In this episode, Devindra, Dwayne, and Chris discuss the Google’s recent developer conference, Google I/O – Android 2.2, Android Marketplace, the opening of Google Wave and Google TV! They spend some time on  the first artificially created cell  and then go on to talk about Tesla’s potential new partnership with auto-giant Toyota concerning the procurement of a Northern California factory for their upcoming Model S. In the Rundown they go over everything from the way MetaCafe saved some Russians from enslavement via human trafficking, to the first app store ever— the Star Wars Expanded Universe?

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Discussion Highlights

• (02:40) Google I/O– the Google Developer Conference: mindblowing item after mind blowing item
• (06:00) What made Google I/O feel different (the difference between Google & Apple?)
• (13:47) Deep into Google TV
• (32:09) YouTube “Lean Back”
• (33:39) Android 2.2: Froyo – Up to 5x Faster than Android 2.1
• (47:33) Chris calls out a disctintion: Apple’s a design Company while Google’s an engineering company.
• (49:47) Google Mobile Adsense
• (50:58) Digs at Apple by Google I/O speakers. But! Isn’t Apple is the reason why Android is so robust?
• (58:05) Google’s Android Marketplace (Music Store + Androd App Station)
• (58:38) Google Wave, Google Translate as an Android App and real-time subtitles.
• (1:05:01) The artificially created cell. Are Cylons next!?!
• (1:12:20) Moore’s Law for Biotech? Moore’s Law at all?
• (1:16:43) Have Tesla and Toyota Struck a deal? News on the upcoming Model S.
• The Rundown!
  • (1:25:11) Apple ready to sell 24 million 4th generation iPhone devices at launch
  • (1:28:45) Google allows for 3rd party gmail apps.
  • (1:31:21) WebM/VP8 already threatened by potential MPEG LA patent pool.
  • (1:39:00) MetaFilter uses the power of social networking to save some young Russian immigrants from human traffickers.
  • (1:42:21) The 4Chan effect revisited
  • (1:44:30) 30th Anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back. Geek out!!!

Featured Music

• My Morning Jacket – One Last Holiday, Mahgeetah, Steam Engine

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