This is crazy, 28 days and the US government is still shut down! There are important things to be addressed for a lot of people that Congress should act on now not to mention there are a huge amount of people that are working for the US government who have not been paid for almost going on a month. I hope and pray that this shutdown ends sooner than later.

Show Notes:

* Stick to your New Year’s Resolutions (https://www.dumblittleman.com/wellness-gadgets/)

* FCC Ajit Pai (https://www.cnet.com/news/fccs-ajit-pai-wont-meet-congress-about-phone-tracking-scandal/#ftag=CAD590a51e)

* Open Government Data Act (https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/15/open-government-data-act-law/)

* YouTube adds swipe-based navigation (https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/15/youtube-swipe-navigation-mobile/)

* Facebook (https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/15/facebook-invest-local-newsrooms/)

* US Judge decision on to unlock phones without a warrant (https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/15/judge-biometrics-unlocking-rule/)

* Apple (https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/15/apple-battery-upgrades-iphone-sales/)

* LG G8 (https://www.androidcentral.com/lg-g8)

* Pandora’s new voice search (https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/15/pandora-voice-mode-search/)

* Japan’s robot hotel fires robot workers (https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/16/japan-robot-hotel-fires-over-half-its-robots/)

* YouTube updates policies  (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/01/youtube-updates-policies-to-explicitly-ban-dangerous-pranks-challenges/)

* Cord Cutting has grown (https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/16/cord-cutting-growth-nielsen/)

* Motorola’s next RAZR (https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/16/motorola-razr-foldable-phone/)

* Verizon and Apple Music (https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/16/verizon-unlimited-apple-music/)

* Senator Marco Rubio (https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/16/18185167/facebook-google-data-privacy-marco-rubio-congress-american-dissemination-act)

* T-Mobile merger (https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/16/18185188/t-mobile-trump-hotels-merger-justice-department)

* Bandcamp will open its first record store (https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/18/bandcamp-california-record-store/)

* Google Maps (https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/18/google-maps-speed-limit-us-cities/)

* Verizon to give free access to anti-robocall tools (https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/18/verizon-free-anti-robocall-tools/)

* Celebrity Big Brother (https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/life/tv/2019/01/18/celebrity-big-brother-meet-contestants/2600687002/)

* #PresidentPelosi (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23PresidentPelosi&src=tyah)

* The secret ingredient of the Krabby Patty (https://youtu.be/Z5x9bqGkgl4)