The Daily Geek #136 - SXSW, FourSquare, IBM, Sun, Counting Crows, Seattle PI, Sony and Ericsson

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Griffin talks about SXSW and how FourSquare seemed to be a pretty big hit with a similar take on location-based social networking. He then talked about how IBM is in talks with Sun Microsystems to buy them up for 6.5 BILLION! Griffin then talks about Counting Crows leaving Geffen Records which is owned by Universal Music Group to go making and marketing their music alone. He then talks about the Seattle PI going completely digital - NO MORE PAPER PRINTING :( Griffin ends the show talking about how the relationship between Sony and Ericcson may be on the rocks.

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[silentpenguin123]

heard of ikea?

[sweetgeektv]

Absolutely :) I just haven't really had time to even think about furniture with my travel schedule and work. No worries, I'll get there - but fear not my place in colorado is completely furnished and doing well in my absence.

Thanks for watching,

-Griffin / SweetGeekTV

[cphellp]

Seattle PI ... sad ... :(

[sweetgeektv]

ya cphellp, definitely a bummer imo.

-Griffin / SweetGeekTV

[rushringleader]

No, I like not having black fingers when I'm done

[sweetgeektv]

haha oh the black fingers how Seattle will miss thee.

-Griffin / SweetGeekTV

[roccosperanza]

For right now, but eventually the old fashion news paper has to go. Everything is going towards the internet. There have been at least I think prototypes of electronic newspapers that are literally paper thin.

[backdoorman1971]

i think nothing beats physical paper in your hands. bathroom break with a news paper=good

bathroom break with a laptop ? = weird ?

great vid griffin

[WestRoxGrl]

I am gonna miss the paper. When I moved to Boston I fell in love with the Boston Globe, and I don't know how much longer it's gonna last. Reading online is fine but holding a paper in your hand is just nice, and I'd rather read a paper on the subway than the website on my ipod.

[0Xian0]

I find it easier to read from papers then from a screen i find it easier on the eyes,idk if you guys have the same Lol Maybe i'm just getting old xD.

5* as always.