052 - Not so much ranting, please!
All of the latest and greatest news from the last week, including podcasts coming to Google Play Music, Facebook updates, BBC iPlayer, Apple TV, Apple Pay, quarterly earnings and sales, Twitter, EU roaming charges, OnePlus X, Nintendo, Xbox One, the IRS, Microsoft Bans 2 reviews, Outlook for mobile updates, Solu, PopcornTime.io and AreenaX.
Show Notes:
- - Podcasts are coming to Google Play Music
- - Facebook Messenger updates
- - Facebook enhances notifications
- - Facebook 'fixes' battery drain issue
- - BBC iPlayer coming to Apple TV
- - Apple Pay expanding with Amex
- - Apple makes 51.5b in last quarter
- - Twitter stock drops due to continued slow growth
- - Twitter raises follower limit
- - Smartphone shipments hit a high note in the third quarter
- - Samsung smartphone sales show signs of recovery
- - EU roaming charges to be abolished in 2017
- - OnePlus launched the OnePlus X
- - Nintendo unveils its first smartphone game
- - PSA: Xbox One Kinect bundle drops to $400 w/ three games
- - IRS tells Senate: We only use our stingrays with court orders
- - Microsoft Band 2 review: An identity crisis on your wrist
- - Outlook for iOS and Android gains momentum, gets new look
- - With pocket-size desktop, Solu aims to change computing
- - Popcorntime.io shuts down
- - AreenaX