This week on the show, I talk about the end of the hunt for the voice of Siri, thanks to Ms. Susan Bennett, how HTC may end up being a Windows Phone partner like Nokia, but thanks to Nokia, you might be able to charge your phone with a thunderstorm. All that and more this week.

 

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OSX Mavericks Released as GM

http://9to5mac.com/2013/10/03/os-x-mavericks-goes-golden-master-now-out-for-developers/

 

Apple buys Cue, intelligent personal assistant

http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/3/4799754/apple-reportedly-buys-cue-personal-assistant-app

 

Susan Bennett confirms she is voice of Siri

http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/04/apple-siri-susan-bennett/?ncid=rss_truncated

 

HTC may add Windows Phone to OS line up

http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2013/10/04/htc-could-add-windows-as-a-second-option-on-its-android-devices-according-to-bloomberg/

 

Tesla stock dips after a model S catches fire

http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/2/4796834/tesla-stock-dips-model-s-fire-youtube-video

http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/model-s-fire

 

Lavabit’s NSA protest uncovered

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/10/lavabit_unsealed/

 

Facebook Frackups

Instagram to show ads in feed, both image and video

http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/03/instagram-starts-showing-in-feed-video-and-image-ads-to-us-users/

 

Science News

MIT’s self-assembling cubes

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/simple-scheme-for-self-assembling-robots-1004.html

 

Microsoft’s browser gaming hopes

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/10/microsoft-touts-browser-gaming-with-web-based-relaunch-of-windows-95s-hover/

 

Scientists charge a phone with a lightning bolt

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24347185