Mouses Are So Old School | AwesomeCast 409

Sorgatron Media — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 01:00:00 -0400

This week’s episode brought to you by ScareHouse, Slice on Broadway, and Alex Kahrs Design & Media!
Chilla is back on the big purple couch this week – fresh from vacation. Katie’s all cozy with her ScareHouse paint spatter. And, Sorg is behind the sea of monitors. It can only mean one thing! We’re back for another episode. This week we’re talking:

Chilla had to update his Sosoon bag while on vacation. He grabbed a RVCA skate backpack!
We’re finding out how much tech Chilla actually carries with him on a daily basis.
Mouses are so old school.
Katie’s Awesome Thing of the Week is Tinder for college students with Tinder U.
Are you a Tinderite?
WWE added some VR options to their recent event, and Sorg had a chance to check it out.
Tustin park is getting a high tech makeover with some help from our friends at MetaMesh.
Our friends at Innovation Works are celebrating 20 years and $78M in investments in Pittsburgh companies.
Amazon Prime is taking away their pre-order discount program for videogames.
Speaking of Amazon, they’re reportedly trying to acquire a movie theater chain.
Someone has a mini drone prototype – for selfies.
There’s a website that will tell you whether or not you were spared by Thanos.
Target is selling an Oregon Trail video game that runs circles around the original game, but is designed to look old.
Facebook is removing over 5000 ad targeting options to prevent discriminatory advertising.
Is Facebook Ads leveling out and mimicking traditional marketing?
Logitech has a vertical mouse?
BMW has a flying motorcycle concept.

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Prince Adam (With A Man Bun) | AwesomeCast 405

Sorgatron Media — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 23:00:00 -0400

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

We’re back with Katie, Chilla, and Sorg as they talk about some tech. This week’s topics include:

Sorg and Chilla are questioning Brian Crawford’s Sosoon bag recommendation (after they both got one).
Chilla’s Awesome Thing of the Week is a cable organizer from Amazon.
Chilla has some Krause tech envy.
Katie is sharing a fighting robot that you can buy on Amazon as her Awesome Thing of the Week.
Speaking of Amazon, Sorg went on a field trip as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
Uber has terminated jobs of self-driving car operators in Pittsburgh.
Electric scooters have arrived in Kansas City.
Will Pittsburgh see scooters as a healthy ride option in the future?
Find yourself frequently working out of your car? There’s a tray that works as a mobile desk or even a great eat-in-your car option.
Rugrats is coming back for a TV series and movie!
Microsoft has added some collaboration tools to the 365 world!
Looking for something to watch? Netflix is making recommendations based on emojis.
Wyze now works with Alexa on Amazon Echo.
There is a Walking Dead game with AR – no it’s not like Pokemon GO.
Magic Leap has a mixed reality headset in the works.
We have no “N” in Alphabet if Nest is gone?
Waze will provide traffic data free to US cities to aid in road congestion and pothole solutions.