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CEO of Brennan IT, Dave Stevens - Talking Technology 2012 - Ep19
Category: Technology
Duration: 00:40:38
Publish Date: 2012-06-08 01:19:05
Description: Interview with Dave Stevens, CEO of Brennan IT, one of Australia’s leading resellers. Leon and Garry discuss issues including: The preview of Microsoft Windows 8 Microsoft announcing Xbox Music — a new music service coming to the console, PCs, Windows 8 tablets and Windows Phone devices. There is also a new feature called SmartGlass. On the surface, the SmartGlass app serves as a remote control, allowing users to control what is playing back on their Xbox 360, as well as letting them start video content on one SmartGlass device, and seamlessly pick it up on another. SmartGlass serves as a secondary screen, providing additional content related to whatever video or game is playing on the 360. Microsoft has also been testing a modified version of its Internet Explorer browser on Xbox 360, and the company unveiled its latest work at E3 2012 today — Internet Explorer for Xbox. Bloomberg reports that Twitter expects to generate at least $1 billion in sales in 2014, indicating that the blogging service will grow about twice as fast as some analysts now predict. Google has acquired Quickoffice, a cloud-based enterprise that provides mobile access office programs. Google is also buying the online messaging firm Meebo, a move expanding the internet giant's capabilities for instant sharing of web pages using social networks. The social media monitoring, CRM and marketing space is certainly heating up. First, Oracle acquires Vitrue for $300 million and then Salesforce.com buys Buddy Media for nearly $700 million. Facebook is developing technology that would allow children younger than 13 years old to use the social-networking site under parental supervision. This helps Facebook tap a new pool of users for revenue but it would also inflame privacy concerns. Facebook’s shares continue to fall. They’re down another 2 percent to about $26 this week, 31 percent lower than their $38 public opening price, with a raft of court cases pending, allegations of insider trading, analysts saying too many shares were issued and asking questions about Facebook management. Netflix has passed Apple to become the top revenue earner in the US online movie business. IHS Screen Digest has put Netflix’s share of online movie distribution dollars at 44 percent compared to just 32.3 percent for Apple. Fujifilm is introducing 3D printers using the established "kiosk" model that's been so successful for digital photo printing. Fujifilm is considering the possibility of making the printers themselves available for consumers to purchase and launch their own DIY projects. With the aid of a chemical injection, electrical shock, and robotic harness, researchers are now able to help rats with spinal cord injuries walk again. After four years of development, Boeing’s liquid hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye unmanned autonomous aircraft has made its first flight. Budget airline Scoot is replacing the built-in entertainment systems in its planes with iPads — and it's saving fuel along the way. Notoriously private Apple has decided to go public with its iOS security features, releasing a detailed guide this week that highlights the technical specifications of its products.
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