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BOTH Hours: It's Gamer Tuesday today with Gamer Correspondent Josh Boykin!

We discuss the latest in computer games, gaming trends, gaming hardware and so much more!

Today's Topics include:

*The Power of Mobile: Square Enix and Nintendo are both seeing big payoffs in the mobile space right now! What could this mean for the future of mobile gaming?

*The Profitability of Nostalgia: Pokemon GO and Final Fantasy Brave Exvius rely heavily on nostalgia, and they've profited big time. Combined with announcements for the mini NES, mini Sega, and even Starcraft HD, everyone's riding the nostalgia train. We'll talk about the benefits and drawbacks of cashing in on our youth.

*Games of the Month: Josh will cover his selections for Games of the Month: Mobius Final Fantasy, I Am Setsuna, and Chime Sharp.

Computer America

Hour one: Charles Tendell, Certified Ethical Hacker!

Charles Tendell is a Certified Ethical Hacker.  Charles is also a Computer America Correspondent and he's here to discuss topics like the upcoming Black Hat and DefCON coventions as well as Car hacking in the news!

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Hour two: News, brought to you by Slimware Utilities!

Craig and Ben do Computer and Technology News, brought to you by Slimware Utilities, the Official Optimization Software of Computer America, and answer your computer questions!

Computer America

BOTH Hours: Ralph Bond.  Author, Computer America Correspondent.

Ralph Bond is with Autodesk and he's here tonight as one of our Computer America Correspondents. Ralph finds technology items that will blow you away and tonight is no exception!

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Today's topics include:

Scientists Discover Way to Store Data on Atoms

This 'emotional' robot is coming to the US — and it wants to live in your home

Mercedes-Benz self-driving bus of the future

World's First 'Tesla Town' Coming to Australia

Coolest Designed Products of 2016

Google's Art and Culture app turns your phone into a museum

Amazon testing parcel deliveries by drones in the UK

and SO much more!

Computer America

BOTH Hours: Tech50+. Gary M Kaye, Founder and Chief Content Officer.

Please welcome Gary as Computer America's newest Correspondent!  Tech50+ brings together one of the most experienced teams of journalists on the planet, each of whom has spent at least a generation following hi-tech and understands the needs and perspectives of the 50+ audience.  Tech50+ wants to be the website you turn to for products, issues, and help.

Computer America

Hour one:500px.  Andy Yang, CEO.

500px is a photo community and marketplace for discovering, sharing, buying, and selling inspiring photography powered by creative people around the world.  From mobile photographers to professionals, 500px has the products and features to take your photography to the next level.

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Hour two: News, brought to you by Slimware Utilities!

Craig and Ben do Computer and Technology News, brought to you by Slimware Utilities, the Official Optimization Software of Computer America, and answer your computer questions!

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Hour one: Steve Stockman.  Author of "How to Shoot Video that Doesn't Suck."

Steve is back!  If you have any interest in shooting digital video, then you are definitely going to want to hear what our guest today has to say!  His name is Steve Stockman and he’s the author of the best selling book "How To Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck" and you could say that the book’s title really tells you what our show today is all about!  Steve is a producer, writer and director of over 200 commercials, web series, short films, music videos, and TV shows.  His book is non-technical and helps you shoot video that people will actually WANT to watch, and it’s written by a Hollywood Director.

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Hour two: News, brought to you by Slimware Utilities!

Craig and Ben do Computer and Technology News, brought to you by Slimware Utilities, the Official Optimization Software of Computer America, and answer your computer questions!

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Hour one:Workbench. Chris Sleat, Founder and CEO.

Workbench loves to tinker, explore, make, create and discover using robots and circuitry and gardens and drones and all sorts of materials that can be worked into projects. You name it, and Workbench can create it!  This kind of project-based learning and exploration is what Workbench is all about, so they created a community where like-minded people can come together to engage and inspire each other with their own ideas. Workbench has partnered with some of the most forward-thinking maker-product companies in the world to be on the leading edge of innovation.

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Hour two: News, brought to you by Slimware Utilities!

Craig and Ben do Computer and Technology News, brought to you by Slimware Utilities, the Official Optimization Software of Computer America, and answer your computer questions!

Computer America

BOTH Hours:  Popzara- Nathan Evans, Managing Editor.

pop·za·ra [päp-zära] is a bazaar of popular culture covering the worlds of entertainment and technology fronted by an anthropomorphic, peaked cap wearing dinosaur mascot. Throughout Popzara you’ll see and hear views on movies, gaming, technology, cultural icons and movements, even politics. Opinion pieces, debates, reflections, reviews and previews, in-depth analyses, news tidbits, and so much more. A little bit of everything for the discriminating reader and curious listener!

Computer America

Hour one: Picture Keeper. Matt Stanchie, Owner, Founder, President.

Picture Keeper.  Welcome to simplicity. This isn't the cloud, it isn't a hard drive, it isn't just a flash drive. Picture Keeper is a solution. Picture Keeper embeds special software onto its custom flash drives and make them available in multiple capacities. Picture Keeper gets you started protecting your photo files quickly. Picture Keeper offers a wide variety of drive sizes to fit whatever your photo needs may be.

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Hour two: News, brought to you by Slimware Utilities!

Craig and Ben do Computer and Technology News, brought to you by Slimware Utilities, the Official Optimization Software of Computer America, and answer your computer questions!

Hour one: News, brought to you by Slimware Utilities!

Craig and Ben do Computer and Technology News, brought to you by Slimware Utilities, the Official Optimization Software of Computer America, and answer your computer questions!

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Hour two: The GizWiz is Dick DeBartolo!

Dick is Mad Magazine’s Maddest writer and he joins us on every last Wednesday of the month with exciting and different gadgets and gizmos!

Today’s topics include:

Kingston Digital Data Traveler Micro Duo and it's small and very useful!

The biOrb HALO 15 Aquarium MCR is a visually seamless aquarium and features Multi-Color remote controlled lighting.

The Gourmia Coffee system, one maker that can brew coffee from many different manufacturers!

The Big Ass Garage Light. Yep, that's the real name!

The DreamWave Survivor is the world's first and only all-in-one high performance 30W Bluetooth speaker sound system and 400A emergency 12V car battery jump starter!

The Lenovo Phab 2 Pro. Lenovo touts this as the world's first smartphone to include Tango—a new technology from Google.

A keyboard for diehard gamers. The new Logitech G810 Orion Spectrum RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard features Logitech’s exclusive Romer-G mechanical switches, which they say offers 25 percent faster actuation than standard mechanical keyboards.

See inside your refrigerator --- right from the supermarket!

And SO much more!