Notnerd Podcast: Tech Better

After some very educational follow-up and some ProTips (ding) we dig into the week's tech news, breaking it down into what you need to know. We talk quite a bit about what the best camera is, hint we like iPhones. We wrap up with two time "wasting" Picks of the Week!

If you have questions, answers, ProTips (ding), or anything else tech related, get in touch!

Links from the Show:

• iPhone Cochlear implant (01:25)
• Reminisce magazine, not Renaissance magazine (02:35)
• OpenSignal State of the Mobile Networks (03:15)
• Setapp Educational Pricing (10:15)
• Dave Pro Tip: iOS Settings > Display & Brightness > Bold Text (11:25)
• Bonus Tip: Reverse direction during Panorama photo to stop. (15:55)
• Apple's Q3 Financial Results (18:25)
• Apple Watch sales up 50% (19:35)
• Amazon's results (24:35)
• ALL Controller - Universal & Fully Customizable Kickstarter (26:25)
• Vic Gundotra says iPhone is the best camera (33:25)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Dave - Updated Google Earth iOS Android (42:25)
  • Nate - See what the Internet was doing ten years ago (48:40)

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We are constantly impressed with how we can always find relevant, interesting tech news to share, even in the slowest points of summer. We also throw in some great tips and picks to help you tech better!

If you have questions, answers, ProTips (ding), or anything else tech related, get in touch!

Links from the Show:

• Dave's Ekaso EK7000 Action Camera follow-up #FauxPro (00:50)
• Guaranteed Minimum Income thoughts (02:45)
• Dave's Pro Tip: Amazon Prime Reading (05:30)
• Facebook's possible smart speaker (10:05)
• *Reminisce magazine, not Renaissance magazine
• Adobe is finally killing Flash in 2020 (14:20)
• www.ConsistentTech.com for your web, IT, and brand needs
• Not News: Roombas selling your floor plan (16:50)
• iPhone Cochlear implant we do now know the cochlea is real (19:15)
• Jeff Bezos was briefly richest man (22:50)
• iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle (26:05)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Dave - Keysmart (30:15)
  • www.meh.com - daily deal midnight Eastern
  • Nate - Authy iOS, Authy.com (35:25)

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We might have packed the most stories yet into one episode. The great part is we break down each one and give you some great knowledge of the past, present, and future of technology!

If you have questions, answers, ProTips (ding), or anything else tech related, get in touch!

Links from the Show:

• Blue Blockers (01:00)
• Introducing the La Spritzer (08:10)
• Dave's Pro Tip: Set up Do Not Disturb on your phone so Dave doesn't call and text you in the middle of the night (08:45)
• Font choice catches Pakistani royalty red handed (16:00)
• Not News: 1Password Cloud option confusion (18:15)
• Not News: KeyMe is secure, contrary to people needing to get clicks (22:30)
• Not News?: Verizon 'testing' video throttling on YouTube, Netflix, and others (25:10)
• Apple wants to get an iPad to every hospital patient (29:30)
• Apple's new Emoji announcement (33:40)
• Mark and Toddcast on Emoji
• Apple's iPhone Innovation Challenge (40:40)
• Not Ad: Amazon Meal Kit Service (45:15)
• NYT on the future with Amazon (49:00)
• Google Glass is back (51:10)
• Apple's Machine Learning Journal (53:30)
• Password masking is hopefully going away (56:15)
• The US Lifts laptop ban on incoming flights (58:25)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Dave - Ekaso EK7000 Action Camera (59:50)
  • Nate - Dakine Backpacks Amazon eBags eBay (1:04:20)

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This time of year can be painfully slow for tech news. But we have some entertaining stories, great tips, and Amazon continues to take over the world. Listen in for the best weekly tech podcast about tech that matters!

If you have questions, answers, ProTips (ding), or anything else tech related, get in touch!

Links from the Show:

• Things from 1984 that are still great (0:50)
• Apple 1984 Super Bowl commercial
• Silly quotes about the early days of iPhone (5:10)
• Amazon All-New Fire 7 Tablet with Alexa, 7" Display, 8 GB, Black - with Special Offers (10:50)
• Dave's ProTip: iOS 10 > Settings > Cellular > Check & Toggle apps for cellular data usage (11:50)
• Amazon Geek Squad (18:40)
• Internet Trends Report (23:10)
• Essential iPhone Apps - Most are on Android as well (28:10)
• Apple's upcoming ARKit Facebook Page, Twitter, website (41:30)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Dave - Game Pigeon, iOS Messages games (44:18)
  • Nate - YouTube Red (46:45)
• Peggy Bick reference (51:55)

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The tech news never stops and we are here to walk you through it. We discuss the stories we think you need to know about. Of course, as always we give you some great tips and insights for using the technology around you better.

If you have questions, answers, ProTips (ding), or anything else tech related, get in touch!

Links from the Show:

• Ring Plus door lock(1:20)
• SetApp subscription keeps adding new apps (3:15)
• Snapseed free photo editing app from Google (6:50)
• Eddy Cue Lunch (7:40)
• Amazon Dash Wand with Alexa (10:45)
• Dave's ProTip: iOS 10 > Settings > Accessibility > Display Accommodations > Reduce White Point > Toggle with a double tap (18:40)
• Lady spending too much on iOS games. Get help with gambling/addiction (22:40)
• RED $1600 holographic smartphone (28:35)
• Slitherine App Sale (31:00)
• Hilton 11 Million iPhone Door Unlocks (33:20)
• Smishing, scam of the week *Think Before You Tap* (35:00)
• Podcasting changes (36:40)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Dave - Amazon All-New Fire 7 Tablet with Alexa (46:00)
  • Nate - "Blue Blocker" Sunglasses (This video tells you why they are so great and the original Blue Blockers commercial) (49:20)

As always, thank you for listening!

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The podcast starts off with both the history and the future of the iPhone. We drop some great tips and explain why the week's tech news matters to you. Stick around to the end for some wonderful picks of the week.

If you have questions, answers, ProTips (ding), or anything else tech related, get in touch!

Links from the Show:

• 10th Anniversary iPhone (00:30)
• Original iPhone team discussion
• iOS 11 public beta (10:10)
• Dave ProTip: How to use iOS 10 Bedtime (14:50)
• How to use Guided Access in iOS (18:30)
• $99 annual Apple Music subscription (22:45)
• Jay-Z 4:44 album (24:00)
• Super NES Classic Edition (28:10)
• A look back at original iOS games (30:50)
• Samsung 'zombie' Note 7 FE (34:30)
• Amazon Dash Wand (38:10)
• Amazon Prime Day (43:30)
• Top Online Fraud Complaints (47)
• iPhone 7 Movie (54:40)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Dave - Man Satchel (55:50)
  • Nate - Pixelmator iOS, Pixelmator Mac (60:10)

As always, thank you for listening!

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Any tech podcast that starts of with a discussion of the Home Shopping Network must be good. But from there is just gets better. Nate creates a new acronym GAAMF (Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook). Stick around for the picks of the week at the end.

If you have questions, answers, ProTips (ding), or anything else tech related, get in touch!

Links from the Show:

• HSN horrible HP laptop (2:30)
• Home Screen Apps (6:00)
• New Amazon Fire Tablet (9:40)
• Episode 67: 60 Second Skip Apple Music app update (11:00)
• Logan suggested the timestamps you see -> (12:55)
• Stratechery on Amazon/Whole Foods deal (15:10)
• Dave's ProTip: iPhone camera/photo tips Raise to wake, take pictures with volume button (18:55)
• Amazon Prime Wardrobe (24:40)
• 42% of smart speaker owners buy another one (28:45)
• Inmates create computer network (31:30)
• Steve Gibson Password Haystack checker (33:07)
• Android vs. iOS: Are iPhones Really Safer? (37:55)
• 8 things to teach your kids to never give out online (40:00)
• Microsoft Surface Laptop iFixit teardown (42:05)
• Ring Video Doorbell 2nd Gen (47:40)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Dave - Bitmoji (49:30)
  • Nate - Chipotle App (53:00) pdxfastfoodie.com

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Nate has one of the new 10.5" iPad Pros, so obviously we talk about that (hint: it's pretty awesome). We also get into a bit of science with the big Solar Eclipse coming in August. It seems like just about every major tech company had some interesting news this week, we covered a good chunk of it. Then as always, we finish up with some great picks of the week.

Links from the Show:

• Top 100 paid apps in iTunes Store chart (2:45)
• Nate's iPad Pro 10.5" Unboxing Facebook Live (7:20)
• iPad Pro is powerful (10:20)
• New Amazon Kindle Fire Tablets (14:50)
• Hushme Kickstarter (15:20)
• Episode 68: Chicanery in Congress/
• Apple Financing (19:30)
• Eclipse Megamovie (21:30)
• Mark and Toddcast
• Dave's ProTip: Visual notifications (25:45)
• Amazon Buys Whole Foods (29:25)
• (Not News) Ikea products on Amazon (31:45)
• NYT Editor interview
• E3 highlights (35:40)
• AtariBox (41:45)
• Why the Nintendo Switch is in short supply (43:45)
• Google Pixel Flop (44:55)
• Facebook emoji comments (46:55)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Dave - iPhone Ring Grip & Stand (48:25)
  • Nate - Moko iPad Pro 10.5" Case (non-keyboard) (53:50) iPad Pencil Clip

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We start off getting our new listeners up to speed on why we do Notnerd, then after tips, news, and our picks of the week, we get into a spontaneous conversation on phones and how we will pay for our next one.

Links from the Show:

• Episode 1: Define Notnerd (2:40)
• Local Apple Story Robbery (No info/link, exclusive) (4:08)
• New features in iOS11 (10:35)
• Dave's Pro Tip: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > half way down toggle Reachability (14:18)
• Bonus Pro Tip: Use on-screen keyboard on Windows (17:15)
• Planet of the Apps Show (19:38)
• Carpool Karaoke Aug. 8th (23:48)
• The Essential Phone (24:17)
• Stolen Phone Checker (30:18)
• What you spell wrong on Google (31:25)
• Uber $708 Million loss last quarter, down from 991 (35:30)
• Picks of the Week: (38:00)
  • Dave - Taylor Swift back on all streaming (38:18)
  • Nate - iPhone 7 wide color display (60:30)
• iPhone Upgrade Plan (45:50)
• Apple Financing (53:20)

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Monday morning June 6th, 2017 Apple had their annual WWDC keynote to kick off their developer conference, held in San Jose, CA this year. This is one of the biggest tech events of the year for one of the largest companies in the world. This year they covered a lot in just over 2 hours.

We didn't talk about everything but hit the main points and discussed what we are excited about.

Six Major Topics:

1. tvOS - The operating system on AppleTV
2. watchOS 4 - The operating system on Apple Watch
3. macOS High Sierra - The operating system on Apple's computers
4. iOS 11 - The operating system for iPhone and iPad
5. iPad (Pro) - Great updates for the iPad Pro
6. HomePod - Apple's new Siri speaker coming this fall

Links from the Show:

• Our #AskNot Facebook live video we did before recording
• WWDC 2017 Opener — APPOCALYPSE — Apple Video
• Apple's website with all the latest info
• Tech Crunch's 5-minute WWDC Keynote summary video
• Picks of the Week:
  • Dave - iOS 11 Control Center
  • Nate - iPad Pro 10.5"

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