Notnerd Podcast: Tech Better

After Dave gets educated on terms the kids are using these days, we get into the week's news, including the announcements from Microsoft and Apple. We wrap up with some epic picks of the week.

Links from the Show:

• What Does 'On Fleek' Mean?
• Marijuana Candy and Halloween
• Mr. Yuk Stickers
• The Vine Has Died
• Twitter Cutting Jobs
• Obama Training Coal Miners to Pilot Drones
• Microsoft vs Apple Accessibility Videos
• Microsoft Announcement
• Apple Event
• Not Ad: "Comments, what were they thinking?" Amazon Reviews on Nerd Stuff
• Picks of the Week:
  • Final Cut Pro (Dave)

  • Stratechery.com on Niche Products from Nintendo and Microsoft (Nate)

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Listen to this episode to see if Dave's predictions for the Apple Event came true. There was a ton of news this week but we packed a record number of Pro Tips (Ding) in and might have named our Pro Tip (Ding) of the year.

Links from the Show:

• Griffin iTrip Clip
• Apple Event
• Portland Retro Gaming Expo (That we missed)
• Mark and Toddcast
• Nintendo Switch
• Nintendo Retro Console
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Fall 2017)
• Bill Belichick Doesn't Like the Surface Tablets
• Microsoft Surface Sales Still Booming
• Microsoft Surface Event Announcements (10/25)
• IBM: Macs are Cheaper
• The 15th Birthday of the iPod
• The Major Internet Outage Explained
• The Wirecutter is Being Bought by the New York Times
• AT&T Wants to buy Time Warner
• Not Ad: Nate Got His Amazon Echo Dot
• Night Sky 4 - Apple App of the Week
• Picks of the Week:
  • Disney Emoji Blitz (Dave)

  • ZXUY Big Capability USB Flash Drives Bag, Black (Nate)

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This episode is jam packed with tech goodness and so much more. We talk about Portland (a lot) and a bunch of interesting news and tips around the world of tech.

Links from the Show:

• Rheinlander Restaurant Closing
• Comment on the Oregon Storm
• Samsung Note 7 "Return Kit"
• The "Ove Glove"
• Nate's New Toaster Oven (Kitchen Corner)
• Apple Removes Tether from Apple Store iPhones
• iLDOCK - iPhone Dock Adapters (Kickstarter)
• Apple Air Pods
• Facebook Privacy Crap
• Facebook Marketplace
• PiPtube App (iPad Only)
• Mr. Robot
• CanIStreamIt.com
• Not Ad: Amazon Music Unlimited - Echo Dot
• Spotify Music Service
• DJay Pro Software
• Tile Mate Tracking Device
• Portland's Competitive Pinball Scene
• Miami Vice (Wikipedia)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Zen Pinball (Dave)
  • Pinball Outreach (Nate)

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The episode starts off with a discussion on when we might be able to do an episode on Mars, courtesy of Elon Musk. Then some news and not news from the last week, finishing up with our new segment, Picks of the Week.

Links from the Show:

• Elon Musk on Mars
• Not News: Don't Drill Your iPhone (Hoax)
• Not News: IRS Scam: Indian Call Center Bust
• Lynda.com - Online Learning
• All the News From the Big Google Announcement
• Flawed Smartphone Battery Test
• Amazon is Cracking Down on Incentivized Reviews
• Not Ad: Amazon Basics Batteries
• Picks of the Week:
  • Magnet Window Manager for Mac (Dave)
  • Automatic: Mileage Tracking Made Easy (New 3G Version) (Nate)

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Nate is tired and you can hear it in the intro but once he gets talking about tech the energy comes right back. We cover some fun stuff and move into maybe our nerdiest, techiest segment yet on internet regulating bodies. Then we spend time talking about photos and the cloud, finishing up with our new segment, "Picks of the Week."

Links from the Show:

• Episode 22: The One Where Dave Buys the New Macbook
• Apple MacBook
• Coolest Cooler: We've Done Nothing Wrong
• Episode 19: Not News, Not Rich
• Flag Photo Printing Kickstarter
• Fuze Case for iPhone 7 IndieGogo
• Commodore 64 Still Helping Auto Shop in Poland
• Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Safety Recall Program
• Fact Sheet on the ICANN and DNS Transition
• Functions of the ICANN and IANA
• Discussion of the ICANN Transistion from the EFF
• Ted Cruz is Wrong About ICANN
• Apple's Photostream vs iCloud Photo Library
• Nate's Article on Google Photos
• Not Ad: Amazon Dash Buttons
• Picks of the Week:
  • Feedly - Follow Your Favorite Sites (Nate)
  • Getting Things Done - David Allen (Dave)
  • Wrike - Project Management (Dave)

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Another jam packed episode breaking down all the best tech info from the last week. We end up talking a lot about pictures, from selfie sticks and snapchat, to actually printing them out on paper. We wrap up continuing our discussion of all the new stuff from Apple.

Links from the Show:

• Super Nerdy iPhone 7 Display Article
• The Selfie Stick I Recommended to the Bride
• Amazon Basics Lightning Cable
• Snapchat Spectacles
• Google Glass (Wikipedia)
• New GoPro Cameras
• Nikon 360 Action Cameras
• Estimated Cost to Apple of iPhone 7
• Mactracker, EveryMac
• Flag Photo Printing Kickstarter
• Not Ad: Amazon Prints
• Try Amazon Prime Free (Hint: It's worth it)
• 500 Million Yahoo Accounts Hacked
• 2 Factor Authentication (Wikipedia)
• Apple watchOS
• macOS Sierra

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Nate and Dave discuss Nate's new iPhone 7 Plus followed closely by an explanation of insurance options on your electronics. Then we discuss some other great tech news before diving into two big new features in iOS 10, the home/lock screen and messages.

Links from the Show:

• T-Mobile One Plan (We think the other plans are still there)
• T-Mobile Record iPhone 7 Preorders
• Nate's 7 Plus Unboxing #AskNot Facebook Live
• AppleCare+
• SquareTrade Comprehensive Electronics Insurance Options
• Kim Komando Podcast with Rediculous iPhone 8 Claims
• Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Recall
• Samsung Rushed to Compete With 'Weak' iPhone Update
• Snugb Tulip Smart Baby Cam and Monitor
• FBI Chief Webcam Cover Conspiracy
• Amazon Prime Audible Channels
• Not Ad: Amazon Echo Dot 2 Preorder $50
• New Amazon Fire 8 HD Tablet
• iMore.com Explains the Lock Screen
• MYCL - My Current Location iOS Widget
• A Deep Look at iOS 10 Messages
• Grammar Snob for Messages

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A little follow up on the Apple Event, but then we get into the rest of the news for the last few weeks. We wrap up discussing the best way to get rid of your old iPhone to get one of the awesome new iPhones!

Links from the Show:

• The First #AskNot Facebook Live Video
• Apple AirPods
• Air Bud the Movie
• My Original Post on the iPhone Release Cycle
• Journalists Called Out on New iPhone (Apple Insider)
• T-Mobile iPhone 7 Trade In Deal
• Sony Playstation Announcement
• Dell Announcement
• Dropbox Hack
• Apple and Google Working on Robocalls
• Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Recall
• Not Ad: Tile Slim
• Not News: Toasteroid Kickstarter
• Episode 16: Spring Cleaning and April Fools
• The Best Places to Sell a Used iPhone
• Amazon Trade-In Program
• Gazelle.com
• Compare iPhone Payment Plans

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Nate and Dave break down the September 7th, 2016 Apple Special Event.

You can watch Apple's video of the event here or read more at Apple.com

Rough Outline of the Episode:

• Carpool Karaoke opener w/ Tim Cook and James Corden
• Updates
  • Apple Music
  • App Store
    • 106 percent YoY growth
    • 2 x over closes competitor
    • World's most popular gaming device
    • 500,000 games in App store
    • Nintendo Mario Coming to App Store
  • Education
    • Apple's 40th birthday, committed to education the entire time
    • ConnectED
    • 4500 teachers, mac and ipad
    • Donating iPads to more than 50k students
    • Swift Playgrounds
  • iWork
    • Real-time collaboration
  • Apple Watch
    • #1 smartwatch in customer satisfaction
    • Jeff Williams
    • WatchOS 3
      • Breathe App
      • 911
      • Pokemon Go for watch
    • Next Gen Apple Watch Series 2
    • • Splash proof to swim proof
      • New speaker shoots out water
      • Two new work outs, pool swim and open water swim
      • Gets more effective over time, algorithm, learns from your activity
      • Better processor and graphics. Adding GPS
      • New Ceramic model
      • New Hermes model
      • Nike partner
        • Apple Watch Nike +
        • Metrics big on screen or advance screen
        • 4 colors
    • Original watch gets dual core processor, called series 1 $269
    • September 16 for series two, oct for nike + version
  • iPhone
    • Gold standard in smartphones
    • 1 billion iPhones sold
    • iOS 10
    • iPhone 7
      • Design
        • Jet Black finish
        • Black
        • Gold
        • Silver
        • Rose Gold
      • Home Button
      • • Programmable
        • Solid State
      • Dust and water resistant - ip67 standard
      • Camera
        • OIS all models
        • f1.8 wider apature lense
        • 6 element lense
        • 12MP sensor, 60% faster 30% more energy efficient
        • Flash now has 4 LEDs 50% more light, flicker sensor
        • Image signal processor 2x throughput ISP
        • 100 billion operations in 25 milliseconds
        • RAW dng files now
        • 7MP facetime for selfies
        • wide color gamut
      • iPhone 7 Plus
        • second camera 12MP also
        • wide angle + telephoto lens
          • optical 2x
          • shallow depth of field
      • Displays
        • 25% brighter
        • wide gamut
        • 3d touch
      • Audio
        • Stereo speakers first time
        • 2x volume of last model
        • Lightning Earpods
          • Lightening headphones in box
          • Adapter is in box, wow
        • Wireless Apple Airpods $159 October
      • Apple Pay
        • Coming to Japan, different NFC
      • Performance
        • A10 fusion
        • Four core CPU
        • 120x faster than original iPhone
        • Two high efficiency cores 1/5 power
        • 240x after than original iPhone, graphics
        • Battery life is better
        • 2 more hours of 6s and 1 hour 6s plus
    • iPhone 7 $649 and up 32GB, 128GB, 256GB
    • iPhone 7+ $769 and up 32GB, 128GB, 256GB
    • Sept 9 pre-order/Sept 16 shipping
  • Sia, musical guest to close event

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We don't mess around and start off with a "High 5" on the iOS App Store. Then we discuss some of the big tech stories this week. We finish up talking about the new page showing who Facebook thinks you are. Next week we will have a special Apple Event episode!

Links from the Show:

• High 5: iOS App Store Free Top 5
  • #16: Pokemon Go
  • #5: SnapChat
  • #4: Six!
  • Unipiper
  • #3: iTunes U
  • Lynda.com
  • #2: Bitmoji
  • Google Gboard
  • #1: Flip Diving
  • Assassin's Creed Identity
  • RipTide GP: Renegade
• "iPhone 7" What MacRumors Knows
• Study on iPhone/Android Switchers
• "Pegasus" iPhone Hack
• Steve Gibson, Security Pro, GRC.com
• Amazon Books Coming to Portland
• Not Ad: Amazon Vehicles
• Who Facebook Thinks You Are

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