BeachLighters, this podcast would not have been possible with you. I want to take this opportunity to thank you for all of your dedication and support throughout the era of the echo7 podcast. I hope you enjoy this final episode of the echo7 podcast and I also hope that you will join me on the new weekly podcast by BeachLight Broadcasting called the WTF Report.

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Telegram – An awesome and encrypted messenger available for iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, and Linux!

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Connect with Deep on Telegram: @DeepBLB

BeachLight Broadcasting Home Page

http://beachlightbroadcasting.com

echo7 Podcast Home Page

http://beachlightbroadcasting.com/index.php/echo7

Based on popular BeachLighter demand, we have a feature story this week that blends in some current news along with the pros and cons of brick and mortar stores. When is it the right choice to drive down to your local electronics retailer? Not to mention, but we are going to mention it anyway, that the Beer Pick of the Week is a respectable one at that (it would make Trucker Bal proud).

Show Notes

Telegram – An awesome and encrypted messenger available for iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, and Linux!

Telegram Messenger

Connect with Deep on Telegram: @DeepBLB

BeachLight Broadcasting Home Page

http://beachlightbroadcasting.com

echo7 Podcast Home Page

http://beachlightbroadcasting.com/index.php/echo7

With only 3 episodes left (including this one), the countdown has begun. For this week’s episode we have a special guest or maybe a few guests in studio for the Beer Pick of the Week segment. Then, we switch to the news with our first story which is about a man who is suing Microsoft because his computer went through a forced upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10. The only problem is that the upgrade was botched and bricked his machine! And for our feel-good story of the week, we take a look at a new disruptive capacity which is coming soon to a commonly bought computer component. It’s ridiculously larger than what we have in the market today.

Show Notes

Telegram – An awesome and encrypted messenger available for iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, and Linux!

Telegram Messenger

Connect with Deep on Telegram: @DeepBLB

BeachLight Broadcasting Home Page

http://beachlightbroadcasting.com

echo7 Podcast Home Page

http://beachlightbroadcasting.com/index.php/echo7

Sweet redemption indeed with this week’s Beer Pick of the Week! Our first story takes a look at a new VPN service provided by a major social network. Would you and should you use it? Then, the US government takes a stance against some cell phone manufacturers. Find out what happened and why the hard approach on these handset makers. Then, we go into the bittersweet part of this episode. No spoilers allowed in the show notes. You’ll just have to listen in to see what happens.

Show Notes

Telegram – An awesome and encrypted messenger available for iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, and Linux!

Telegram Messenger

Connect with Deep on Telegram: @DeepBLB

BeachLight Broadcasting Home Page

http://beachlightbroadcasting.com

echo7 Podcast Home Page

http://beachlightbroadcasting.com/index.php/echo7

Our Beer Pick of the Week is controversial at best, but what’s important is that our host actually liked it. Our first story takes a look at a court case which has been filed against Google, but this time it has nothing to do with privacy violations. Rather, it’s about how poor the microphones are on the Google Pixel handsets. Next, we explore a leak that has been called the “the biggest leak in history”. Apple is the victim of this leak as it affects some super secret code within their iPhone handsets. Finally, we end things of on yet another high note. VideoLan has announced and released VLC 3.0! The bet multimedia player takes on a whole array of improvements. We have the details on what’s packed inside this third release of VLC.

Show Notes

VLC 3.0 is here!

Download VLC 3.0

OMG Ubuntu’s Take on VLC 3.0

Telegram – An awesome and encrypted messenger available for iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, and Linux!

Telegram Messenger

Connect with Deep on Telegram: @DeepBLB

BeachLight Broadcasting Home Page

http://beachlightbroadcasting.com

echo7 Podcast Home Page

http://beachlightbroadcasting.com/index.php/echo7

The big 40th episode is finally here! A surprise and off-the-beaten-path Beer Pick of the Week graces our show which is appropriate for this 40th episode. Then, FaceBoogle is introduced. What is this notorious monster? How can you protect yourselves from its wrath? We have all of the answers on how you can take back your privacy and be more secure online. Then, we take a look at a milestone release of LibreOffice! LibreOffice 6 was released this past week and is packed with all sorts of improvements and features. Get the details on this amazing new version of LibreOffice.

Show Notes

FireFox

Download the FireFox Browser

Brave

Download the Brave Browser

Browser Plugins for Privacy

AdBlock Plus

Disconnect

HTTPS Everywhere

LibreOffice 6

Download LibreOffice 6

Telegram – An awesome and encrypted messenger available for iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, and Linux!

Telegram Messenger

Connect with Deep on Telegram: @DeepBLB

BeachLight Broadcasting Home Page

http://beachlightbroadcasting.com

echo7 Podcast Home Page

http://beachlightbroadcasting.com/index.php/echo7

Redemption is the word that best describes this week’s Beer Pick of the Weekk, especially after last week’s flub. Then we look into a fitness app that has exposed some military secrets. The story is fresh and still unfolding, but we have the echo7 take on what’s happening. Then, we get into the world of voice assistants. Apple is finally going to launch the Apple HomePod. It’s very appealing when compared to privacy-challenged Amazon Echo and Google Home. But, wait, there’s a new entrant into the market of voice assistants, and this one is open source! Could the Mycroft Mark II voice assistant be the right one for Deep? It’s a fascinating time, to say the least.

Show Notes

Pre-Order Your Apple HomePod

https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-homepod/homepod

Mycroft AI – The open source voice assistant!

https://mycroft.ai/

Kickstarter for Mycroft AI Mark II

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aiforeveryone/mycroft-mark-ii-the-open-voice-assistant

Telegram – An awesome and encrypted messenger available for iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, and Linux!

Telegram Messenger

Connect with Deep on Telegram: @DeepBLB

BeachLight Broadcasting Home Page

http://beachlightbroadcasting.com

echo7 Podcast Home Page

http://beachlightbroadcasting.com/index.php/echo7

The Beer Pick of the Week in this episode is a polarizing one at that. Is it too unique and rare for even BeerAdvocate.com? Could your suspicions about the Amazon Echo line of devices have been true? A new study sheds some light on these always on and always listening devices and Amazon’s disclosure policy. NVIDIA is getting very selective about who it wants buying their graphics cards. It’s a battle of gamers versus crypto currency miners as each side seeks out NVIDIA GPUs for their own unique reasons. And finally, a major international city decides to dump proprietary software in favor of open source!

Show Notes

Telegram – An awesome and encrypted messenger available for iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, and Linux!

Telegram Messenger

Connect with Deep on Telegram: @DeepBLB

BeachLight Broadcasting Home Page

http://beachlightbroadcasting.com

echo7 Podcast Home Page

http://beachlightbroadcasting.com/index.php/echo7

Recovery is a long road and a failure to launch can be difficult to overcome. Deep shares a personal story of a recent tragic mishap. Maybe the super strong Beer Pick of the Week can smooth things out? Then, we take a very, very special look at all of the things that didn’t exactly go well at CES 2018.

Show Notes

Telegram – An awesome and encrypted messenger available for iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, and Linux!

Telegram Messenger

Connect with Deep on Telegram: @DeepBLB

BeachLight Broadcasting Home Page

http://beachlightbroadcasting.com

echo7 Podcast Home Page

http://beachlightbroadcasting.com/index.php/echo7

Happy New Year, BeachLighters! It’s great to be back with another episode after a long and much needed break for the holidays. This episode is short for a reason which is hard to miss once you start listening. We cover a huge news story which simply hasn’t gotten enough coverage in the media. This new vulnerability affects computers, mobile devices, laptops, tablets, and much more. Find out about Meltdown and Spectre. For now, there’s not much that you can do aside from applying updates. Deep also has a bit of a meltdown of his own on this episode. But, hey, it’s good to be back!

Show Notes

Telegram – An awesome and encrypted messenger available for iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, and Linux!

Telegram Messenger

Connect with Deep on Telegram: @DeepBLB

BeachLight Broadcasting Home Page

http://beachlightbroadcasting.com

echo7 Podcast Home Page

http://beachlightbroadcasting.com/index.php/echo7