Chris and Taylor talk about the Sony Pictures hack, the Samsung Gear VR, the Live Channels For Android TV app, a tip of the week, the beginnings of a manned mission to Mars and much more!
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Top News
- Sony Pictures hack: the whole story via Engadget
- On sale today, Gear VR “Innovator Edition” part dev kit, part consumer product via ArsTechnica
Afterburner
- Android Wear Gets Official Third-Party Watchface Support via TechCrunch
- HERE for Android now available for free on Google Play via here.com
- Firefox drops Google as default search engine, signs five-year deal with Yahoo via theVerge
- The POODLE Attack and the End of SSL 3.0 via Mozilla
- Microsoft will disable fallback to SSL 3.0 in IE11 on February 10, still has no date for complete SSL 3.0 removal via VentureBeat
- Torque, Microsoft’s Alternative To “OK Google,” Now Works On Android Smartphones via TechCrunch
- Google-backed password-killer crosses major milestone via theVerge
- Following Numerous Data Breaches, Dashlane And LastPass Apps Can Now Reset Passwords For You via TechCrunch
- Amazon Instant Video can now stream movies and TV shows in 4K via VentureBeat
- Vimeo starts offering 4K downloads, but shies away from streaming via GigaOm
- YouTube’s Apple TV App Gets a New Look, More Videos … and Ads via Recode
- Grooveshark gives fully-legal streaming a shot with ‘Broadcasts’ radio service via PCWorld
thEndUsr Stories
- Google Publishes ‘Live Channels For Android TV’ App Into The Play Store, But So Far Not Much Is On via AndroidPolice
- Electricity-free air conditioning: New materials may change the way temperatures are regulated via The Economist
Tip of the Week:Learn When to Use JPEG, GIF, or PNG with This Graphic via Lifehacker
App Pick: Sonic Dash for Windows Phone, Android and iOS
Kicker:NASA’s Orion spacecraft runs on a 12 year-old single-core processor from the iBook G3 via Geek.com
