This is Only a Test show

This is Only a Test

Summary: This is the official podcast of Tested.com. Tested brings you the week's technology and science news, with hosts Will Smith, Norman Chan, and Jeremy Williams. There's no jargon here, just solid explanations of the week's news--and plenty of wacky tangents. Make sure you stick around after the outro for fake outtakes!

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Podcasts:

 Episode 301 - Monster or Muppet - 5/14/2015 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:22:39

This week, Will, Norm, and Jeremy discuss the taxonomy of Muppets, Windows 10 editions, 4k Blu-ray, AOL and Verizon, the Lily Camera, pizza + emoji, and more. Enjoy!

 Episode 300 - Fuller House - 5/7/2015 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:05:24

This week, Will, Norm, and Jeremy are joined by Patrick Norton to discuss our Hololens experiences, the Oculus release announcement, Tesla's home batteries, Spotify vs Apple, and the end of Windows Media Center. Enjoy!

 Epiosde 299 - BUILDing the Apple Watch - 4/30/2015 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:02:04

This week, Will, Norm, and Jeremy discuss Microsoft's BUILD conference, Windows Holographic and HoloLens, Will's first impressions of the Apple Watch, the new Macbook, and a whole lot more.

 Episode 298 - Celebrate Good Times - 4/23/2015 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:49:00

This week, Will, Norm, and Jeremy discuss Star Wars Celebration, the new Force Awakens trailer, the amazing practical BB-8 droid, Google's Fi network, Steam VR developer applications, The Muppet show, and the latest updates to Windows 10 and the Xbox One. Enjoy!

 Episode 297 - The Apple Watch Watch - 4/16/2015 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:56:33

This week, Will, Norm, and Jeremy discuss Will's visit to Seattle, fancy coffee, Apple Watch try on appointments, Daredevil, CG in Furious 7, and the week's tech news. Enjoy!

 Episode 296 - The Return of the Duke - 4/09/2015 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:03:28

This week, Will, Norm, and Jeremy discuss digital releases of Star Wars, the DJI Phantom 3 announcement, Apple Watch reviews, the latest iOS and OSX updates, an Amazon Echo update, and a whole slew of new products in What We're Testing. Enjoy!

 Episode 295 - Full House - 4/2/2015 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:14:31

This week, Will, Norm, and Jeremy are joined by TekThing's Patrick Norton to discuss the Ready Player One movie, Microsoft's new Surface 3, Project Spartan, Google's ChromeOS HDMI stick, Amazon's Dash buttons, and Liar's Day. Enjoy!

 Episode 294 - The Virtual Minute - 3/26/2015 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:32:37

This week, Will, Norm, and Jeremy discuss the latest in virtual reality news, YouTube's Twitch competitor, Fantastical 2's high price, the PS4 update that adds suspend and resume, and that badass TIE Fighter animated short. Enjoy!

 Episode 293 - Unregistered Version - 3/19/2015 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:06:06

This week, Will, Norm, and Jeremy discuss the Carbon 3D printer, Nintendo's foray into mobile gaming, Apple's plan for Watch sales, Windows 10 release details, Sony's Vue over-the-top TV streaming service, and hints at the HTC Vive's price. Enjoy!

 Episode 292 - Optical Vaseline - 3/12/2015 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 03:20:09

This week, Will, Norm, Jeremy, and Gary discuss the latest in virtual reality from GDC and the news from Apple's March 2015 event, including Apple Watch, the new MacBook, and Broadwell updates to the rest of the MacBook line.

 Episode 291a - A Podcast in Two Parts - 3/5/2015 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:24:00

This week, Will and Norm are joined by game developer Samantha Kalman to discuss GDC, virtual reality rumors, the news from Mobile World Congress, the Pebble Time Steel, the real purpose for Kickstarter, and a bit of behind the scenes on the Amazon Fire Phone. Audio listeners, be sure to stick around at the end for a post-GDC update from Will and Norm about GDC announcements and impressions of Valve and Sony's latest VR demos.

 Episode 290 - Positively Stephensonian - 2/26/2015 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:26:03

This week, Will and Norm are joined by TekThing's Patrick Norton to discuss this week's news, including the FCC's broadband as a utility vote, more Smartfish aftermath, the Gemalto hack, China, why it's Pebble TIme, and Valve's not-so-top-secret-anymore VR tech.

 Episode 289 - Technical Difficulties - 2/19/2015 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:44:32

This week, Norm, Will, and Jeremy discuss the FAA's new rules for commercial multirotor flying, a strange Raspberry Pi 2 bug, Disneyland, SNL's 40th Anniversary Special, Jony Ive, and the NSA's tricky toolkit. Sorry about the technical difficulties early on, the video starts around the 40 minute mark.

 Episode 288 - The Opposite of On Fleek - 2/12/2015 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:33:00

This week, Will, Norm, Jeremy, and Gary discuss the Marvel Cinematic Universe joining the Spider-man universe, TVs that insert ads in your movies, and Tim Cook's Goldman Sach's talk. Plus: hands on impressions of Sling TV, Mario Kart 8, and board games for kids.

 Episode 287 - Gary's Back (Again) - 2/5/2015 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:19:19

This week, Will and Norm are joined by "classic" co-host Gary Whitta, who returns from a trip to London and a year working on an upcoming Star Wars film. Topics include the FCC's reclassification of broadband, the new Raspberry Pi 2, RadioShack's demise, the new Swatch smartch, and Gary's next movie. Enjoy!

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