Tech Talk Today
Summary: Hang out with Chris and friends as they discuss a new take on life, tech, and open source.
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Podcasts:
TalkTalk Telecom has been hacked, but don’t blame them. They say it's simply the crime of our time. We discuss this embarrassing hack, their response, who is impacted & how legitimate their excuse is. Benjamin Kerensa joins us to discuss the ambitious new project Glucosio, it’s exciting goals & the open source model that enables it.
A Windows 10 upgrade is automatically installing on some Windows 7, 8 systems & ads in the Start Menu started showing up this week. We discuss. Plus the most disruptive technology in the last 100 years is probably not what you're thinking, Intel, Microsoft, HP, Dell & Lenovo form supergroup to save the PC & it’s terrible. Then it’s our Kickstarter of the week, a new breed of computing!
A new big tech trend right under our noses? A new generation of nomadic high-tech workers living off the grid, while staying always connected. These developers ask why is there is much pressure to buy the biggest house, buy the best TV, get a great car? Before us now is an entire world of possibilities & cultures, some of us have been completely blind to. The ability to live comfortably, in a tiny home, or an RV & move about or bring your home with you when you travel is an amazing way to live. We look at a few remarkable examples.
LastPass gets bought, FireFox loves Flash long time, just not your plugins, good iPhone vs bad iPhone & why the rest of the world laughs at the state of the US’ mobile payments.
The state of the tech press is downright embarrassing, today we call out some examples of “click bait journalism” that plagues the tech news. Amazon has a snailmail solution to your “big” data, LoopPay gets hacked, Lyft and Uber have a public spat & more!
Verizon’s super cookie just got nastier, Facebook has plans for free Internet from space & Google launches AMP, Accelerated Mobile Pages Project for a faster, open mobile web.
Microsoft announces new hardware, most impressively the Surface Book, Microsoft’s first ever laptop. We cut through the long list of announcements & spend some time discussing the Surface Book. Plus Roku 4’s best new features, Android M hits the web & more!
A Google leak suggests a new Chromecast & two new Nexus devices are just around the corner. Facebook is turning up the tracking & the big statement Microsoft is making with their $75 million donation. Plus an illuminating Kickstarter of the week!
New charging technology should fill your phone’s battery up 30% faster, Flickr wants you to explore photos with VR, Microsoft auto-downloads Windows 10 and we’re a bit outraged & why we think John McAfee is running for president.
Amazon tries to hide the bad news, Apple has a few big announcements & Chris and the crew have some crow to eat!
A new touchscreen display goes ons ale for the Raspberry Pi that nearly makes it a complete computer, researchers hack the sensors of self driving cars & we speculate rampantly about the iPad Pro, but definitely not the iPhone 6s!
The stories of Apple’s Netflix competitor leave us impressed, the real outrageous fraud of Ashley Madison has been revealed, Google brings Android Wear to iPhones & the malware problem that impacts jailbroken devices.
AT&T gets caught injecting ads into wifi, YouTube Gaming launches & the way the GCHQ obliterated the Guardian’s laptops may have revealed more than it intended. Plus the real dirty secret behind Ashley Madison & more!
Linux turns 24 years old, KDE ships a new Plasma, BlackBerry’s running Android & the great Google Now exodus. Plus some big news for Jupiter Broadcasting & more!
Updates on the Ashley Madison story after another massive data dump, JKF Airport starts tracking your cell phone to measure wait times & we debate the various uses for this technology. Firefox has big changes coming to addons & Google’s plan to reduce Android bloat! Plus Pearbuds… Our Kickstarter of the week!
