We have been organising a foursquare swarm to happen live on air during the show! we need 50+ people to show up at Saint FM and check in using the foursquare application on their phones!

if this is successful all will be rewarded with the illusive SWARM badge.

James will be out and about giving live updates!

The rest of the show will run as normal, with all of your regular features and guests.

Here at Saint FM we have embraced the geo-social app that is Foursquare!

Rich, Si and myself are always battling it out for local mayor-ships and current badges, so the swarm badge is the next step for us.

We need 50 people to “check in” to Saint FM 94.7fm on Foursquare via their mobile device, once we have everybody we will cut from the show live to the swarm!

We need your help with this, we need you to tell your friends and your friends friends about this, it will only work if this information is passed on.

The Date for “the swarm” is 2nd September 2010

The venue is: 94.7 Saint FM, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex

Time: 8pm – 10pm

You must have a Foursquare account and a mobile phone that allows you to use the application.

UPDATE!  Follow @4sqESSEX in twitter, we are having a great response to this SWARM thanks for your support and i will see you there! @JAMESMHAYDEN

goto www.eyeborgblog.com for more info.

However, we spoke with Ortis off air shortly after our broadcast and it’s good news to say we will be chatting with him on the show in the near future.

So this gives you more time to find that searching question that we can put to Ortis on your behalf. Just contact us in the normal manner via text, email or live on the night by phone (date to be announced).

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8pm INTRO – OPENING SONG – WHAT THIS WEEKS TOPIC IS, CHAT.

8.10 TRACK – THIS WEEKS TOPIC

8:15 GUESS THE GADGET #1

8.30 TECH NEWS – TOP 10 DOWNLOAD CHART

8.45 WAYNE SHILLIAMS 5 MINUTE TECH REVIEW – GUESS THE GADGET #2

9PM NEWS – GADGET GRANDADS REVIEW OF TECH GONE BY – TRACK

9.15 SPECIAL EVENT

9.25 TIM VIGIL LIVE FROM THE USA

9.35 WEIRD /STRANGE TECH

9.40 CHIP CHIPPERS VYNYL COUNTDOWN

9.50 GUESS THE GADGET REVEAL – SHOW ROUNDUP – NEXT WEEK

10PM END OF SHOW

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This week we will be covering off  Tech news, Guess the gadget and  call the studio on 01621 785689 from 8pm if you have any questions?

Chip, Wayne and Gadget Grandad are sure to make an appearance, but will we capture them on video?

Don’t forget, the whole show will be broadcast on this website via UStream,  so you can see us as well as listen to us. If you would rather not, you can Still tune into Saint Fm on 94.7 on your radio in the Maldon district or listen live via our website and Saint FM’s.

On tonight’s show The guys had their first vidcast over the UStream network, a platform for  live media streaming. UStream launched in 2007 allowing anyone with a webcam and access to the internet to broadcast their own channels on Ustream network or on a third party site such as this site. Tonight was a live beta test with initial viewing figures peeking at 32 viewers.

Foursquare

James chatted a little further about Foursquare the geo-location based social network that is primarily used for letting your friends know where you are and figuring out where they are. Secondarily, it’s for collecting points, prize “badges,” and eventually, coupons, for going about your everyday business.

Guess the Gadget

Reintroducing an old segment on the All New Technology Show, Simon presented us with 5 clues to the mystery gadget of the week. Clues and information provided below.

Clue 1

A patient for a similar device was originally applied for in 1979

In September 2007, during a lawsuit with patent holding company Burst.com, Apple drew attention to a patent for a similar device that was developed in 1979. Kane Kramer patented the idea of a “plastic music box” in 1979, which he called the IXI. He was unable to secure funding to renew the US$ 120,000 worldwide patent, so it lapsed and Kramer never profited from his idea

Clue 2

It hides it’s files away from the user, but the user can still access them.

Media files are stored on an iPod in a hidden folder, along with a proprietary database file. The hidden content can be accessed on the host operating system by enabling hidden files to be shown. The media files can then be recovered manually by copying the files or folders off the iPod. Many third-party applications also allow easy copying of media files off of an iPod.

Clue 3

It’s trademark name was inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey

The name iPod was proposed by Vinnie Chieco, a freelance copywriter, who (with others) was called by Apple to figure out how to introduce the new player to the public. After Chieco saw a prototype, he thought of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey and the phrase “Open the pod bay door, Hal!”, which refers to the white EVA Pods of the Discovery One spaceship

Clue 4

It launched in 2001, but was not the first of it’s kind

The iPod launched in October of 2001. There were many other mp3 players on the market before Apple entered the marketplace with the iconic iPod with a mechanical scroll wheel and 5Gb of memory.

Clue 5

The computer software that accompanies the device has become the World’s biggest retailer in music.

The software is iTunes. The device is The iPod

Android OS 2.2

Wayne came into the studio to talk to posse about Google’s Android operating system update to 2.2. Lots of information on it’s new features and increased functionality.

Gadget Grandad

GG went back to when he was a lad and his favourite gadget being the Sony MiniDisc. Some interesting facts about the Minidisc follows:

• Released in November 1992 in Japan and December for Europe and USA
• It was a magneto-optical disc-based data storage device initially intended for storage of up to 80 minutes of digitized audio. Kind of like a mini CD in a case.
• Sony avoided the mistake that it had made in the 1970s with the Betamax video recording system, and this time licensed the MD technology to other manufacturers, with JVC, Sharp, Pioneer, Panasonic and others all producing their own MD systems. So it gained reasonable popularity. More so in Asia than Europe and USA.
• Recordable MDs can be recorded on repeatedly; Sony claims up to one million times. They’ve got a lot of fingers.
• Originally only 80 minutes on a disc. But Sony later introduced a compression format that increased this to 4x capacity.

Technology Driven Tracks

Rich spoke about Technology driven tracks, tracks that have been influenced by our use of technology and played us the Official World Cup song, Waka Waka (This time for Africa) by Shakira.

How do you get to see the video stream?

Easy, just visit the homepage of the website you are viewing right now on Thursday 8th July from 8pm until 10pm and every Thursday going forward. When we’re not live, you’ll be able to view archived shows. Oh the joy!

But don’t forget you can still tune into 94.7 Saint FM in the Maldon district and listen live on the website if you don’t want to see our ugly mugs.

The Programme Schedule provides times and details on shows broadcasting on Saint FM over the next several days, so you know when to tune in and who you’ll be tuning in to.

But hey, don’t forget to tune into the all new Technology Show on Thursday evenings starting from 8.00pm. And where do you listen I hear you ask?

Why 94.7 Saint FM in the Maldon District.

And don’t forget to visit the www.thetechnologyshow.co.uk on your mobile where we have a specially formatted version of the site for on-the-go viewing.

URL Links: www.facebook.com/thetechshow and www.twtter.com/the_tech_show

FACT: He’s most likely, probably, without a doubt, almost factually the oldest user of Facebook in the World.

Head over to Facebook and become Gadget Grandad’s friend. And whilst you’re there checkout www.facebook.com/thetechshow

Wayne Shilliams introduced himself to the crew and chatted about the Sony Bravia HX803 3D TV and Gadget Grandad popped into the studio to talk about the Atari 2600 but spent most of the time being critical of the ‘young uns’.

Live from the good old U S of A we had Tim Vigil on the phone talking about the latest technology advances from the other side of the pond. The big talking point tonight was the alleged iPhone 4′s antenna reception ‘issues’ and the class action lawsuit taken out against Apple as a result.

In Tech news Rich talked about the Space Shuttle Discovery and Endeavour missions coming up in the Autumn. Read NASAs press release at http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

So It’s with great pleasure that today, July 1st 2010 we bring you the all new Saint FM’s Technology Show website for all those tech heads and anybody who just want’s to tune into a fun a lively radio chat show in the Maldon district.