Tech Break (Video)

Kyle Bradshaw joins Jason Howell and Megan Morrone to discuss what he found when he checked back in on Google's mystery OS project, Fuchsia.

Full episode at twit.tv/tnt/1764

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234 Android applications listen for ultrasonic tones from billboards, web pages, and sports stadiums. None of the 234 Android applications disclose their tracking capabilities in their privacy policies. Apps can then track where you've been, what you've seen, and/or what websites you have visited.

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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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Despite the fact that the vast majority of its money is held overseas, Apple was the largest tax payer in America this year. Apple paid $15.8 billion in taxes, at an effective $25.8% rate. Would a repatriation "tax holiday" gain the US even more?

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Alex Lindsay

Guest: Adam Engst

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Apple is rumored to be working on a Siri-powered Echo competitor, but they better get going quick. Amazon just announced the Echo Show, an Echo with a touch screen and video camera. With the Echo Show, Amazon is poised to take mindshare away from FaceTime as well as Siri.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Alex Lindsay

Guest: Adam Engst

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The Open Hub is the world's largest repository of freely available analysis on OSS projects, generating statistics on over 675 thousand OSS projects and presenting the data on its website and through its API.

Full episode can be seen at twit.tv/floss/433

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Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone tell you how to use facial recognition in Apple Photos, Shutterfly, and Google Photos to find all the photos of your mom and her children to easily make musical slideshows, photo books, and more with just a few clicks. Then share them via Messages, Facebook, or email. Plus, JibJab your mom. Because you can.

Full episode at twit.tv/ios/344

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Jason Howell and Megan Morrone talk to Liz Gannes from 60 DB about Net Neutrality, augmented reality, cars that listen, and food delivery app that just learned the hard way that there's no such thing as free cookies.

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Daniel Suarez is the author of five books, including Daemon, Freedom(tm), and Influx. His latest book, Change Agent, depicts a near-future world where genetic editing technology has become commonplace. Parents illegally modify their children to give them a leg up, and the agent in charge of finding the perpetrators is about to become his own worst enemy - literally.

Full episode can be seen at twit.tv/tri/297

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What it's like to have a surprise dinner with Mark Zuckerberg

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Promethean interactive whiteboard systems are multi-touch display for classrooms. Would they work with Chromebooks? For the full episode, visit twit.tv/ttg1387

Host: Leo Laporte

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