Confused about Kin? Still, somehow, not yet tapped out on iPad news? Then sit a spell and hit play on this podcast, wherein our very own Wilson Rothman talks tech with TechFlash. Listen closely, dear readers, for he is old and wise.
For those of you who haven’t yet caught episode two of Byteside, last week’s games show tackled the whole R18+ rating debate. What made the discussion really worth mentioning however was the inclusion on the panel of Paul Hunt, former Deputy Director of the OFLC. You know, the guys who actually ban games.
From next Monday, you’ll be able to download breakfast and drive-time podcasts from the Nova and Vega networks nationally on your TiVo. Anyone else think this is a bit weird?
This could easily get snuffed out before release, but OS 3.0 beta users can download >10MB podcasts over 3G. An annoying catch: the 10MB limit is still in place for the app store.
According to Microsoft, you can now surf the audio podcast catalog in their Zune site and stream them directly without connecting to the Zune Marketplace, as well as waste your time doing music quizzes, like:
Those of you who have been part of the Giz family for a while will remember our good friend Seamus — he launched Giz AU, helped us cover the Aussie iPhone launch and even took the mantle over at Kotaku while it was without an editor. Well, he’s just launched a brand new podcast called Midnight Update, which covers the tech and gaming news each weekday. As you may have guessed, it hits the webs at midnight…
Even though it’s only six episodes old, Shay’s still managed to start giving stuff away, as well as interview members of the Australian Cricket team. I tell you, the guy’s got influence. So make sure you head on over to the site to check it out, and subscribe to the podcast in iTunes.
New screenshots of the new iPhone operating system update keep leaking from obscure European sites, where they have no respect for NDAs and cheddar cheese. These ones reveal the fully polished over-the-air podcast interface. We got a glimpse of it before–in the iPhone OS 2.2 rumour round-up–but these show the whole thing, including the downloading process over the 3G network. There’s a catch, however.
Apple’s just posted the video of the entire MacBook event, so you can watch it from start to finish. It’s worth watching just to hear Jonathan Ive render “aluminum” in his delicious English accent over and over and over. Oh, and I hear Steve Jobs makes a cameo or two. [Apple]
The latest casualty in Apple’s App Store blacklisting is Podcaster. A native app built according to exact SDK specifications, it goes beyond its creator’s web-bound streaming-only Podcaster.fm by letting you download and manage podcasts in a nice straightforward interface. Insidious, right? Apple thought so.
