We chat with John Chichilla about Home Automation to help all of you with new gadgets this Christmas!

• We take a look at how you should get started with home automation
• We go through Chilla's encounter with a porch thief via his Ring Doorbell and the neighborhood watch

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Sorg is hanging with Brian Crawford of PGHMuseums.org for this slow tech news week!

• Sorg has reconnected his home to wired internet! And is connecting home smart devices for the first time with Google Home!
• Brian's Awesome Thing is a bed that can save you during an earthquake!
• Snapcrap attempts to solve a public defecation problem in San Francisco
• Smartphone based sales for Black Friday jump again.
• Turn your fancy new iPhone into a classy iPod Classic.

After the show remember to:

Eat at Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com)

Want to be part of our studio audience?  Hit us up at awesomecast@sorgatronmedia.com and we’ll save you a seat!

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Follow these awesome people on Twitter: Brian (@PGHMuseums) and Sorg (@Sorgatron)

You can support the show at Patreon.com/awesomecast!

Remember to check out our friends at the The 405 Media (@The405Radio), and Postindustrial Audio  (@post_industry) who replay the show on their stream throughout the week!

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Chilla, Sorg, and Krause are bringing you this week's tech news as we ramp up for the upcoming Apple announcement. We're sharing:

• It's a big Google news day, so we'll be talking about that tech news shortly!
• Google is making a foray into video games with Stadia. Krause is sharing the service as part of his Awesome Thing of the Week!
• We're talking about the implications of a video game system via Google Stadia and Chromecast.
• Before we get too excited about Stadia, will it go the way of Inbox or Google+ or Google Reader?
• Chilla is sharing a Microsoft update for Microsoft Teams - with 8 new features.
• We're a little excited about the updates for Microsoft Teams.
• Are you a Google One subscriber? Did YOU get a free Google Home Mini?
• Sorg is featuring his new Google Home Mini as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
• There are some phishy emails and phone calls going around lately.
• There's a new iPad Air. Chilla is giving us some updates to look forward to.
• Google Maps adds new styles and gameplay options for mobile games.
• Playing games can build 21st century skills.
• Retailers, like Disney, are engaging customers with gamified storytelling.
• Netflix is working on a follow-up to Bandersnatch with a Bear Grylls survival show!
• EA paid Ninja to stream Apex Legends. We're sharing some thoughts.
• We're deep diving some of the doors Stadia can open with online gaming and cooperative gaming.
• Remember Dreamcast? Do you remember what's on your old memory card?
• Krause is leaving DirecTV NOW - but he's looking at some great streaming video options!
• Speaking of streaming video, Sorg is catching up with some Halt and Catch Fire.
• Angry Birds AR is coming to iPhone.
• Halo is getting a Master Chief collection!
• What happens when you combine Carmen Sandiego and Google Earth? We can't wait to find out!
• Twitter is going back to 2009 with twttr.
• Krause is helping his wife transition to life without a button with a new iPhone.

After the show remember to:

Eat at Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com)

Want to be part of our studio audience? Hit us up at awesomecast@sorgatronmedia.com and we’ll save you a seat!

Join our AwesomeCast Facebook Group to see what we’re sharing and to join the discussion!

Follow these awesome people on Twitter: Chilla (@chilla), Sorg (@Sorgatron), and Krause (@KrazyKrause)

Have you seen our AwesomeTips videos?

You can support the show at Patreon.com/awesomecast!

Remember to check out our friends at the River’s Edge (@RiversEdgePGH) and The 405 Media (@The405Radio) who replay the show on their stream throughout the week!

Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.com for more entertainment; and view us livestreaming Tuesdays around 7:00 PM EST

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Katie joins Sorg in studio this week as Chilla is remote from Studio C. It's time to get geeky as we're talking about this week's tech news, including:

• Katie is opening a bar - - well ScareHouse is. And it's her Awesome Thing of the Week this week.
• You need zombies? Katie knows a guy.
• Chilla's Awesome Thing of the Week is the Elgato CamLink.
• Sorg and Chilla are looking at some of the differences between prosumer and consumer cameras.
• Sorg is sharing Lyft filters as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
• Playstation Now lets you download games to play offline.
• The new Amazon Echo Show looks sharp.
• Katie is talking about ads that interact with Google Home.
• We have learned that the beach has VR.
• Mirror.Co has a mirror that gives you workout assistance.
• Are you a Windows Insider and want to jump off the train? Chilla has some tips and tricks.
• Windows launched the Whiteboard app.
• You know your platform is successful when you launch a version of Angry Birds on it.
• Capcom has released Mega Man Classics cartridges.

BONUS: Katie shared a great Reddit thread about a missed connection in Pittsburgh.

After the show remember to:

Eat at Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com)

Want to be part of our studio audience? Hit us up at awesomecast@sorgatronmedia.com and we’ll save you a seat!

Join our AwesomeCast Facebook Group to see what we’re sharing and to join the discussion!

Follow these awesome people on Twitter: Katie (@Kdudders) , Chilla (@chilla) and Sorg (@Sorgatron)

Have you seen our AwesomeTips videos?

You can support the show at Patreon.com/awesomecast!

Remember to check out our friends at the River’s Edge (@RiversEdgePGH) and The 405 Media (@The405Radio) who replay the show on their stream throughout the week!

Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.com for more entertainment; and view us livestreaming Tuesdays around 7:00 PM EST!

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Will Rutherford: Net neutrality is going to get pushed through and it’s going to be a kerfluffle. ISPs are going to do what ISPs do, but customers are going to drop like flies. They’re going to lose so much business that they’re going to roll things back and it will all be for naught.

Mike Pound: Digital side of journalism is going to continue to build in 2018.

Cynthia Closkey: Continued escalation of Google/Apple/Amazon streaming war. Apple TV available for sale on Amazon again.

Michael Fedor: Disney will have one major purchase in the next year. (Jokingly introduced with: Living under the United States of Disney. Disney will pay down national debt and come in on some sort of crisis.)

John Carman: We’re going to see the first Amazon Key burglary.

Bobby Cherry: Elon Musk is going to have some breakthrough next year – through one of his companies.

Chilla: We’re going to see another huge dropoff on PC technology.

Brian Crawford: We’re going to start turning into cyborgs with our wearable tech and implant devices. We’re also going to see regulations regarding drones.

Krause: AR is going to be a much bigger deal than even VR is now.

Sorg: Podcasting is going to be de-emphasized in 2018.

After the show remember to:

Eat at Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com)

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Follow these awesome people on Twitter: Jim Lokay (@Lokay), Will Rutherford (@DjLunchbox), Mike Pound (@unclecrappy), Cynthia Closkey (@cynthiacloskey), John Carman (@carmanavenue), Bobby Cherry (@GoBobbo), Brian Crawford (@RiverTalkPGH), Krause (@KrazyKrause), Michael Fedor (@mikefedorshow), Chilla (@chilla) and Sorg (@Sorgatron)

Have you seen our AwesomeTips videos?

You can support the show at Patreon.com/awesomecast!

Remember to check out our friends at River’s Edge (@RiversEdgePGH) and The 405 Media who replay the show on their stream throughout the week!

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It’s our last episode before our Christmas edition next week, and we’re feeling pretty festive already.
Sorg is sharing his Awesome Thing of the Week. Desert Bus is (finally) on VR!
Chilla has some Android news as his Awesome Thing of the Week with a file-to-file transfer option.
Sorg is discussing just how much data our tech savvy household uses. It’s almost staggering.
There’s a YouTube video from 1999 that talks about Amazon. It’s amazing.
Whiteboard app is coming to Microsoft.
According to Sorg, Nintendo is like the Disney vault of video games.
With games like Animal Crossing, where’s the Legend of Zelda integration for our phones?
Amazon is not happy with Google. Or is that the other way around?
YouTube will no longer be available on Amazon devices?!?!
How about a stripped down blogging tool without social media tools? There’s such a thing to get you back to the basics of blogging, without the bells and whistles.
HP has a wearable computer for VR!
Google updated Google Home to now accept multiple commands. Chilla has been waiting for this day for so long.
Sorg is showing off his teddy bears.
After the show remember to:

Eat at Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com)

Join our AwesomeCast Facebook Group to see what we’re sharing and to join the discussion?

Follow these awesome people on Twitter: Mike Sorg (@Sorgatron), and John Chichilla (@chilla).

Have you seen our AwesomeTips videos?

You can support the show at Patreon.com/awesomecast!

Remember to check out our friends at River’s Edge (@RiversEdgePGH) and The 405 Media who replay the show on their stream throughout the week!

Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.com for more entertainment; and view us livestreaming Tuesdays around 7:00 PM EST!

Support AwesomeCast: Tech and Gadget Talk