104: Alien Life

This week we're talking about the possibility of alien life! We're also discussing the new new MacBook, 360 degree video, and TweetDeck Apocalypse Day. Questions/comments? Visit awkward.email or call/text 509-AWKWARD.

This week we're talking about the possibility of alien life! We're also discussing the new new MacBook, 360 degree video, and TweetDeck Apocalypse Day. Questions/comments? Visit awkward.email or call/text 509-AWKWARD.

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Siri announces WWDC 2016 will be held June 13th through June 17th in San Francisco
Apple has confirmed what Siri told us earlier today. The company has now issued a press release in which it says that WWDC will be held from June 13th through June 17th in San Francisco. The same lottery process applies to getting tickets this year as in previous years. Developers can apply for tickets via the WWDC website now through Friday, April 22 at 10:00 a.m. PDT.
Apple Updates 12-Inch MacBook With Skylake Processors, Faster Graphics, Longer Battery Life, and Rose Gold
Apple today announced that it has released new 12-inch MacBook models with the latest sixth-generation Skylake dual-core Intel Core M processors up to 1.3 GHz, new Intel HD Graphics 515 that deliver up to 25% faster performance, faster PCIe-based flash storage, an additional hour of battery life, and faster 1866 MHz memory.
Apple's 13-inch MacBook Air now comes with 8GB of RAM standard
The Air's not dead yet!
Facebook Messenger Now Has Group Calling
Starting today you’ll be able to start up group VoIP calls right from the Facebook Messenger app, which pairs up nicely with regular free voice calls already available in the app.
TweetDeck for Windows Is Officially Dead
TweetDeck has long been our favorite Twitter client for Windows, but today Twitter announced it’ll kill the Windows version on April 15th.
Now Competing To Be The Master Of Your Domain: Squarespace
Squarespace's newest product offering takes direct aim at domain registrars like GoDaddy.
SETI@home
SETI@home ("SETI at home") is an Internet-based public volunteer computing project employing the BOINC software platform, hosted by the Space Sciences Laboratory, at the University of California, Berkeley, in the United States. Its purpose is to analyze radio signals, searching for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence, and as such is one of many activities undertaken as part of the worldwide SETI effort.
Alien 'Wow!' Signal Could Soon be Explained
The story behind the famous “Wow!” signal has an eerie quality that has inspired countless science fiction alien encounters and is often lauded as one of the strongest pieces of evidence that we are, in fact, not alone in the universe.

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