<description>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
</description>

In this episode Marty and Victoria quickly discus…

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


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

<description>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.</description>

The MVC Podcast returns!  In this episode, Marty …

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.

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

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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