Oct 13th 2016
Tech News Today 1619
Connect the Dots
Verizon's buyer's remorse
Jason Howell and Megan Morrone talk about tech news from Samsung, Yahoo, Verizon, Tinder, Google, Periscope, and more. In today's Samsung Recall update, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has officially recalled the Galaxy Note 7. Really this time. Yahoo’s unprecedented security breach disclosure from three weeks ago has cast a shadow over Verizon’s potential purchase of the company, and we’ve been wondering if it would affect the sale price or even put a halt to the deal altogether. Another day, another study on fitness trackers. This one comes from researchers at Cleveland Clinic who say the accuracy of wrist-worn, optically based heart rate monitors is uncertain, at best.
- Kurt Wagner from Re/Code talks about Periscope's new tools for producers. Periscope Producer is a new way for broadcasters to stream live-video feed directly to followers.
- Roberto Baldwin from Engadget gives his review of the the new Amazon Echo Dot that costs $50 for one, but if you buy them in a six pack, you get one free.
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Links
- Samsung Expands Recall of Galaxy Note7 Smartphones Based on Additional Incidents with Replacement Phones; Serious Fire and Burn
- Samsung offers Note 7 owners $100 off another Galaxy phone
- Verizon just raised a big warning flag for Yahoo
- Tinder 'Smart Photos' uses swipe data to select your best pic
- Google Photos can now turn videos into GIFs, fix sideways photos & more
- Fitness trackers aren’t very accurate at measuring heart rate — and that can be dangerous
- Twitter wants more TV producers and YouTube stars livestreaming on Periscope
- Samsung says it changed the Note 5’s hardware to fix the S Pen problem
- echo dot review
- LightRail art installation aims to bring San Francisco together
- You can now claim your cash in the PS3 “Other OS” settlement