Future Tech Chat #17: Sunday News Edition

Starts live at 12:30 PM EDT on Sunday, June 29th, 2014!

This week on Future Tech Chat, we will be slowing down a little bit, taking some time to relax. This week has featured a TON of news from Google Inc. (as we discussed in the I/O predictions episode), so we will definitely reflect on what we saw from I/O, and how our predictions fared.

We'll also be taking a look at some of the biggest news stories of the year from Microsoft, Apple and others, and how they might affect the tech world over the next 6 months. May/June is technology conference season, so there have been quite a few different announcements about new products and features. This week is also a great opportunity to answer a few questions from viewers and talk a little bit about our technology backgrounds. It's going to be a great episode!

News stories

• Google makes “Cardboard” available: low-cost VR alternative
• http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/25/google-vr-cardboard/
• Verizon adds streaming music services to the “free data” part of your plan.
• http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/6121645/t-mobile-to-make-customers-data-free-when-streaming
• Google shows “working” Ara prototype
• http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/06/26/io-2014-googles-atap-shows-off-a-semi-working-ara-prototype-plus-prizes-and-boards-for-aspiring-developers/
• Google developing faster 3D printing for Ara to anticipate scale in production, working on allowing for more space for developer modules
• http://androidcommunity.com/project-ara-at-google-io-faster-3d-printing-more-space-20140626/
• Supreme court rules on cellphone privacy - says contents of phone cannot be searched upon seizure
• http://www.vox.com/2014/6/25/5841936/supreme-court-cell-phone-privacy-wurie-riley-roberts-decision-nsa
• Indications suggest Nexus hardware not going away, despite announcement of Android Silver
• http://9to5google.com/2014/06/26/google-exec-says-nexus-program-isnt-going-away-android-silver-wont-interfere/
• Nokia announces new Android phone
• http://9to5google.com/2014/06/24/nokia-announces-the-x2-a-quasi-android-smartphone-with-mid-range-specs/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9to5Google+%289to5+Google+-+Beyond+Good+and+Evil%29
• Google rolling out domain registration service - won’t include hosting
• http://thenextweb.com/google/2014/06/23/google-begins-testing-domain-registration-service/
• South Florida college now offering drone borrowing service for student projects
• http://mobile.theverge.com/2014/6/23/5836724/borrow-a-drone-from-university-of-south-florida-library

• Nest announces developer program, “Works with Nest” certification
• http://www.slashgear.com/nest-developer-program-aims-to-connect-all-your-things-23334829/
• Microsoft still pushing to take piece of Apple pie, offering Macbook trade-in program for Surface Pro 3 credit
• http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-trade-in-your-macbook-air-get-surface-pro-3-credit-23334838/
• Google Hangouts goes plugin-free!
• http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/27/google-hangouts-will-no-longer-require-a-plugin-for-chrome-users/

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I hope you'll tune in live at 12:30 PM EDT on Sunday, June 29th for the episode, and you'll be able to watch it in full above live or after it's aired.

You can direct any questions you might have to the Q&A on the event page (https://plus.google.com/events/c03kvc0burjbci0jitev73ug5fs), or on Facebook, Twitter and Google+. We look forward to seeing you here live!