Briefly Awesome Videos

Briefly Awesome 21: Moby Dick - Video

Christina Warren & Dan Benjamin — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:30:00 GMT

Christina Warren and Dan Benjamin analyze the current desktop and mobile browser landscape as they discuss Firefox 4 and more.

Links for this episode:

Faster, Sleeker & More Stable: Hands-on With Firefox 4 [REVIEW]

Google Chrome Gets a New Icon [PIC]

Daring Fireball: Why the Nitro JavaScript Engine Isn't Available to Apps Outside Mobile Safari in iOS 4.3

Google Chrome Blog: Talking to your computer (with HTML!)

Safari 5.0.4

Briefly Awesome 20: Relics - Video

Christina Warren & Dan Benjamin — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Dan and Christina talk about cool games for your iPad, the most epic Windows upgrade sequence ever and using the iPad in the cockpit. They also spend some time discussing the iPad 2 in depth.

Links for this episode:

Audience Calibration Procedure on Vimeo

Verizon still mum on iPhone sales - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Tech

iPad gets approval from FAA to replace paper flight charts and maps -- Engadget

Hacker News | Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right

Man upgrades Windows 1.0 to Windows 7 [video] | WinRumors

iPad 2 Leads to Massive Deflation in Secondary Market

iPad 2 Versus the Competition [INFOGRAPHIC]

iPad 2 first hands-on! (update: even more video!) -- Engadget

Sponsored by MailChimp and CodeConf 2011.

Briefly Awesome 19: Modern Classic - Video

Christina Warren & Dan Benjamin — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:00:00 GMT

Dan and Christina talk about the Oscars on the iPad, John Hughes artwork and the cutest 5-year old of the week. They also spend time dicussing the finer points of Mac OS X Lion and what it means for the future of computing.

Links for this episode:

Joshua Budich – Art Gallery – Illustration, Graphic Design, Web Design – Save Ferris

AWS CloudFormation

YouTube - 5 year old needs a job before getting married - funny!

Level 26 [iTunes]

Amazon Web Services Blog: AWS CloudFormation - Create Your AWS Stack From a Recipe

Swipe, Save And Serve: What's New in Mac OS X Lion [VIDEO]

Go Backstage at the Oscars With Your iPad

MagicWand - MagicWand - Twelve South

Apple - MacBook Pro - The new MacBook Pro. Huge leaps in performance.

Little Girl Won't Marry You Without A Job Autotune Remix [VIDEO]

Amazon launches Prime instant videos, unlimited streaming for Prime subscribers -- Engadget

Everything that can go wrong with Windows Phone 7 update does

Moki - Visual Evidence: Why Movies Are Getting Worse

Apple - Mac OS X Lion

Briefly Awesome 18: Detroit Needs a Hero - Video

Christina Warren & Dan Benjamin — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:00:00 GMT

Christina Warren and Dan Benjamin discuss the latest news in smartphones, the power of the cloud, Apple, and streaming media across your home. Also: Crowd-funded Robocop statues.

Links for this episode:

Nokia admits it rejected Android; eyes "billions" in revenue from WP7 deal - GSMA Mobile Business Briefing

Who's buying the Verizon iPhone - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Tech

New MobileMe to Offer Wireless Access to iTunes Library? - Mac Rumors

Verizon iPhone 4 case compatibility: a brief round-up | iLounge News

HANDS ON: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

A gift for movie lovers: Criterion Collection joins Hulu Plus « Hulu Blog

ZFS+rsync = Time Machine in the Cloud | Strongspace Blog

Follow Up of the Day - The Daily What

HOW TO: Stream Your Media to Every Device in the House

GALAXY Tab 10.1 - Samsung Mobile

Sony Ericsson - Corporate - Products - Phoneportfolio - Specification - Xperia™ PLAY

Palm USA | HP Veer Phone | Features, Details

TouchPad | Laptop TouchPad, TouchPad Computer Tablet PC

Nikon COOLPIX P300 Camera

NoteSlate /// intuitively simple monochrome paper alike tablet device

The King of Limbs : Where are you?

Dell's 2011 smartphone and tablet lineup leaked: Android Ice Cream, WP7 sliders, and a slate running Windows 8 -- Engadget

Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt and Mark Zuckerberg to Meet With President Obama Thursday in San Francisco - Political Punch

Google will launch iTunes music store competitor with upgrade to Android | Technology | guardian.co.uk

Mac Growth Outpaces Market for 19th Straight Quarter | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Posterous by the Numbers: 12.3M Blogs and 9.2M Monthly Visitors | Liz Gannes | NetworkEffect | AllThingsD

IBM Supercomputer Watson Wins "Jeopardy" | Arik Hesseldahl | NewEnterprise | AllThingsD

Big Rumors About Little iPhone, MobileMe Revamp: Apple News, Tips and Reviews «

Rackspace Cloud Revenue Keeps Rising, Tops $100M: Cloud Computing News «

Sponsored by Shopify and King of the Apps.

Briefly Awesome 17: I Have a Hat - Video

Christina Warren & Dan Benjamin — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Dan and Christina talk about Microsoft and Nokia, the HP TouchPad and rumored iPad release cycles. Also, Christina breaks down the truth about 4G.

Links for this episode:

StudioTech – Wirecast Series: Adding live text to Wirecast (for Mac) | TTFN TV

HP TouchPad Takes Aim at the Competition [VIDEO]

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop rallies troops in brutally honest 'burning platform' memo? (update: it's real!) -- Engadget

Twitterrific: Making Twitter Extra Terrific

Gartner: Symbian Is Still the Number One Smartphone Platform [REPORT]

Free Group Chat App Launches To Challenge Campfire Campfire Competitor

Layers Chrome App Puts a New Spin on Social Aggregation

Libox for iPhone Makes It Easier to Share Media [EXCLUSIVE]

The iPhone Ad War: AT&T vs. Verizon

Web Video, YouTube Gets A Boost With Adobe Flash Player 10.2

Daring Fireball: The Next Six Months

Verizon Readies 4G Voice Network

Gawker's Christopher Lee Scoop Draws Eyes to Redesign - NYTimes.com

Facebook Launches Pages Redesign

Nokia Goes All The Way: Windows Now ‘Primary Platform’: Tech News and Analysis «

PayPal's Micropayment Solution Opens to the Public

Rackspace Cloud Revenue Keeps Rising, Tops $100M: Cloud Computing News «

Cocoia Blog » HP webOS event roundup.

Nokia Partners with Microsoft, Embraces Windows Phone 7

YouTube - Playmobil Stop Motion - Joy Division - Transmission

What Is 4G? An FAQ On Next Generation Wireless

Briefly Awesome 16: Nobody Knows - Video

Christina Warren & Dan Benjamin — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 20:00:00 GMT

Christina and Dan talk about the Verizon iPhone, Android tablets, and the future of publishing. They also talk about cord-cutting and a music video made using Xbox Kinect.

Links for this episode:

Verizon breaks first day sales record with iPhone 4 pre-orders -- in only two hours -- Engadget

iPhone 4. Verizon. It begins.

LG G-Slate fully detailed by T-Mobile: 3D viewing and recording, available March (updated) -- Engadget

Verizon Set To Throttle Thousands Of iPhone Users

Don't count out the iPad competitors - CNN.com

Verizon iPhone now shipping to select customers: 'it begins' -- Engadget

Ongo | Welcome to Ongo. Your news like never before.

The Truth About Cutting the Cable TV Cord [VIDEO]

Readability: Enjoy Reading. Support Writing.

Project Code Rush | Click Movement (dot) org

Art Project, powered by Google

Push Pop Press

CodeConf 2011 // A conference focused on social coding presented by the fine folks over at GitHub

echolakeband: Music video for our song ‘Young... | ooh brilliant

Samsung Galaxy S 2 confirmed in Samsung video - Pocket-lint

Home - Android Market

The Daily: It's a Second-Rate iPad Magazine, Not a Newspaper [OP-ED]

AT&T Doubles Tethering Cap as Verizon iPhone Launch Looms

Verizon iPhone 4 vs. AT&T iPhone 4 - USATODAY.com

Android Honeycomb / Motorola Xoom hands-ons: widgets, Grocery IQ, and Monster Madness (video) -- Engadget

Sponsored by Screens and Campaign Monitor.

Briefly Awesome 14: CESpool - Video

Christina Warren & Dan Benjamin — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Dan and Christina talk about CES, the Verizon iPhone and hard drives you can drop off the roof. They also admire an iPad arcade cabinet.

Links for this episode:

ThinkGeek :: iCADE - iPad Arcade Cabinet

ioSafe's portable drives come with full metal jacket, free data recovery

Twitter Co-Founder’s ‘Square’ Raises $27.5 Million - Digits - WSJ

Verizon iPhone Will Act As A Mobile Hotspot

The Verizon iPhone -- Engadget

Twitter’s Response to WikiLeaks Subpoena Should Be the Industry Standard | Threat Level | Wired.com

Why I’m switching to the Verizon iPhone: I need a phone | BGR | Boy Genius Report

Verizon iPads Finally Ditch MiFi Cards for Real Connectivity

How to Cancel Your AT&T Contract: Apple News, Tips and Reviews «

Google Translate Android App Translates Real-Time Speech | Epicenter | Wired.com

BlackBerry Dakota Specifications Leaked [PIC]

HANDS ON: 10 New Tablets Ready to Challenge the iPad [VIDEOS]

iPhone Faceoff: AT&T vs Verizon

Daring Fireball: Simple Questions for Google Regarding Chrome's Dropping of H.264

By dropping H.264, is Google avoiding a trap or walking into one? | ZDNet

Sponsored by Sourcebits and Campaign Monitor.

Briefly Awesome 12: That's a Big Bag - Video

Christina Warren & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:24:00 GMT

In a mega-packed episode full of holiday cheer (and santa hats), dan and christina talk about everything from the windows phone 7 sales figures, awesome art prints for your wall and mac-friendly software bundles. Christina also demos the LunaTik iPod nano watch kit.

Links for this episode:

Apple’s Mac App Store to Open on January 6

News: FarmVille for Dummies is a real thing - ComputerAndVideoGames.com

Word Lens

Susan Kare: Classic Icon Prints

Robot Playing Chess

Great software, icons, and more for a fantastic price! / Fusion Ads Holiday Bundle

Brace for Impact! - PhobosLab

Motorola's 'Tablet Evolution' video teases some Honeycomb at CES -- Engadget

Introducing Eden – I « Notion Ink

Apple - iPhone 4 - View photos and images of iPhone 4

Windows Phone 7 Sales Off to a Promising Start

Instagram Quickly Passes 1 Million Users - NYTimes.com

Apple TV Sales to Reach One Million This Week

Kod

Squarespace Takes Blogging on iPad to the Next Level

Warner Bros Responds: 17 Minutes of “Lost” ’2001: A Space Odyssey’ Footage Found? | /Film

FoxNews.com - EXCLUSIVE: iPad Competitor Coming Soon From Palm

Dmtr.org 2011 / Lunar Calendar 2011 Poster

Original Trilogy Set- Moss

Amazon to Sell More Than 8 Million Kindles in 2010 [REPORT]

Microsoft to Reveal New Version of Windows - WSJ.com

iKlip

iPod nano Watch Project Makes Kickstarter History

Briefly Awesome 11: I Want a Robot - Video

Christina Warren & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:05:00 GMT

Christina and Dan discuss the iPad's influence on the web, a 2,000 year old computer, Golden Globe nominations, Twitter's Year in Review, and a Robot contestant on Jeopardy.

Links for this episode:

Mac App Store launching in January 2011 | The Loop

How the iPad Is Influencing Web Apps

Watch an Apple Engineer Recreate a 2,000-Year Old Computer Using Legos | Co.Design

ReTweetie - Add native ReTweeting to Tweetie for Mac.

Will “The Social Network” Get an Oscar? Most Critics Say Yes

The Real Lessons Of Gawker’s Security Mess - The Firewall - the world of security - Forbes

68th annual Golden Globe nominations - Entertainment News, Award Central, Media - Variety

'The King's Speech' Leads Golden Globe Film Nominations With 7 - The Hollywood Reporter

The Indie Mac Gift Pack

Top 10 Movies for the Modern Tech Geek

Multiple Gmail Accounts Just Got a Lot Easier to Manage

And the Top Twitter Trends of 2010 Are…

Twitter: 2010, The Year in Review · Twitter

Watch TV Online for Free - Clicker

Trickle App for iPhone

“Time” Names Mark Zuckerberg Person of the Year

I.B.M. Supercomputer 'Watson' to Challenge 'Jeopardy' Stars - NYTimes.com

Briefly Awesome 8: I Can't Get Off Angry Birds - Video

Christina Warren & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:52:00 GMT

Dan and Christina talk about TRON Legacy, Cookie Monster and iOS 4.2. They also discuss the new trend of iPad nano watch kits.

Links for this episode:

Jawbone | Leader in Personal Mobile Technology | JAMBOX & ICON

Griffin Technology: Slap - Flexible wristband for iPod nano (6th generation)

The coolest birthday cake ever! | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Cookie Monster Wants to Host "Saturday Night Live" [VIDEO]

Opera 11 Beta Introduces Tab Stacking

Original Apple Computer Sells for $210,000 at Auction

“Angry Birds” + Evil Pigs + Peace Treaty = Destruction [VIDEO]

TikTok+LunaTik Multi-Touch Watch Kits by Scott Wilson — Kickstarter

Amazon.com: The Art of Tron: Legacy (9781423131496): Justin Springer, Joseph Kosinski, Darren Gilford: Books

Printopia - AirPrint to any Printer - Print from iPad - Print from iPhone - Ecamm Network

Apple - iOS 4.2 Software Update

Roku Gets Hulu Plus Support [CONTEST]

Briefly Awesome 7: The Box - Video

Christina Warren & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:40:00 GMT

Dan and Christina discuss the Beatles on iTunes, the BlackBerry Playbook and Google's algorithm. Christina also reviews the Boxee Box.

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On A Path To Nowhere: Tech News «

Facebook Announces New Version of Messages

Make: Online : Kinect art program

Comcast Turns Your iPad Into a Remote Control and TV Guide

How Does BlackBerry PlayBook Compare with iPad? [VIDEO]

Google Voice for iPhone on the iTunes App Store

Angry Birds coming to Wii, Xbox, PSN. Multiplayer to resemble 'old school Worms' | Angry Birds news | Pocket Gamer

Astronut

Pure CSS GUI icons (experimental) – Nicolas Gallagher – Blog & Ephemera

Huawei Ascend | Cricket Wireless

Hard-Coding Bias in Google "Algorithmic" Search Results

Huawei Ascend is the $150 Android smartphone you might actually want to own -- Engadget

BlackBerry PlayBook first hands-on! (video) -- Engadget

Boxee Box by D-Link review -- Engadget

Twitter Blog: Instant Notifications

The Beatles on iTunes: Hands-On With the Full Collection [PICS]

Hulu Plus Goes Out of Preview, Drops Price to $7.99

The Staff Recommends: Home

The Beatles Take Over the iTunes Charts

Briefly Awesome 6: My Magic Fiddle - Video

Christina Warren & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:00:00 GMT

Christina and Dan discuss Windows Phone 7, the death of the Xserve and Angry Birds stuffed animals. They also talk about Magic Fiddle for the iPad.

Links for this episode:

Apple - Xserve - Resources

HOW TO: Start Developing for iOS, Android or Windows Phone 7

For Exercise in New York Futility, Push Button - New York Times

Chalking up the Windows Phone 7 launch | Microsoft - CNET News

Angry Birds — Welcome

Adobe Audition Comes to the Mac

Verizon's First iPad Commercial Hits YouTube

RIM’s PlayBook Will Cost Less than $500

HTML5 Project Brings Tablet Reading Experience to Any Browser

Magic Fiddle Turns Your iPad Into a Violin, and It Rocks

MacBook Air Tops Consumer Reports Ratings - PCWorld

Briefly Awesome 5: Elvish Size 2 - Video

Christina Warren & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:50:00 GMT

Dan and Christina talk about Samsung Galaxy Tab reviews, Apple's secret iPhone conference and Steve Jobs versus the world. iPad-specific mobile apps and frameworks are also discussed.

Links for this episode:

Apple Hosting Secret iOS Developer Summit Next Week

Microsoft Q1 2011 by the numbers: Beats consensus but not Apple | Betanews

Samsung Galaxy Tab review -- Engadget

iOS 4.2 Goes Gold, Brings New Multitasking Bar

An Open-Source, HTML5 Framework for iPad E-books

37Signals Creates iPad-Only Web App

Apple to Triple Length of iTunes Song Previews

Google Buzz Settlement - MarketWatch

iSTEAM ANDY

Tech Tussles: Apple vs. The World - Entertainment News, Technology News, Media - Variety

Glif - iPhone 4 Tripod Mount & Stand by Dan Provost — Kickstarter

Briefly Awesome 4: Stuffing Your Stocking - Video

Christina Warren & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:21:00 GMT

Dan and Christina discuss the mindblowing success of Minecraft, rumors of a Nexus Two and a (fake!) PlayStation Phone and the future of pop-up books. They also discuss Office for Mac 2011, the NOOKcolor and TRON: Legacy.

Links for this episode:

UPDATE 3-Western Digital warns of iPad hit, weak holidays | Reuters

Jeff Rock - Down the Memory Hole

Digg: A Cautionary Tale for Web 2.0 Companies - Newsweek

Teaser video for our latest book - Loud Crow Interactive Inc.

YouTube - BlackBerry's Channel

YouTube - Back To The Mac in 104 seconds: Amazing..Phenomenal...Great....Awesome....!

YouTube - TRON: Legacy - Derezzed video

Minecraft creator earns $350K in one day - Boing Boing

Minecraft sales data charts

The Nexus Two: Breaking Down the Rumors

Office for Mac 2011 Delivers the Goods [REVIEW]

Barnes & Noble Unveils Full-Color, Android-Based Nook

Apple says white iPhone 4 delayed until spring - Yahoo! News

The PlayStation Phone -- Engadget

Sony Comments On 'Fake' PSPhone | NowGamer

Briefly Awesome 3: Back to the Mac Edition - Video

Christina Warren & Dan Benjamin — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:00:00 GMT

Dan and Christina provide thoughts and analysis on yesterday's Back to the Mac event. They talk about the questions raised by the Mac App Store, the new hotness of iLife '11, upcoming features in Mac OS X Lion and of course, the MacBook Air.

Links for this episode:

Apple - Apple Events - Apple Special Event October 2010

Apple - iLife - Do more with photos, movies, and music on a Mac.

Apple - Mac OS X Lion

Apple - App Store - Buy, download, and install apps made for Mac.

Apple - MacBook Air - The next generation of MacBooks.

Apple - MacBook Air - Compare both models of MacBook Air.

Briefly Awesome 2: Hello McFly - Video

Christina Warren & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:12:00 GMT

Christina and Dan talk about webOS 2.0, the new Boxee Box and the blockbuster success of Angry Birds. Marty McFly, Steve Jobs and the Samsung Galaxy Tab also get shout-outs.

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Briefly Awesome 1: The Want Factor - Video

Christina Warren & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:00:00 GMT

In the inaugural show Dan and Christina talk about Windows Phone 7 and its new ad campaign, the way the App Store is reinventing the publishing industry, and Tron's takeover of Disney World.

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