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Your tech headlines for 6/4: Hulu will stop working on older Roku players soon, Signal introduces a face blur tool and Apple speaks out against racism. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
How to network when there are no industry conferences to attend? Analyst Jeremiah Owyang has some suggestions for Jefferson Graham 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 all those protests, police scanner apps are red hot, Uber says rides are down 70% and Snapchat bans Trump. Your tech headlines for Wednesday, 6/3/20. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Remember RealNetworks? It's back with a new browser extension to help ID faces in videos. Jefferson Graham has the scoop. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Tuesday 6/2/20 headlines: Zoom sees massive growth, Samsung releases its horizontal/vertical TV, Facebook offers a batch delete to kill old posts. From Jefferson Graham See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
OK, so I don't like FaceID, but you do, and you told me so after my initial podcast calling for Apple to bite the bullet and drop it. My report, 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 .
Tech news headlines for Monday 6/1: Facebook, Sony, Apple and a huge shortfall for smartphone sales. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
The FaceID feature on the iPhone has got to go. It never worked well to begin with, and with the pandemic, it's time to say goodbye. So argues Jefferson Graham 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 .
Conan O'Brien is doing his latenight show on an iPhone; Seth Meyers is using an iPad. So many late-night comics and news people have turned to the iPhone as their home production tool during the COVID-19 pandemic. How does that work? Rich DeMuro from KTLA-TV explains how he does 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 ....
ICYMI: Google is offering its "premium" video conferencing app, Meet, for free through September. Should you switch? Jefferson Graham weighs in 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 found a new app to track the ever-growing collection of subscriptions, TrueBill. The verdict? Tune in and find out. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Twitter isn't the most visited website in the world. So why are people acting like it is, wonders Jefferson Graham 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 .
Twitter just introduced a tool to schedule your tweets in the future. 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 .
Webcams are still really hard to come by. Have an old Canon Rebel in the closet? Now you can use that, and get a way higher resolution image. 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 .
Instagram is following in YouTube's footsteps by sharing ad revenues with video creators. Jefferson Graham has the scoop. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
HBO Max, the latest new streaming service debuted Wednesday, and Jefferson Graham checked it out. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Should Donald Trump's tweets be called out when they're not factual? Jefferson Graham weighs in, 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 .
Apple Stores are reopening, but it's going to be a way different experience. Jefferson Graham has the scoop. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
HBO Max, the latest new streaming service for 2020, is set to debut, as a companion service to HBO Now. Jefferson Graham explains 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: What's the best internet browser? Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox? Jefferson Graham checks in with Rob Pegoraro for the answer. 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 chats with Max Haot, the founder of the tiny Mevo camera, about how it can used for live streaming. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
How to deal with your hair during a pandemic? There's an app for that. Jennifer Jolly 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 .
Comedy writing legend Alan Zweibel is plugging his new book "Laugh Lines," remotely, without book signings, and he tells of the occasional struggle with tech to Jefferson Graham See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jefferson Graham chats with Zach Moreno and Rock Felder of the new app Squadcast.FM, which helps people record podcast guests remotely. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Julia Hartz, the co-founder of Eventbrite, tells Jefferson Graham about the surge in events since Covid, 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 .
What to do with all those stray recipes? Julian Poyourow has an app for that. It's called RecipeSage and he 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 .
Romeo Durscher, a senior director for drone manufacturer DJI, joins Jefferson Graham to discuss how drones are helping in the fight against COVID-19 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Quibi says it failed due to coronavirus. Jefferson Graham has another theory, and it has nothing to do with ailments. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Cuseum has a solution for art-starved fans who miss going to museums. See great art in their living rooms, via augmented reality and the new [AR] Museum app. Brendan Cieko from Cuseum tells Jefferson Graham 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 .
Google is offering its "premium" video conferencing app, Meet, for free through September. Should you switch? Jefferson Graham weighs in See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
