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Jeff Bezos, Twitter and Medium won the week, while Apple Store and InstaCart lost. Jefferson Graham explains on the weekend edition of #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 weighs in on the Jeff Bezos bombshell blog spot about blackmail, naked photos, Donald Trump and more on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
How to stop paying big $$$ for wireless plans See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Actor John Karna joins Jefferson Graham to reflect on portraying the young internet pioneer Marc Andreessen in the new TV mini series Valley of the Boom, about the birth of the Internet, on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Longtime photo sharing site Flickr gave people until February 5th to download their +1,000 photos, or pay $50 a year to subscribe. Jefferson Graham describes how getting to D-Day makes him feel 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 .
Jefferson Graham has some thoughts on those tech related Super Bowl ads from Google, Amazon, Mercedes, Bumble and MintMobile, on today's Talking Tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
We spoke to humorist Mo Rocca this week about his new Mobituaries podcast, and that inspired us to reach into the vaults and replay our initial 2013 meetup with the CBS News correspondent for a weekend edition of Talking Tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
What if pro-privacy Apple ran the invasive social network Facebook. Would it still hunger to know everything about us? Jefferson Graham ponders the question on the weekend edition of Talking Tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
The folks at 1-800-Dentist decided it was time to join the new century with a mobile first website devoted to finding new dentists and learning about mouth care. Brian McCarthy from Dentistry.com 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 .
CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Mo Rocca has a new podcast, Mobituaries, and he joins Jefferson Graham to tell the Talking Tech audience all about it. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Sales for the iPhone are down 15%, while the iPad, Macs and other Apple products are up. What's up with that? Jefferson Graham has some ideas, on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Sales of the iPhone have peaked and now Apple is focused on nagging you more often with subscription offers. Jefferson Graham reports 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 .
Talking Tech now has an Alexa skill, to bring up the podcast for your flash briefing. Jefferson Graham explains how to access it. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
We roamed the floor of the NAMM show to find the six coolest music meets tech gadgets on display at the huge trade show. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Streaming services prices are going up, but when compared to cable, cutting the cord is still a better deal, argues 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 .
Download the CBS Sports TV app now if you'd like to see the Super Bowl via a streaming player. 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 .
Pluto TV, a popular streaming service for watching free TV shows and movies, got bought this week by Viacom for $340 million, which inspired Jefferson Graham to check it out for #TalkingTech. http://www.jeffersongraham.net See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Apple nabbed another top retailer to let consumers pay with their phones and watches in Target, but Walmart and others still holding out. 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 on the pain of breaking up with streaming services. He offers some tips 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 has joined the 21st century and gone keyless, by putting the August Smart Lock Pro on his frontdoor, and opening up via an app. He reports on the installation, and use of the product on TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
On today's episode: where to get great photo prints made from smartphone apps, on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
ICYMI: Musician Harry Connick, Jr. is now available for piano teaching lessons. Via the Playground Sessions app. He 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 .
Jefferson Graham reviews the world's smallest video camera, the DJI Osmo Pocket dronecam on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Musician Harry Connick, Jr. talks about his latest production--teaching people how to play piano via the PlaygroundSessions app. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
A new report shows that consumers just didn't care about the data breaches and hacking of the social network in 2018--they just like their Facebook. 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 .
Netflix is raising pricing, and Jefferson Graham has the scoop on Talking Tech. http://www.jeffersongraham.net See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
The next hot tech device of 2019 is certain to be Samsung's new Galaxy S10 smartphone, slated to be introduced February 10th. Jefferson Graham previews on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Did Amazon's CEO really send out racy texts and photos as has been reported? Even if it's not true, argues Jefferson Graham, it's still a good time to once again, go over digital dos and dont's 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 .
ICYMI: BMW is joining the voice computing revolution by putting a voice assistant in new cars. It answers to "Hey, BMW." Jefferson Graham sits down with BMW exec Holger Hampf at the CES in Las Vegas to find out more 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 .
Jefferson Graham wraps up CES 2019, where everything old is new again. That means you Google, Amazon, Samsung and LG. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
