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Our guest is Kenn Bell of The Dog FilesGoogle Video Chat, MarsPhoenix, Twuffter, Star Wars, The Dog Files, and more.Google adds video and voice chat to GmailInterview with MarsPhoenix WriterSchedule your tweets: Twuffer Beta launchesSong of the week: "Star Wars" - An a capella tribute to John…

AOC Streams Among US, iPhone Reviews, RIP QuibiPoliticians go gamer: AOC streams Among Us, Biden's Animal Crossing IslandHow campaigning on social media is changingDid social media break democracy?Bot orders $18,752 of McFlurrys every minuteiPhone 12 reviews are in - the flat edges are cool, 5G is…

Paul Thurrott's software pick of the week on Windows Weekly 539 is Outlook Mobile on iOS and Android. The app was just updated with major updates related to the calendar. It now can sync shared calendars, meaning that people on Office 365 and Outlook.com can now share from within the app instead of…

Alex Lindsay's pick of the week on MacBreak Weekly 505 is 123D Catch from Autodesk. This is a free app that lets you create 3D scans of nearly any object. Just take a bunch of photos of something from all different angles, and it will build a 3D model of it. Then, if you have a 3D printer, you…

The winner of this week's App Arena is Rodeo Stampede: Sky Zoo Safari from All About Android 285. This comes from the creators of Crossy Road, and is very addictive. In this game, you ride animals in a stampede. You can only stay on any animal for a certain amount of time, at which point you need…

Jason Howell has been producing original video content for the web since 2005 starting with his time at CNET, where he produced the popular daily tech news show Buzz Out Loud among many others. Since joining TWiT in 2010, Jason continued to elevate his approach to live video production as Technical…

Alex Lindsay's pick of the week on MacBreak Weekly 595 is FaceRig - Digital Cosplay. This makes it possible to digitally embody a wide variety of characters for recording or video conferencing. You can become soldiers, dragons, cute animals, and more with real-time animation. These are full 3D…

As Instagram launches IGTV, the future of broadcasting is rapidly evolving. We explore Skam Austin, a new Facebook/Instagram show/experience/new media experiment.Fortnight is bringing eSports into the mainstream at last.Meanwhile, a new European copyright law will make memes illegal.Disney fights…

TikTok to Trump: What's Up?Amazon Halo Band impressionsEric Schmitt applies to be a citizen of CyprusGoogle trials light-based internet in AfricaFacebook, Google, and Twitter extend political ad bans to the detriment of GeorgiareMarkable 2 E-ink tablet first impressions - a beautiful, useless…

Using Project Loon as a mesh network, electric motors and which you should use for your quad, Google Plus questions, propeller basics, and more.Remember Project Loon?It's a Google R&D Project to provide Internet connectivity to rural areas. The idea was to use high-altitude balloons, flown 20…

[Top TN2 Animation ]Tonight! Mozilla's CEO is out, Turkey lifts its Twitter ban, the US creates a secret Cuban Twitter, and Google could get into mobile phone service...Tech News 2Night is Next! [TWiT Open]This is Tech News 2Night Episode 58, for April 3, 2014This episode of Tech News…

Please be advised this transcript is AI-generated and may not be word for word.Time codes refer to the approximate times in the ad-supported version of the showLeo Laporte (00:00:00):It's time for twit, this Weekend Tech. Sam Guam. My car guy is here. So is Brian McCullough from the Tech Meme Ride…

Tech News for Wednesday December 7, 2016The rumors are true. FitBit has swallowed up Pebble. Both companies have formally announced that Pebble will shut down and fitness company FitBit will buy Pebble's key assets. The acquisition Excludes hardware, but the companies talent, intellectual property,…

Tech News for Thursday December 8, 2016It’s official. LinkedIn is now a Microsoft entity, a mere two days after receiving EU regulatory approval for Microsoft’s biggest acquisition deal to date (it should be noted that LinkedIn is a sponsor on the TWiT network, including this show). Microsoft…

Tech News for Tuesday January 17, 2017Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sat in the hotseat of a courtroom battle between Facebook’s VR product Oculus and ZeniMax Media, a videogame publisher that sued Oculus months after Facebook announced its acquisition of the company. ZeniMax accused Oculus of the…

Tech News for Friday February 17, 2017Facebook has a new mission, revealed at length in a comprehensive 5,800-word letter published yesterday by CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the Facebook site. In it, Zuckerberg focuses on how Facebook can help facilitate a global community that is informed, supportive,…

Tech News for Monday February 27, 2017Mobile World Congress started this weekend in Barcelona. As expected, there were no flagship phones from Samsung. Instead, the news was filled with stories of the new Blackberry with a physical keyboard and the Nokia 3310 that lets you play Snake. We also saw a…

Tech News for Tuesday June 27, 2017After a lenghty seven year probe, the European Commission has fined Google 2.42 billion euros, around $2.7 billion dollars, for promoting its own Google Shopping ads in what it deemed to be an abuse of its own dominance for search. Google also faces a 90 day…

Today, we're going to take an Android device and make it like a traditional desktop.BackstoryIyaz always wanted to carry a PC in his pocket. He tried out the Handspring Visor paired with a stowaway keyboard, but that was back in the 90s. Multiple vendors tried to miniaturize the PC like OQO or with…

Turn your Raspberry Pi into a $35 Media Center with XBMC!Why XBMC?We asked you guys what you would do if you had a Raspberry Pi and overwhelmingly, you wanted to make a media center. We did it and found some things out.If you're unfamiliar with the Raspberry Pi, it's a $35 computer with a 700MHz…

Today, we're going to do a viewer request episode. Lots of you wrote in asking how to make your old phone into a surveillance camera.Know-It-AllsFirst up, we asked our audience, the "Know-It-Alls," what apps they used to make a surveillance camera. (You can see our questions if you follow either …

Don't call it the Cortanavirus! What's Microsoft's conference calendar looking like, post COVID-19 cancellations? We're just waiting for the nearly-inevitable Build cancellation. MVP Summit: In-person event canceled; online only GitHub Satellite Conference in May: Online only…

McCain Twitter, Prager has company, US CIO bust, Google Voice, iPod Shuffle, and more.ABC News to interview John McCain — on TwitterHow Much Is A Suggested Slot On Twitter Worth? Jason Calacanis Offers $250,000Obama appointed CIO bust for briberyPdiddy Gets Ellen Degeneres on TwitterObama's CIO…

Google Meet is now available to anyone with a Google account, the Level Lock is the invisible smart lock you've always wanted, and the Apple Watch's ECG feature seems to have detected a heart condition that wasn't recognized by a hospital ECG.On this episode of Smart Tech Today with Mikah Sargent…

Tech News for July 13, 2016If you thought Pokémon Go was a sanctuary of untainted enjoyment and exercise, pay attention. For now, all those neat places on the Pokémon map are merely “neat places” but sometime in the future, sponsored locations will begin to appear, bringing with it a new revenue…

Tech News for August 22, 2016There were rumors pointing to a release of Android 7 Nougat today and those rumors, at least this time, were true! The latest major version of Android begins the process of rolling out to many supported Google Nexus devices today. Users who are already enrolled in the…

Tech News for August 24, 2016Last we heard that McDonalds was stepping up its health game by handing out plastic fitness trackers with its happy meals. Now 29 million of the colorful "Step It!" trackers are being recalled after reports ranging from skin irritations to blistering and burns on kids…

Welcome to Coding 101 - It's the TWiT show that gives YOU the knowledge to live in the wonderful world of the programmer. This week we are reviewing objects, checking out your viewer submissions, and getting into classes and methods!Reviewing Objects and Viewer SubmissionsViewer Submissions!Dean…

Representatives from Google, Apple, Microsoft, HP, Tesla and others spoke up this weekend in opposition of Trump's Travel Ban.Sergey Brin from Google was also seen protesting at the San Francisco airport, while Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos also pledges legal action against Trump's travel ban.Uber tweeted…

Amazon launched a new service for Prime Members called Prime Wardrobe. Users pick three or more items of clothing, and they are added to a box to be delivered to the user’s home with seven days to try them on and free returns for anything they don’t want to keep. The kept items are then charged to…

Airbnb says it has a plan to succeed where so many other big names in tech have failed: China. On Wednesday, Airbnb announced that it is doubling investment in China and will triple its workforce there. Airbnb also says its goal is to double the number of listings it has in the country.Due to an…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is part of a courtroom battle between Oculus and ZeniMax Media, a videogame publisher that accused Oculus of the theft of critical technology that made its way into the finalized Oculus Rift headset. Zuckerberg is confident that Oculus products were not based in any way…

The Information says Google's cheap Android One phones could come to the US by the end of this year. Sources did not know for sure who would make the phone, but suggest LG could be a partner.A South Korean court reached a decision to dismiss the arrest warrant it held for Jay Y. Lee, head of…

Leo Laporte's app cap on iOS Today 329 is 1 Second Everyday. This is a video diary that stitches together 1 second videos and photos to document your life. Every day you'll get a reminder to take 1 second of video. Then at the end of the year, or the month, you'll get a video with all of those…

Megan Morrone's app cap on iOS Today 341 is Digit. This app and service connects to your bank account and analyzes your income and spending. It uses an algorithym to figure out how much money it can safely set aside and save for you. Digit moves money from your checking account to your Digit…

As we say goodbye to 2013, we've put together a selection of “best of" episodes for some of our shows: All About AndroidBefore You BuyThe Giz WizMacBreak WeeklyThe Social HourTech News TodayThis Week in GoogleThis Week in TechTriangulationWindows WeeklyWe’ve also put together two "behind the…

Smartphone Shipments Suffer the Largest-Ever Decline with 18.3% Drop in the Holiday Quarter and an 11.3% Decline in 2022, According to IDC Tracker.Q4 2022 was a disaster for smartphone sales, sees the largest-ever drop.Android Users Can Finally Use Alternate Search and Payment Methods... but Only…

Fortnite vs Apple, Trump vs. TikTok, US vs. ChinaFortnite removed from App Store and Google Play Apple also kicks Microsoft xCloud off the App Store At what point does a company become too big? Should we punish billionaires for being successful? Is there any solution?Google demonetizes…

The history of the iPod, Apple & FIDO, Apple's AR plans Apple discontinues iPod touch, ending 20 year run of iconic ‘iPod’ brand Andy's photos from the 2006 U2 iPod event with Steve Apple is planning to shake up its massive Services business to push further into streaming and…

Nothing Has Officially Launched its Phone, and It's Too Bad It's Not Coming to The U.S.The most annoying part of watching HDR content on Android could be getting a fix.How SDR dimming will help Android blend an SDR UI with HDR video.One city is urging taxi drivers against slapping five phones on…

Amazon Buys One Medical, Google Glass AR, Netflix Ad-SupportedTwitter-Musk trial on $44 billion deal set to begin in October after Musk loses effort to delaySnap shares plunge 25% on disappointing second-quarter results and plans to slow hiringHouse panel advances landmark federal data privacy…

Google fines over $40M for misleading settings for data collection. Why Android Auto isn't working with older Android phones anymore. Microphone suggestions for smartphones. Suggestions for gaming laptops on a budget. Getting comfortable with pro-level cameras. How can I bypass hard drive passwords…

On The New Screen Savers show recorded on May 16, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Kevin Rose: It's the third anniversary of this show and it would have been 20 years of ZDTV/Tech TV. Kevin and Leo talk about working for the cable channel and hear from Becky Worley, Patrick Norton, and Megan Morrone…

The Surface Hub 2 is starting to come into focus and it looks amazing (at least in the video). Microsoft looks to be making a new line of low-cost, low-end Surface devices. Related: Microsoft finally institutes a replacement program for Surface Pro 4s with screen flickering issues. Windows 10 on…

Matthew and Mikah share their tips for automating holiday decorations, the two explain how to enable COVID-19 exposure notifications, and they discuss the updated Flic 2 smart buttons. Your phone can send you an alert if you were near someone who has coronavirus Waze Integration With…

Top News of 2020 includes:COVID-19 and event cancellations.The failure of Contact Tracing.Honor spinning out of Huawei.The confusing OnePlus strategy.Google Play Music and YouTube Music.Samsung's commitment to three years of OS upgrades.The growing ubiquity of RCS.Best Hardware of 2020 includes…

Leo Laporte's app cap on iOS Today 364 is the Family Guy - Another Freakin' Mobile Game. If you love Seth MacFarlane's irreverent cartoon comedy 'Family Guy', then you'll appreciate this game as well. The gameplay is very similar to Bejeweled, except the goal here is to serve beverages to the…

Best Zoom Backgrounds, April Fools Canceled!Spiffing up your work from home video with Zoom, Prezi, and Sesame StreetSiva Vaidhyanathan wins Zoom backgroundsRating the media's work-from-home setupsWhat do we want the world to look like after coronavirus?April Fools is canceled: Google forgoes its…

 Jeff gets a Taco Bell care packageCES 2021 is happening in-person. Would you go? Google delays Android 11 beta event out of respect for Black Lives Matter protests YouTube drops the 3rd season of Cobra Kai, pivots away from scripted TV Facebook employees walkout over Mark…

Please be advised this transcript is AI-generated and may not be word for word. Time codes refer to the approximate times in the ad-supported version of the show.Jason Howell (00:00:00):Coming up next on All About Android. It's me, Jason Howell, and my co-hosts Ron Richards and Huyen Tue Dao, we…