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RIM’s BlackBerry OS smartphone chops are showing their first signs of ripeness: on the 39th episode of inThirty we give our take on BlackBerry 10. The dev kits and PR speak are flowing like maple syrup straight from Waterloo and comparisons to more mature smartphone platforms abound as we analyze RIM’s future prospects and discuss… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/05/blackberry-10-nails-in-the-coffin/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">BlackBerry 10 Nails in the Coffin</span></a>

On episode 38 of inThirty we cover all the ways to get your files into the cloud without putting your USB drive into a catapult. Google finally released its cloud storage service, Drive, and we take it for a spin and compare it to it’s older, wiser competitors. Find out how Chaim, Harry, and Justin… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/04/skyboxdrivesyncclouddrop/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">SkyBoxDriveSyncCloudDrop</span></a>

Can’t remember if your bank password has a ^ before the p or an * after the q? On episode 37 of inThirty we cover passwords and guest Amber Gott of LastPass takes us through her company’s password management software and their goal of reducing to exactly one the number of passwords you have to… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/04/correct-horse-battery-lastpass/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Correct Horse Battery LastPass</span></a>

Work it. Episode 36 is here and we cover wearable tech from digital pedometers that clip onto your belt, to headsets that plug into your ears, to those new Google glasses that perch on your face and make you look like a total…ly nice guy. We discuss whether form or function is more important when… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/04/whats-on-your-wrist/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">What’s on Your Wrist?</span></a>

On inThirty number 35 we delve into online publishing and discuss the best methods for consuming written content on our digital devices. We ferret out whether it’s better to burrow under or climb over the paywalls that an increasing number of online publishers are erecting around their content and discuss the revenue sharing model Readability uses… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/04/too-long-read-on-kindle/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Too Long, Read on Kindle</span></a>

Chaim is going to all the way to Google I/O in California to find out what dessert Google will match up with their tenth, J, release of Android. He’s hoping to come home with a complimentary jar of jellybeans and a lot of Android hardware. We cover the input about Google’s rumored Drive service and… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/03/google-io-i-dont-know/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Google I/O, I Don’t Know</span></a>

What do the story of a warlord in Uganda and the story told by a monologist in New York have in common? Truthiness. On the 33rd episode of inThirty we delve into the ups and downs, rights and wrongs, truths and lies of two efforts at activism: Kony 2012 by Jason Russel and The Agony… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/03/truthiness-2012/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Truthiness 2012</span></a>

Let’s go trolling. For the 32nd episode of inThirty we decide to wade into the reeking cesspool that resides under a lot of YouTube videos and most tech blog posts: the comment section. After comparing the (almost) anything goes comment policy at Chaimtime.com to the (absolutely) nothing goes one at CuriousRat.com, we discuss whether internet comments are useful… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/03/no-comment/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">No Comment?</span></a>

It’s finally here, the new…inThirty, oh, and the new iPad was announced, too. Just in time for our 31st episode, Tim Cook took to the stage and revealed what everyone knew was coming but nobody could wait for: the new iPad. We cover the new naming convention, dissect the new hardware components, weigh in on whether… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/03/ipad-1-2-3/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">iPad 1, 2, 3</span></a>

Once you Woz, you can’t stop. This is the second part of our epic Wozerview and also our 30th inThirty. Woz walks us through the tech he uses on a daily basis and gives his take on Android’s user interface design and the best, and worst, Android devices. We ask Woz to weigh in on… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/03/woz-two/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Woz Two</span></a>

The one, the only, the Woz. Leap Day only comes around once every four years and we wanted to make this February 29 extra special: Stephen Gary Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Inc. and the nicest guy in Silicon Valley, joins inThirty for our 29th episode! Woz reflects on the engineering philosophy that backed Apple’s early products, tells us… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/02/woz-one/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Woz One</span></a>

Roar. No, really, roar! The king of the hill, Mountain Lion has arrived and we throw him some fresh meat. Harry suggests that the Apple halo glows a little bit brighter since the latest OS X feline brings more of iOS to the desktop. Justin, on the other hand, worries the halo might be on… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/02/taming-mountain-lion/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Taming Mountain Lion</span></a>

Aye mateys! You know where more piracy takes place than off the Horn of Africa? The internet, and do you know who’s to blame? Well, we don’t know either but on this episode we walk the plank and try to figure it out. Do you want to know what special guest Kelly Guimont‘s favorite movie… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/02/piracy-on-the-high-isps/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Piracy on the High ISPs</span></a>

Super Bowl XLVI: 228 million eyes glued to their TVs, or at least glancing at them between tweets, rooting for Eli Manning or Tom Brady. But on this week’s inThirty we’re more interested in Darth Vader and the Soup Nazi; that’s right the commercials. Through quirk, cleverness, nostalgia, sheer repetition, or Clint Eastwood cameos, advertisers have learned… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/02/commercial-bowl/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Commercial Bowl</span></a>

Harry got hacked, Chaim’s students got busted, and Justin got frustrated: on today’s inThirty we take you to the dark side of the internet where chatbots looking to get lucky steal your Facebook password and use proxy servers to bully your children. We discuss the virtues of two-factor authentication for logins, the best way to… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/01/are-you-secure/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Are You Secure?</span></a>

You know what students need more of? Time spent staring at a screen! Apple’s recently announced their push into digital textbooks with iBooks 2.0 and Chaim and Harry have it out over whether students should trade their old, moldy geography books (which still split Germany into East and West) for shiny new iPads (which also… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/01/lets-ibook-it/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Let’s iBook It</span></a>

Lean back, lean back, and find your remote: on this second 2012 episode of inThirty we talk television. With the Consumer Electronics Show in full swing and its 35 footballs fields of floorspace teaming with gadgets, we want to know if any of them can score a touch down in the living room. We discuss… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/01/well-show-you-consumer-electronics/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">We’ll Show You Consumer Electronics</span></a>

Instead of working on shedding pounds or taking up yoga, the inThirty crew made tech resolutions for 2012. Chaim is going to feng shui and secure his digital life, Harry’s going to get on task and write a novel, and Justin is going to move to eBooks and iTunes Match. Maybe we’ll still join Jenny… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/01/tech-resolutions-for-2012/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Tech Resolutions for 2012</span></a>

The National Weather Service’s recommendations for putting together a hurricane preparedness kit include food, water, blankets, and a first aid kid. We think they left something out: Facebook. When Hurricane Irene was still an unnamed tropical depression, Justin Auciello created the Jersey Shore Hurricane News Facebook Page as a homegrown, “bottom-up, two-way news outlet”. Having… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2011/12/new-media-jersey-shore-hurricane-news/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">New Media: Jersey Shore Hurricane News</span></a>

Someone must have been a good boy this year because he just unwrapped a Galaxy Nexus! After Chaim paid a small $20 upgrade fee on top of the $299 price tag for the phone, and signed a 2 year 4G data contract with Verizon which included a stipulation that he “not be evil” while using it,… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2011/12/unwrapping-the-galaxy-nexus/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Unwrapping the Galaxy Nexus</span></a>

Holiday shopping is tough, and we’ve just made it tougher as we each suggest three gifts for your most beloved nerd. Listen in to find out which inThirty host gives the most fun gifts and which might be a little too into Dexter. All Chaim wants for Chanukah is a Galaxy Nexus, will it be… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2011/12/holiday-gift-wrap-up/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Holiday Gift Wrap Up</span></a>

Either don your tinfoil hat and ditch your smartphone or get comfortable sharing your personal thoughts with the engineer who’s in charge of the datacenter your texts and emails pass through. Guess which member of inThirty chooses which? We discuss the impact of Carrier IQ and whether asking users to opt in to data collection… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2011/12/whats-your-carrier-iq/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">What’s Your Carrier IQ?</span></a>

You think you know everything there is to know about Mommy Blogs? Think again. The Mother of All Bloggers (a title proudly bestowed by the inThirty team) Elizabeth Norton joins us to discuss to how she uses technology to keep in touch with a close nit group of fellow mothers. Elizabeth, without a single pregnant pause, takes… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2011/11/the-mother-of-all-bloggers/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Mother of All Bloggers</span></a>

Money, money, money, money…MONEY: We talk with Skyler Fox, an expert in payment processing and customer loyalty about NFC, RFID, CARD and every other financial acronym we can wrap our minds around. Not even Skyler, however, is able to answer the question: Can a Galaxy Nexus use its built in NFC to pay for itself? Guest… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2011/11/the-evolution-of-money/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Evolution of Money</span></a>

It’s good to be cing, and it’s good to have Klout. Harry earned a free Windows Phone 7, a Samsung Focus, for his courageous tweeting and shared it (and pizza) with his fellow inThirty hosts. We pick it apart and marvel at its simplicity and the lack of Blue Screens of Death, though its connector software did… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2011/11/windows-phone-7/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Windows Phone 7</span></a>

Because inThirty has a team of lawyers making sure we strictly follow all EULAs and TOS, we never created a Google Plus personal profile with first name in, last name Thirty. Now that Google’s introduced Pages for Google+ we’ve gotten clearance to add, or, if you will, +, ourselves to the network to share our… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2011/11/google-plus-pages-a-minus/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Google Plus Pages, a Minus?</span></a>

Please sir, can I have some more over the air updates? Not if you’re using the majority of Android phones. As a follow up to yesterday’s show, we’re lucky to have the creator of the chart that puts the Dickensian state of upgrade support across Android phones on display, Michael Degusta, with us on inThirty.… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2011/11/android-orphans/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Android Orphans</span></a>

Ice Cream Sandwich hasn’t even had time to melt and someone out there on the internet has the nerve to create a chart showing just how infrequently all those Android devices actually get the latest version of the mobile OS. Michael DeGusta, the man who laid out the sad state of Google’s hardware support in… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2011/11/fragmentation-threshold/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Fragmentation Threshold</span></a>

After two episodes that revolved around the iPhone last week it’s certainly nice to spend some time talking about delectable frozen treats…wait, is that Chaim saying that Android releases are named by desserts in ascending alphabetical order? This week we discuss the new features Android has to offer and trends in mobile operating system development. Chaim feels pushed towards… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2011/10/is-ice-cream-sandwich-delicious/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Is Ice Cream Sandwich Delicious?</span></a>

The cornerstone of Apple’s push towards iOS 5 is iCloud and we decided it deserves a 30 minute block of it’s own. Are sync services central to digital devices going forward? How does Apple’s method compare to Google’s? We also discuss what really happens when all of those 8 megapixel pictures from new iPhone 4Ss… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2011/10/icloudy-with-a-chance-of-google/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">iCloudy with a Chance of Google</span></a>

It’s been nearly a week so each of us has had a chance to use each and every one of the 200+ new features, and with the help of the inimitable Kelly Guimont of TUAW and Angry Mac Bastards fame, we get to make sense of them. Siri also gives hosting a try, but she’s… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2011/10/eyes-on-ios-5/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Eyes on iOS 5</span></a>

I want nothing besides my keyboard, monitor, and a billion bits between me and buying a gadget, but sometimes, I admit, it’s best to burn some gas to get the next best thing. On this episode of inThirty we discuss brick and mortar retailers and the impact salespeople have on the buying experience, especially when… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2011/10/point-of-sale/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Point of Sale</span></a>

Apple Keynotes, these are what inThirty podcasts are made for. We talk iPhone, and only iPhone, (please ignore the intro) for 30 minutes and decide whether the keynote was a blockbuster or a bust. Show Links: Apple iPhone 4S – Apple Website Apple Fall 2011 Event Keynote – Apple Website

Beating Apple to the punch with pre-holiday hardware announcements, Amazon revealed its new line of Kindles today. We discuss whether tablets need to have integrated digital content delivery for them to be valuable and close by asking which tablet is currently the best considering price and features…all before sundown. Show Links: Kindle Fire | Amazon… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2011/09/the-new-kindles-hot-or-not/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The New Kindles: Hot or Not?</span></a>

Who cares about Windows 8? Well, Harry, Chaim, and Justin care enough to talk about it and the state of the desktop OS in general for thirty minutes. We discuss the most important elements for creating a solid user experience on the desktop and the aspects that lock users into a platform. And try to… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2011/09/who-cares-about-windows-8/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Who Cares About Windows 8?</span></a>

Ask yourself this question: how are you going to listen to this podcast? It’ll of course be with deep interest and admiration for its hosts, but will you do it on a smartphone, a laptop, with your home theater in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound? Chaim, Harry, and Justin discuss whether or not the PC… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2011/09/are-we-in-the-post-pc-era/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Are We in the Post PC Era?</span></a>

On today’s inThirty we hash out the history and the future of instant messaging.

HP puts the kibosh on WebOS and throws a fire sale on the TouchPad. We discuss the implications for the tablet market, where HP went wrong with the TouchPad, and what it would take to unseat the iPad as king of the tablets. Most importantly, though, listen to find out whether or not Chaimtime was… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2011/08/hp-kills-webos/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">HP Kills WebOS</span></a>

Sergey and Larry decide that they’re sick of building all of their products out of 0s and 1s and want to make something you can really get your fingerprints all over, or at least chuck across the room at one of Apple’s lawyers during a deposition.