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Military vs Bitcoin and Underwater WiFi

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Adolfo and Greg talk about the Bitcoin War Games, IBM Facial Plant, WiFi Your Underwater world and more   Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda Stories of the week Pentagon Documents Reveal The U.S. Has Planned For A Bitcoin Rebellion https://buff.ly/3fiVDLF IBM is exiting the face recognition business https://buff.ly/37bJ5Tg and so is Amazon Electric Blockaloo: Minecraft's virtual music festival with Deadmau5 and Steve Aoki is going to be utterly bonkers https://buff.ly/3dVnrFk Would You Enjoy Having Your Own Enclosed Office “ Cubicle ” Pod with AirPurifier ? “Pods each have automatic doors that operate with FacialRecognition , so there’s no need to touch and contaminate them.” https://is.gd/pTQIgO “Speed” Round : Aqua-Fi could bring Wi-Fi-like tech to the underwater world https://buff.ly/2AhCWsY Imagine an 'Android Pro...

Minecraft, Rockers & Funerals In Space

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Adolfo and Greg talk about the Minecraft, Just the Facts, 10xERs and more   Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda Stories of the week Minecraft Dungeons is the low-stress family hackathon we need right now https://buff.ly/3guyK9i Twitter's Fact-Checking Failures Reveal Serious Shortcomings https://buff.ly/2XaLKJv Apple reportedly nabs Scorsese film starring DiCaprio and De Niro https://buff.ly/3dhw0u8 How Can You Become a 10xer? https://buff.ly/2Wy9TJI “Speed” Round : Funerals in space https://buff.ly/2XHcAs1 "Roquefort-Like Cheese?" USTR takes swipe at EU food name restrictions https://buff.ly/2WY89tv What to Do If You See a 'COVID-19 Surcharge' on Your Receipt https://buff.ly/3etGyGB Japan is going to covering half of your travel expenses. https://is.gd/28UlFV Tips of the Week: Color in your favor...

Apple CEO Tim Cook Speaks with CNBC’s Josh Lipton Today [Video & Transcript]

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Tim Cook Points Slow Revenue Growth to Slowing Growth in China and Trade Talk Tension Photo courtesy of CNBC Great interview with CNBC's Josh Lipton and Apple CEO Tim Cook. Tim gives his take on Apple's lowering its Q1 guidance sends its stock tumbling.     Watch CNBC's full interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook from CNBC . Unofficial Transcript here. JOSH LIPTON: Tim, thank you so much for taking the time to chat. We appreciate it. TIM COOK: Thank you for coming. JOSH LIPTON: I want to dig right into the results, Tim, and iPhone revenue specifically. Because as you mentioned, that was lower than expected and that accounted for the revenue shortfall here. And I want to dig in specifically to the trend you’re seeing in China. Because you say something interesting, which it isn’t just the economy there, it’s also these rising trade tensions. What did you mean by that, Tim? TIM COOK: Yeah. If you look at our results, our shortfall is over 100% from iPh...

2018 WWDC View From the Twitterverse

Twiiterverse Stories from 2017 WWDC

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We Capture the Twitterverse Reactions to Apple's 2017 WWDC Apple moves to new content source for tvOS, better connectivity from watchOS, iPad 10.5, iOS11+AR, and HomePod. the Apple audience reacts. Check out what the twitterverse and devs said about WWDC 2017. 

CMRA: The Camera for #Apple Watch

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CMRA Gives Apple Watches The Power of Photography - Core77 Taking photos with a device on your wrist sounds like something straight out of Star Trek. Now, with Glide's CMRA Apple Watch strap, it's not such an outrageous concept. The dual camera equipped strap gives the Apple Watch full photo and video capabilities, making up for what the smart watch

60 Minutes And Popeye

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Greg and Adolfo play catch up on all things Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google Home, IOT, Music services and more! Speed Round : Instapaper is free Introducing “LinkedIn Salary”: Unlock Your Earning Potential Spinach Works as a Hidden Bomb Detector Tips of the Week: These maps and signs will help EV and alt-fuel drivers with range anxiety Simon Sinek: Understanding The Game We're Playing

Apple Event 2016 - As Announced by the Twitterverse

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The Twitterverse Announces Apple's New Changes Tim Cook and Late Late Show Host James Corden do One Republic (courtesy of Apple Inc.) We always do things a little different. Instead of announcing and writing about the changes, reactions, we use the twitterverse to do that. If you want a rundown...there is a lot out there. Enjoy the twitterverse's rendition of the Apple Event 2016!

The Weekend Review - Old School Mac Vs. New School Mac

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Wired Premieres Series 'Tech Guts' Shows How Far Apple Desktop Technology Has Evolved in Three Plus Decades Mac: 1983 to 2016 (Courtesy of Wired) Thanks to Conde Nast Entertainment for the preview. WIRED's new digital video series  Tech Guts  tears down two different pieces of beloved mac tech: one classic and one current. In the premiere episode,  Wired presents Apple’s IIe and 27” iMac. Watch as they pull them apart, compare them and offer a few cultural details, stats and tech bits long the way. A quick view of how far desktop technology has come in 3+ decades. Give it a view!

Why Steve Jobs Was So Proud to Steal #ux

Why Steve Jobs Was So Proud to Steal Coming Up With Your Own Ideas is Actually Easier Had he suffered from it, Steve Jobs might never have even considered visiting the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in 1979.

Scenes from Apple's 2016 WWDC Twitterverse

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Apple Opens Up SIRI, Messages and Maps to Developers Apple moves to open Siri, Messages and Maps to developers. Also, announces Swift Playground for young coders or the young coders at heart. From Watch updates to large emoji...the apple audience reacts. Check out what the twitterverse said about WWDC 2016. 

Apple Announcements Via Photos from the Twitterverse

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Apple announces iPad Pro, Pencil, additions to Apple Watch, Apple TV Ampped Up and iPhone 6s, 6s Plus Hello nerds. We want to share Apple's announcements (Apple Watch, iPad Pro, Apple TV, iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus) in a different way. Through your pictures in social. Enjoy.

Heres what you want to know about Apples new photo App

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Everything you need to know about Apple's new Photos app for Mac

Prizmo 3 for OS X Yosemite

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A few weeks ago, Creaceed released Prizmo 4 for iOS 8, and they had the awesome opportunity of being mentioned in Apple’s Keynote around iPad Air 2. Today, they release Prizmo 3 for OS X Yosemite including brand new features like Handoff support and extensions. Last but not least, the update is FREE for registered users of Prizmo 2. What’s New in Prizmo 3? Major new release with native OS X Yosemite support: Revamped user interface taking advantage of Yosemite's translucency and vibrancy. Handoff to easily switch from editing Prizmo documents on one device to another, with Mac, iPhone, and iPad support. Image Cleanup Extension: Prizmo image cropping and cleanup capabilities are now exposed globally to other apps as an image editing extension. OCR Extension: Prizmo OCR capabilities are now made available throughout OS X, as an extension. Textual contents can be retrieved from any image in other apps that support extensions (image viewing action). Support for third-part...

The Nerd Stalker Brainiac Half Hour

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Picks of the Week: Google reportedly wants to boost presence of Google on Android devices | Android and Me http://bit.ly/1ryAFfG Bummed Out Athletes: Steve Ballmer wants Clippers to drop #Apple products sportingnews.com/nba/story/2014… via @sportingnews ( DeAntae Prince / Sporting News) "Comcast says it’s been working too hard on being ‘innovative’ to deliver good customer service" http://bit.ly/1DEh7Lv [Update] Academy of Art Students in an Uproar over Adobe CS6 License Cancellations nerdstalker.com/2014/09/academ… (SocialGreg / Nerd Stalker) Engineer Sees Big Possibilities in Micro-robots, Including Programmable Bees http://bit.ly/1vmqcCW Bendgate continues: iPhone 6, One M8, new Moto X, Lumia 1020 via @androids bit.ly/YgCd1U (Juan Carlos Torres / Android Community) Speed Round: The Ryno, A One-Wheeled, Self-Balancing Electric Scooter via @LaughingSquid bit.ly/1u56vCq (Brian Heater / Laughing Squid) Harvesting electricity from h...

The Wolf and The Week in Tech

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Nerd Stalker Picks of the Week: The Wolf http://randsinrepose.com/archives/the-wolf/ Twitpic Folds After Twitter Threat bit.ly/1pPOXsn (Britt Clark / Socialtimes) Holy Cow: Marc Newson Joining Apple's Design Team! - Core77 http://bit.ly/1lKIg9J My Year with a Distraction-Free iPhone (and How to Start Your Own Experiment) bit.ly/1lvrCuC pic.twitter.com/Zu7bfDTHhM (Jake Knapp / Medium) K480 Keyboard – Multi-Device – Logitech http://bit.ly/1lKIRse Can Printed Electronics Be the Silver Bullet for the Printing Industry? via @nerdstalker http://bit.ly/1ubVduB Speed Round: RunSwift - http://www.runswiftlang.com There Are Now at Least 25 Billion-Dollar Mobile Internet Companies bit.ly/1pzdZ90 pic.twitter.com/xX8gA3lkjX ( John Koetsier, V enture Beat) Rdio announces Version 3 http://is.gd/hBXx7y Intel’s Broadwell chip is getting ready to power next-generation Chromebooks via @gigaom http://bit.ly/1thwP8c (Keven Toefl / GigaOM) Dyson 360 Eye https://www...

Nerd Stalker #MacWorld2014 iWorld App's You Must Have, Full Show Recap

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All things MacWorld/iWorld 2014 total recap of the show, apps, vendors, events and more lots more.

MacWorld Opens with the State of Apple Panel

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MacWorld/iWorld 2014 opened yesterday with a panel discussion on the "State of Apple". This discussion was moderated by  moderated by IDG’s Jason Snell with a notible panel consisting of Ben Bajarin of Creative Strategies, Inc., Christina Bonnington of Wired, Rene Ritchie of iMore.com and Dan Moren of MacWorld. The discussion centered around how Apple's product strategy surrounding wearables, Apple's current product mix and their strategies and Will Apple iPhone go big screen? Listen to the discussion.

Apps World Live: Woz Talks About Innovation, Security and Computing

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We were lucky to attend the keynote at the 2014 Apps World North America conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. This event features talks in Development of Apps, Droid Apps, Games Development, Mobile Payments and Retail, Mobile Marketing, HTML5 and API Strategies, TV and Mulitscreen and Enterprise. Also, over 200 exhibitors had booths to display their services. The keynote was an interview of Apple co-founder  Steve Wozniak by Wired's Mat Honan . Listen to see what Steve has to say about i nnovation, security, and opportunities for app developers.

LOOP iPhone Case Unboxing & Review

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Nerd Stalker review and unboxing of the LOOP case for the iPhone 5/5s.