Free music battle heats up with the race to the bottom with free music offerings from both YouTube Music and Amazon. Great for consumers but it appears that the ad model that radio uses may actually now work in the digital divide which is exciting in itself. Time will tell how effective these offerings are as we are getting nickel and dimed now for every little service. I have some news to share on the next show which will come from the Blubrry studio in Columbus, Ohio.

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* –New iPhone rumors

* –Sesame Street invades Game of Thrones

* –Blackberry Messenger shuts down in May

* –White House won’t share data 

* –This $2,799 game emulator

* –Cygnus Spacecraft heads to Space Station

* –Apple is making it easier to recycle iPhones

* –YouTube to launch on Fire TV

* –Uber adds new safety alerts 

* –HBO isn’t happy

* –Netflix will invest $100 million dollars

* –Amazon Music with Alexa

* Second NASA Astronaut to spend nearly a year in space 

* Netflix Vs. Hulu

We are fast approaching the Final Hawaii shows with my upcoming travel we will have less than 5 shows left here that will be video in nature. While audio only shows will continue to the end it’s really crazy to know that I am that close to busting down the studio here. The time is going to go really fast. I get you all caught up on what transpired at NAB and the schedule for the next couple of weeks.

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Show Notes:

* –Tax Day 2019 reaches astronauts in space too

* –California DMV proposes rules

* –This is the best cheap live tv streaming service

* –Amazon shareholders to vote on selling facial recognition 

* –Game of Thrones Season 8

* –Apple and Qualcomm square off in court

* –Microsoft earbuds

* –Hackers spied on Microsoft email accounts

* –YouTube shows 9/11 link on live videos of unrelated events

* –Amazon free music streaming tier

* –Visa and Coinbase team up

* Westworld won’t return until 2020

* –Disney takes even greater control of Hulu

* –Amazon fake reviews

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Hi everyone, I am filling for one more episode and Todd will be back this coming Monday with an all-new episode from the Blubrry studios. I want to give a huge thank you to Todd for allowing me to come aboard the GNC team as executive producer as I want to give many thanks to all of the Ohana out there for the kind words and encouragement that you all have given since I came on 2 years ago. It is truly appreciated!

The news is a little light for this episode however the big news today was that Julian Assange was arrested and may soon be extradited in the US.

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Show Notes:

* Julian Assange arrested

* Samsung Galaxy Fold

* Use your Android phone as a security key

* Google Play Store UI overhaul

* A 3-inch turntable

* LinkedIn “reactions”

* Best cheap Android smartwatches

* Hushed

* How to get caught up on Game of Thrones

* 4 alternative Android email apps

* Apple Podcasts on the Web

* GoFundMe Causes

* Fox Sports and eSports

* Uber IPO

* Best Gaming PC’s

* Street Food

* Smart Home Tech that can save you mon...

HI everyone, Kirk here filling in for Todd for this episode and for Thursday’s episode while he is away down in Las Vegas for the NAB show. Monday’s tech news is a little light but no worries, tech news can be light from time to time. In the news this week, tech companies are testifying before Congress, the FTC is holding a public workshop also while net neutrality is not going to be a reality in the US, Colorado just passed their own neutrality bill.

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Show Notes:

* What is Chromecast and how does it work?

* This $14.00 car charger

* Game of Thrones Season 8 likely to drive HBO Now signups

* GameStop Spring Sale

* Facebook, Google, Twitter to testify

* Galaxy Note 10 rumors

* Microsoft Windows 10 May 2019 update

* Netflix claims it killed Apple AirPlay

* Colorado Net Neutrality Bill heads to Governor’s desk

* Viber

* A public workshop on loot boxes

* Google Play Store has a problem

* First run movies can be rented for $3,000.00

* Fortnite World Cup Finals

* Huawei is “open” to selling its 5G routers to Apple

* Twitter lowers the...

Android TV is testing invasive advertising, imagine you just spend $2000 on a Sony connected TV and you turn it on and the home screen is full of content advertising that is being pushed by Google as a way monetize the $2000 TV you just purchased. Well, this is a nightmare that is being tested and forced onto owners of TV’s powered by Android TV. Meanwhile, Sony must be getting some revenue as their attitude is well tough.

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* Apple envisions devices that can smell

* –Google employees set the tone on diversity

* –Idaho Power

* –House Democrats refuse to weaken net neutrality 

* –Android TV update

* –Gmail Smart Compose

* –Elon Musk ordered to work things out

* –Ongoing DNS highjacking target unpatched consumer routers

* –Apple cuts the price of HomePo worldwide

* Apple iPad Air review

* –Dell XPS 13 review

* –Amazon plans to launch thousands of internet satellites 

* –Universal Pictures in HDR 10+

* Amazon’s first HIPPA compliant Alexa skills

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Swatter gets 20 years for calling in a swatting on a individual who lost his life in the incident. The two co-conspirators trials start shortly. This should be a wake-up call to anyone who is considering playing a hoax on someone. Personally, I think the individual should have received a longer sentence. But it’s a start that these activities cannot be tolerated.

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* Brilliant green fireball lights up Florida sky

* –Malware may have stolen 2 million US restaurant diner credit cards 

* –AT&T to give away an Iron Throne

* US Court orders 27 pirate site operators to pay $1 million each

* –iPhone 11 might get 2-way charging

* –Vector overcoming challenges to reach the launch pad

* –Swatter sentenced to 20 years for a hoax

* –The Impossible Whopper

* –13 new science and fantasy books to check out 

* –Flight management system crash causes airline delays

* –Getty Images sued again

* –Telecom lobby suddenly pretends to care

* –FTC gi...

Family DNA Privacy is at risk with pleas from commercial DNA collection groups wanting you to give them free rein over your DNA to allow it to be shared with law enforcement. One could be responsible for a family member getting locked up or worse yet yourself implicated in something you have now knowledge of. I know personally that my DNA is in the national database from my active military days. I knew what I signed up for, but what about you? Will your DNA test end up getting your family member locked up to solve an outstanding crime?

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* –Rare disintegrating asteroid

* Apple appears to be loosening its grip on iPhone, Mac repairs

* –What is Kodi and how does it work?

* Worried about your iPhone security? 

* –Lyft to cruise on Wall Street

* –Instagram considering to ban Alex Jones

* –The US wants “Copyright Troll” lawyer in prison

* –Amy Klobuchar wants broadband in households by 2020

* –Inmates in Finland are training AI

* –Sony merges electronic divisions, hiding mobile losses

* –FCC “fined” robocallers $208 million since 2015

* –How a supercomputer is helping AT&T prepare for extreme weather

* –Seri...

Apple News dominated the tech sector today, it seems everyone has figured out to not even try to make any announcements when Apple is having a big event. We had to dig to get you a full stack of news today. Some of the topics covered are not linked below but the meat of today’s shot is. I have some callout to some of our Ohana during the podcast today lots to talk about and lots to contemplate as the big transition is forthcoming.

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Show Notes:

* –How much mobile data does streaming data use?

* –Apple News+

* Apple Arcade

* –Apple TV+

* Apple Pay is coming to transit systems

* iOS 12.2

* –Apple Card

* Rove around “Mars on Earth”

* –Get ready for Milky Way Season

* –Man pleads guilty to scamming Facebook and Google

* 10 quick Firefox tweaks

* –What is coding and how does it work?

T-Mobile Home Internet with unlimited bandwidth may be coming to a rural area near you. I would encourage T-Mobile to really get this offer out in the 49082 zip code area. I am really excited about this as there is simply no way that the incumbent cable providers are ever going to get this done or have the fortitude to make it happen. The 5G speeds that are coming will make this a great alternative for rural customers if the offering is truly unlimited and they do no throttling. Relief could be coming to the millions that do not have broadband in the true sense of the word.

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* –US Postal Service reveals stamps for the Moon landing

* –A solar storm hits Earth this week

* How to save on airline baggage fees 

* –The best tune-up utilities 

* –End of Windows 7

* –T-Mobile starts testing wireless home internet service

* –Streaming video surpassed cable subscriptions worldwide

* 5th Amendment protections apply to cellphone passwords in IL

* –eBay is adding support for Google Pay

* Microsoft Defender on Mac

* –Facebook admits stored passwords in plain text for years

* –Ford is investing $850 million in Michigan

* –What to expect from Apple’s streaming event

* Xfinity Fle...

YouTube & Facebook had their hands full with taking down all the rouge videos from the Christchurch shooting and massacre. With the easy of live streaming these days it’s not an easy thing to have enough technology to halt live streams like this mid progress but even harder to kill all the copies of the video once it has been published. My heart goes out to the Ohana in New Zealand. Had an interesting live viewer today and I provide some commentary from feedback during the show.

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Show Notes:

* What is a supermoon?

* 5 Apple original tv shows 

* Google Wear OS at 5 years

* MoviePass might bring back the $10.00 unlimited plan

* Verizon 5G will cost you extra

* YouTube took down a volume of videos

* How phones went from $200.00 to $2,000.00

* Apple Watch

* Trump would “never get into a self-driving car”

* How to set up an emergency location for Android and iOS

* NJ becomes the 2nd state to ban cashless shops

* Facebook can’t find enough local news

* New Zealand ISPs block websites

* US Air Force launches a satellite

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