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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BobbyCherry.app | AwesomeCast 395

Sorgatron Media — Tue, 01 May 2018 23:00:00 -0400

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

John Carman joins John Chichilla and Mike Sorg to talk about what’s new in the world of technology. This week’s topics include:

Sorg is setting the tone for this week’s Awesome Thing of the Week segment with his finds after hanging with the THRIFTY podcast crew last week!
Carman is sharing the Facebook dating cough Tinder cough integration announcement as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
Instead of being a Tinder competitor, the Facebook Dating option will do long-term comparisons akin to eHarmony.
Chilla is sharing an Oculus option that is now available at a lower price point as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
We’ve talked with (and about) Alpha Lab Gear quite a few times on the show. They just announced their new cycle of movers and shakers!
Double Dare is coming back to Nickelodeon!
Cal Tech is working on an autonomous drone ambulance.
Are you a fan of Harry Potter? There’s an app (game) for you!
T-Mobile and Sprint are joining forces to become a new company
Looking for something to do with your Echo? Turn it into a coffee mug! (Not really, someone has a battery option that makes it look like one, though.)
MoviePass may have passed its honeymoon stage and they’re starting to roll out some restrictions.
Google will now let you register a .app site.
Atari VCS is officially on pre-order.
The Bobby Cherry App will simply be a tracking app to determine whether or not Bobby Cherry is at Kennywood.
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