Leaked iOS 14 code reveals clues about updates to the interface, plus hints about iPad Pro, iPhone 9, and AirTags refreshes. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Patrick Beja, Joe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 10, 2020•29 min•Ep. 3735
Working from home at the request of your job? We've got some tips on how to secure your person PC setup when telecommuting into the office. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Justin Robert Young, Joe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 09, 2020•29 min•Ep. 3734
Can you bring back obsolete and old tech from dead even after the manufacturer stops support or ceases to exist? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Nicole Lee Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 06, 2020•29 min•Ep. 3733
Facebook's attempt at fact-checking political posts runs into a problem as various fact-checking partners contradict each other a recent POTUS comment. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Justin Robert Young Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 05, 2020•32 min•Ep. 3732
New research from the University of Washington shows strong correlation between language skills, reasoning capability, and working memory as key indicators of coding ability beating out mathematical capability. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 04, 2020•29 min•Ep. 3731
We get a wrap from this year's RSA conference from security-news website "The Parallax" founder and editor-in-chief Seth Rosenblatt. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Seth Rosenblatt, Joe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 03, 2020•31 min•Ep. 3730
More and more people are feeling unhappy. Is social media to blame or is just exposing older and more systemic social issues? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 02, 2020•30 min
How are professional e-sports leagues dealing with the fallout from fears of COVID-19 and will their strategies be effective? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Len Peralta, Jenn Cutter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 28, 2020•32 min•Ep. 3728
Northrup-Grumman rescue satellite successfully linked up with the ailing Intelsat 901, Urban rolls-out its in-app language translation tool, and the Smithsonian published 2.8 million images, data and 3D models under the Open Access program. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 27, 2020•30 min•Ep. 3727
Some clever musicians are trying to place every melody under a Creative Common's License to bring an end to music copyright lawsuits regarding melodies they feel are stifling creativity. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 26, 2020•31 min•Ep. 3726
Tractor-hailing could help farmers not only get more crop yields but better bank loans too, and airponics could make your airplane food better than what you eat at home. Plus Microsoft's attempt to secure our Smart Home future. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Patrick Be.ja Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 25, 2020•30 min•Ep. 3725
Just because Mobile World Congress has been cancelled it doesn't mean there aren't phones that need announcing. Plus new GPU info on Microsoft's upcoming Xbox Series X and new search box for Google? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 24, 2020•30 min•Ep. 3724
David Ginsberg - Host and Producer of "In Touch With iOS" podcast explains how he manages to use a tablet as his main everyday computing device. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, David Ginsburg, Len Peralta Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 21, 2020•33 min•Ep. 3723
Apple is considering letting users set third-party web browser and email defaults in iOS. Is this a win for consumers? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 20, 2020•29 min•Ep. 3722
Popular image manipulation tool Photoshop turns 30. We examine the various developments in Adobe's breakout application through time. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 19, 2020•30 min•Ep. 3721
Critics attack Samsung's Galaxy Z foldable phone, Dutch man runs dairy from barge and Space X wants to put you in orbit, for a price! Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Joe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 18, 2020•30 min•Ep. 3720
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says harmful content on social media should have a regulation framework between traditional media and a telco, Google plans to shutdown Google Station, and Redbox launches a free ad-supported live TV service. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 17, 2020•5 min
Which collaborative messaging platform works best in a corporate environment; Slack or Teams? Rob Dunewood is here to break it down for us. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 14, 2020•34 min•Ep. 3719
In light of the failure of the app at the Iowa Caucus Nevada will instead use a tool pre-installed on iPads that are not connected to the Internet. Unlike the Iowa app, the Nevada iPad tool will only be used in the room to collate those numbers. Will this method work better than the Iowa Caucus app? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Justin Robert Young Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 13, 2020•31 min•Ep. 3718
Activision Blizzard is removing its games from the Nvidia GeForce Now game streaming service, including Overwatch, WoW, and the Call of Duty series. What can Nvidia do and does this bode well for GeForce Now? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 12, 2020•29 min•Ep. 3717
Samsung Unpacked 2020 rolls out new phone reveals and product announcements. We unpack the info-dump and explain what you should know. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Patrick Beja Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 11, 2020•31 min•Ep. 3716
Oscar Award Winner Taika Waititi called on the WGA to get Apple to fix its keyboards. "Apple needs to fix those keyboards. they are impossible to write on — they’ve gotten worse. Is he right? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Charlotte Henry Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 10, 2020•33 min•Ep. 3715
Looking to upgrade to a new laptop this year? Before you do listen to what Patrick Norton has to say about your options on today's show. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Norton, Len Peralta, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 07, 2020•33 min•Ep. 3714
Clearview AI, offers image recognition to law enforcement agencies based on a database of 3 billion images scraped from social media and online platforms. Clearview CEO Hoan Ton-That argued it had a "First Amendment" right to access data in the public domain. Is he right and just what are the legalities around harvesting images online? Starring Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 06, 2020•31 min•Ep. 3713
Denis Shiryaev has upscaled the film classic "L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat: a 50-second silent movie of a train pulling into a station. Using DAIN and Topaz Labs' Gigapixel AI, he has transformed the original blurry footage into a 4K 60FPS clip. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 05, 2020•32 min•Ep. 3712
Iowa’s Democratic Party App to tally votes crashes during the party's caucus. Paper ballots saved the day but why did the App fail and what can be learned from this incident? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Patrick Beja, Justin Robert Young, Joe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 04, 2020•32 min•Ep. 3711
Tech companies are feeling the impact of the coronavirus with Foxconn declaring a "big" production impact, while Airbnb has activated its extenuating circumstances policy to help deal with the issue. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Nate Lanxon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 03, 2020•31 min•Ep. 3710
Apple's has proposed a standardize format for one-time passcodes sent over SMS, used in two factor authentication, while Google launched OpenSK, an open source Rust-based firmware to turn Nordic chip dongles into FIDO U2F and FIDO2-compliant security keys. What will this mean for 2FA and online security? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Shannon Morse, Roger Chang, Len Peralta Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 31, 2020•33 min•Ep. 3709
Facebook's Zuckerberg wants his company to be understood not liked, Microsoft wants to spend $40 million for AI on health research, and what does Canalys smartphone metrics for 2019 mean for the industry. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 30, 2020•29 min•Ep. 3708
Apple's valued net worth is greater than Germany DAX's. We sift through Apple's earning results and see what's working and what isn't. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 29, 2020•31 min•Ep. 3707