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Paul Thurrott's pick of the week on Windows Weekly 503 is the Microsoft Authenticator app, which was just updated for Android and iOS. It's important to enable two factor authentication for every account that supports it, and your Microsoft account is one of them. Microsoft's Authenticator app is…

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 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…

Clayton Morris' picks of the week on MacBreak Weekly 498 is the BusyContacts app for OS X and Interact for iOS. BusyContacts from BusyMac keeps your contacts in sync with all leading cloud services including iCloud, Google, Exchange, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. It also supports tags, smart…

Amazon is on the cusp of owning Whole Foods, the premium grocery chain that it is purchasing for $13.7 billion dollars. The deal is expected to close next Monday. Amazon says shoppers will see “lower prices on a selection of best-selling staples across the stores.”The New York Times is here to…

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…

Is it worth putting in a home audio system and using something like Sonos, alternatives to Filemaker Pro, assigning a Google number to your primary phone number, praise of the 15.2 iPhone update restoring Siri functionality to reading voicemails, troubleshooting an external storage device, a fun…

A US city is getting into the bitcoin mining business. The Internet Archive & Brewster Kahle. How to download Instagram Live videos. Google Chrome and the "Oops" error. Getting HDMI video into a video. Why did a phone do a random factory reset after a major update? A physical copy of a Windows…

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

Leo Laporte:  It's time for TWiT, This Week in Tech! Wow, we've got a great panel.  Tom Merritt joins Christina Warren and backchannel's Steven Levy to talk about the new Mac Pro, the new Surface Studio; well, have Apple and Microsoft traded places?  What's going to happen to Vines?…

Is it time for you to up your network game? If so, THIS is the episode for you! Padre and Jason Howell take a look at some of the basic features of a Synology Network Attached Storage box in the first of several episodes about expanding your networking horizons. Learn how to automatically…

The Code for today's show is available below:Build an App 1/4 - APIWant a safer Internet surfing session? -- COWL! http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141006085130.htmResearchers from "University College London", Stanford, Google, Chalmers, and Mozilla.They've developed the "Confinement…

Tech News for Thursday October 13, 2016In today's Samsung Recall update, the Consumer Product Safety Comission has officially recalled the Galaxy Note 7. The official recall says there have been 96 reports of batteries overheating in the U.S., including 23 new reports since the September 15 recall…

Tech News for Tuesday April 11, 2017It's Windows 10 Creators Update day and it will immeasurably change your life. And when I say "immeasurably," I mean that it will change your life in such a small way you won't even be able to tell the difference. If you're a gamer, Windows 10 Creators update…

Tech News for Wednesday February 15, 2017According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, you might soon be able to make and receive phone calls with your Amazon Echo or your Google Home. People familiar with the matter said the phone service might roll out as early as this year, provided they…

Tech News for Tuesday March 14, 2017Danny Sullivan from Search Engine Land says Google is hiring 10,000 real humans to work on the search algorithm and teach it to recognize offensive or factually wrong websites. A Google rep told Search Engine Land that they were avoiding the term "fake news" in…

Digg gets US$2.8 million in venture funds.Sulu comes out.Robert is sporting a mullet.What's Google up to this time? Google Base, set to take on Ebay?Privacy is dead, get over it.Now we're getting ready to track the homeless.Comedy Central is getting into IPTV in a big way.Making video for your iPod…

Woz loves his Prius but don't be fooled by the green lights coming from itJoin Leo and Woz on the MacMania IV cruise to Mexico, February 4-11, 2006Then Woz is off to the first annual Segway Polo Championships in New ZealandGoogle buys a 5% stake in AOLShouldn't Microsoft spend more money on getting…

Tech News for Tuesday January 10, 2017Last month Consumer Reports tested the new MacBook Pros and for the first time a MacBook failed to earn the Recommended rating from the magazine, due to wildly fluctuating battery life. Testing showed 3.75 hours of battery life and 19.5 hours from the same…

Tech News for Monday June 26, 2017Alphabet's Waymo has an unlikely new partner in the self-driving car race. Avis Budget Group will help Waymo manages its self-driving car fleet of Chrystler minivans in Phoenix, where it started offering rides back in April. Avis Budget owns the two traditional…

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…

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…

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…

 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Leo Laporte: It's time for TWiT, This Week in Tech! Fun panel today. Of course it's fun. We've got Philip Elmer Dewitt, Harry McCracken, and Owen JJ Stone, Ohdoctah. We'll be talking about the latest news including Harry's cover story at fast company about the future of Facebook and we spend a…

Father Robert Ballecer:  It's time for TWiT, and this week has been crazy!  Apple has dropped some igoodness on us, Google is in deep water for pay inequality, should Facebook be the gatekeeper for Democracy, and Foxcon goes all cheesehead.  Coming up next, on TWiT. NETCASTS YOU…

ImageShack, YFrog, Google Voice, Blip.tv, Shirts Taste Good, William Shatner, and more.Jack Levin, CEO and founder of ImageShack and YFrogApple blocks Google Voice on iPhoneBlip.tv signs distribution deal with YouTube and othersShirts Taste GoodWilliam Shatner Reads Sarah Palin Farewell Speech as a…

 Latest Windows 10 19H1 build brings underlying gaming improvements, free game to play Paul's top 5 new features in Windows 10 19H1 - inspired by last week's big list, I made a smaller list.Microsoft to modify Office ProPlus by end of April in response to Dutch ministry's privacy…

Microsoft Strata, Live Framework, Hyper-V, Android and Storm, Xbox Experience, and more.Windows Strata: Microsoft's cloud computing platform gets a nameLive Mesh might be named Live Framework, will likely run on top of StrataThoughts on standalone Hyper-VGoogle Android and RIM Blackberry StormNew…

This Week's Stories: TWO AND A HALF DOZEN people invade Area 51 iPhone 11 vs iPhone 7: is it worth the upgrade? Apple Arcade is the best 5 bucks a month you can spend on games Apple Watch 5 is the best computer you can wear on your wrist. Taking cat pictures in the…

Exclusive: Here’s a first look at some more upcoming features in Android 12Android 12 could be getting this Windows 95 featureAndroid 12 will automatically hibernate unused apps to free up spaceAndroid 12 may automatically translate apps to your native languageGoogle will finally let file manager…

Apple Silicon, Exploding Whale, TikTok Apple releases three new Macs based on the M1 chip. Should you buy them?Why the fact that MacBooks have a 720p camera doesn't matterWhy Apple put the M1 chip in their low-end Macs firstHow Rosetta 2 worksIs Apple really faster than 98% of PC laptops?These…

Oppo Find x2 hands-on, Android 11 Developer Preview 3, Motorola Edge Plus has a big caveat.Flo goes hands-on with the Oppo Find x2.Android 11 Developer Preview 3 is out.Motorola unveils the Edge Plus with a big downside.Sprint 5G phones won't work on T-Mobile's network post-merger.Pixel Buds true…

Pixel Buds First Look, Galaxy S20 Ultra-gate, Pixel 4a leaks galore.Jason gives his first impressions of the Pixel Buds.Google shows off its work on its contact tracing API.Smartphone sales declined heavily in Q1 2020.Galaxy S20 Ultra camera bump is imploding.The Pixel 4a is leaking like crazy…