Notnerd Podcast: Tech Better

As always there is some interesting tech news that week that impacts most of us. Between Amazon pay raises, Facebook security issues or updates to some products we've talked about in the past, you will want to listen up.

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Show Notes and Links:

• Siri Shortcuts (00:40)
• Tile Trackers get replaceable batteries and premium service (05:40)
• Apple actually acquired Shazam - https://notnerd.com/episode-105-singing-shazam/ (07:25)
• Dave's Pro Tip of the Week: Crop video in iMovie iOS (08:10)
• Breaking News: Amazon going to pay all employees $15/hour (11:10)
• Elon Musk fined and forced to step down as Chairman of Tesla, still CEO (13:30)
• Instagram founders leave Facebook (15:45)
• Amazon plants fake packages in delivery trucks to catch drivers (18:45)
• Not News: Beauty Gate and Charge Gate (20:35)
• Security: Facebook security issue affects 50 million accounts (24:25)
• Bonus Odd Take: Pop culture, odd declassified NSA posters (25:50)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Dave: Super Starfish (27:00)
  • Nate: AirPods sale on Amazon (29:35)
• iTunes Review of the Week (34:10)

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Another jam-packed episode with tech news you need to know. Nate spends some time talking about his new Apple gear, but we also dig into how iOS 12 helps many years of devices. Amazon released a ton of new products, and a big online retailer had a data breach (shocking). Tune in for this and more about what is going on in the world of technology.

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Show Notes and Links:

• Nate's new Apple Gear (01:00)
• Apple's "Lost/Stolen" protection loophole (03:15)
• Apple Watch Edition has been discontinued - also iPhone SE (03:35)
• Dave's Pro Tip of the Week: Upgrading to a new OS (07:55)
  • Backup
  • Check for incompatible software
  • Restore from backup or upgrade in place
• What's the difference between a backup and an archive? (12:50)
• Amazon released a ton of new Alexa products this week. (14:15)
• East Africa is experimenting with drone technology to improve infrastructure (17:40)
• Google remotely changed the setting on a bunch of phones running Android Pie (20:15)
• Best of iOS 12 - support back to iPhone 5s (21:40)
  • Older devices just got better.
  • Siri Shortcuts
  • Grouped notifications
  • Memoji
  • Screen Time
  • Password Management/Security/2 FA code
• Security: Hackers stole customer credit cards in Newegg data breach (31:30)
• The effectiveness of publicly shaming bad security (32:30)
• Bonus Odd Take: Do these buttons actually work? (33:00)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Follow up: Evernote slashed 54 jobs - Episode 5: Candy Crushin' 1/28/16 (34:55)
  • Dave: FlickMetrix Movie Tool (37:20)
  • Nate: Bricks n Balls (40:20)
• iTunes Review of the Week (42:30)

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We had a great time with a very special guest in the studio. They share some info to help you tech better. We cover some Apple stuff, Amazon news, books, even discmans (discmen?). Make sure to listen all the way through and learn something new and have a good laugh!

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Show Notes and Links:

• Tech Story: The MagSafe Power Supply for MacBook Pro you should buy (00:15)
• What Nate ordered from Apple - AppleCare Theft & Loss (04:35)
• iOS/Android operating system adoption rate update (14:00)
• iPhone Battery Repair Program updates (15:20)
• Amazon also reaches $1 Trillion market cap - Amazon back under, Apple at 1.081 (17:45)
• New Amazon Fire Tablet HD 8 (18:10)
• Dave's Pro Tip of the Week: Overdrive and Libby (19:25)
  • Amazon releases Prime Book Box subscription for kids
• An Android diehard takes on the iPhone for a week (29:25)
• After 10 years, Google releases revamped version 69 of Chrome (32:00)
• Not News: Study finds carriers throttling video streaming like Youtube, Netflix (32:55)
• Brands are paying influencers $75k+ to trash their competitors (33:45)
• Upcoming AR app HomeCourt makes basketball data/stats easy (35:15)
• Security: Good News, free credit freezes are coming to all (36:40)
• Bonus Odd Take: I gave away my face for free - Guest's Shutterstock Portfolio (37:40)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Guest: Postagram (42:10)
  • Dave: CleanMyMac X - SetApp (44:50)
  • Nate: Silicon Valley on HBO (46:10)
• iTunes Review of the Week (48:40)

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Apple had their big iPhone and Apple Watch announcement today. We break it down and talk about what you need to know and what we are planning on doing. Back to the normal format next week.

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Show Notes and Links:

Apple Special Event 2018 Page and Keynote

• Tim Cook Intro
• Apple Watch- Apple's Product Page
• • #1 watch period, smart or otherwise
  • Jeff Williams
  • Focus on cellular
  • Great for Fitness/Health
  • Apple Watch Series 4
  • • Over 30% larger displays
    • Curved corners
    • Thinner
    • UI redesigned
    • New complications
    • New watch faces (8 complications, customizable)
    • Breath watch face
    • Dynamic watch faces
    • Digital Crown, re-engineered with haptic feedback
    • Speaker is 50% louder
    • The mic is moved to the opposite side
    • Back is black ceramic and sapphire crystal
    • Improved reception
    • New S4 chip
    • • New dual-core 64-bit processor
      • 2x faster
    • Next-gen accelerometer and gyroscope faster, better can detect fall
    • Heart rate features
    • • Notification if your heart rate is too low
      • Screen heart rhythm (afib)
      • Electrical heart sensor electrocardiogram (ECG)
    • Clearance from FDA
    • Battery Life- same 18-hour life
    • Series 4 (GPS) starts at $399
    • Series 4 (Cellular) starts at $499
    • Preorders 9/14, available 9/21
    • Series 3 still available starting at $279
• iPhone Xs - Apple's product page
• • iPhone #1 smartphone in the world, 2 billion iOS devices sold
  • 98% customer satisfaction
  • Phil Schiller, iPhone Xs (Ten) and Xs Max
  • • Stainless steel
    • Gold, Silver, Space Gray
    • New tougher, stronger glass
    • IP 68 dust and water resistance rating
    • iPhone Xs Max has 5.8" Super Retina screen
    • Face ID
    • • Faster
      • Most secure ever in a smartphone
    • A12 Bionic
    • • First 7nm chip
      • 6.9 billion transistors
      • CPU
      • • 6 core
        • • 2 high
          • 4 efficient
      • GPU
      • • 50% faster than A11
        • Neural engine
        • • 8 core design
          • 5 trillion OPS vs 600 mission in A11
      • 512 GB of storage
    • Apps launch 30% faster
    • Siri Shortcuts
    • Core ML
    • • up to 9x faster
      • 1/10 energy
      • AR Kit 2
      • AR Quick Look
    • Next-gen apps
    • • Todd Howard Bethesda
      • • Elder Scrolls Blades
      • Steve Nash, Homecourt
      • • Records hits and misses, marks the floor
        • Real-time player tracking etc.
      • Atli Mar, Directive Games
      • • Galaga AR!
    • Cameras
    • • 12 MP wide
      • 12 MP telephoto
      • Better 2 tone flash
      • Larger sensor
      • 1.8 aperture lens
      • True depts 7 MP sensor
      • ISP with Neural Engine
      • • Detection to understand scene
        • Facial landmarking
        • Segmentation masks
      • 1 trillion operations per image
      • Smart HDR
      • • Lots of pictures
      • Bokeh- you can adjust the depth of field
      • 2x faster sensor
      • Record stereo sound
    • Battery
    • • 30 minute longer than X on Xs
      • Xs Max, 1.5 hours longer
    • Faster networking, LTE, Bands
    • Dual SIM capability
    • • DSDS, Dual SIM Dual Standby
      • eSIM technology
      • Dual SIM tray for China
    • Lisa Jackson, Environmentally friendly
    • • 100% renewable energy
      • Proper recycling
      • Apple GiveBack
    • iPhone Xs
    • • Storage- 64 256 512
      • Xs starts at $999
      • Xs Max starts at $1099
      • Preorders 9/14, available 9/21
• iPhone Xr - Apple's Product Page
• • 7000 series aluminum
  • More durable glass
  • New finishes
  • • White
    • Black
    • Blue
    • Coral
    • Yellow
    • Product Red
  • IP 67
  • LCD, edge to edge
  • • Most advanced ever in a smartphone
    • Liquid Retina display
    • 6.1" 1.4 million pixels 326 PPI
    • Bigger display than iPhone 8 plus
    • Tap to wake,
    • 120 hertz
    • Wide color
    • A12 bionic chip
    • Camera
    • • Single lens system
      • 12MP sensor, same as Xs
      • Portrait mode from a single system, focus pixels
  • Battery, 1.5 more hours than 8 plus
  • Product video
  • 64 128 256 Starting at $749
  • Preorders Oct 19, Available Oct 26
• Other Updates
• • HomePod
  • • Stereo pairing, AirPlay 2
    • Siri Shortcuts
    • TV OS, Dolby Atmos, screensavers, news, sports, etc.
    • Avail Sept. 17th
  • macOS Mojave, Sept 24th

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We are just one week away from Apple's big fall announcement but that doesn't mean there was a shortage of good tech news to cover this week. There's a variety of topics covered to help you understand the world of technology a little better this week.

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Show Notes and Links:

• Tech Story Dave: Mavic 2 Pro and Zoom (01:00)
• Tech Story Nate: Xfinity Data Cap (03:00)
• Apple announces next iPhone event for September 12th (08:20)
• 9to5mac finds 'iPhone XS' marketing images
• Apple updates AirPort Express firmware with AirPlay 2 support (11:25)
• Dave's Pro Tip o' the Week: Apple Mail - Archive vs. Delete (12:55)
• Trump claims Google is suppressing positive news about him and 'will be addressed' (16:30)
• Tech support scams prompt Google to act on ads (18:55)
• AI news: Deep Angel photo editing and Lyrebird Voice Cloning (20:50)
• YouTube adds watch time totals to its digital wellness features (24:00)
• Nate's PDX Fast Foodie State Fair Treat
• Huawei caught passing off DSLR pictures as phone camera samples (26:00)
• Security: Reddit security breach (27:00)
• Bonus Take: Startup takes the stress out of fed-up workers' exit plans (27:50)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Dave - iMovie for iPhone (30:00)
  • Nate - August Smart Lock Pro, 3rd Generation - Silver, Works with Alexa (34:00)

• Leave us an iTunes review (39:20)

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We start off with a few "I told you so's" in the follow-up section. Then it's on to our new streamlined takes section to get you the best of the week's tech news. Stick around to the end for the picks of the week and iTunes review.

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Show Notes and Links:

• Epic's first Fortnite installer allowed hackers to download and install anything on your Android phone silently. (02:00)
• CryptoWatch: How much electricity is consumed by Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Monero? (03:35)
• Facebook removing Onavo VPN from the App Store after Apple says it violates data collection policies (07:00)
• Dave's Pro Tip o' the Week: Apple AirDrop (07:50)
• How teens and parents navigate screentime and device distractions (14:30)
• ROLI Songmaker Kit mini-review (16:45)
• Incredible drone footage shows isolated Amazon tribe (20:40)
• Hackers stole personal data of 2 million T-Mobile customers (22:30)
• Elon Musk has been on quite a roll lately, but Tesla will not be going private (24:40)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Dave - Noise App on iOS (26:50)
  • Episode 51: Holiday Gift Guide 2016
  • Nate - Bird Electric Scooters (29:30)
• Leave us an iTunes review (33:05)

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Technology impacts everything these days and this episode is a good example of that. We talk about movies, bar tabs, lifeguards, football, hotels, flying, even fraudulent vomit claims. Listen up to see what's going on in the world of tech and how you can make the most of it.

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Show Notes and Links:

• YouTube TV (02:15)
• Cozy Koozie Moment: TabbedOut (06:50)
• Amazon looking to acquire Landmark movie chain, MoviePass update (08:20)
• Netflix will now interrupt series binges with video ads for its other series (12:35)
• More lifeguard drones are saving lives (16:10)
• Dave's Pro Tip o' the Week: iPhone Burst Photo management (18:50)
• Apple says the teen who hacked its network didn't compromise customer data (22:35)
• Google plans to launch a censored search engine in China, leaked documents (25:25)
• Inside the iPhone repair ecosystem (27:20)
• Millions of Android devices are vulnerable right out of the box (31:25)
• Weird Uber 'vomit fraud' stories, we smell something fishy (34:50)
• The Bud Light smart fridges only unlock when the Cleveland Browns win (36:40)
• There is a Twitch stream of defragmentation of hard drives (38:05)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Dave - Priceline Express Deal (40:55)
  • Nate - iFLY Indoor Skydiving (44:20)
• Leave us an iTunes review (48:15)

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We have all kinds of fun with this week's tech news. There's a new version of Android, new huge Samsung phones, 11 year-olds hacking voting machines, and Nate deciding he is right about many things.

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Show Notes and Links:

• Intro: Nate's discussion on iPhone vs. Android Clark Stinks site, Clark Howard Podcast (03:00)
• Koozie, Cozy, Coldy-Holdy (05:50)
• Apple official AirPod repair/replace page (07:40)
• Dave's Pro Tip o' the Week: Offload unused apps (11:45)
• 2% of people with Alexa have used it for shopping (15:25)
• Fortnite on Android installation process causes security concerns (18:40)
• Google announces Android Pie, begins rollout to very few phones (21:45)
• Samsung Unpacked 2018: 7 things you might want to know (23:25)
• Marques Brownlee 2018 iPhone prototype video (28:00)
• Facebook reportedly looking to partner with banks (32:05)
• Facebook is changing how business pages are used (34:00)
• 11-year-old hacks voting machines (36:00)
• Man buys 69 hard drives from Target, returns the boxes full of Play-Doh (38:00)
• Tech companies banned Infowars. Now, its app is trending (40:30)
• Verizon customers are getting 6 months of Apple Music "for free" (42:40)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Dave - Apple SD Card Adapter (43:40)
  • Nate - Pluto TV Free Streaming (48:30)
• Leave us an iTunes review (52:45)

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Apple hits a major milestone in market cap and many other much more interesting technology stories on this week's podcasts. We also don't cover any nerdy security stories and do spend some time talking about professional wrestling. Listen up and you will definitely learn how to tech better.

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Show Notes and Links:

• Intro: Spin Chill Video, Apple Boot Camp for Windows, New Air Pods (and other Apple stuff) should/could be coming
• Computer-optimized floor plans (08:50)
• YouTube now adapts to different aspect ratios (12:35)
• Comcast adding Amazon Prime Video to X1 platform (13:40)
• Dave's Pro Tip o' the Week: Find my friends (14:40)
• Apple is now a trillion dollar company, Charts from Apple's Q3 results (19:30)
• Clunky touchscreens are easier to use than slick ones (24:55)
• Best Buy should be dead but it's thriving in the age of Amazon (30:00)
• Americans are now spending 11 hours each day consuming media (35:20)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Dave - WWF Free Rivers (39:40)
  • Nate - Story Brand - 5 Minute Marketing Makeover, then contact Consistent Tech (45:00)
• Leave us an iTunes review (49:10)

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Even in the middle of summer, there is plenty of tech news to keep up with. Dave's favorite MoviePass is in trouble, but so is his least favorite, Facebook. We also cover some great tips that will help you understand web browsing on your computer a little better. There are also some warnings about how to keep your data safe.

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Show Notes and Links:

• Tech Story: Dave's drone video, Facebook Lockout/Scam (00:30)
• The best selfie sticks according to Digital Trends (06:00)
• E-scooter permits have been granted in Portland (08:30)
• MoviePass has to borrow money to buy tickets (09:50)
• Apple identifies and fixes the thermal bug in new MacBook Pro (13:35)
• Google is now marking sites unsecure (14:15)
• Dave's Pro Tip o' the Week: Website Notifications, the good and bad (15:05)
• Facebook just suffered its worst day ever (22:00)
• Apple iPhones trail Samsung and Google phones in internet speeds (24:40)
• iPhone X sets a new record for resale value, averaging 85% of the retail price (28:00)
• Clever scam based on your old passwords and browsing history (29:35)
• Lifelock reportedly exposed customer email addresses (32:20)
• Google eliminated phishing for employees with physical security keys (34:20)
• NSA hasn't implemented post-Snowden security fixes according to audit (37:20)
• Hard drive stats for Q2 2018 from Backblaze, sign up for Backblaze (38:30)
• Windows 10 test feature might actually update at a convenient time (42:15)
• How Microsoft fixed the worst thing about product packaging (43:55)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Dave - Video LUT iOS App (Look Up Table) (47:20)
  • Special Gift from Nate (50:50)
  • Nate - Gaffers Tape (54:00)
• Leave us an iTunes review (56:05)

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