Hands-On Tech (Audio)

Hands-On Tech (Audio)

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Hands-On Tech (Audio) episodes

  • Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1575

    Troubleshooting a new video card, using FireFox Send to securely share files, is NitroTV a legitimate alternative to PayTV services, old macintoshes potentially worth something, recommendations for a dash cam, keeping your smartphone plugged in and charging, blocking RoboCalls and more of your calls!

    Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Chris Marquardt and Sam Abuelsamid

    Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy.

    For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.

    Sponsor:

    • peakptt.com use code TWIT
    • 1 hr 51 min
    • Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1574

      WinRAR's 19-year-old security flaw, Spotify is taking on Apple, a former hacker is running for President in 2020, Facebook goes down for a day and Telegram leverages the lapse in service to promote its messaging app, a terrorist captures his carnage on Facebook Live and what the media giants are doing to stop the distribution of that content on the internet, Scott Wilkinson clears up any confusion on aspect ratio, portable music players and more of your calls!

      Host: Leo Laporte

      Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Dick DeBartolo

      Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy.

      For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.

      Sponsor:

      • do.co/twit
      • 2 hr 6 min
      • Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1573

        iPhone X WiFi issues, out of order text messages, blocking unwanted calls, counterfeit SD cards and thumb drives, creating a personal server with a Raspberry Pi, Sam Abuelsamid talks about the new KIA Nero EV, Chris Marquardt discusses shooting the Northern Lights, and more of your calls.

        Host: Leo Laporte

        Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt

        Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy.

        For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.

        Sponsor:

        • FreshBooks.com/techguy
        • 2 hr 6 min
        • Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1572

          The new Samsung Galaxy S10+ in hand, Facebook wants to focus on privacy, backing up a new laptop, showing email attachments in Outlook, securing your passwords, getting photos off of an old Kodak PhotoCD, enabling Wi-Fi calling on an Android phone, marketing a website and more of your calls!

          Host: Leo Laporte

          Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

          Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy.

          For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.

          2 hr 12 min
        • Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1571

          Picking a budget Android smartphone, Telsa moves to online sales, finding any location with What3words, how to start municipal WiFi, the best ways to find cheap flight deals with apps like Jetto, ways to digitize your old home video tapes, and more of your calls.

          Host: Leo Laporte

          Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Johnny Jet

          Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy.

          For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.

          Sponsors:

          • carbonite.com
          • simplisafe.com/twit
          • 2 hr 21 min
          • Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1570

            The state of artificial intelligence, making your own email solution, World Hearing Day and protecting your hearing with Scott Wilkinson, becoming a cord cutter, backing up photos to the cloud, is Kaspersky Anti Virus software safe? VPN speeds, getting a landline phone and more of your calls!

            Host: Leo Laporte

            Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Dick DeBartolo

            Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy.

            For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.

            Sponsors:

            • WordPress.com/techguy
            • carbonite.com
            • 2 hr 17 min
            • Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1569

              Huawei outprices Samsung with a more expensive folding phone, the right equipment to start day trading, can I still use Windows 7 next year? Connecting a Chromebook to a computer monitor, making a living on YouTube, using an Amazon Echo while traveling, is Blu-ray dead? And more of your calls!

              Host: Leo Laporte

              Guest: Sam Abuelsamid

              Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy.

              For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.

              Sponsors:

              • do.co/twit
              • LastPass.com/twit
              • 2 hr 3 min
              • Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1568

                Managing your music library on Android, choosing between the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, booking last minute hotels with HotelTonight, transferring your data to a new Windows computer, affordable Android phones, and more of your calls.

                Host: Leo Laporte

                Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

                Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy.

                For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.

                Sponsors:

                • LastPass.com/twit
                • do.co/twit
                • 2 hr 29 min
                • Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1567

                  MacBook Air vs Chromebook, what to do when you've reached the limit of iCloud storage space, what happens to the restore partition when you upgrade Windows, how to root an Android phone, recording multiple tracks of audio from a camera, repurposing a TiVo Roamio, the future of NFC in smartphones, intermittent kernel panics on an old Mac Pro, connecting an Android phone to a TV, and Sam Abuelsamid joins Leo to talk about a new all-electric pickup truck called the Rivian.

                  Host: Leo Laporte

                  Guest: Sam Abuelsamid

                  Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy.

                  For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.

                  Sponsor:

                  • hover.com/twit
                  • 2 hr 9 min
                  • Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1566

                    Homeowners suing Niantic, the creators of Pokemon Go, regarding PokeStop placements. Plus, dual booting MacOS and Windows, Scott's impressions of the film Alita: Battle Angel, the tragedy of the modern iPad, the issue with internet speed tests, Johnny Jet's take on turbulence, the Passport Booth app for free 2x2 photos, the significance of Augmented Reality, cutting out expensive cable, the system-wide phone call harassment problem, and more of your calls.

                    Host: Leo Laporte

                    Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

                    Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy.

                    For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.

                    Sponsor:

                    • hover.com/twit
                    • 2 hr 3 min

                    About Hands-On Tech (Audio)

                    From the publisher's feed

                    Welcome to Hands-On Tech, where host Mikah Sargent turns tech troubles into tech triumphs. Each episode zooms in on a specific theme, unpacking listener questions with expert analysis and easy-to-follow advice. From decoding the latest gadgets to simplifying everyday tech, Mikah's got you covered.

                    Submit your tech queries through email at [email protected] or via TWiT's social media. You might hear your question answered on air!

                    Whether you're puzzled by privacy settings or curious about cutting-edge innovations, Hands-On Tech is your weekly dose of tech insight and inspiration. Join Mikah every Sunday to hear the show that turns tech confusion into tech confidence!

                    You can join Club TWiT for $10 per month and get ad-free audio and video feeds for all our shows plus everything else the club offers...or get just this podcast ad-free for $5 per month.

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