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Google wants to compete with Facebook on VR. Free Skype video group calls are coming to a mobile device near you, Periscope live streaming comes to your Twitter stream, how digital artists use technology for their craft, and more, and an Uber driver refuses to pick up a puking pregnant woman.

Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone demonstrate Gboard for iOS. Gboard is Google's new app for iPhone that allows users to search and send information, humorous GIFs, and emojis, among other things.Full episode available at twit.tv/ios/297

Today is Data Privacy Day, Facebook earnings report was released, and their revenue topped $11 Billion, Wikileaks is demanding to know why Google handed over identifying information on its employees, and we speak with Selena Larson to find out about 3D printing breakthroughs like Human Tracheas and…

Tom Wheeler proposes to treat the internet as a public utility, Google is looking to compete with Uber with their own self-driving car hailing service, President Obama earmarks 14 Billion dollars for cyber security, and Adblock Plus is cutting deals with companies to let their ads push through, and…

A wave of technopanic is sweeping the world. Or is it intelligent concern over the power wielded by internet giants like Facebook and Google? Plus,Uber's flying cars, Trump's DOJ tells Time-Warner to sell CNN, Marissa Mayer apologizes to Congress, and Facebook wants your nude pictures (for security…

On This Week in Google, Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Ant Pruitt, and Mike Elgan talk about the emergence of Web3 discourse, Moxie Marlinspike's impressions, and Mike's view that Web3 can be safely ignored.For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/646

On This Week in Google, Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Ant Pruitt, and Cathy Gellis discuss Facebook's rebranding efforts as Zuckerberg tells employees that they will now be called Metamates.For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/651#Facebook #Meta #Metamates

On This Week in Google, Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt discuss the breaking news that Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg was stepping down after 14 years with the company.For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/666

On All About Android, Jason Howell, Ron Richards, and Huyen Tue Dao talk about Google's possible adoption of a password-less approach to app security on a future version of Android that involves Passkeys instead.For the full episode, visit twit.tv/aaa/574

On This Week in Google, Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt walk through some of the new changes to T-Mobile's 5G Home Internet service and it has Leo intrigued.For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/662

On This Week in Google, Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Ant Pruitt, and Mathew Ingram talk about the Journa.host Mastodon instance that is home to many journalists who are concerned about Twitter's health.For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/691

On This Week in Google, Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt talk about the Nebraska case of a teen who was prosecuted after Facebook handed over data related to her abortion.For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/676

Experian and Patreon user data hacked, recovering data from a corrupted thumb drive, best ad blockers for iOS 9, where to find a 3 amp charger for the Google Nexus 6, best phone for the elderly, iPad Pro buying advice, Windows 10 and OS X El Capitan issues, and more of your calls.

Megan Morrone and Leo Laporte discuss spring cleaning, including contacts and photos, on their Apple devices. They go over utilities like BusyContacts, Google Photos, Lyve, OneDrive, and Cleen, all of which can assist in user organization. Megan also shows off Bitmoji, an Apple Watch sport…

Google killing off Flash integration in Chrome, the Electronic Frontier Foundation asks the U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals to overturn Chelsea Manning's conviction, and Estonia's Citizenship as a Service. Also, Lou Maresca takes over this episode and introduces guest TJ Laher, the product…

LinkedIn attacked by bots, TSA finds a 3D printed gun in luggage, Microsoft acquires Beam, Fuschia OS is Google's mysterious new creation, Seagate shows off a 60TB SSD, Amazon announces Kinesis Analytics, the Tenta browser encrypts everything, Zipline is heading to the United States, some great…

Rackspace goes private, WhatsApp shares phone numbers to Facebook, Windows 10 Anniversary Update breaks webcams, iOS update 9.3.5 is highly recommended to fix a security flaw, robot babies aren't successful in preventing teen pregnancy, Google shows distaste for intrusive ads on mobile sites,…

How can cities tax streaming services, is it time to buy a smart watch and which one is the best? Backup your photos automatically using Google Drive, attaching a NAS to your new router, get the Amazon Echo to play your favorite podcast, and is it a good idea buying a TV from Amazon.

Google's use of Oracle's APIs is fair use, what not to wear at Comic-Con, why the Slants case is going to be so interesting before the Supreme Court, Axanar to fly again, and more!Photo Credit: Andrew McCluskey

Leo Laporte: It's time for TWiT: This Week in Tech! Tim Cook is going to give away his fortune, Ellen Pao loses in court, and the FTC should have investigated Google, or not. We'll talk about it next, on TWiT. NETCASTS YOU LOVE FROM PEOPLE YOU TRUST, THIS IS TWiT! Bandwidth for This Week in…

On This Week in Google, Leo Laporte, Stacey Higginbotham, Ant Pruitt, and Jason Howell preview the new Microsoft Surface Duo 2 to see if the changes from last year's model might solve the problems from before.For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/630

On This Week in Google, Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Ant Pruitt, and Jason Howell discuss the decision by Facebook's Oversight Board to punt the decision about whether to permanently ban Trump back to Facebook.For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/610

How to take the 'scenic' route using Google Maps, how to stream Netflix in 4K, adding more ethernet ports to a router, playing Spotify on an Amazon Echo, Scott Wilkinson talks about projection vs flat panel TV technology, and Dick DeBartolo has a gadget for giving your dog a bath without using a…

(01:36) The view from Google I/O with Jason Howell(17:59) Mark Gurman from Bloomberg tells what to expect from iOS 13.(29:43) How Will Oremus from OneZero tried to help Satan get more followers on Twitter.(43:19) Should you buy your kids an Oculus Quest?

New information in the Google Play Developer Console seems to show a new Nvidia Shield TV with updated hardware is in the works. Everyone agrees that the original Shield TV is hall of fame material.For the full episode, visit twit.tv/aaa/425

Apple's MacBook Pro recall program, Emotiva hikes prices due to China tariffs, IPM allows one-click overclocking for free, Intel revamps their Performance Tuning Protection Plan, PCI drives in the Express lane, Google steps away from making their own tablets, Samsung posts an embarrassing security…

On This Week in Google, Jeff Jarvis kicks things off with an article that calls the bluff of Dark Mode. Is it really about saving battery and comfort, or is it more about following a trend?Full episode at twit.tv/twig528

On This Week in Google, Leo Laporte, Stacey Higginbotham, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt discuss US President Biden's Executive Order that is designed to help address many of the challenges facing the global semiconductor supply.For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/600

On This Week in Google, Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt discuss how YouTube alone isn't enough for creators of children's content which is why merchandising is so important and fruitful.For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/604

Has the Google Camera app worked well for you? Have you been practicing your photography during the pandemic? What are some other smartphone photography apps? On this episode of Hands-On Photography, Ant Pruitt answers listener feedback and emails for the show.Special thanks to Lawrence Keel and…

Epic Games added a new in-game payment method for Fortnite that bypasses Apple and Google's own in-app payment systems, and the consequences are beginning to take shape.Subscribe & watch the full Tech News Weekly podcast: https://twit.tv/tnw/146

On All About Android, Jason Howell gives his initial impressions of the Pixel Buds, true wireless earbuds from Google that include hands-free Assistant functionality, a wireless charging case, and more.For the full episode, visit twit.tv/aaa/471

AMD's Massive Multicore Mayhem, T-Mobile's Great Big 5G ... threat??? There's trouble with Red Dead Redemption 2 on AMD, and a new laser hack offers remote control of Amazon's Echo and Google Home! All that and more with Sebastian Peak and Patrick Norton on This Week in Computer Hardware, episode…

Setting up live video streaming for church services, are SSD hard drives reliable for backups? The best writing apps for writing a book, what kind of webcam do I need for video conferencing? Can I download my photos from Google photos? How to tell if your Mac was hacked, and more of your calls!

On This Week in Google, Leo Laporte, Stacey Higginbotham, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt discuss a new report by NPR and Edison Research that shows trends around smart speaker ownership and usage in 2022.For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/669

AT&T promises to be good to consumers if the FCC let's them acquire DirectTV, Tesla reveals plan to share supercharger network, Microsoft's secret Android patents revealed, Cisco faces off with VMware over the future of the SDN Data Center, Google figures out how to slash DC power usage, and…

Good news for Alibaba ahead of its IPO, huge internet outage for Time Warner Cable customers, Facebook targets ads based on your cell signal strength, Dropbox lowers price to compete with Google Drive, Amazon launches Zocalo, Twitter offers analytics for everyone, and will Apple reveal a iWatch in…

Another round of layoffs for Microsoft, the NFC chip in the iPhone 6 is for Apple Pay only, Tim Cook says Apple has no interest in gathering data on its users, two-factor authentication is back on iCloud, Amazon is Google's biggest search advertiser, and NASA awards space contract to Boeing and…

On This Week in Google, Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt talk about Framework's new Chromebook and how it is a solid replacement for the Pixelbook that is rumored to be no more.For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/682

On This Week in Google, Leo Laporte, Ant Pruitt, Jeff Jarvis, and Mathew Ingram discuss the major drop in market value for Meta in recent weeks and whether its bound to recover going forward.For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/652

Tonight we discuss Twitter's possible move to not including links or images in their character count for tweets. We also talk about Google's new app Spaces, Waze's new ridesharing plan, and more tech news. Then, we chat with virtual reality pioneer Gregory Panos about a new Oculus project called VR…

Facebook's ads to reach further outside their users. Google's iOS app gets an update with faster load times, the Burr-Feinstein legislation starts to lose support, and Twitter users get their spelling checked by Scripps. Also, Sam Machkovech from arstechnica.com describes his experience with…

Jason Howell and Megan Morrone discuss Google's new video calling app called Duo. It's available on Android and iOS and features Knock Knock, a way to see the person calling you before you pick up.Full episode available at twit.tv/tnt/1578

Jason Howell, Ron Richards and Jayce Broda from Android Authority discuss Google's announcement of ARCore, a new system designed to bring motion tracked augmented reality to 100 million Android devices by the end of the year.For the full episode, visit twit.tv/aaa/332

After the news that Cortana is "Alexa curious," we find out that Harman Kardon is not exclusive to Cortana. Oops. Sony is among those offering Google Assistant in a smart speaker (in this case a gorgeous one).For the full episode, visit twit.tv/ww/534

The iPhone X is the best phone a huge pile of money can buy. Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world, cashes out $1 billion in Amazon stock. Congress has some words with Facebook, Twitter, and Google. Can Facebook be fixed? Can Twitter? Animoji, poop emoji, and burger emoji continue to be news.

On This Week in Google, Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Ant Pruitt, and Cathy Gellis walk through the fallout of Elon Musk's Twitter buyout bail and why Twitter is responding by suing Elon in return.For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/672

On All About Android, Florence Ion goes hands-on with her review of the Google Pixel 6a, a midranger that continues to set the example for other devices in its category.For the full episode, visit twit.tv/aaa/588

On This Week in Google, Leo Laporte, Shoshana Weissmann, Dan Patterson, and Jason Snell discuss how the FTC's Lina Khan pushed to sue Meta over its attempt to buy VR company Within.For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twit/886#LInaKhan #Meta #Antitrust

On This Week in Google, Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt discuss Roku's lagging earnings and just how important those branded buttons on its remote controls actually is to its bottom line.For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/675