Bigger Than Electronics Boutique | AwesomeCast 412

Sorgatron Media — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0400

This week’s episode brought to you by ScareHouse, Slice on Broadway, and Alex Kahrs Design & Media!

It may be a slow tech news week as we head into the big Apple announcement next week, but we can still talk some interesting things! Sorg, Krause, and Chilla are talking about:

We’re getting into our Awesome Things of the Week with Chilla talking about lojacking your devices with Samsung Smartthings. But does this open up privacy concerns?
Sorg continues the tracking discussion with a sweet wallet with slim Tile tracker from Nomad.
Krause talks about a drone built batteries first for longer flight time from Impossible Aerospace.
Listener Brandon shared with us a grandfather with 11-phone Pokemon Go bike setup!
Brandon also shares the Netflix and Snack Melon Bowl.
Listener Dave looks at the Google Maps elevation feature.
Rizz lets us know Valve has approved it's first porn game on Steam.
It is estimated that half of US homes will have smart speakers by the end of the year.
There have been 1.5 million installs of Fortnite on Android, but Krause still has issues with it on his Pixel.
Nerf to add Fortnite and Overwatch guns.  And we go down the "Nerf Arsenal" Youtube rabbit hole.
Apple to stream iPhone event on Twitter.

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Sorgatron Media — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 22:00:00 -0400

This week’s episode brought to you by Slice on Broadway, Alex Kahrs Design & Media, and Dark Forge Studios!

Sorg is all by himself in studio as he’s joined remotely by Chilla from Studio C and Alex Kahrs coming in from Long Beach. This week has some great updates following WWDC, including:

We promise we won’t be talking ALL Apple, but we will touch on some of the news and updates.
Alex is sharing Moovit as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
Sorg is sharing Mega Man on iOS as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
Crossover options for apps is great – but, it’s totally up to the developer to make it happen.
Speaking of apps – Chilla’s Awesome Thing of the Week is news out of WWDC18 about iOS apps on MacOS.
With the Apple updates at WWDC18, if iOS can port over to MacOS – does that mean I can play Fortnite on my Apple TV?
Thanks to Mat Weller for letting us know about the Nerf War at Century III.
Sorg has been playing some BumbleBee on AR thanks to the recent movie trailer.
When Apple talks to us about upcoming upgrades, we listen – and we share.
Apple Watch will be getting some upgrades – including walkie talkie mode!
Viewing websites and menus on Apple Watch? Yes, please.
Will Apple TV be replacing your cable box?
Sorg is playing AR videogames while podcasting.
IBM is shutting down free plans on U-Stream.
Chilla is talking about some podcast implications for Just A Line.
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