TechFan 269 – Exploding Notes

Exploding Notes, pulled content, photography, Apple Watch, Apple Event, innovation, and consumer rights for digital purposes. All that, and more, on this episode of TechFan.

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Geekiest Show Ever 225 – Week of Whinging

– GoFundMe for Mark Sheppard survival fund
– Ear and eye worm: a song Kevin can’t find now, driving Mike and Elisa crazy
– Online advertising and some of the crappy ways it is implemented
– Confusing Android phone models
– Elisa’s AT&T issues
– Elisa gets the Time Warner runaround
– Elisa’s pick: the 9.7” iPad Pro loaded with the Apple Pencil
– Mike’s pick: something that made Kevin drool—a new 24” two-stage snowblower
– Kevin’s pick: the 12.9” iPad Pro 128GB Wi-Fi only

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TechFan #268 – Revolution Needed

Special guest Peter Cohen joins Tim this week to discuss the topic “The tech that is in most need of a revolution”. Also discussed: video games, Rare Replay, BackBlaze, and much more. Check it out!

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TechFan #267 – Hacking Around

Tim and the returning David discuss hacking the FireTV Stick, HDMI inputs on a Mac, 17-inch MBP upgrades, Xbox One, connected devices, crappy controls on monitors, podcast editing, John Martellaro’s Background Mode, and much more.

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TechFan #266 – Glenn Reid

Tim interviews Glenn Reid, the CEO of Marathon Laundry Machines. Glen has a fascinating history at Apple and Adobe, and he is looking to disrupt the laundry industry.

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TechFan #265 – Old Tech

Owen Rubin joins Tim Robertson this week to discuss old technology, his review of the Tenda Powerline Adapter, technology and bootlegging in Asia, scam emails, and feedback from last weeks show. Plus, iCade arcade questions!

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Apple out of gas?

So Apple had a lackluster 3rd quarter where they ONLY sold 40 million iPhones and ONLY made profits of nearly 8 billion. Yes, it was down from a year ago, but there’s no way Apple could have improved on the crazy gains made last year based on the iPhone 6 and 6+. Tech journalists love to bash Apple these days like it’s 1999 and while some of what they say is accurate, it’s also misleading.

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TechFan #264 – Apple Anger

Time to get fed up with Apple and the insulting Mac upgrade cycle? Tim and David discuss. Also, Nintendo is releasing a mini NES, Amazon has a big problem brewing, the PocketCHIP, and magazines. Tim also finds a killer deal at Macsales.com

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TechFan #262 – Pre-Macstock

Tim and David brave the Macstock Expo in this special episode of TechFan. Guy Serle from the MyMac.com Podcasts joins in the fun, as does Tom Schmidt. This episode was recorded on Friday, July 15th from a hotel room.

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