MVC the Podcast

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MVC the Podcast

Two software engineers casually chat about this week's news in technology. We assume you can code.Marty is a computer science lecturer at Stanford and Victoria is a software engineer at Google.

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    Episode 23: Quickies, Google v Oracle, Zuck hacked, Dungeon Masters

    In this episode Marty and Victoria quickly discuss several tech stories (Verizon may buy Yahoo; Nest CEO leaves; Blackberry struggling; SnapChat acquires Seene; Facebook shutting down web chat; E-League premiere). Then we do a deep dive on the conclusion of Oracle v Google, Mark Zuckerberg getting hacked, a PowerPuff Girls coding exercise. Lastly we discuss a blog article about the danger of "Dungeon Masters" on coding projects. Verizon may buy Yahoo, AOL: http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/06/verizon-could-rule-the-90s-cyberscape-as-owner-of-both-aol-and-yahoo/ Nest CEO Tony Fadell leaves company 2 years after Google acquisition: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-03/nest-chief-fadell-leaves-after-tumultuous-two-years-at-google SnapChat acquires Seene, a 3D selfie taking company: http://techcrunch.com/2016/06/03/snapchat-secretly-acquires-seene-a-computer-vision-startup-that-lets-mobile-users-make-3d-selfies/ Facebook shuts down chat on mobile web to push users to Messenger app: http://techcrunch.com/2016/06/03/facebook-is-disabling-messaging-in-its-mobile-web-app-to-push-people-to-messenger/ New “E-League” video game TV show on TBS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELeague Google wins Oracle v. Google case; Android judged to be fair use: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/05/google-wins-trial-against-oracle-as-jury-finds-android-is-fair-use/ Mark Zuckerberg’s online accounts hacked; used password “dadada”: http://venturebeat.com/2016/06/05/mark-zuckerbergs-twitter-and-pinterests-accounts-hacked-linkedin-password-dump-likely-to-blame/ Powerpuff Girls teach kids to code in Scratch: http://techcrunch.com/2016/06/07/powerpuff-scratch/ http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/Scratch Rise and fall of the "dungeon master": https://medium.com/@ziobrando/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-dungeon-master-c2d511eed12f#.4bxe09l4a

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    Episode 22: Oracle v Google lawsuit, Google I/O, Facebook trend story bias

    The MVC Podcast returns! In this episode, Marty and Victoria talk about: the Oracle v Google lawsuit: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/05/google-puts-its-expert-on-the-stand-to-combat-oracle-wraps-up-its-case/ Google's I/O conference: http://venturebeat.com/2016/05/18/google-unveils-android-instant-apps-that-launch-immediately-no-installation-required/ Does Facebook's "Trending Stories" section have a liberal bias? http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/23/facebook-admits-rogue-employees-may-have-shown-bia/ Plus our thumbs-up, thumbs-down segment, updates on what we've been up to lately, and more.

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Two software engineers casually chat about this week's news in technology. We assume you can code.Marty is a computer science lecturer at Stanford and Victoria is a software engineer at Google.

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