Notnerd Podcast: Tech Better

This episode has more than its usual share of security and privacy stories, but we break it up the best we can with some Tiger King crypto news, some great pro tips, and so much more.

• Followup:
  • Have I been Pwned goes open source (01:15)
  • Interesting new voice control in iOS 14.6 (04:20)
  • WWDC is next week (06:20)
  • Cryptowatch: Joe Exotic launches Tiger King cryptocurrency (08:30)
• Dave's Pro Tip of the Week: Safari for iOS: website errors by blocking cookies - Stash (10:30)
• Takes:
  • Vizio makes nearly as much money from ads and data as it does from selling TVs (14:55)
  • Facebook no longer treating 'man-made' Covid as a crackpot idea (17:50)
  • Amazon to buy MGM Studios for $8.45 billion (19:45)
  • Twitter confirms plans for Twitter blue subscription (21:35)
• Bonus Odd Take: A map of the internet 2021 - Full-size image (23:35)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Dave: OpenEmu (26:50)
  • Nate: My Little Pony Pocket Ponies (29:55)
• Ramazon™ purchase (31:50)

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We've got new Apple products to talk about, Apple made some announcements, and oh yeah, there's some other tech news too. Plus we've got some great tips and picks to help you tech better.

• Followup:
  • AirTags - Apple TV Remote - Dave's homemade AirTag lanyard (01:25)
  • Back up your Google Photos before June 1st! - Google I/O (07:05)
  • Amazon blocked 10 billion counterfeit listings last year (11:50)
  • Apple rejected almost 1 million new apps in 2020 (13:25)
• Dave's Pro Tip of the Week: Family Calendar (14:35)
• Takes:
  • Apple Music announces Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos; will bring Lossless Audio to the entire catalog (23:00)
  • Apple ups their game with new accessibility features (26:40)
  • Spotify adds offline music on Apple Watch (28:35)
  • Snap announces new AR Spectacles (30:45)
  • Microsoft says they're retiring Internet Explorer in 2022 (33:40)
• Bonus Odd Take: 25 Modern Internet Video Edit Types (35:10)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Dave: SongPop Party (37:45)
  • Nate: Car Mount Solution - MagSafe Cable - Vent Mount - Dash Mount - Case (41:05)
• Ramazon™ purchase - Heathwood Designs (47:05)

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Besides the Colonial Pipeline hack and Elon Musk continuing to disrupt the crypto world, there wasn't much tech news this week. But as always, we've got plenty of stuff to talk about including some great tips and picks to help you tech better.

• Followup:
  • iOS App Tracking (00:45)
  • Merriam-Webster is selling the definition of NFT as an NFT (03:15)
  • Wyze Buds Pro (06:00)
  • Cryptowatch Tesla stops taking Bitcoin - How much energy does Bitcoin consume? (08:35)
• Dave's Pro Tip of the Week: iPhone VIP management (10:55)
• Takes:
  • Colonial Pipeline pays ransom to hackers (13:35)
  • T-mobile announces tracker with cell service and GPS (18:25)
  • What happens when you mail an AirTag (21:25)
  • Roku launching original content May 20 (23:45)
• Bonus Odd Take: Dominos launches a pizza delivery robot car (27:05)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Dave: NVIDIA GeForce NOW (29:30)
  • Nate: KENBU Silicone Case Compatible with New Apple AirTag,Protective Cover with Keychain Ring(Denim Blue) (34:10)
• Ramazon™ purchase (36:10)

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We're all over the world of tech this week, but most of it seems to revolve around Facebook, surprise surprise. Plus we've got some hot cryptocurrency talk after Elon Musk's appearance on SNL.

• Followup:
  • Most users not opting-in to new iOS App tracking (01:30)
  • Signal ads blocked from Facebook and Instagram (03:50)
  • Wyze increasing pricing due to chip shortage (07:40)
  • Cryptowatch: Dogecoin co-creator sold all his coins in 2015 - Elon Musk caused big dip for Doge on SNL - Carole Baskin Coin (10:25)
• Dave's Pro Tip of the Week: Turn ringer Volume up on iPhone (18:05)
• Takes:
  • WhatsApp restricting features for users that don't agree to the new privacy policy (25:50)
  • Twitter introduces Tip Jar (26:55)
  • Oversight board upholds Trump ban on Facebook (28:25)
  • Spotify launching paid podcasts (31:00)
  • Tile partnering with Amazon to increase network (35:25)
• Bonus Odd Take: The world's most beautiful gas stations (38:10)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Dave: Wyze Doorbell (39:25)
  • Nate: Plants vs Zombies 2 (46:50)
• Ramazon™ purchase (50:25)

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From divorce to veggie pasta, we've got a wide variety of topics to cover this week, including the week's big tech news. Listen in so that you can tech better.

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• Followup:
  • Air Tags, other preorders (01:00)
  • Alibaba fretting over iOS 14.5 App Tracking Transparency (07:30)
  • Big tech made a lot of money last year (11:30)
  • Apple vs Epic trial begins (13:40)
  • Zoom launches immersive virtual rooms (16:20)
• Dave's Pro Tip of the Week: How to report accidents and road hazards in Apple Maps (17:15)
• Takes:
  • Bill and Melinda Gates announce divorce (21:30)
  • AOL still has 1.5 million paying customers (24:20)
  • Florida governor set to ban de-platforming by tech companies (25:45)
  • Facebook introduces a new mini player that streams Spotify (29:20)
• Bonus Odd Take: 7 screen laptop prototype (31:20)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Dave: Xbox Game Pass Cloud Streaming (34:10)
  • Nate: Distiller - Untappd episode 64 (38:40)
• Ramazon™ purchase (43:00)

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In this episode, during Dave's Pro Tip of the Week, we take a deep dive into cloud vs. local storage, primarily on your Apple products. We also do our quasi-annual discussion on how many apps we have on our phones and if we need to remove some for Spring Cleaning. That plus so much more to help you tech better!

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• Followup:
  • Podswap (00:45)
  • Spring Cleaning 450 - 393 (03:15)
  • Apple Podcasts - AirTags (06:30)
  • Google Meet is getting a UI refresh next month (09:35)
  • Cryptowatch: Visualizing the Power Consumption of Bitcoin Mining (10:45)
• Dave's Pro Tip of the Week: Optimize storage: The Tale of Two Buckets (14:20)
• Takes:
  • Willo tooth-brushing robot for kids (27:50)
  • Apple announces $200 million investment in forest restoration (31:00)
  • Amazon Prime now has over 200 million subscribers (32:20)
  • Nextdoor app adds anti-racism notifications (33:35)
• Bonus Odd Take: Yamauchi No.10 Family Office (35:55)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Dave: Fixture S1: The Original Pro Controller Clip Mount for The Nintendo Switch (37:50)
  • Nate: Menuwhere (42:15)
• Ramazon™ purchase (45:00)

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Apple held their "Spring Loaded" virtual event today and they packed a lot into the hour. We discuss the products they announced and our initial thoughts on them. Spoiler alert, there's a new Apple TV remote!

You can watch the event on Apple's site here: https://www.apple.com/apple-events/april-2021/

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• Intro (00:00)
• Environmental Initiatives (01:30)
• Apple Card Updates (02:15)
• Podcasts (03:40)
• iPhone 12 Purple (04:40)
• AirTags (05:40)
• Apple TV and new Remote! (09:50)
• M1 iMac (14:40)
• M1 iPad Pro (18:10)

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Another episode chalked full of tech news and tips. We start off with some follow-up on previous stories like Gazelle's trade-in programs and Intel's cringe ads as of late. In our takes, we cover Apple's news of the week, a way to pretend your iPhone is a Samsung phone, and more.

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• Followup:
  • Gazelle decides not to end trade-in program after all (01:40)
  • The Facebook phone numbers are now searchable in Have I Been Pwned (02:45)
  • Why there really aren't 2 million podcasts (04:55)
  • Intel uses MacBook picture with wrong processor in ad (06:55)
  • Wyze Car (08:10)
  • Wyze Watch followup - Dave's Video, Nate's Video (11:05)
• Dave's Pro Tip of the Week: Google Takeout (12:25)
• Takes:
  • Apple's Find My network now offers new third-party finding experiences (18:00)
  • Samsung's iTest website simulates a Galaxy device on iPhone (21:30)
  • LG to close mobile phone business worldwide (23:10)
  • Yahoo Answers will be shut down forever on May 4th (24:00)
  • MacBook and iPad production delayed as supply crunch hit's Apple (25:00)
• Bonus Odd Take: Y.at - Be an icon (26:55)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Dave: YouTube John Rettinger (32:55)
  • Nate: Buddywatch (35:10)
• Ramazon™ purchase (37:35)

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Tune in to get the latest tech news and tips to help you tech better. We are taking a hiatus from the video version of the episode and we start off the episode talking about our plan to keep our faces in front of you.

Make sure to head over to our YouTube channel to get your Notnerd video fix.

• Followup:
  • April fools is no more, yay (02:05)
  • World Backup Day (02:50)
  • T-Mobile switches to YouTube TV after ending its short-lived service (03:40)
  • Google is making some big upgrades to Maps (04:50)
  • WWDC announced for June (07:10)
  • YouTube channel Ryan's World makes most of its money on merch (07:50)
• Dave's Pro Tip of the Week: Importing playlists into Amazon Music (09:20)
• Takes:
  • Casio launches first G-Shock Wear OS smartwatch (12:20)
  • Apple extends Arcade with classic App Store games (15:35)
  • Boston Dynamics unveils Stretch, warehouse box moving robot (18:40)
  • Survey: Trust in tech craters (20:35)
  • Facebook "data breach" (22:35)
• Bonus Odd Take: How people from the past imagined the future (25:40)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Dave: Wyze Watch (28:55)
  • Nate: Thunderbolt 4 cable from OWC (35:20)
• Ramazon™ purchase (41:05)

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We've got the week's tech news and try our best to make sense of it all. We've also got our picks and some great tips, in fact, one of Nate's tips is so good he realized he should use it.

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• Followup:
  • T-Mpbile has 10 million 5G customers (01:00)
  • Verizon announces Yahoo!+ (02:20)
  • You can now buy a Tesla with bitcoin (04:10)
• Dave's Pro Tip of the Week: Speed read with Kindle App (06:40)
• Takes:
  • Instagram is most invasive app, new study shows (12:20)
  • New York launches nation's vaccine passports (13:15)
  • Apple top acquirer of AI companies (16:35)
  • Mac OS X turns 20 (17:55)
  • Podswap replaces AirPods batteries (20:10)
• Bonus Odd Take: The Louvre goes online (24:30)
  • Online museums free
  • Best free virtual museum tours
• Picks of the Week:
  • Dave: Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! (27:45)
  • Nate: KeyPad - Keyboard and Mouse (30:35)
• Ramazon™ purchase (34:10)

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