Internet Taxation Coming Soon to a Link Near You Syria cut off from the Internet once again No joke: The Onion tells how Syrian Electronic Army hacked its Twitter Twitter API v 1 retirement date extended to June 11 Don’t throw dirt on the grave of Windows 8 just yet Microsoft confirms public preview of Windows 8 in late June What’s new about Windows Blue Windows Start button could make a comeback, Microsoft exec says Tablets devastate laptop market T-Mobile USA moves half million iPhone 5’s in first month, spurs first subscriber growth since 2009 New Apple patent suggests that future iPhones could sport invisible buttons Apple closes in on 50 billion app downloads, offers $10,000 to the person who hits it David Woodbridge: Review of the Accessible Kindle app with VoiceOver NFB Grading of Kindle Accessibility on iOS Chris Danielsen from NFB comments on Buddy’s Kindle opinion post. “Poisoning the Treaty for the Blind” Blind advocates: Hollywood lobbying threatens deal for accessible books Here is a related article from Matt Campbell about HTML5, W3C and DRM Serotek blog post: Consumer Tip: Protect Yourself from Bill Shock A user review of NVDA in the Braille Monitor: My Constant Search for Accessibility The 2013.1rc2 version of NVDA has been released [ChromeVox 27 Released! Math support, ChromeVox context menu, and more] Viber more accessible on iOS but not PC and Mac Looktel Money Reader Gains New Currencies Join CathyAnne on May 18, 4:00 PM for An Introduction to Word 2013

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This week, Serotek’s own Matt Campbell takes a break from development and joins Jamie Pauls and Ricky Enger on the podcast. Here are links to the stories discussed in this week’s episode:

General Tech

Why passwords have never been weaker—and crackers have never been stronger

1Password

Password Safe

Cash Killers: PayPal coming to over 7 million US stores next year

For one cent a month, Amazon Glacier stores your data for centuries

Who has the better unlimited plan? Sprint vs. T-Mobile

RadioShack to launch ‘no contract wireless’ on Sept. 5, report says

Twitter Handcuffs Client Apps With New API Changes

API, ShmAPI: App.net Still Has Many Difficulties To Overcome If It Wants To Beat Twitter

The Windows 8 ‘tutorial’ is a joke

Windows 8: It’s goodbye netbooks, hello tablets

Windows 8 Visually: Windows To Go

AT

SPN Special: Accessibility Anywhere

Blind veterans to convene on isle

Feature Writer Alena Roberts – NBC Steps Up and Decides to Give Air Time to the Paralympics

 Verizon launches accessibility app for visually impaired

Canadian Paralympic Committee Announces Complete Broadcast Schedule of London 2012 Paralympic Games Coverage

TweetList Pro – Twitter Client

Facebook

Super Egg Hunt Plus

Apple

Apple removes boy genius ads from the Web

Apple wins patent on audio, video ad skipper

Apple v. Samsung: Why is Judge Koh so angry?

Roundabout

This iPhone app reads your heart rate in seconds by staring at your face

Instant Heart Rate

Little Music Training Goes A Long Way

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