Tuesday Tech Talk #77

Hey everybody and welcome to another edition of Tuesday Tech Talk. Covered quite a bit last 2 weeks with CES and Verizon-iPhone announcement, let’s see what this week brings us.

Facebook grants Developers Access to Phone and Addresses

So if you have ever granted third party developers easy integration to your FB account, you now may be giving them more information then you are comfortable with. This is not cool in my opinion and as soon as I read the article I deleted my phone numbers from my FB account, which is a shame because it made it easier for my long lost friends to get in touch with me offline. So it is back to the old way of doing things, if you need my phone number, drop me an email.

Computer History Museum now open

If you are ever in the Mountain View, CA area, then you may want to stop by the recently opened Computer History Museum. 25,000 square feet of geeky fun, I may have to schedule a vacation now where I actually go somewhere.

Spotify Coming to America Finally?

According to the New York Post, Spotify could soon be finally available in the US as it nears a deal with Sony Music and one other unmentioned label. The article goes on to mention that both Apple and Google have shown interested in a partnership with the Luxembourg-based company.

Steve Jobs takes Medical Leave of Absence again

Not a lot of details as to why as the CEO of Apple is very private person when it comes to himself, but for the second time Steve Jobs is taking a medical leave and Tim Cook will run the day to day operations just as he did the last time while Jobs remains CEO during his absence. So this may explain why Cook was there for the iPhone-Verizon announcement last week and not Jobs as many expected. We here at TupeloGeek wish Steve nothing but the best and pray for a full recovery for him and look forward to his excellent keynote speeches soon enough. I was thinking of holding this back for AppleTalk Thursday, but Steve Jobs has such an impact on technology in general, I thought it was appropriate to share the news here.

Well, that is going to do it for this edition of Tuesday Tech Talk. See you all next week!