{"id":3400,"date":"2016-12-18T19:11:08","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T05:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/?p=3400"},"modified":"2016-12-18T19:11:08","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T05:11:08","slug":"mobileviews-podcast-188-top-2016-tech-news-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/18\/mobileviews-podcast-188-top-2016-tech-news-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"MobileViews Podcast 188: Top 2016 tech news stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src='https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/zrhtq-65b49e?from=yiiadmin' data-link='https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/zrhtq-65b49e?from=yiiadmin' height='100' width='100%' frameborder='0' scrolling='no' data-name='pb-iframe-player' ><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this final podcast for 2016, Jon Westfall and I discuss:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; When is Jon getting his AirPod?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/apple-support\/id1130498044?mt=8\">Apple Support<\/a> iOS app. Todd had a tech support failure by Apple, Jon had a tech support win<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 2016 tech stories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Todd&#8217;s story pick: Samsung Note 7 battery fires<\/li>\n<li>Jason Dunn: Apple customers angry about losing (1) 3.5mm headphone jack in the iPhone 7 and (2) all ports except USB-C in the Macbook Pro. Customers also angry about the lack of a new Mac Pro, iMac, or (Todd) Mac mini.<\/li>\n<li>Johan Van Mierlo: Alexa, Google Home, IoT for consumers. IoT security concerns. Also,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2016\/wynn-las-vegas-equip-4748-hotel-rooms-amazon-echo-steve-wynn-touts-ability-talk-room-making-guest-experience-seemlessly-delicious\/\">Wynn Las Vegas to equip 4,748 hotel rooms with Amazon Echo<\/a> (GeekWire): &#8220;ability to talk to your room and say: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcAlexa, I am here, open the curtains, lower the temperature, turn on the news.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Jack Cook: Microsoft Surface Studio and the success of the Surface tablet\/notebook line of products.<\/li>\n<li>Jon &#8211; The hidden tech story that scares me\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cracked.com\/personal-experiences-1762-5-reasons-i-lost-249000-iphone-game.html\"><br \/>\n40 million dollar ad campaign, $1m a day in revenue. 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