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In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I discuss:

1. 21 year “Yahooversary”. From Yahoo! to Ya-who?
2. Unlox has a new version out that actually stays running and connected to my iPhone on my older Macbook Air. I can now unlock my 2011 Macbook Air with my apple watch with the touch of a prompt. A good compromise for $3.99 when your mac is too old to natively unlock with Apple Watch. Also offers more customization.
3. Jon’s iPhone X went a little too 3D last week, and had to be swapped out
4. Rumors point to a Sept 11 launch of the next generation of iPhones
5. Jon’s Apple Credit Card
6. Samsers Foldable Bluetooth Keyboard – the problem, in general, with foldable keyboards
7. A few adventures with Chrome OS (ref: OgasaWalrus
   – Crostini Linux container – installing apps (bc)
   – The surprising ease of running X Windows apps on a Chromebook in Crostini
   – Chrome OS 76 Virtual Desks on my Acer Chromebook Spin 13

Available via Google Music Podcasts and Apple iTunes.

In this podcast Jon Westfall and I discuss:

1. iOS Hidden Tip: The “Print” feature in Mail and other apps actually creates a PDF. When you go to print, use two fingers to pan out the image of the document and you’ll get into a screen with a full share menu! This lets you easily take PDFs of emails and save them to cloud storage or anywhere else the “Files” app can hook into.
2. Windows 10 tip: Windows-key + . (period) or ; (semi-colon) brings up Emoji picker
3. Acer Chromebook Spin 13 – more-or-less replaces my Samsung Chromebook Plus
4. AT&T already has its HBO Max streaming service (from its purchase of Time Warner). Now, this addition to the fragmented streaming video market.
   AT&T is launching another new streaming service this fall called AT&T TV
5. Google Gallery Go for Android
   Lightweight photo viewer/editor. Have not tried it yet beyond downloading and opening the app
6. Jon’s mini-rant: Why don’t mobile mapping / desktop mapping (e.g., Google Maps, Apple Maps) have a layer for crime statistics?!?

Available via Google Music Podcasts and Apple iTunes.

Jon Westfall and I recorded this on July 14 – hence the future references to Amazon Prime Day. In this podcast, we also discussed:

1. The day before Amazon Prime Day 2019
2. A partial apology to Google and, maybe, Samsung: Mouse Bluetooth flakiness with Samsung Chromebook Plus due to that particular mouse. Logitech M535 BT mouse working fine so far.
3. Pete’s QBasic / QuickBasic Site
   Last regular update in 2008. Last update note Oct. 2018. But, it is still up and running!
4. Techmeme the Ride Home: The Man Who Could Have Been Bill Gates? The Gary Kildall Story Parts 1 and 2
5. Farewell to Microsoft Internet Games on Windows XP, Windows ME, and Windows 7
   Didn’t know there was such a thing as Microsoft Internet Games since Windows Me
6. The largest platform for Microsoft Word is not Windows?
   Microsoft Word for Android has been installed more than 1 billion times
7. Microsoft office truly is a great platform now that it’s all connected. They’ve got the best of both worlds compared to Apple’s “Blob only now a filesystem” approach to iCloud. Microsoft didn’t try to high filesystem, but yet still gives the ease of blob through “Recently Used”.

Available via Google Music Podcasts and Apple iTunes.

In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I discuss (and rant about):

1. Ever notice the “star” with the word “Explore” at the bottom right of Google Sheets? More like PowerBi than just a pivot table.

   Pivot to the cloud: intelligent features in Google Sheets help businesses uncover insights

2. Build a presentation from notes in Google Keep
   Present like a pro: new updates in Slides designed to make you look good
3. Google Suspicious Site Reporter for Chrome browser.
4. The Verge: Google was never really series about tablets
5. Lack of viable finance management applications – MS Money, Quicken, mint.com, Hard to find actual money management application. Espec. With mobile support. Trying Banktivity (MacOS only) once more. Mint.com does have great exporting though.
6. Why does WiFi hardware die so quickly (relatively speaking)?

1. NYT: That Sleep Tracker Could Make Your Insomnia Worse

   But some sleep specialists caution that these apps and devices may provide inaccurate data and can even exacerbate symptoms of insomnia.

   There’s a name for an unhealthy obsession with achieving perfect sleep: orthosomnia.

2. Mobile Technology and Home Broadband 2019

   …the share of Americans who say they own a smartphone has increased dramatically over the past decade – from 35% in 2011 to 81% in 2019

   A majority of adults say they subscribe to home broadband, but about one-in-four (27%) do not. And growing shares of these non-adopters cite their mobile phone as a reason for not subscribing to these services.

3. Open Discussion: What should Jon do with his old 2009 Macbook Pro?

   Neverware CloudReady on the MacBook

   CDC Zombie Preparedness

4. Jon’s Tech Tip of the Week: Using “Share” links with Siri Shortcuts to open a MS Office Doc.

   After-show tip: After we finished the podcast I (Todd) confirmed that Siri Shortcuts can’t open Google’s Play Music for iOS app. However, Google’s own

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