In this episode, Devindra, Dwayne, and Chris babble about Twitter’s Chirp 2010 Conference, Microsoft’s Kin line of youth-based social phones, Apple’s 2010 MacBook Pro line of laptops and the phone the world’s been waiting for, the HTC Droid Incredible. This episode was recorded on April 15th..US Tax day!

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Discussion Highlights

• (03:15) Twitter Chirp 2010 Conference
  • (03:34) Revenue Model for Twitter – contexual advertising via sponsored tweets within user’s individual streams.
  • (06:59) Twitter’s location-based services – where are people tweeting from? What’s Twitter POI?
  • (14:04) Questions – where will vendors/advertisers take these ads and how will they make them relevant?
  • (15:23)Twitter is here to stay as Library of Congress begins archiving tweets.
  • (22:49) Twitter acquires Tweetie.
• (35:51) Microsoft Kin announced. Project Pink, Danger-based social-minded smartphones. Feh.
  • (36:28) Devindra attacks the Kin 1. Why is the design whack? And what does it have to do with the Razzle?
  • (40:10) What the Kin is lacking. Did Microsoft get the demographic wrong?
• (51:58) TANGENT! Mobile Games? Does Nintendo have to worry about Apple? And why doesnt KIN have any games?
• (59:16) Last.fm kills full length track streaming. What gives? We figure out what’s going on in the CBS-owned, online music Mecca.
• (1:05:26) Apple’s refreshed 2010 MacBook Pro line of laptops. What’s right for you? Stick w/ the Core 2 Duo or move forward to the i5 and i7 configurations?
• (1:16:04) The Run Down!Tech Meetups, and why we love…or hate them
  • (1:16:15) The real robot that can fold your clothes, and GM’s new humanoid robot designed for NASA. Why humanoid? It’s so creepy…
  • (1:23:16) Opera Mini released on the iPhone. Most downloaded app of the last few days, but is that enough? We break it down.
  • (1:29:44) iPhone OS 4.0 follow up – developer backlash.
  • (1:40:49) HTC Incredible to debut this week. Chris has been salivating and has details.
  • (1:48:23) Palm is up for sale and is taking offers this week.
  • (1:55:20) US government finally admits most piracy estimates are not at all true.

Featured Music

• The Prodigy – Phoenix, Omen, Colours.

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