Tech Talk Y'all

Episode 84: (Season 4) A New Season... Because We Can

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In this Episode:

  • “Alexa Guard” Can Protect Your Home (2:43)
  • All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward (5:44)
  • GPS tracker leaks real-time locations and can remotely activate its microphone (7:07)
  • LED light can damage eyes, health authority warns (10:00)
  • SanDisk’s 1TB microSD card is now available (14:43)
  • Google’s new travel portal will improve the way you plan your trips online (17:24)
  • Facebook defends itself against op-ed calling for its breakup (21:18)
  • After burning through $1 billion, xJawbone’s Hosain Rahman has raised $65 million more (24:42)
  • Japan is running out of phone numbers, so it’s making longer ones (28:27)

    • Weird and Wacky Tech:

    • People are loving the new gender-swapping Snapchat filter, and it's now being used to catfish unsuspecting men on Tinder (31:37)

      • Tech Recs (35:00):

      • Sanjay - Hopper
      • Adam - Mail Chimp (with new CRM)
      • Shannon - NYT Crossword App

        • Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes

        Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit

        Links:

        • How Your Echo’s “Alexa Guard” Can Protect Your Home
        • All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward | ZDNet
        • Flaws in a popular GPS tracker leak real-time locations and can remotely activate its microphone – TechCrunch
        • LED light can damage eyes, health authority warns
        • SanDisk’s 1TB microSD card is now available
        • Google’s new travel portal will improve the way you plan your trips online
        • Facebook defends itself against op-ed calling for its breakup
        • After burning through $1 billion, Jawbone’s Hosain Rahman has raised $65 million more
        • Japan is running out of phone numbers, so it’s making longer ones
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        Tech Talk Y'allBy Sanjay Parekh & Adam Walker