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Our 4th AMA gathers hosts with very different specialties and personalities. They discuss hard questions like how to deal with anxiety, what is their dream job, and if clowns are good or bad!

Hosts: Jason Howell, Andy Ihnatko, and Jeff Jarvis

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Jack Dorsey's billion-dollar COVID fund, Bringing the classroom to YouTube, Microsoft doubles down on virtual events

• Kurt Wagner from Bloomberg discusses how Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey has committed 1 billion dollars to COVID-19 related efforts and why now is a particularly good time for him to do so.
• Sophie Lucido Johnson is a teacher who has chosen to utilize YouTube over Zoom for her remote classroom work. She shared her reasons why in a post on OneZero and talks about those reasons with Mikah and Jason.
• Microsoft insiders told Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet and Windows Weekly that the company will postpone the release of its dual-screen Windows X devices to 2021 due to COVID-19 supply chain issues.
• The Unicode Consortium announced that new EMOJI will be pushed back to at least 2021 due to the pandemic.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Kurt Wagner and Sophie Lucido Johnson

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Jason Howell shows off a number of ways to find free music, movies, e-books, audiobooks, comics, and games on Android with nothing more than a library card.

• Libby
• Overdrive
• RBdigital
• Kanopy
• Hoopla
• LibriVox
• Audible Stories
• Sesame Street
• Internet Archive's National Emergency Library

Host: Jason Howell

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LG V60 ThinQ review, Sooner hands-on, Weather app alternatives

• Florence Ion reviews the LG V60 ThinQ
• Mike Wolfson goes hands-on with the rare Google Sooner
• Weather app alternatives to Dark Sky
• Pixel 4 finally gets the option to require open eyes for Face Unlock
• Google Pixel Buds 2 might be just around the corner
• YouTube Music is tweaking the Library tab making it much better
• Chrome for Android might soon play nice with multiple screens
• Hangouts Meet is about to lose the Hangouts name

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Hosts: Jason Howell, Florence Ion, and Ron Richards

Guest: Michael Wolfson

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Jabra's newest Bluetooth wireless earbuds, the Elite 75t, improves on last generation's Elite 65t with a new smaller design, upgraded sound and battery life, and one-touch access to Alexa, Siri, or Google Assistant. Jason Howell gives his review.

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Host: Jason Howell

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Using the Oura smart ring to catch COVID-19 symptoms, breaking down the T-Mobile & Sprint merger, and celebrating virtual weddings on Zoom.

First, CNET's Lexy Savvides joins us to talk about a new study from the University of California, San Francisco. Using a smart ring called Oura, the study aims to determine if wearables can detect early symptoms of COVID-19.

Then, Joe Maring of Android Central breaks down the T-Mobile/Sprint merger. Where's John Legere headed? What, exactly, is "The New T-Mobile"? Maring answers these questions and more.

Then, The Verge's Zoe Schiffer raises our spirits by sharing stories of folks who've used Zoom to host virtual weddings in the time of social distancing.

Lastly, Jason and Mikah talk about their stories of the week: Apple acquires Dark Sky and shuts down the Android version; the Internet Archive offers up The National Emergency Library, filled with hundreds of e-books and other resources.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Lexy Savvides, Joe Maring, and Zoe Schiffer

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Samsung includes a number of bells and whistles with their Galaxy series of phones. Setting one up from scratch involves a number of tweaks to refine the experience and get the most from it out of the box. Jason shows how he chose to set up the new Galaxy S20 Ultra.

• Gestures vs. Button navigation.
• Homescreen and app tray density.
• Light vs Dark mode.
• Power button vs Bixby button.
• Volume rocker tweaks.
• Live caption.
• 120Hz display refresh
• Smart Stay.
• Secure lock.

Host: Jason Howell

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Bye-bye Dark Sky, Astro Slide 5G, OnePlus 8 incoming

• Dark Sky weather app is bought by Apple.
• Google is doing away with April Fools jokes.
• Planet Computers kicks off the Astro Slide 5G.
• Huawei's P40 Pro is powerful but still lacks everything Google.
• OnePlus 8 gets an event date and it sounds really nice.
• Xiaomi Mi 10 shows how its phones are getting pricier.
• LG might be saying goodbye to its upper-midrange G series.
• Google redesigned Google Podcasts and brought much-needed features.
• Code hints at ad-supported movies coming to Google Play Movies.

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Hosts: Jason Howell, Florence Ion, Ron Richards, and Ant Pruitt

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Leo, Mikah, Lou, and Jason answer the most important questions like how to tell time with shelter in place, along with their camera choice for video conferencing and, of course, their snack and app recommendations.

Products We Recommend:

• Apple COVID-19 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apple-covid-19/id1504132184
• SparkoCam https://sparkosoft.com/sparkocam
• XSplit https://www.xsplit.com
• Lifewire https://www.lifewire.com/

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jason Howell, Mikah Sargent, and Louis Maresca

Co-Host: Laura Donohue

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Google Podcasts redesign, Zoom's attention tracking, At-home COVID-19 test kits

• Emily Mullin from Elemental discusses some of the tech companies creating at-home COVID-19 testing kits.
• Zoom teleconferencing software has some data and privacy tracking hooks to be aware of, according to Mehreen Kasana from Input Mag.
• Google Podcasts Founder Reneau-Wedeen from Google talks through the redesign of the app as well as the newly released iOS app.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Emily Mullin, Mehreen Kasana, and Zack Reneau-Wedeen

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