Episode 39: 39: Quasimodo Backpack

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin talk more about Siri in theory and in practice, and how iCloud is different than MobileMe, with its own set of problems. Plus more complaints about the Star Wars blu-rays, a clarification of the TiVo Premiere Elite's specs, and the long-overdue completion of our tour of the Windows 8 UI.

Links for this episode:

• How Siri Works
  
• Siri in Practice - Kieran Healy
  
• The impact of Apple’s Siri release: From the former lead iPhone developer of Siri
  
• How Siri Could Work With AppleTV - FXRant
  
• Android Chief Andy Rubin Says Your Phone Should Not Be Your Assistant - Ina Fried - AsiaD - AllThingsD
  
• Let's Take This One With a Grain of Salt - Daring Fireball
  
• Back to Work #37: It's Never Not Everywhere - 5by5
  
• A New and Improved Moore's Law - Technology Review
  
• Windows 8 Metro video - Channel 9
  
• Premiere Elite performance enhancements - TiVo Community
  
• Publish and Subscribe - Wikipedia
  
• The People vs. George Lucas - Amazon.com
  

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