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Yes, it's that time already. Jefferson Graham has the skinny on some cool Black Friday deals, including Apple AirPod Pros for $169, down from $249. 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 to stage your Zoom Thanksgiving. What gear do you need and where do you place it? 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 Apple's new HomePod Mini $99 speaker. Music doesn't sound as great as rivals, but it's a more useful speaker, and it rocks for TV. 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 weighs in on those new super fast Apple Mac computers announced Tuesday See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Where to back up your photos online now that Google is charging for photo storage. 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 .
Ben Warner, Enich Harris and Ben Classen tell Jefferson Graham about how they turned their Coast Film Festival into a hybrid of live and virtual events. http://www.coastfilmfestival.com 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 Brett Molina joins Jefferson Graham to preview those new video game consoles from Microsoft and Sony 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 those new super fast Apple Mac computers announced Tuesday See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jefferson Graham's first impressions of the new Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max and Mini phones. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Apple is expected to introduce new Mac laptops Tuesday powered by the same processor that runs the iPhone. 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 .
Part 2 of our chat with Sailing SV Delos' Brian Trautman, who quit his job in 2009 to sail the world. In this chapter, Trautman offers his advice to aspiring YouTubers. 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 expected hot tech products for the holiday 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 is in love with the DJI Mini II drone. He tells you why on #TalkingTech. Check out test footage on his @jeffersongraham YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/umX_eJdV5Bg See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
YouTube will take down videos that try to inhibit voting, but it won't do so for videos that are just plain wrong. Jefferson Graham weighs in on TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Brian Trautman quit his software job in 2009 to sail the world, and now makes a living with his popular "Sailing SV Delos" channel for YouTube. He joins Jeff via Skype from the boat to tell 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 .
Happy election day! Jefferson Graham wants to use the occasion to argue for electronic voting by 2024. Are you in? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jefferson Graham is keeping his fingers crossed that watch.laemmle.com makes it, and that thousands of people discover its mix of independent films that normally are seen in the "art" house. But first, it will have to get through its growing pains. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
After Jefferson Graham talked of upgrading his phone every year for the latest and greatest, people wrote in with an avalanche of mean tweets and e-mails. He responds, 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 explores T-Mobile's new $10 a month TV plan for cutting the corders. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Peacock will not be going the way of Quibi, insists NBC Universal's CEO. 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 .
Apple may want to save some money and ditch Google as the official search provider for the iPhone, and replace it with its own search. 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 .
Surfer/photographer Jan Schrieber tells how to take awesome GoPro shots of the surf and concentrate on the waves at the same time. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jefferson Graham found a great use case for the new edition of Amazon Echo speakers. They double as wireless TV speakers. He tells how they work on Talking Tech. Video link: https://youtu.be/7RvgQcJfcTg See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
After Jefferson Graham talked of upgrading his phone every year for the latest and greatest, people wrote in with an avalanche of mean tweets and e-mails. He responds, on #TalkingTech See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Instead of reaching for a business card, Jason Alvarez-Cohen and Nick Eischens would love to stick a Popl on the back of your phone. What's that? They tell all 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, Samsung and Google want you to do it, and Jefferson Graham says you should just surrender to reality: you need to upgrade your phone every 12 months. He argues that it makes economic sense. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jefferson Graham answers listeners questions about the new Apple iPhone 12. Is it time to upgrade? Yes. Jeff tells you 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 .
Jefferson Graham's take on the new re-designed Echo and Echo Dot speakers. Not worth the upgrade, but let him tell you 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 .
Bar Rescue's Jon Taffer is putting his money where his mouth is and opening a tavern, using technology to keep it clean. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jefferson Graham and KTLA's Rich DeMuro compare notes on the new Apple iPhone 12 and 12 Pro phones, coming to stores on 10/23. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
