CES 2018 was a all about hyping the future, but Razer’s Project Linda concept has Andrew skeptical about the practicality of phones as computers. Meanwhile, Ian explains the iPad, but different… which is still basically an iPad, and Chase starts 2018 by listening more.

* CES Robot Strippers

* Razer Phone

* Razer Project Linda

* Samsung DEX

* Motorola Atrix 4G

* A Window into Another World - the rise of screens

* Thin Client

* Microsoft Courier

* Teenage Engineering OP-Z

Chase is unhappy with how iOS 11 has changed some previously expected behaviors. Now his wifi might be on, or might be off, or might just not be connected right now. Ian makes assumptions about how people probably don’t know how to use their iPhone. Andrew thinks it all makes sense, but he’s a power user… 🤷‍♂️

* John Gruber on the iOS 11 wifi/bluetooth toggles

* iOS 11’s “new” Control Center

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Ethereum… it all sounds like stuff out of a 90’s Sci-Fi movie, but it’s a real thing, and it has the potential to change the way computing, finance, and identification are done in the future. Special guest Glenn Kunzler (@TheGlennja) joins Ian to discuss the ways this next wave of technology is (potentially) shaping the future.

* What is Blockchain

* The Truth about Blockchain

* Ethereum - Distributed Consensus (A Concise Ethereum History)

* Coinbase

* BitMiner - Bitcoin mining web client

* Watch Ethereum transactions in real-time

Amazon has spent the last few years slowly killing off the traditional bookstore (and many other stores along the way). Now Amazon has opened a physical bookstore to help those indecisive buyers find books that might enjoy. Nordstrom is doing the same, allowing you to shop online, and have a personally tailored shopping experience in store. The question is, do people actually want to shop like this?

* Amazon Books

* Crabby old media complain about Amazon Bookstores

* Nordstrom’s New Concept

* Amazon Echo Look

* Volvo’s Trunk Delivery

* Internet of Stuff Your Mom Used To Do

Chase can now have a Tesla anywhere he goes. The problems is, it’s invisible unless he’s looking through his iPhone’s camera. Meanwhile, Andrew has been experimenting with AR simulated board games and loves the shaky cam battle scenes. Also, Ian has a cold. Sorry.

On the face of it, $10/month seems like a great deal for unlimited movie theater tickets. That is, until you realize that there is a hidden cost to seeing every new Marvel or DC movie to hit the cinema - incessant advertisements in your email promoting every new action figure, poster, video game, kids toy, or special Spiderman themed food item at Walmart. In reality, you are subsidizing your movie habits with personal information that advertisers are buying at a premium, just to get their marketing in front of your eyes. * Prima Cinema in home movie theatre * How the rich watch movies in theatre * Distribution of users computer skills * Millennials are killing……. movies * Popcorn Time (Piracy is illegal) * RunPee * MoviePass - $10/month, all the cinema you can watch * 30 for 30: The Fighter Inside * iTunes might bring the cinema to iTunes before release

Ian pledged $50 to get a glorified selfie stick, but only half of it has been shipped. Chase spent $100 on a video game that may or may not actually be made one day. A combination of physical and psychological factors lead to successful campaigns on crowdfunding platforms, but sometimes even the most convincing sales pitches turn out to be much less impressive - so what makes people willing to hand over their money? * Tactics for Effective Crowdfunding * Psychology of Kickstarter Campaign Goals * Microventures * Crowdfunding for Equity * Zach Braff's "Successful" Kickstarter * ChargeCard on Kickstarter * The Apple Book That Never Was * Star Citizen * Star Citizen MISC "commercial" * Star Citizen 300 "commercial" * Star Citizen Anvil "commercial"

Don't call it a comeback, we've been here for months! That's the song that introduced me to hip-hop, and I listened to my mp3 of it over and over before the bitrate degraded too much for WinAmp to play it anymore. It was my copy, but every time I put it on a new hard drive it got a little fuzzier. I don't know why I'm explaining this; you know how DRM works. Eventually I farmed out enough spare CPU cycles that I could afford another copy, but by that time (of course) I was just buying the rights to the song anyway. -Destroy before sharing (or is it just improving?) -The rarest digital video game -DRM sucks! -S H I T P I C S -Spotify has a lot of users -Hang out with your buddies in VR

There is a fine line between creepy technology and helpful technology. Amazon, Google, and even Facebook ride very close to that line. But does that line shift? Do you know when it's been crossed? And what drives these artificially intelligent machines? * Could Google Influence a Presidential Election * Search Engine Manipulation * Facebook Manipulates our Emotions

Chase graduated, and some of his family members shared the news on Facebook before he had the opportunity to do it. Now he feels petty for wishing he owned that content. * Social Media is Ruining Your Life