Broadcom acquisitions of Qualcomm got smashed today by the President over National Security concerns. Personally, I think this was the right decision. Although this type of order by the executive branch is rare, the chip industry inside the United States needs protecting after all are we going to buy defense chips from the Chinese or off-shore companies. Nope.. Plus all the news of the day.

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* How to find the best TV antenna

* IObit Uninstaller Pro

* How to opt out of Facebook data sharing

* Eufy RoboVac

* John Oliver

* How much exercise do I really need?

* Jeff Bezos hopes to make space travel cheaper

* This is why your phone is charging so slowly

* Reuters launched Reuters e-sports wire

* U.S Navy under fire in mass software piracy lawsuit

* FCC must defend net neutrality repeal 

* Apple Watch

* Apple Music

* Verizon agrees to fix failing broadband networks

* How to delete your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

* Make Alexa calls from tablets

* Coincheck

* YouTube TV price hits $40.00 tomorrow 

* SpaceX to conduct test flights to Mars

* Apple Maps

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Girls Code for Free is an initiative by Microsoft that celebrates International Woman’s day. I talk extensively tonight about providing opportunities to our children that let them get exposure across a lot of disciplines. I also discuss the power of the Ohana’s Audience and how you and I can expand our sphere of influence to do better good.

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* Best Buy 3-day sale

* Wny is my Netflix not working?

* Lyft rolls its self-driving cars onto new testing track

* Girls can take free coding workshops at Windows store

* Olympic Games hackers tried to frame Russia

* Gmail Android app updates

* How to update your W-4

* GOP senator proposes net neutrality fix 

* How to stash your luggage for a couple of hours

* Twitter

* Mark Hamill

* Burger-flipping robot takes 4 day break

* The screen time debate

* Search engines should censor drug information

* California’s first proposed per-ride city tax 

* More than 150 Android apps tried to infect phones

* Right to Repair bill

* Apple and Tim Cook celebrate International Women’s Day 

* Trump should try muting 

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The rumor is NASA is hiding Aliens I would tend to not get to excitted over a story such as this but when a non-crack pot Doctor is saying it I have a tendency to get excitted. All the details on the show today, plus some mini rants from your beloved host as well.

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* Tacklife digital tire inflator

* DJI Mavic Pro

* Amazon Kids Edition Fire Tablets

* Amazon might launch a branded checking account

* NASA accused of hiding evidence of alien life

* Malaysian Apple cancels sale

* Charter appeals court loss

* Meal kits comes to Wal-Mart stores and online

* MoviePass

* A look at airlines’ weak data security practices

* Pizza Hut’s latest pizza ordering shoes

* Lyft

* Netflix

* PA AG files lawsuit against Uber

* Robots are here to take over your burger flipping job

* Alexa briefly lost its voice

* At least 3 Apple employees were hurt

* Waze Carpool

* Tech companies sues FCC

* Bentley’s first plug-in hybrid

* E...

I am not quite sure where this week went, simply insane trying to get caught up for the week I was out and this has been the week of early morning meetings. But you have to make hay while the sun shines. Studio to clean, but the corporates taxes are off to the accountant and that is a good thing.

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* Sally Ride postage stamp

* Uber Health

* Apple takes the top spot in wearables

* iCloud

* $37.00 noise canceling bluetooth headphones

* Discounted Brother Printer

* Use velcro straps to tame your cables

* Blackberry KEYone Black Edition

* Nokia

* Galaxy S9 trade in deal 

* Oscar nominated films in Digital HD

* Sprint

* The best wireless charger you can buy

* The 5 best smart speakers

* eBay follows Amazon with it’s own “Under $10.00”

* IBM

* Massive human family tree

* Drunk man accidentally takes $1600.00 Uber

* Watch a bus-size asteroid buzz Earth

* Top web browsers for 2018

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What an incredible trip I share all the details and a big round of applause for Kirk in stepping up and doing the show while I was out. Some really nice emails to him as well on how he did. Little rough back in the saddle show for me, but I will be here all the way up to NAB in April

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* Astronaut Leland Melvin

* Microsoft Office 2019

* Qualcomm opens up deal with Broadcom

* Has your password been stolen?

* Direct TV Promotion

* You can recover deleted text message on Android

* Your smartphone may be ruining your dinner

* Get inside your smartphone

* This massive 400GB micro SD card

* Charter Spectrum 

* Apple is disconnecting iTunes from older computers

* Cellebrite 

* 3 new iPhones for 2018

* Plex adds DVR scheduling to its Apple TV app

* Galaxy S9

* Blackberry

* Ford is updating Sync with Waze

* “We need smart networks not dumb pipes”

* New alliance wants to improve terrible in-flight internet

* Economic impact of broadband access

* Facebook sett...

This is my last day sitting in the guest host chair. Todd will be back on Monday night with a live episode. For me, this has been a great time hosting the podcast for the last 2 episodes and hope that you all will enjoy the episode I have for you!

* Steve Jobs’ 1973 job application

* Save $200.00 on iPhone X from T-Mobile

* Here’s what’s coming and going from Netflix

* Snapchat stock falls

* Android upgrade report card

* President Trump “We have to do something about……”

* Amazon Go

* MWC 2018

* Net neutrality repeal

* Orcam

 

Hello everyone, my name is Kirk Corless Executive Producer for the Geek News Central Podcast. I am in the guest host chair for today and Thursday’s episode for Todd while he is away with his family down in Florida for his daughter’s wedding. I hope you enjoy today’s episode!

* Google AI

* Apple updates all of its operating systems

* Volkswagen latest concept car

* How to watch free tv on Android TV

* People keep walking into glass at Apple

* Samsung S9 and S9+

* Facebook

* Sudski Shower Cup Holder

 

I received the Apple Homepod and I have some thoughts on where this device stands. Detailed commentary about HomePod on the show. As all of you know I am flying out for my daughter’s wedding celebration on Thursday. Kirk the Executive Producer of the show will be standing in and being the guest host while I am out. Thursday’s show will be his first podcast so it should be an exciting episode.

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* Best websites for online learning

* Windows Defender

* Man sues Facebook

* Robots compete in their own Olympic ski tournament  

* Google Pixel Buds

* Boston Dynamic robots

* Apple HomePod review

* Alibaba

* Broadcom

* The best desktop photo editing apps

* Trump’s new budget

* Verizon to start locking smartphones to its network

* Amazon 

* iOS 12

* Apple Watch

* Uber

* Rugged e-skin can heal its cuts and scrapes

* Essential 

* Equifax

* Can you hear the thunder with OWC at CES 2018?

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SpaceX and Starman completely made my day and I 100% geeked out. I still cannot get over the images from space of the Tesla Roadster and the Starman who was wearing a real Spacesuit with a Mannequin inside. You have to hand it to Elon Musk. Also of note, I found out some incredible info, I was not aware of about salary collection information by Equifax and other.

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* Amazon delivery drivers enter Florida home uninvited-twice!

* How to review and dispute salary data Equifax collects on you

* Discounted Aukey jump starter

* Are frequent password changes good?

* Breville Countertop Smart Oven

* What to do if your favorite website doesn’t load

* Boy gets trapped inside arcade claw machine

* Uber outage

* TD Ameritrade

* Netflix 

* FCC

* Apple sells out of HomePods

* Charter

* Your smart tv may be vulnerable to hackers

* Twitter’s 280 character limit 

* Game Boy keychain

* Lenovo recalls 80,000 laptops

* Asteroid set to make rare close pass by Earth

* Space X

* The Internet Association<...

Still on the hunt for two writers and I am also considering finding a permanent guest host that can fill in while I travel. Good suggestion by one of our Ohana members. Details on the show. I will be extending my Orlando stay a couple of days so that opens up my chance to go to KSC a bit more while the rest of my gang is at Disney.

The big launch by SpaceX is today and I am really excitted to see if the Falcon Heavy makes orbit. Elon Musk says its a 50/50 chance.

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* See if you are allowed to access police body cam video

* Siri Tips

* Google Home bundles at Best Buy

* See how much your appliances cost to operate

* Protect yourself from extortion phishing scams

* Motorola slashes prices

* MoviePass

* The Dow’s down

* New DroneGun

* Spotify 

* Apple provides superior cybersecurity protection

* Hulu and Vue fumbles 

* Kindle Fire HD 8

* FTC

* Ehang’s passenger carrying drones

* Galaxy S9

* iPhone X

* T-Mobile claims top spot in Super Bowl speeds

* Android Nougat

* Major banks ban cryptocurrency purchases 

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