Todd is back on the podcast and has some clarifications of the alt-facts presented in podcast 209: Traffic jams on a small island, his doodle-a-day project, burner notebooks? – home about Chromebooks? Plus Samsung Chromebook Plus Bluetooth rant, low-cost consumer grade inkjet printer rant, Jon’s iPad Pro 10.5-inch, Jon’s eBay rant, and, finally, an interesting little known Apple Pay feature.

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I was unable to participate in my own podcast! But, Jon Westfall and Don Sorcinelli carried on without me…

1. DailyDoodlers.com. Todd’s new site. Have not launched it yet. But, if you would like to share your doodles somewhere, you can do so from your own Medium.com site.
2. Amazon buying Whole Foods. Will instantly give Amazon 460 physical stores in the US, Canada, and the UK.
3. Microsoft Modern Keyboard has a fingerprint reader but costs $130.
4. Also a Microsoft Modern Mouse
5. Forbes: Google Backup & Sync launching on June 30
6. Jon’s Latest Discovery: CrashPlan “Headless” on Linux. Great for VPSes. $150 a year for up to 10 computers, unlimited backup, unlimited versions.
7. A former co-worker of mine posted the following on Facebook – “With the restrictions on carrying on laptops on international flights and the threat of having your phone surrendered to customs agents, it’s a matter of time before IT shops have to maintain “burner” laptops and cell phones that can be used temporarily, but if you lose them or they’re damaged, no big deal.”

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Note: I said it was podcast 208 during the recording. It is actually number 207. Sorry ’bout that!

1. Google Chrome will have a selective ad blocker in 2018. Ref: Google
2. Google Sheets now has the ability to create graphs and charts by asking questions in words/text. Ref: Google
3. Amazon Echo now supports named timers. Ref: Amazon

Travel tech observations:

4. Rented a 2017 Toyota Corolla and found that the built-in USB could charge and iPhone 7+ but not a Nexus 6 when running Google Maps while driving. However, using a third party charge plugged in to what used to be called a cigarette lighter was able to charge the Nexus 6.
5. You can find more that streets and businesses with Google Maps. Searching for “Yoda fountain” in San Francisco leads you to the statue of Yoda from Star Wars outside of a Lucas Films building in Presidio.
6. Virgin America’s odd USB ports placement on passenger seats
7. WWDC 2017. What do we know so far: Ref: MacRumors

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