Podcasts by PlaceboCast
Two nerds talking about the latest in mobile and web technology.
Further podcasts by Tony Hue and Joseph Chang
Podcast on the topic Technologie
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PlaceboCast 19: The Apple TV 4 from 2015-11-05T08:30:30
Joseph and I are back after a long overdue retirement stint to bring you the latest and greatest in media streaming devices. None other than the Apple TV 4. Caught in a crowded onslaught of competi...
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PlaceboCast 18: But can it bend? from 2014-11-24T07:45:22
Undeterred by the Fire phone’s abysmal sales, Amazon has unleashed a flurry of new hardware gadgets including its fascinating new home personal assistant, Echo, and the Fire TV stick (aka Match Sti...
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PlaceboCast 17: Rocky Yosemite from 2014-07-30T04:12:21
In this edition of the PlaceboCast, we find out firsthand just how much unfinished work Apple has before Mac OS X Yosemite’s official public release. But with Joseph’s magical audio technician-cali...
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PlaceboCast 16: This Phone is on Fireeeeeeee from 2014-06-19T05:52:47
Today, Amazon lifted the wraps from their much-rumored smartphone, the Fire Phone. Make no mistake, this phone was built for Amazon Prime subscribers. Firefly could be a shopper’s ultimate companio...
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PlaceboCast 15: WWDC 2014 Rapidfire Discussion from 2014-06-04T04:41:20
Apple’s annual developer conference kicked things off this week with its much anticipated keynote. CEO Tim Cook and Craig “Superman/Hair Force One” Federighi announced a slew of upcoming updates to...
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PlaceboCast 14: Getting Punched in the Face for $1500 from 2014-04-15T04:35:58
In this episode: Flappy Bird, Nintendo, T-Mobile’s latest moves, Amazon’s Fire TV, and the security bug that sent the Internet ablaze. Thanks for listening! Subscribe via iTunes Subscribe to the RS...
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PlaceboCast 13: Fresh Prince of Twitter from 2014-03-21T23:14:08
Android Wear is Google's first major step into extending its mobile OS to the emerging smartwatch arena. With industry giants like Samsung, LG, Motorola slated to release both updated and new smart...
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PlaceboCast 12: Look out Dropbox. You’ve got a new competitor in town. from 2013-10-28T22:52:20
In this episode, we talk about Apple’s product announcements from the prior week – Mavericks, iWork, iPads, Mac Pro, you name it. Also, Joseph unveils the details of his new private cloud service a...
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PlaceboCast 11: What’s better than a new iPhone? Two new iPhones from 2013-09-16T05:06:38
In this episode, we discuss Apple’s two new iPhones, the 5C and 5S. Also, who needs to go outside anymore if Amazon can figure out online grocery? As always, thanks for listening. Subscribe via iTu...
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PlaceboCast 10: What happens when two Apple fanatics talk about Microsoft? from 2013-09-05T00:22:22
After nearly six months, we’ve finally recorded our tenth episode of the PlaceboCast! Onwards to number 100! In this episode, we talk about some new podcasting equipment (thus the return to our mor...
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PlaceboCast 9: Google’s New Toys from 2013-08-07T04:06:43
We’re back! Hopefully, you didn’t write us off for good. This is our first time recording the podcast without being collocated. The audio isn’t as great as it was before since I was relying on my l...
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PlaceboCast 8: Apple WWDC 2013 and E3 from 2013-06-19T17:28:40
Apologies in advance for the audio. My voice wasn’t captured as clearly as previous podcasts. In this episode, we discuss the big topic from the previous week, Apple’s WWDC. Yes, it’s a tad bit lat...
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PlaceboCast 7: Big Brother Doomsday from 2013-06-08T21:42:44
In this week’s episode of the PlaceboCast, we talk about the NSA’s secretive program PRISM. Are Silicon Valley tech juggernauts like Facebook, Microsoft, and Google all implicit in this massive dat...
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PlaceboCast 6: Ditching iOS for Android from 2013-05-19T22:46:07
It was a big week of announcements for Google as the company hosted their annual Google I/O conference in San Francisco. From a Google+ redesign, a new messaging app, and a Pandora-like service, Go...
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PlaceboCast 5: How does Bitcoin work? from 2013-04-27T23:58:54
Time for another edition of the PlaceboCast! In this episode, Joseph and I talk about WWDC, The Internship, Samsung SGS4 reviews, and bitcoin. Best of all, we also returned from our one episode hia...
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PlaceboCast 4: The Facebook “Phone” from 2013-04-05T07:00
In this week’s episode of the PlaceboCast, Joseph and I discuss the unveiling of Facebook’s “phone”, T-Mobile getting the new iPhone, and the upcoming release of iOS 7. Apologies in advance for the...
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PlaceboCast 3: The Samsung Galaxy S4 Circus from 2013-03-15T07:00
It’s a new world record. We’ve talked about Mailbox in every single one of our podcasts and today’s episode was no exception. Just when we taught we had exhausted all discussion about the much-hype...
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PlaceboCast 2: We can finally use Mailbox! from 2013-03-10T08:00
We’re back with a followup to our debut podcast. Thanks again for everyone who has provided feedback to us so far. Joseph and I are pretty excited about this new style of blogging and we hope that ...
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PlaceboCast 1: Don’t call this a pivot. Yet. from 2013-02-23T08:00
In an effort to spur creativity, Joseph and I decided it was time to explore a different model for discussing the latest in technology: podcasting.
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