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Talking Tech

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Your daily consumer tech news update, plus the latest gadget reviews and straight talk about how the latest tech innovations affect you, with USA TODAY's Brett Molina and Mike Snider. Discover more great podcasts from USA TODAY at usatoday.com/podcasts.

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Jeff has a little anniversary

USA TODAY's Michelle Maltais turns the tables on Jefferson Graham, to ask about a little anniversary that he's celebrating this week. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jul 11, 20195 minEp. 700

Shaq O'Neal Talks Tech - 2019

Former basketball great Shaquille O'Neal talks about his new arrangement to pitch printers for Epson, and other tech he loves 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 .

Jul 10, 20194 minEp. 699

Tesla and women - yes, they do love them too

USA TODAY recently ran a story about Tesla's issues selling cars to women. USA TODAY's Michele Maltais, who owns two Tesla cars, joins Jefferson Graham to give her perspective on Talking Tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jul 09, 20193 minEp. 698

Yolo, the controversial kids app

USA TODAY's Madeline Purdue sits in with Jefferson Graham to discuss the hottest new app of 2019, Yolo. Never heard of it? Purdue fills you in. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jul 08, 20193 minEp. 695

ICYMI: Depalo for your Instagram

ICYMI: Jefferson Graham chats with Rebecca Aneloski, the founder of the new Depalo app, to help you find Instagram spots. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jul 07, 20195 minEp. 697

Get paid to see online ads with Brave

Jefferson Graham looks at the alternative Internet browser, Brave, which blocks ads, but pays you to see approved ones, on Talking Tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jul 06, 20192 minEp. 696

How to hack free your vacation

Security expert Ted Harrington of Independent Security Evaluators says you should change your passwords before leaving for vacation and then once again when you get back, to keep the hackers away. He explains why, on Talking Tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jul 05, 20193 minEp. 694

Forget fireworks - how about 4th of July food instead?

Instagram food blogger Mike Chau offers tips for getting better food shots for the 4th of July on #Talking Tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jul 04, 20193 minEp. 693

Storage woes - 5 tips for making room

You've run out of room on your smartphone. What to do? Jefferson Graham has five tips for you on #Talking Tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jul 03, 20194 minEp. 692

Photo tips: 4th of July Fireworks

Jefferson Graham's annual tips for taking great 4th of July photos on your smartphone. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jul 02, 20193 minEp. 691

Depalo for your Instagram

Jefferson Graham chats with Rebecca Aneloski, the founder of the new Depalo app, to help you find Instagram spots. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jul 01, 20195 minEp. 690

Viewbug -it's all about the contests

Ori Guttin, the CEO of photo sharing site ViewBug, tells Jefferson Graham about his different approach - with contests. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jun 29, 20193 minEp. 683

Privacy part 5 - heroes and villains

In the final part of the privacy series, Jefferson Graham takes a good hard look at the heroes and villains of tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jun 28, 20195 minEp. 689

Privacy, part 4, Apple

In part 4 of the privacy series, Jefferson Graham takes on Apple, the company that touts it's different approach to privacy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jun 27, 20193 minEp. 688

Privacy - part 3, Amazon

In part 3 of the privacy series, Jefferson Graham takes a look at how Amazon tracks us. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jun 26, 20193 minEp. 687

Privacy part 2, Facebook

In part 2 of Jefferson Graham's series about how tech firms track us, today the spotlight is on Facebook. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jun 25, 20194 minEp. 685

Privacy series -Part 1, Google

Jefferson Graham kicks off a week long series on how tech firms track us, starting with Google. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jun 24, 20193 minEp. 684

ICYMI: SEO Basics from USA TODAY

ICYMI: Emily Brown from USA TODAY's Audience Team joins Jefferson Graham to explain how to use basic tools to get discovered online in searches, whether you have a newspaper, website, Wordpress blog or the like. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jun 23, 20196 minEp. 680

YouTube's kids problems won't go away

YouTube's massive kids issues won't go away. Jefferson Graham explains why on Talking Tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jun 22, 20193 minEp. 686

Book review: Oregon Coast Photo Tour

Jefferson Graham reviews the terrific new "Oregon Coast Photo Road Trip" book by Rick and Susan Sammon on today's Talking Tech. See the video review here on the #Photowalk YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/DNjg_BzkD8A See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Jun 21, 20192 minEp. 681

Interview: Who remembers 3Com?

Jon Zilber, the co-author of a new book about 3Com, tells Jefferson Graham why we should remember the Internet pioneer that is pretty much forgotten today, on #Talking Tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jun 20, 20194 minEp. 682

SEO basics from USA TODAY

Emily Brown from USA TODAY's Audience Team joins Jefferson Graham to explain how to use basic tools to get discovered online in searches, whether you have a newspaper, website, Wordpress blog or the like. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jun 19, 20196 minEp. 679

Better than AirPods - try 1More

Jefferson Graham reviews the 1More bluetooth earbud, which he says sound better than Apple's AirPods, and also stay in the ear, on Talking Tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jun 18, 20192 minEp. 678

Xumo, for cord cutters who love regular TV

Xumo, which just got added to Android TV's from Sony and Hisense over the weekend, is aimed at cord cutters who love their remotes. Xumo's Chris Hall tells Jefferson Graham all about it on Talking Tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jun 17, 20194 minEp. 676

ICYMI: MIllennials sound off on Google tracking

ICYMI: USA TODAY summer interns Jared Weber and Madeline Purdue join Jefferson Graham, as he dives a little deeper into Google's controversial "location history" feature which tracks your every move, even if you're not using a Google app. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jun 16, 20195 minEp. 677

Single sign-on can solve password crisis

The single sign-on experience from Google and Apple could solve our password crisis. Jefferson Graham explains. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jun 15, 20194 minEp. 675

Mattel reinvents Hot Wheels

Mattel has reinvented the 51-year-old miniature car toy brand Hot Wheels for the digital age, and Jefferson Graham has the scoop on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jun 14, 20192 minEp. 674

How to use tech for interviews

Frederick Van Johnsoin, the host of the "This Week in Photo" podcast, has a new online course about how to do interviews. There's a lot more involved than just asking questions, as you'll hear on Talking Tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jun 13, 20194 minEp. 673

Vlogger Kristina Kuzmic's take on Father's Day videos

Vlogger Kristina Kuzmich offers her take on "Father's Day" videos to Jefferson Graham and Talking Tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jun 12, 20194 minEp. 672

Millennial reaction to Google's Location Tracking

USA TODAY summer interns Jared Webber and Madeline Purdue join Jefferson Graham, as he dives a little deeper into Google's controversial "location history" feature which tracks your every move, even if you're not using a Google app. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jun 11, 20195 minEp. 671
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