This week, John Federico (@gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (@chialinsimmons), Craig Calder (@ccalder) talk about the latest news in digital media and what it means for you. You can send comments and questions to comments@odmcast.com. We try to answer everything you send "on air." Visit http://odmcast.com to subscribe to the podcast. While you're there, be sure to subscribe to our announcements list via email. Follow us on Twitter at @ondigitalmedia. Subscribe to the YouTube channel. This week, we tried an alternative Google Hangouts and Skype. We tested WebRTC tools: Talky.io Appear.in We ultimately chose Appear.in for this episode due to its better video window management. (But we didn't record the video - there isn't built-in video recording in WebRTC platforms since it's a peer-to-peer technology.) Some reading material on Pono (TL;DR: You can’t tell the difference. I screwed up the explanation of audio sampling. Be sure to read this post.) Anti-Social Networking App Helps You Avoid Friends You Don't Like Messaging App TangoME Pulls In $280M From Alibaba, Others Amazon to Ship Video-Streaming Device in April. Will it be free? If you’re Prime Member and are involved in startups, be sure to check out the original Amazon show, Betas Craig bought a Smart TV. Do you really need one? (No. No, you don’t.) Google Play Game services brings multiplayer to iOS, lets devs offer cross-platform gaming Warner Brothers to “Veronica Mars” Backers: Okay, Okay — Use iTunes or Amazon if You Want (Props to Warner Bros) Wearables were big this week: Android Wear released. Apple will not make an iWatch John ditched both his Pebble and his Metwatch smartwatches Are you a regular listener? Please take a moment to complete this survey.
This week, John Federico (@gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (@chialinsimmons), Craig Calder (@ccalder) talk about the latest news in digital media and what it means for you. You can send comments and questions to comments@odmcast.com. We try to answer everything you send “on air.” Visit http://odmcast.com to subscribe to the podcast. While you’re there, be sure to subscribe to our announcements list via email. Follow us on Twitter at @ondigitalmedia. Subscribe to the YouTube channel. This week, we tried an alternative Google Hangouts and Skype. We tested WebRTC tools: * Talky.io * Appear.in We ultimately chose Appear.in for this episode due to its better video window management. (But we didn’t record the video - there isn’t built-in video recording in WebRTC platforms since it’s a peer-to-peer technology.) * Some reading material on Pono (TL;DR: You can’t tell the difference. I screwed up the explanation of audio sampling. Be sure to read this post.) * Anti-Social Networking App Helps You Avoid Friends You Don’t Like * Messaging App TangoME Pulls In $280M From Alibaba, Others * Amazon to Ship Video-Streaming Device in April. Will it be free? If you’re Prime Member and are involved in startups, be sure to check out the original Amazon show, Betas * Craig bought a Smart TV. Do you really need one? (No. No, you don’t.) * Google Play Game services brings multiplayer to iOS, lets devs offer cross-platform gaming * Warner Brothers to “Veronica Mars” Backers: Okay, Okay — Use iTunes or Amazon if You Want (Props to Warner Bros) * Wearables were big this week: Android Wear released. * Apple will not make an iWatch * John ditched both his Pebble and his Metwatch smartwatches Are you a regular listener? Please take a moment to complete this survey.