Darren, Jesse and Stuart get together for the first WTF Tech show of 2017, and discuss Virtual Reality (two of the hosts now have HTC Vive systems), Avaya’s bankruptcy, Yahoo’s sell out and IBM’s results… (Recorded Friday 20th January 2017 – Inauguration Day!)

Show notes:

* VR:

* Darren’s just acquired an HTC Vive, only to find out that Jesse also has one!

* We discuss the experience, the learning curve, the apps and games available and more

* VivePort app store

* IBM Speech Sandbox (Stuart blogged about this following the episode)

* Google Earth VR

* Avaya files for bankruptcy

* Remainder of Yahoo becomes Altaba after sale to Verizon

* IBM announced Q4 and 2016 results

*  Tips:

* Jesse: The 8-bit Guy – Youtube channel dedicated to 80s/90s home computing

* Darren: Greenshot – a light-weight screenshot software tool for Windows

* Stuart:

* Blogged list of podcast recommendations for 2017

* Udoq – docking station for mobile devices

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