DigitalOutbox Episode 193

DigitalOutbox Episode 193 - Big Dog, Nest and CES

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1:11 - BlackBerry teams up with Foxconn for budget smartphones as sales continue to plunge

2:30 - Blockbuster gone

3:23 - BT default 'porn filter' switched on

9:45 - Pirate Bay unveils ambitious new software scheme to foil anti-piracy measures

11:12 - Gmail now lets you email your Google+ connections, but addresses are only shared when you hit send

13:21 - Google acquires Boston Dynamics

16:15 - Google acquires Nest

21:28 - EE now has over 2 million 4G LTE subscribers in the UK

22:33 - Instant messaging overtook SMS in the UK last year, will surpass it by more than 2:1 in 2014

23:34 - NSA collects millions of text messages daily in 'untargeted' global sweep

28:38 - London rolls out smart parking sensors

29:55 - Nintendo 3DS game sales up 45% to 16m in 2013, as lifetime hardware sales top 11.5m in the US

32:49 - CES

Picks

Ian

Wordiest for Android

• Form two words from 14 letters (some with bonuses attached), then see how you did versus 100 other players given the same starting letters.

• Free, fun addictive

Chris

The Stanley Parable

• Get it from Steam 9.99

• Had me in stitches and a brilliant concept.

• Can’t say any more because it would spoil the game.