In this funky episode of the hellyeah! show, we discuss Beastie Boys, digital cameras, web comments, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, Craigslist scams, Yahoo’s current state, Microsoft’s $99 Xbox 360, and the welcome decline of social reader Facebook applications.
Check out the show notes after the break…
Emory’s stuff
- MCA :(
- buying a camera
- micro 4/3rds
- everything else
- not that into SLRs
- http://incumbent.org/work/cry-it-out/
- use with Mindful Browsing
Alan’s stuff
- Netflix: Midnight in Paris
- Netflix: The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
- David Cross and Will Arnett
- new listing alerts from http://ifttt.com
Yahoo CEO in trouble
- Scott Thompson only has a degree in accounting, not “accounting and computer science”
- Forbes argues Yahoo cannot recover going forward
- http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikamorphy/2012/05/08/the-dirt-on-scott-thompson-will-bury-yahoo-too-something-dan-loeb-probably-didnt-consider/
Microsoft selling $99 Xbox with 2-year subscription
- Xbox 360 + Kinect + Xbox Live Gold membership
- $99 upfront, and then $14.99/month for two years
- only available at Microsoft Store locations
- http://www.giantbomb.com/news/microsoft-is-going-ahead-with-the-99-xbox-360two-year-subscription-plan/4128/
Facebook social readers on the decline
- Open Graph apps are often more spam than value
- “social reader” apps declining in popularity
- Spotify is doing just fine
- http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/7/3005580/facebook-open-graph-frictionless-social-reader-decline
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