TechFan #42 - Riots and 2005 Rumors

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My Mac Productions MyMac.com Tim Robertson

Gadgets, Technology

3.8 • 30 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2011

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

It’s a mixed bag of the fun and deadly serious this week as David Cohen brings us up to date on the rioting, looting, and rampant disorder going on the London and the rest of the U.K. this week and how technology is playing a part. Then, in the second half of the show, Tim and David go back in time to May 2005, and take a listen to MyMac Podcast 27 in which then hosts Chad Perry and Tim Robertson (Yes, THAT Tim Robertson) had a segment in which they rated the current Apple rumors. How did they do? Listen to find out, it’s a can’t miss! Contact TechFan at feedback@mymac.com and leave a message at 1-801-938-5559

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0:00.0	This is the MyMac Podcasting Network.
0:06.0	I'm Tim Robertson.
0:07.7	And I'm David Cohen.
0:08.8	And this week we're talking about whether rioting should shut down social media.
0:12.4	And we're going to go back in time.
0:14.4	It's tech fan number 42.
0:15.9	Thank you. Welcome to Tech Fan number 42.
0:43.7	I am Tim Robertson, and on the other side of the ocean is David Cohen.
0:48.0	Hello, David.
0:49.1	Hello.
0:50.1	So we've got two topics like we did last week.
0:53.4	And yes, we're going to return to our technologies in the movies.
0:58.7	And we'll probably do that next week.
1:00.8	And I think you already kind of picked a movie for the next week, didn't you, David?
1:04.0	We've got something in mind.
1:05.5	Good.
1:06.1	I'm looking forward to it.
1:07.9	Hopefully it's a movie that I haven't seen in a while and I can get caught up on
1:11.7	again. And I know you sent it to me, but I don't remember what it was. You know what? I don't
1:17.4	remember what it was either. It's on my head. Yeah, it's there, but it's, yeah. We've got two
1:23.4	topics this week, like I said. The first one is going to be kind of a serious topic, and we're going to discuss what's going on in London right now in the role of technology
1:31.3	and the riots that's been going on. And I have to tell you, David, it's been making a lot of
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