Update on the Retro Challenge, Fantastic Beasts, Star Wars, Guy Kawasaki, Marvel movies, 17” Macbook Pro, WD Raspberry Pi drive, IBM Lenovo ThinkPad X41, Amazon Fire, StarTech.com 2 Port Displayport USB KVM Switch, and more!
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Collecting older Aluminum Macs and a new Retro Challenge begins! Also, Tim looks at a knock-off Nike band for his Apple Watch, a portable Sega Genesis system, and we go back two decades to find out what was on the mind of the average Mac user.
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The grand experiment with David’s Leaf comes to an end. Plus feedback, more comments on Apple’s recent Mac neglect, and Donny Yankellow has a TechFan Podcast sticker pack for free for iOS!
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David and Tim discuss the fallout from the Apple event, and they both agree it’s not good for Apple. Feedback from the previous show is also featured.
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Tim goes solo for his most personal show to date. Later, the Apple event is discussed.
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David’s running the board this week; he reminisces about the fantastic Sony MiniDisc format and discusses what the BlackBerry Passport is like as your main phone in 2016.
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Tim and David discuss Samsung, iTunes Match, Internet Security, upgrading old iPods, replacing iPhone 4s and 5s batteries, and much more.
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Two main topics this week: the Raspberry Pi and the future of TV
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Tim does a solo show to discuss hacking the hackers, bad SanDisk MicroSD cards, Raspberry Pi 3, JAVA for macOS Sierra, and more!
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David pulls solo duty this week; responding to user questions about the Raspberry Pi and sharing his thoughts on a week with the iPhone 7
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David gets an iPhone 7, Tim orders an Apple Watch Series 1, and what’s this about Recycling and a scrap yard?
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Owen Rubin joins David and Tim to discuss a home security system, Owen’s talk on Atari from a few days ago, and of course, the Apple Event. The headphone jack is gone, how will Tim react? What about the Apple Watch? And EarPods? Things get heated!
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Exploding Notes, pulled content, photography, Apple Watch, Apple Event, innovation, and consumer rights for digital purposes. All that, and more, on this episode of TechFan.
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Special guest Peter Cohen joins Tim this week to discuss the topic “The tech that is in most need of a revolution”. Also discussed: video games, Rare Replay, BackBlaze, and much more. Check it out!
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Tim and the returning David discuss hacking the FireTV Stick, HDMI inputs on a Mac, 17-inch MBP upgrades, Xbox One, connected devices, crappy controls on monitors, podcast editing, John Martellaro’s Background Mode, and much more.
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Tim interviews Glenn Reid, the CEO of Marathon Laundry Machines. Glen has a fascinating history at Apple and Adobe, and he is looking to disrupt the laundry industry.
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Owen Rubin joins Tim Robertson this week to discuss old technology, his review of the Tenda Powerline Adapter, technology and bootlegging in Assia, scam emails, and feedback from last weeks show. Plus, iCade arcade questions!
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Time to get fed up with Apple and the insulting Mac upgrade cycle? Tim and David discuss. Also, Nintendo is releasing a mini NES, Amazon has a big problem brewing, the PocketCHIP, and magazines. Tim also finds a killer deal at Macsales.com
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Tim and David wrap up Macstock 2016 with special guests Guy Serle, John Nemo, and Don McAllister.
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