{"id":1222,"date":"2011-09-30T21:58:13","date_gmt":"2011-10-01T05:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/?p=1222"},"modified":"2023-01-07T13:47:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T21:47:38","slug":"week-of-92611-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/30\/week-of-92611-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Week of 9\/26\/11 &#8211; Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Apple announces iPhone 5 event, Amazon announces the Kindle Fire, everybody freaks out about Facebook &#8220;frictionless sharing&#8221;, Google releases shared circles, Disney Appmates turns the iPad into an interactive playmate, Health 2.0 conference, and an amazing end to the 2011 MLB regular season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Hopefully I&#8217;ll make this weekly roundup a regular thing.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TECH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techmeme.com\/110927\/p33#a110927p33\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple confirms that the iPhone 5 event will be held on October 4th<\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techmeme.com\/110927\/p33#a110927p33\"><br><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techmeme.com\/110928\/p27#a110928p27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon launches the Kindle Fire<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch Jeff Bezos introduce the Kindle Fire in New York City on Sep 28th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveils Kindle Fire\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tCiC9h2tit4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techmeme.com\/110925\/p9#a110925p9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lots of concern about &#8220;frictionless sharing&#8221; on Facebook<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scripting.com\/stories\/2011\/09\/24\/facebookIsScaringMe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dave Winer: Facebook is scaring me<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nikcub.appspot.com\/logging-out-of-facebook-is-not-enough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nik Cubrilovic: Logging out of Facebook is not enough<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nikcub.appspot.com\/facebook-fixes-logout-issue-explains-cookies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nik Cubrilovic: Facebook Fixes and Explains Logout Issue<br><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techmeme.com\/110926\/p58#a110926p58\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google announces Shared Circles for Google+<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/technologylive\/post\/2011\/09\/google-traffic-takes-off-after-going-public\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google+ grows like crazy<\/a> after opening to the public<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Podcasts:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twit.tv\/show\/this-week-in-tech\/321\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This Week in Tech #321<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twit.tv\/show\/this-week-in-google\/114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This Week in Google #114<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/this-is-my-next-podcast-026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This Is My Next<\/a>\u00a0(10\/2\/11)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>APPS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2011\/09\/27\/disneys-appmates-turn-the-ipad-into-an-interactive-playmat\/\" target=\"_blank\">Disney&#8217;s Appmates turn the iPad into an interactive playmate (TechCrunch)<br><\/a>The toys will cost $20 for a set of two. <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/id461788392\">The app<\/a> is free and will be available Oct. 1, 2011. According to this <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/appadvice.com\/appnn\/2011\/10\/lightning-mcqueen-tow-mater-and-others-racing-now-on-the-ipad-get-your-toys-now\" target=\"_blank\">AppAdvice post<\/a>, the toys are available at Apple Store, Apple Store online, Disney Store, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.disneystore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">DisneyStore.com<\/a>, and national retailers, such as Target. It looks like the app only works on iPad 2&#8217;s for now, but according to the product description on iTunes, they&#8217;ll support all iPad devices sometime in the future.<br><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/quDUzyFqQwY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/5843275\/crashplan-iphone-and-android-apps-let-your-browse-and-download-your-backed-up-files-on-the-go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CrashPlan iPhone and Android Apps Let You Browse and Download Your Backed Up Files on the Go (Lifehacker)<br><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crashplan.com\/\">CrashPlan<\/a> is a really great backup service that I started using a couple of months ago. Earlier this week, they announced iPhone &amp; Android apps that allow you to acess all of your backed up data from your mobile device.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HEALTHCARE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.health2con.com\/conferences\/san-francisco-2011\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Health 2.0 Conference<\/a>&nbsp;was held earlier this week in San Francisco. I wasn&#8217;t able to attend, but here are a few summaries that I came across:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/healthblawg.typepad.com\/healthblawg\/2011\/09\/health-20-fall-2011-david-harlow-highlights.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Health 2.0 Fall 2011 (HealthBlawg)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chilmarkresearch.com\/2011\/09\/30\/trickle-down-health-or-health-2-0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trickle Down Health 2.0 Impressions (Chilmark Research)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mobihealthnews.com\/13504\/mobile-represents-realistic-side-of-health-2-0-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mobile represents realistic side of Health 2.0 conference (MobiHealthNews)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/29\/10-interesting-things-from-healthcamp-sfbay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I wrote a blog post<\/a><\/span> about the HealthCamp SFBay conference that I attended last week<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2011\/09\/22\/basis-reveals-an-awesome-new-affordable-heart-and-health-tracker-you-can-wear-on-your-wrist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Basis reveals an awesome new affordable heart and health tracker you can wear on your wrist (TechCrunch)<br><\/a>Cost will be $199 and you can <a href=\"http:\/\/mybasis.com\/preorder\/create\">reserve one on the Basis website.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SPORTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>My Giants were <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.sfgate.com\/2011-09-24\/sports\/30216390_1_bad-luck-pablo-sandoval-giants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">eliminated from the playoffs<\/a> after winning the World Series last year. Watch the Giants&#8217; year-end video <a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/video\/play.jsp?content_id=19793095&amp;topic_id=8007782&amp;c_id=sf&amp;tcid=vpp_copy_19793095&amp;v=3\">here<\/a>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csnbayarea.com\/pages\/v11_videodetail?PID=hXWM2-_HQIT4SffvgfrMV06ZG_tMjkR3sfzv96\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch the press conference<\/a> with Giants GM Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy where they talk about their plans for the offseason and preparations for 2012.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The last day of the 2011 Major League Baseball regular season may have been the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Buster_ESPN\/status\/119243679599820801\" target=\"_blank\">most exciting day of non-playoff baseball in history<\/a>. Two teams &#8211; the Red Sox and the Braves &#8211; that had insurmountable leads for the wildcard spots in early September were eliminated in dramatic fashion. The New York Times had an <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/09\/29\/bill-buckner-strikes-again\/\" target=\"_blank\">interesting post<\/a> about how&nbsp;improbable this ending was for the Red Sox. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The 49ers scored 21 unanswered points to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/49ers\/article\/49ers-pull-off-big-2nd-half-comeback-over-Eagles-2314756.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">defeat the Eagles 24-23<\/a> in Philadelphia. This was their biggest win in years. <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.49ers.com\/video\/highlights-49ers-beat-eagles-24-23-5966196\" target=\"_blank\">Video Highlights<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple announces iPhone 5 event, Amazon announces the Kindle Fire, everybody freaks out about Facebook &#8220;frictionless sharing&#8221;, Google releases shared circles, Disney Appmates turns the iPad into an interactive playmate, Health 2.0 conference, and an amazing end to the 2011 MLB regular season. Hopefully I&#8217;ll make this weekly roundup a regular thing. TECH Watch Jeff [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,62],"tags":[162,164,163],"class_list":["post-1222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-news","category-weekly-roundup","tag-amazon","tag-healthcare","tag-kindle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1222"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3690,"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222\/revisions\/3690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}