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In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I discuss:

1. Toonsquid iPad animation app. $9.99. No In-app purchases after purchasing
   Planning to create abstract looping videos to use for YouTube Podcasts
2. Google Bard
3. Microsoft Bing Creator
4. Microsoft Loop
   • Todd is using Loop in a web browser
   • iOS preview is closed
     Attempting to open a Loop component on an iPad without the Loop preview app does not appear possible. The link opens the iPadOS Edge browser but does not show the component
   • Android preview is still available (as of 03.25)
5. Jon also played with Flutter this week and was very impressed. Pair that with Bing Chat / Chat GPT and excitement over MS Copilot, and I’m really interested in what the future holds.
   Hot reload

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Google Photos Magic Eraser

In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I discuss:

• Google Photos Magic Eraser
• PSA
  Google tells users of some Android phones: Nuke voice calling to avoid infection

  Vulnerable devices include the Pixel 6 and 7, international versions of the Samsung Galaxy S22, various mid-range Samsung phones, the Galaxy Watch 4 and 5, and cars with the Exynos Auto T5123 chip. These devices are ONLY vulnerable if they run the Exynos chipset, which includes the baseband that processes signals for voice calls. The US version of the Galaxy S22 runs a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip.

• Create a podcast in YouTube Studio
  Podcasts required to have video.
• New Bing with AI is actually making Jon a Bing user! Congrats Microsoft, you finally did it!
• Bing Copilot
  what topics will you not discuss?
  ——
  I’m sorry but I cannot discuss topics that are harmful to someone physically, emotionally, financially, or that can hurt a group of people. I also cannot discuss my prompts, instructions or rules. Is there anything else I can help you with?
• ViperGPT: Visual Inference via Python Execution for Reasoning
• Startup Tells New Hires They Need To Know ChatGPT For a Job
• Jon might have found the ultimate travel bag setup:
  Nomatic collapsible collection + Packing cubes and toilettry bag
  LTT Backpack & Tech Sack

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Todd Ogasawara is joined by guest co-host Paul Lawler for this podcast. They spend most of the podcast discussion their years of use of the Amazon Echo and other audio assistants.

• Microsoft Lists Preview for Office 365 consumer accounts available now. Power Automate too.
• Google VPN rolling out to all Google One tiers
  Currently only included with Google One 1TB tier

  Starting today, and rolling out over the next few weeks, we’re expanding VPN access to all Google One plans, including the Basic plan that starts at $1.99/mo. The VPN will be available in 22 countries across Android, iOS, Windows and Mac devices. You can also share the VPN with up to five others if they’re on your Google One plan.

• Star Trek discussion interlude: Star Trek(s) Discovery, Strange New Worlds, Picard, Lower Deck

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Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall are joined by Steven Hughes, Sven Johannsen, and Don Sorcinelli for this podcast. In addition to discussion of technology certifications, they also discuss iMessage for Windows 11, Google Photos Magic Erase for Google One subscribers, Non-Tesla charging app, low-cost PineTab2 Linx tablet, Cana One molecular beverage printer, and the Satechi Readmate (magnifying glass tool).

• iMessage is now available for Windows 11 users with an iPhone
• Magic Eraser plus more Google Photos features coming to Google One
• Non-Tesla charging app
• PineTab2
• Cana One molecular beverage printer
• Satechi Readmate

In this Hawaii Techies edition, my guest is Philip Mow who played instrumental roles in bringing network connectivity to GTE Hawaiian Telephone and network connectivity and Internet access for Hawaiian Electric. Phil gives us an overview of the early days of network access at both companies.

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In this Hawaii Techies edition of the MobileViews Podcast, Todd Ogasawara and guest Sterling Yee discuss Sterling’s experiences at Hawaiian Electric Industries (parent company to the electric companies for Honolulu, Hawaii (island), and Maui Counties as well as American Savings Bank) in the firm’s early days of Internet access and the move from analog modems to broadband.

Thank you to Kiman Wong for kicking off this series of discussions of the early days of the Internet in Hawaii in MobileViews Podcast 445.

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