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A weekly tech podcast hosted by Techwalla editor-in-chief Dave Johnson and CNET contributor Rick Broida. In each episode, we dive deep into one cool technology you want to know more about.
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2017-03-01 |
Is Virtual Reality just 2017’s Google Glass (with guest Rachel Metz)? After hearing that Oculus Rift is retreating from almost half of its Best Buy locations, we were wondering if VR was a fading fad. We invited MIT Technology Review’s Rachel Metz to chat with us. And here’s the article she wrote about this: https://www.... |
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2017-02-22 |
The 9 best movies you’ve never seen (with guest Christian Toto) With the Oscars around the corner and after recently talking about streaming services and cable cutting, this week we welcome special guest film critic Christian Toto for a roundtable discussion of our 9 favorite, underrated movies. These are great fil... |
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2017-02-14 | THis week Dave and Rick share their three favorite producivity tools (and why they love them). Here are the various apps and services discussed on this show: LastPasshttps://www.lastpass.com/ Dashlanehttps://www.dashlane.com/ OneNotehttps://www.onenote... |
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2017-02-07 | This week, we discuss mesh wifi routers like the Eero, Google Wifi, and Netgear Orbi. They have some real advantages over traditional wifi routers, but a huge downside: They’re a lot more expensive. Dave recently tested Eero and he discusses the pros a... |
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2017-02-01 | This week, we take a hard look at cord cutting — can you save money by cutting cable and just subscribing to streaming services? Or is there more ere than meets the eye? |
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2017-01-25 | Fake news seems to be everywhere these days, so how do you tell when something is fake? And is it possible to avoid it to begin with? That’s the subject today. Some of the tools we talked about in this episide: Web of trust https://www.mywot.com/ This... |
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2017-01-11 | Recording our second CES epsiode “amost live” from CES, we wrap up the show this week with conversations about Circuit Scribe, Lego Boost, the Sevenhugs universal remote, Plantronics headphones, the terrifying iPal family robot, and some utterly inexpl... |
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2017-01-06 | Reporting almost live from CES, we talk about the most interesting things we’ve seen on the show floor this year, including great stuff (like VR, drones, and smart home gadgets) and some head scratchingly misguided gadgets like “smart” hairbrushes and ... |
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2016-12-20 |
Download movies from Netflix (and the frustrating glut of streaming services) Joining us once again this week: Special guest tech journalist Melissa Perenson. We talk about downloading movies from Netflix for offline viewing. We also talk about the glut of streaming sites (did you know YouTube has its own premium subscription se... |
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2016-12-13 | Christmas and Chanukah are just 2 weeks away–so with the urgency that only comes from being out of time, we offer a slew of tech-y gift ideas for all the people on your shopping list. We also lament toys of old that were seemingly designed to murder ch... |
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