched Places feature and whether it’s worth abandoning traditional geo-location social networks. They also head into the Intel purchase of McAffee, using the available data to look at where Intel’s heading a decade into the Third Millenuim. And then, of course, there’s the Rundown– this week, the three take time to explore New York’s rapidly growing tech scene.

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Discussion Highlights

• (02:18) Facebook launches “Places.” How does it stack up to 4Square, GoWalla, and the previous late entry, Twitter?
  • (07:49) And what are the privacy issues?
• (26:06) Intel Spends all of its cash on virus-scan software maker McAffee, but WHY?! The guys use the available data to make sense of it all, and spark a discussion on the ethics of tech & a free market.
• The Rundown!
  • (50:44) New York as New Tech’s Rising Star? Why now? Kelly Sutton has some valid points for NYC over SF.
  • (58:12) Yahoo – Bingified. Finally.

Featured Music

• Music: Neon Indian, “Psychic Chasms”, “Mind, Drips.”

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