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The guys ring in their 40th episode by looking back at some of the tech innovations and geek happenings from 40 years ago, umm Star Wars anybody?! They also touch base on news from Amazon and Google both having new smart home devices on the horizon, will Nintendo get in bed with Netflix and of course some fun movie news to finish up the turning 40 celebration!

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Weekly Riddle:

Lovely and Round, I shine with pale light, Grown in the pale darkness, A ladies delight.

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CCleaner the latest software to get hacked

It never seems to end as this time CCleaner by Avast has been exposed to malware by hackers.

Netflix coming to the Nintendo Switch?

Based on some reports, it seems like Netlix may be headed to the Nintendo Switch. But fans of the Nintendo handheld are split on if this is good or not. What do you think Souper Friends?

 

40 years ago the tech world was changing

Taking a look back at what sort of tech was out there 40 years ago, 1977. It’s actually a pretty big year for tech, gadgets and geekery!

 

Amazon’s latest tablet is also an Echo?

With the announcement of the new Fire HD 10. Amazon has added the hands free voice services of Alexa to their latest tablet. At around the $200 mark, is this new tablet a viable alternative to the highly acclaimed iPad?Amazon is also looking at Smart GlassesSee what I did there, “looking” at “Smart Glasses”. Anyways, it seems that Amazon wants a piece of that sweet Google Glass Pie. Though as of now they aren’t looking at a screen for the glasses, simply a bone conducted Alexa voice assistant built right in.

 

The Google Home Mini

IF this ends up being a real thing, which we’ll know soon since Google is set to announce it in early October, Google will be doing their best to take a potentially serious bite out of Amazon’s bottom line.

Blasting through some movie and tv talk, the guys discuss the new Tomb Raider trailer set to release in 2018, an intense looking survival movie called The Mountain Between Us starring Idris Elba and Kate Winslett, The Punisher dropping sometime soon, but Netflix is being tight lipped about it and of course the new Star Trek series that just debuted along with The Orville.

The Weekly Garnish

The hype for Thor 3 : Ragnarok continues with a terrific new trailer done by The Nerdist as a complete 1987 version of what this movie trailer would have looked like in the 80’s.

 

Kung FuryAnother super fun 80’s style short film that you really should go enjoy if you haven’t already!

 

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What the guys are doing outside the podcast:

 

Jason - http://www.youtube.com/GameGuru

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Adam - https://twitter.com/StarfieldEscape

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Dave - http://www.davidszweduik.com/

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Adam brings some great topics on Kaspersky getting booted to the curb and some new password guidelines followed up by a fantastic listener call about being a victim of sextortion. It’s a heavy call but we follow it up with a lot of fun chatting about the new iPhone news, NES classic re-release and South Park messes with Alexa. Plus don’t forget to check out the Hurricane Harvey Victims - Podcast Pack to help raise money and score a bonus exclusive episode of digitalSoup you won’t hear anywhere else! The link is below in the show notes!----more----

Weekly Riddle:

I am a five letter word and I am a fruit. Take the first letter out and I am a crime, take out the first and second letter and I am an animal, take out the first and last letter and I am a type of music. What am I?

Answer at the end of the episode!

 

Federal Government Boots Kaspersky to the Curb

The Department of Homeland Security has officially banned Kaspersky from being used in Federal agencies effective immediately, citing security concerns over the company's possible ties to the Russian government.  Federal agencies have 30 days to identify any Kaspersky products in use, 60 days to come up with a plan to remove and replace the products, and 90 days to implement.  They want this out fast!

 

NIST (United States National Institute for Standards and Technology) Password Recommendations Changing

Interesting new recommendations could actually make passwords stronger…. And EASIER to remember! LastPass 

KEEPASS

 

Sextortion - Listener voice mail Be careful out there on the internet!

https://www.fbi.gov/video-repository/newss-what-is-sextortion/view

If you believe you’re a victim of sextortion, or know someone else who is, call your local FBI office or toll-free at 1-800-CALL-FBI.

 

Hurrican Harvey Victims - Podcast Pack

Everyone who pledges $10 to this campaign will receive a link to download the pack, which contains exclusive episodes from 48 shows, and proceeds go to help Hurrican Harvey Victims. Great cause that digitalSoup is thrilled to be a part of.

 

iPhone 8 bleh … bring on iPhone X! (X or 10?)

Apple steals it’s own thunder from the iPhone 8 by announcing the iPhone X (10?).  Lots of great features, some standouts:  FaceID, 64-bit 6-Cores, Animojis, 5.8” Super Retina Display OLED, Augmented Reality, dual 12MP cameras

 

Nintendo re-releasing NES Classic Edition in summer 2018!

Many sites are reporting that Nintendo has heard the cries of the people and will be re-releasing the NES Classic Console during the summer of 2018.  Good news for those who missed out the first time but does that mean we WON’T be seeing an N64 Classic Edition next year?!?

AtGames Portable Gaming Consoles

With the popularity of the mini SNES and NES classic, the AtGames company may have another inexpensive solution to your classic gaming needs!

 

South Park Alexa fun!

In their own fun way, the cast of South Park reminds us that we maybe shouldn’t have our Amazon Echo devices too close to the TV!

The Weekly Garnish

 

My Study Life

Since school is back in full swing we have a great app for you to check out to help keep track of your classes, assignments, tasks and more!

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Intro Background Music: The Run by Kai Engel. licensed under an Attribution License.

 

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What the guys are doing outside the podcast:

 

Jason - http://www.youtube.com/GameGuru

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Adam - https://twitter.com/StarfieldEscape

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Dave - http://www.davidszweduik.com/

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Has Equifax hung it’s customers out to dry with the recent hack? Nintendo urges customers not to overpay for Mini SNES Classic, do you believe them? iPhones shooting covers for TIME magazine, say what now? Will Facebook make a move to become the next Netflix? The guys talk about all of this and a whole bunch more so pull up a chair join in this week’s digitalSoup conversation!

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Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it, Five in the middle is seen; First of all figures, the first of all letters, Take up their stations between. Join all together, and then you will bring before you the name of an eminent king. Answer at the end of the episode!

 

Massive hack of Equifax Leaves millions at riskIn July the huge credit agency was hacked, with millions of people having their social security numbers, addresses, possible credit card info and more exposed. Why is it just being reported now in September? With controversy swirling, what are the real risks and implications for the general public.

 

The Solar Eclipse … A Serial Killer Of Lenses!

Lens Rentals posted images of all their lenses they rented out to customers who decided to take pictures of the solar eclipse and returned the equipment destroyed.  Don’t forget, digitalSoup warned you about this!

 

Photographer Shoots 12 covers for TIME Magazine...on an iPhone

Interesting article about TIME magazine commissioned photographer Luisa Dorr to make portraits of 46 women who are changing the world. Does this mean we should all abandon our real cameras for those on our mobile phones?

 

Nintendo Urges us not to overpay

Nintendo of America President, Reggie Fils-Aime, has spoken in an interview with The Financial Times recently and stated that Nintendo did not manipulate the pre-orders of the Mini SNES Classic. In the same interview he urged customers not to pay anymore than the $80 asking price when buying from an auction site because they will have plenty of supply when the game console hits the shelves. Do we believe him or is this just Nintendo trying to put out the flames from angry customers that are giving up on even caring about Nintendo?

Rockstar Games updating LA Noire

This November this classic 1940’s era detective game will get a facelift and re-release on new consoles. What do you guys remember of this game?

 

MoviePass

If you watch a lot of movies could this be the way to go? At $10/month is this the way theaters will try to combat the streaming services like Netflix/Hulu/Amazon and all the rest?

 

Wonder Woman 2 director is now officially locked

As expected, Patty Jenkins has been locked in to direct the sequel to this summer’s box office smash hit. Was there really any question?

 

Facebook the new Netflix?

With more and more hints dropping that Facebook is wanting to get into the original video content game, think of how they replaced the “Videos” button with the “Watch” tab, a recent Wall Street Journal article claims Facebook may be willing to invest as much as $1 Billion into a push for original video content to rival Netflix and Amazon. The real question is, does anyone really want it?

 

The ‘Revengers’

The latest trailer, a TV spot, for Thor:Ragnarok has dropped and we get a new name for the team of Hulk, Thor, Loki and Valkyrie.

 

The Weekly Garnish 

iHome iBT12SC Rechargeable Flask Shaped Bluetooth Stereo Speaker

Great little bluetooth speaker to use on the go. Usually Dave picked one up recently, listen in to hear what he has to say about it! Click the link above if you want to grab one for yourself!

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Intro Background Music: The Run by Kai Engel. licensed under an Attribution License.

 

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What the guys are doing outside the podcast:

 

Jason - http://www.youtube.com/GameGuru

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It’s an episode filled with tangents and wide ranging topics, from CrashPlan and Backblaze backup news to more games taking advantage of mobile AR tech, including The Walking Dead and Star Wars. Plus Usually Dave spills the beans on the No Peek 365 Photography Challenge he is taking part in and what the heck is all this buttfumes.com talk?

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Weekly Riddle:This old one runs forever, but never moves at all. He has not lungs or throat, but still a mighty roaring call. What is it?

Answer at the end of the episode!

 

Crashplan exits consumer backup game

With the news that CrashPlan was pulling out of the consumer backup service game a lot of people were panicking. Meanwhile Backblaze absolutely killed it with a terrific social media blitz and may have cleaned house.

 

Walking Dead meet Pokemon Go:

Called The Walking Dead: Our World, this new mobile game for iOS and Android looks to take the zombie killing fun that fans of the show love and mash it up with the augmented reality mobile gaming concept from Pokemon Go. There’s no release date just yet, but will you be lining up to slay zombies and try to survive when it hits the app stores?

 

Star Wars: Jedi Challenges

Speaking of AR games, you wanna be a Jedi master and have light saber duels with some of the biggest Jedi and Sith villains in the Star Wars universe?

 

A real life Dr. Frankenstein. An Italian Neurosurgeon named Sergio Canvero is claiming that next fall in China he is going to complete a Full Body Transplant, swapping heads on real human bodies, in a procedure dubbed as HEAVEN. HEAVEN is short for Head Anastomosis Venture. This is some scary sh*t!

 

Dave started a “NO PEEK 365 Film Photography” Challenge

The Weekly Garnish

Cash By Square

Incredibly simple way to send cash instantly to anyone, anywhere.

Music Credit

Intro Background Music: The Run by Kai Engel. licensed under an Attribution License.

 

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What the guys are doing outside the podcast:

 

Jason - http://www.youtube.com/GameGuru

           [email protected]

 

Adam - https://twitter.com/StarfieldEscape

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Dave - http://www.davidszweduik.com/

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The movie industry is in a constant state of reboots and remakes, but what are the Origin stories you actually want to see? How secure do you feel online? Have you ever tried some RetroPie? In this episode the guys tackle some news about Funko getting hacked on Twitter, some great info about how VPN’s work and then the main topic, the guys DIVE INTO their Top Five movie character Origin stories that they actually want to see!

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Weekly Riddle:An old man wanted to leave all of his money to one of his three sons, but he didn't know which one he should give it to. He gave each of them a few coins and told them to buy something that would be able to fill their living room. The first man bought straw, but there was not enough to fill the room. The second bought some sticks, but they still did not fill the room. The third man bought two things that filled the room, so he obtained his father's fortune. What were the two things that the man bought?Answer at the end of the episode!

The Funko Pop Twitter account is hacked by pirates of a specific kind. Friday afternoon UD was browsing Twitter and saw a series of hilarious messages being posted by the Funko Twitter account. Hacked or poor taste in marketing a new product?

 

Are VPNs Only For Pirates?

Arr!  Why use a VPN?  There are many reasons and it's not just to hide some nefarious online activities.

 

VPNs We Have Used

https://windscribe.com/

https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/

VPN Research: https://thatoneprivacysite.net/vpn-section/

 

TouchPal Is Evil (and how I destroyed it)

A recent TouchPal update brought with it lock screen ads, banners ads, floating bubble ads that, when you try to swipe it off the screen would install software.  Three phone wipes later I figured out how to defeat it!

 

The Weekly Garnish

Jason’s first two Raspberry Pie/RetroPie videos available on our YouTube channel.

OR

Right on our website here!Video One: Unboxing

Video Two: The Build

 

Want to set up your very own RetroPie kit? Hit the links below to grab the gear and be sure to share your experience with us right here at digitalSoup by hitting the “Contact” button up above!

Vilros Raspberry Pi 3 Retro Gaming Kid – http://amzn.to/2wyhlbM

Super Tinytendo Case – http://amzn.to/2xBA6b5

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Intro Background Music: The Run by Kai Engel. licensed under an Attribution License.

 

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What the guys are doing outside the podcast:

 

Jason - http://www.youtube.com/GameGuru

           [email protected]

 

Adam - https://twitter.com/StarfieldEscape

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Dave - http://www.davidszweduik.com/

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Have we hit peak Marvel saturation? Is it worth watermarking your photos? Would you trust an app as your only source of contraception? The digitalSoup crew tackle all of that and so much more, including the new Essential Phone, some sad Deadpool 2 news and a new release of the original Starcraft that’s been remastered for your gaming pleasure! Stay hungry Souper Friends because the digitalSoup is on!

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Weekly Riddle:

Until I am measured I am not known, Yet how you miss me When I have flown.

Answer at the end of the episode!

 

The new ESSENTIAL PHONEIs this new Android based phone going to be as it claims, the essential new android phone everyone must have or is it just too ambitious for its own good?

 

An app as birth control?

A smartphone app called Natural Cycles has now been certified as a medical device for contraception in Europe. How does it work, will it be certified here in the US next and most importantly, could you ever trust a smartphone app in this situation?

Photographers that use watermarks, Google says beware!Google has shown how easy it is to remove your visible watermark from your images as well as a way to “trick” those automated systems from working correctly.

 

Deadpool 2 tragedy

Stunt-Woman dies in motorcycle accident on set.

 

Marvel movie and TV news:

With The Defenders released last friday, a new teaser for The Punisher hitting YouTube and even another trailer for Thor:Ragnarok (Yes it’s an International Trailer) are we still excited about these movies and these universes or have we hit a bit of “Peak Marvel Saturation”?  

Starcraft Remastered goes Live (and Battle.net is back)

Call your Korean buddies, Starcraft is back and looking better than ever!

The Weekly Garnish

Numark DJ2GO2

It’s the smallest full-featured DJ controller on the market. Designed to fit across a standard laptop, the DJ2GO2 is built to not take up any additional space during a performance or practice.

Last Day on Earth: Survival - Last Day on Earth is a FREE MMORPG zombie shooter survival and strategy game, where all survivors are driven by one target: stay alive and survive as long as you can in this post apocalypse game and shoot walking dead zombies.  It plays like Ark: Survival Evolved with zombies.

 

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What the guys are doing outside the podcast:

 

Jason - http://www.youtube.com/GameGuru

           [email protected]

 

Adam - https://twitter.com/StarfieldEscape

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Dave - http://www.davidszweduik.com/

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Buckle up for another information packed episode of digitalSoup as this week the guys tackle the RED Hydrogen One phone and some news from Samsung before diving into a listener question about Home Security Systems. Jason has decided to build a RetroPie box, we discuss The Munsters TV series getting a reboot, more great listener questions and even a way that you can mix your gaming and photography by editing photos in Adobe Lightroom using your Playstation or XBox controller!  

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Weekly Riddle:

Ripped from my mothers womb. Beaten and burned. I become a blood thirsty killer. What am I?

Answer at the end of the episode!

 

RED’s Hydrogen-One Phone

This is one crazy cell phone. With a planned release in 2018, it will feature a holographic display, will shoot 6K video and will allow modules to be attached to the camera to make it more like a DSLR.  Photographers and Cinematographers may be lining up, but will anyone else?

 

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 with a last minute leak

Do they have one last trick up their sleeve just weeks before launch? The pressure is on!

 

Raspberry Pi 3 & RetroPie!

In the next few months Jason will be building his first RetroPie, utilizing the latest iteration of the Raspberry Pi.  He will be building it in a replica classic Nintendo chassis but hasn’t decided on which one to use … NES, SNES or N64.  

 

The Munsters...Rebooted?It appears that yet another classic old TV series is going to get the reboot treatment, along with a change of address. The classic show followed the Munster family as they tried to fit in out in sunny California, now they’ll be trying to mesh with a more common cultural setting seen today.

 

Editing Photos in Lightroom with a PS3/PS4 ControllerWith some simple software additions to your PC you can set up your gaming controller to work as a controller for editing in Adobe Lightroom. Gamer Photographers rejoice the world over!

 

VANGUARD VEO $118

 

Dolica AX620B100 62-Inch Proline Tripod and Ball Head

 

The Weekly Garnish

Retro Box Raspberry Pi 3

 

Rasperry Pi 3 - PI ONLY

 

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Intro Background Music: The Run by Kai Engel. licensed under an Attribution License.

 

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Be sure to subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review, lets us know what you think.  You can reach us at the digitalSoup podcast website, Facebook or on Twitter @thedigitalsoup.  We are also on Instagram so follow us for extra bonus material and show highlights! Have a follow up thought to anything we discussed or have an idea on what we should talk about in a future episode then drop us a message on Twitter or our Facebook page or better yet record the message on your computer or phone and email it to [email protected] and we will play it on the air. Thanks for listening!!

 

What the guys are doing outside the podcast:

 

Jason - http://www.youtube.com/GameGuru

           [email protected]

 

Adam - https://twitter.com/StarfieldEscape

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Dave - http://www.davidszweduik.com/

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This week on digitalSoup we have a very special guest, James from the excellent gaming podcast,  Skip the Cutscene! We look at Samsung’s giant new TV, Madden football brings a story-mode to it’s latest offering, a special surprise quiz show from Jason before the guys run down a list of their top 5 video games they’d love to see made into movies!

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Weekly Riddle:

Usually Dave strikes out hard in the riddle department!

Answer at the end of the episode!

 

Samsung’s massive new 88 inch Q9 TV now at Best Buy

Sporting an enormous screen, 4k resolution, HDR and built in Wi-Fi this TV is the perfect compliment to your new Mini NES at a great price!

 

The new Madden storymode a “Longshot”Trying to keep the franchise fresh, a new story mode follows a player that has been away from football for 3 years and now is making one last effort to make it to the NFL. Do you want story modes in your sports games?

 

The Weekly Garnish

RAVPower FileHub PlusFor most of us, our mobile phone battery life can be an issue and there are ton of inexpensive options for portable chargers to give your phone a boost while away from home. But if you can have a portable charger that is also a effectively an external hard drive storage device with it’s own wi-fi, well that’s when things get interesting! We’ve been talking about mobile video kits on a budget a little bit and this is an accessory that, especially for iPhone users, can be a lifesaver. It effectively lets you have unlimited storage for your iPhone to backup all of the 4k video footage you’ve been shooting, allowing you to transfer your files to SD cards and keep your phone storage free! Best part, it’s only $40!

 

Go Check out James and Skip the Cutscene at the links below!

Skip the Cutscene Podbean

Skip the Custscene iTunes

 

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Intro Background Music: The Run by Kai Engel. licensed under an Attribution License.

 

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What the guys are doing outside the podcast:

 

Jason - http://www.youtube.com/GameGuru

           [email protected]

 

Adam - https://twitter.com/StarfieldEscape

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Dave - http://www.davidszweduik.com/

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It’s a laughter and rant filled week as Usually Dave makes people angry, the guys have some Apple issues while Jason tries out the iOS 11 beta. They tackle the John Wick series, AMD slaps down the i3 and a company called Three Square Market from Wisconsin is asking their employees to volunteer to be microchipped...that sounds like the start of a good sci-fi movie. Since it’s summer, dive right into this episode, the water is fine!

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Weekly Riddle:

Tom and his younger sister were fighting. Their mother was tired of the fighting and decided to punish them by making them stand on the same piece of newspaper in a way that they couldn’t touch each other. How did she accomplish this?

Answer at the end of the episode!

Apple accidentally leaked iPhone 8 specsIn what might be the biggest face-palm, oops, Steve Urkel “did I do that” moment by Apple since the Touch Bar leaked via nearly the same methods, they accidentally released specs for some of the fancy new features and design of the upcoming “iPhone 8” that should be announced in September.

 

AMD Releases the Ryzen 3 to the world!

Last thursday AMD released two new CPUs in their Ryzen line, the lower end Ryzen 3 1200 and the higher end Ryzen 3 1300x.  Both are four core chips without multi-threading and are less expensive (although not by much) then their Intel i3 counterparts.  Intel’s i3 does edge out both chips in single threaded applications (do those still exist) but the Ryzen 3 does best then with multi-threaded applications.  It appears AMD now offers fantastic performance at every Ryzen tier.

Microchipping employeesThis news broke a week or so ago about a Wisconsin company, Three Square Market, is now asking its employees to volunteer for an RFID microchip to be implanted in their hands, between the thumb and forefinger. Would you let your employer do it?

 

The Weekly Garnish

Rode VideoMic MEA great little microphone add-on for your mobile phone to help you capture better audio. Coming in at just $60 it’s a super affordable addition to your mobile creator game. (Stay tuned for a special “Building a mobile video kit on a budget” YouTube video over on the Dave’s YouTube page. Link will be posted on our FB page and Community Group)

 

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Intro Background Music: The Run by Kai Engel. licensed under an Attribution License.

 

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Be sure to subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review, lets us know what you think.  You can reach us at the digitalSoup podcast website, Facebook or on Twitter @thedigitalsoup.  We are also on Instagram so follow us for extra bonus material and show highlights! Have a follow up thought to anything we discussed or have an idea on what we should talk about in a future episode then drop us a message on Twitter or our Facebook page or better yet record the message on your computer or phone and email it to [email protected] and we will play it on the air. Thanks for listening!!

 

What the guys are doing outside the podcast:

 

Jason - http://www.youtube.com/GameGuru

           [email protected]

 

Adam - https://twitter.com/StarfieldEscape

           [email protected]

 

Dave - http://www.davidszweduik.com/

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This week Jason, Adam and Usually Dave are setting digitalSoup history as the stars aligned and they were able to gather around a table and record face to face for the first time! Jason travelled to Minnesota and the guys dove into Facebook implementing a paywall feature and Google saying "Don't call it a comeback". They also touch on some great movie news with Pacific Rim:Uprising and Shazam, a YouTube video of Hulk being decapitated and a modified live gameshow quiz. Wrapping up with some gaming news, including the Ataribox and a discussion about photographing the upcoming Solar Eclipse, this live recording is a wild ride up north!

 

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Weekly Riddle:

If it takes six men six days to dig six holes, how long will it take one man to dig half a hole?

Answer at the end of the episode!

Facebook to allow paywalled Instant Articles this yearPrompted by large publishers complaints you may now have to start paying to read content on Facebook in some instances. Is it time to ditch facebook all together?

 

Pacific Rim: Uprising

The reader teaser trailer is out and the movie is set to release February 23rd, 2018.  Not much is known about the movie but you can go wrong with giant robots battling monsters!

 

Hulk vs Krato fight videoIt’s epic and shocking!

 

Google Adds a Native Podcast Player...FinallyThe app will be part of the Google App installed on most Android systems by default and will have some great features to help out the army of podcast listeners on Android!

 

Google Glass is BackBut did it ever really leave? Where is it showing up now and has it finally found a completely logical home? Just remember, digitalSoup told you so!

 

Splashtop Personal

I have now switched from LogMeIn to Splashtop personal.  Not only is it just $17 a year instead of $120 butI can connect to five computers instead of just two.

 

Shazam! will begin filming in early 2018

The boy who became Earth’s hero will tell his story with his 2019 release.

 

8Bitdo SNES30 Pro & NES30 Arcade Stick - Two new  Bluetooth controllers with classic Nintendo styling for some retro gaming (or modern) on PC, macOS, Android and Switch.

 

Ataribox Updates

Slowly updates are coming out about the mysterious Ataribox console and it seems that now it will be a mix of classic and current content. What that means is your guess.

 

Outdoor Photographer Article about photographing the eclipse

Music Credit

Intro Background Music: The Run by Kai Engel. licensed under an Attribution License.

 

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What the guys are doing outside the podcast:

 

Jason - http://www.youtube.com/GameGuru

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Adam - https://twitter.com/StarfieldEscape

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Dave - http://www.davidszweduik.com/

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