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With the release of the critically lauded new Samsung Galaxy phones, and the pending September 10th anniversary edition of the iPhone, the 2017 smartphone wars are now officially on. Jefferson Graham reports on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jefferson Graham reviews the Mevo camera, a small wonder for doing more professional looking live broadcasts on Facebook and Twitter--the good, bad and ugly. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Would you spend $1.3 million for a flying car? Jefferson Graham reports on the aeroplane/car that's set for delivery in 2020, on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Have you heard the hype about augmented reality, and that AR will replace smartphones in about 5 years? Jefferson Graham explains, on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jefferson Graham tells why he thinks Line is the best messaging app you never used in this report from Tokyo, and visits Line's offices in Japan for a chat with senior director Brian Lee. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Angela An quit her day job, left New Zealand and moved to Japan to follow her dreams of becoming a travel video blogger. She tells about finding success in Tokyo with her Internationally Me YouTube channel on #TalkingTech with Jefferson Graham. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
From Japan: Jefferson Graham and SearchEngineLand's Danny Sullivan pay a visit to Yodobashi-Akiba, said to the world's largest tech shop, and offer an audio tour. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#TalkingTech in Tokyo pays a visit to see the latest and greatest at Sony world HQ, and falls in love with a product most people have never heard of--Nigel, Sony's answer to Siri, Alexa and Cortana. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
USA TODAY's Jefferson Graham and SearchEngineLand's Danny Sullivan are both in Tokyo, where they report on using apps and international Sim cards to navigate their way around in a land where not a lot of English is spoken. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#TalkingTech from Japan: Jefferson Graham reports on the camera scene, where smartphone cameras greatly outnumber traditional cameras in the country of Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus, Panasonic and others. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jefferson Graham reports from Japan this week about those amazing hi-tech toilets from Toto on #TalkingTech See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jefferson Graham reports from Kobe, Japan, where he learned that he should have turned two-factor authentication off before leaving home. He explains why on #TalkingTech See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
What gear would you pack for a holiday? Jefferson Graham tells what he fit in his backpack for a trip to Japan on #TalkingTech. Hint--it's not just cameras See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jefferson Graham reviews the new YouTube TV cable TV alternative on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#TalkingTech visits the campus of the University of Southern California, where researchers are teaching drones to fly together for search and rescue missions and the like. Jefferson Graham reports. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Ernie Ball, the company behind the popular Slinky guitar string, has a new, "unbreakable," string, and #TalkingTech went to visit to see if we could indeed break a string. Jefferson Graham reports from the Ernie Ball showroom in Burbank. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
ICYMI, Jefferson Graham looks back at the week's tech headlines, topped by a move in Congress to roll back privacy protections for online consumers. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Remember when chatbots were billed as the next big thing in tech? That didn't happen. A year later, Jefferson Graham takes a look at why chatbots were so disappointing on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
After seeing phones get even bigger with recent models from Lenovo, Hauwei and now Samsung, it doesn't take a genius to go out on a limb and see that the next iPhone will be bigger than current models. Jefferson Graham reports on the #TalkingTech podcast. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Facebook's new "Story" feature is a blatant Snapchat clone, but that's OK. Most of the folks reaching to add flying bananas and dropping rain to their photos and videos probably never used Snapchat anyway. Jefferson Graham discusses the latest Facebook move with photographer Rick Sammon on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jefferson Graham reviews Google Wifi, a three-unit package to improve your home network, on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Will we really see self-driving cars in a big way in just 3 years? Jefferson Graham discusses the state of the self-driving car post Uber's decision to pause its experiments with Gary Shapiro, the CEO of the Consumer Technology Assn. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jefferson Graham takes out three mobile steadicams to add smoothness to your video footage, and tests them out. Which one is best--the Smove, GoPro Karma Grip or DJI Osmo? Tune in to #TalkingTech to find out. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
ICYMI, the week's top headlines, topped by YouTube's really bad week and those new Apple iPads and iPhones, on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Can a video doorbell really curb crime? James Siminoff believes so. The founder of Ring, the video doorbell, Siminoff says it helps scare away at least 100 would-be robbers daily, and he's got the stats to prove to it, as he tells Jefferson Graham on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Workflow, an app we first introduced you to in 2015, has been acquired by Apple. The app offers shortcuts for popular daily tasks. We visit the #TalkingTech vault for a replay of our interview with Workflow co-founder Ari Weinstein. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Amazon's Alexa has come to the iPhone, in the Amazon app, offering spoken word personal assistance. Does Siri have much to worry about? Jefferson Graham finds out on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Apple looks to take on Instagram and Snapchat with Clips, a new video app to jazz up your photos and videos. But is too late for Apple to compete here? Jefferson Graham reports on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Spencer Shulem, the 22-year-old co-founder of WeDo, talks about his inspiration for creating the WeDo app for staying on top of your daily tasks. Shulem was interviewed at a live #TalkingTech broadcast. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Cover songs are hugely popular on YouTube, but don't try offering your take on popular songs on Facebook--they may get you suspended on banned from the social network. The story of what happened to a British busker who offered a cover of a song by Ed Sheeran on Facebook. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
