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Jefferson Graham reviews the new state of the art Google Pixel smartphone as a camera, and tests it back to back vs. the iPhone 7 Plus and Samsung Galaxy S7 on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
It looks like Apple is ditching its plan to build an I-Car. 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.
Ever wanted to drive a Tesla, but don't have the spare $100,000? Try the car-sharing service Turo, which rents fancy cars at affordable prices, and offers the ability to let us all rent our cars for extra bucks as well. Jefferson Graham reports for #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 checked out Snapchat Memories? It's a tool on the communications app to save photos to the cloud, like Google Photos, but with more options. Jefferson Graham reports on #TalkingTech, from the Vator Splash L.A. conference. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Amazon's new Music Unlimited service offers the best reason yet to pay for monthly music subscriptions--Alexa will stop annoying you. 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.
In part 2 of the #TalkingTech look at the presidential candidates video activities on Facebook, Jefferson Graham looks at Donald Trump's raw, shaky video clips, and why they're so effective. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
As the long political campaign winds down, many are turning to Facebook to watch unfiltered, slick and raw videos of the candidates on their news feeds. Jefferson Graham takes a look at their strategies in part 1 of a two-part #TalkingTech podcast. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
How bad is the bust of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7? The worst ever, reports Jefferson Graham, who puts it into historical terms on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
In the wake of exploding Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones, Jefferson Graham asks what's to become of the Galaxy lineup on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Maggie Moran, a product manager for the Hopper app, explains how to save money on your next airline ticket via the free app on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Bjorn Jeffery, the CEO of the red-hot Toca Boca kid's app, talks about his new streaming service, Toca TV, which expands the brand with original programming for kids. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jefferson Graham previews the ToneWood Amp, a new device which brings electric sounds like reverb and delay to the acoustic guitar, via vibrations, 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 on a novel New York experiment to replace phone booths with Wifi/USB charging stations 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 previews Google's new Pixel smartphone line, and tells why he thinks they're great for consumers 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 interviews the founders of start-up Hop, Skip, Drive, an Uber for parents who need a way to haul their kids around after school. But at $16 a ride, how do they convince parents to pony up? From the L.A. Start-up Grind festival. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jefferson Graham looks at three microphones for podcasters, from Blue Microphones, Shure and IK Multimedia, 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.
Marcel Samek, the chief technology officer for Wevr, talks about how the solitary experience of virtual reality will eventually come to the movies, on this excerpt from the #TalkingTech roundtable podcast. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jefferson Graham peeks into the future of virtual reality with reps from 3 L.A. VR studios on the extended weekend edition of the #TalkingTech podcast, Nathan Burba, the CEO of Survios, Gil Baron, CEO of Visionary VR and Wevr CTO Marcel Samek. 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 Canon 5D Mark IV camera, aimed at pros and photo enthusiasts, with vastly improved auto focus for video and low-light performance. 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 on how camera sales have collapsed in the wake of the smartphone era on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
So you want to be a podcaster. In this excerpt from their talk at the L.A. Podcast Festival, Jefferson Graham, Mark Hershon, Lauren Spohrer and Phoebe Judge explain what you need to do to get started in podcasting. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Meet the Mavic Pro, the new compact, easier to fly drone from DJI. Romeo Durscher, DJI's director of education, tells Jefferson Graham all about it on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Putting your camera into the air gives a whole different perspective on how we see the world, and you don't have to rent a helicopter to get the view. Romeo Durscher, the director of education for drone manufacturer DJI, talks the art of drone photography with 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.
Bjorn Jeffery, the CEO of kids app maker Toca Boca, explains how the company took on Disney, Nickelodeon and other giants to find a niche with 5-9 year olds and the popular Toca Boca apps, which have been downloaded over 130 million times in four years, on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Meet Reid Genauer, the working musician who fronts the band Assembly of Dust--and spends days as the Chief Marketing Officer for video app Magisto. He tells Jefferson Graham how the worlds of art and commerce meet, and they end their chat with a performance of Genauer's song "Speculator." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jefferson Graham has a running chat with Apple's personal digital assistant Siri on #Talking Tech, testing out new features touted by Apple. How successful is she? Tune in 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.
Google's new Trips app pulls reservation information from Gmail and organizes planning guides around your upcoming holiday. Jefferson Graham previews. 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 iPhone 7 Plus's camera features, with two lenses instead of one, improved image stabilization and better color reproduction. His verdict>? 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.
Google is playing catch-up to Facebook Messenger and Apple's iMessage with an old chat app--Hangouts that has received little love over the last 2 years, and a new app, Allo, which is slated to debut later this year. Danny Sullivan, the founding editor of Searchengineland, says why Hangouts is an "essential" in his life--and previews Allo on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
We're taking thousands of smartphone photos, but where are they when we need to find them? The #TalkingTech panel weighs in with tips. Guests: Adobe's Josh Haftel, photographer Erin Manning and search expert Danny Sullivan. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
