The Pains and Pleasures of Jailbreaking, Live TV on XBMC, and the Best Phones for Little Old Ladies

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🗓️ 7 February 2013

⏱️ 55 minutes

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This week on the podcast we’re talking about the pains and pleasures of jailbreaking your iPhone and how to record and watch live TV through XBMC. We’re also answering your questions about finding cross-platform software alternatives, the best phone for a little old lady. Looking for the show notes? You can find this episode at http://lifehacker.com/5982515 (after 5:00 PM PT) and all episodes at http://lifehacker.com/theshow (anytime). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome to this...
0:02.0	Welcome to this week's episode of the LifeHacker podcast.
0:06.0	It is February 7th, and this week we are talking about the latest iOS jailbreak and the best jailbreak apps, as well as watching and recording live TV on XBMC.
0:15.0	We're also answering your questions about cross-platform software alternatives, dealing with contacts who have the same name, and the
0:21.6	best phones for little old ladies.
0:23.6	As well as taking some questions from our live audience.
0:25.6	And as always, going through our favorite tips and downloads of the week.
0:28.6	So let's get started. Hey guys, welcome to the podcast. We're trying something out a little new this week. We are going to be streaming the podcast live as we record it. Not quite like we did that Ask Life Hacker Live a while back with the whole staff. This is going to be the same as the regular podcast. We're just streaming it live over Google Hangouts for those that are around and want to join in.
1:12.6	In the future, we'll probably have a scheduled time that we do this every Thursday, so you guys can, you know, tune in as you want and have a little bit more notification of when it's coming.
1:22.1	But for right now, we're just kind of testing it out, so bear with us.
1:24.6	We work through the kinks and all that stuff.
1:26.4	We've got to practice.
1:28.2	Yeah, we got to practice yeah we got practice yes you guys know us anyway i'm witsyn gordon with me adam datches wearing the same
1:34.2	color shirt as me which was not planned i swear next week we're going to coordinate not wearing the same
1:38.6	yeah i know right you don't know about the spy can and with us joining us also via Google Hangouts this time is Thorin Klauski.
1:47.0	Hey,
1:47.2	Thorin.
1:47.8	How's it going?
1:49.9	I still have a little bit of a cough, so please excuse me.
1:52.8	All right, well, let's jump right into it.
1:55.6	We got a little bit of news this week.
1:57.2	Number one, Twitter got hacked.
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