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The State of Things, Chaos and Empathy

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Adolfo and Greg talk about the State of the World, Plus Codes and Harmony   Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda Stories of the week The current state of things. Amazon gave TV stations coronavirus propaganda, and some aired it https://buff.ly/2B6079x   Revolut staff claim they’ve been told to quit their jobs or be fired https://t.co/v0gwZ9YKz3 “There has never been a better time to quit Facebook” https://buff.ly/36Xz8ca “Speed” Round : Low omega-3 and children https://buff.ly/3cymb9C Why the Upwork CEO believes the pandemic will lead to more work with freelancers https://t.co/WdKmfuqhoV?amp=1 Throw a ‘Welcome to Summer’ Party for Your Kids https://buff.ly/306JXak Project brings cinema to backyards https://buff.ly/30f8Mki Tips of the Week: Blur Tools for Signal https://buff.ly/2XxvgM0 Google Maps makes i...

The Workplace Has Been Upended

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Adolfo and Greg talk about the Office is Dead, Mental health for Facebook Moderators, Maker Faire and more   Photo by Tim Gouw from Pexels Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda Stories of the week The Office Is Dead, Get ready for the commercial real estate apocalypse https://buff.ly/3cofVSR How to Keep Remote Employees on Task Without Spying On Them https://buff.ly/2WK2KoB Zoom, but in VR: Spatial https://buff.ly/2Lr9hPW Ask Adolfo: 10 Most Important Work Skills to List in a Resume https://buff.ly/2Wvk8NO “Speed” Round : A self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting alternative to Google search https://buff.ly/2YQFh7O New solar panels suck water from the air to cool themselves down https://buff.ly/3dvwT1E Facebook must pay content moderators' for mental health issues https://buff.ly/2zvPRGO Announcing Virtually Maker Faire https://buff.ly/3dfAsZJ ...

Listen Now - G Meet Not G Meat - Nerd Stalker Podcast

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Adolfo and Greg talk Drive-ins, Drive Out without Distraction and G-meet not G-meat  Support: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker Stories of the week Restaurants Across the US Turn Parking Lots Into Drive-In Movie Theaters https://is.gd/ae2Vq9 A novel solution to curb phone use by drivers https://buff.ly/2YhECwb   Microsoft will narrow its focus to software developers at this year's virtual Build conference https://buff.ly/3d6Y4zP 20 Easy Home Office Organization Ideas to Boost Your Productivity https://buff.ly/3cQLjt0   “Speed” Round : iOS 13.5 makes it “easier” to use Face ID while wearing a face mask https://buff.ly/3bQ22fX Google is Making Meet Free for Everyone https://buff.ly/2YgibY3 Condoms sales https://buff.ly/35nL7iu Learn How to Draw From Disney Animators Through These Free Videos https://buff.ly/3eWIh8f   Tips of the Week: Gallery of 200 database schema diagrams of open-source packages https://is.gd/...

Watch The Nerd Stalker Show Now

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Adolfo & Greg Talks This Week's Tech - App-less World, Smart Luggage and more Picks of the Week: The Golden Age Of Open Protocols Mich. police 3D-printed murder victim's fingers to unlock phone iOS opens up equals the death of apps? Amazon Launchpad Announces #Kickstarter Collection   Speed Round : Modobag: World's First Motorized, Rideable Luggage Your Vanity Mirror Becomes Alexa A Robotic Suitcase That Follows You Around Like a Puppy The UN Wants You to Solve World Hunger Via Accelerator Model Tips of the Week: Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefined 7 Incredibly Useful Facebook Hacks You Probably Didn't Know About Lumen: Magic Auto Brightness Based on Screen Contents 6 Free Online Tools for Small Business Sponsor/Partners/Events: Dreamforce ’16 | October 4-7 2016 | San Francisco, CA Mileage Tracking App | Automatic, Easy, Smart Mileage Log | MileIQ Wine Stalker with Sawyersomm.com

Nerd Stalker Tech Week - Drones, Weed and Hacking Skateboards.

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Nerd Stalkers Adolfo & Greg Talk About the Latest in Tech Check out the weekly gab on tech with your hosts Adolfo Foronda and Greg Viloria.

Social Time TV: What's a Fan

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In this episode, Sean Charles (aka @SocialMediaSean) and Greg Viloria (aka @SocialGreg) talk about the social stories and events of the week. And here’s what we discussed: News: Facebook to Begin Cutting Back on Promotional Posts from Pages in News Feed | via @allfacebook http://buff.ly/1zrLy4m News: Facebook invites you to 'Say Thanks' | via @JLaffertyIF http://bit.ly/1zrMiGC News: Pinterest Doubles Its Male User Base | via @SocialTimes http://bit.ly/1xsopAY News: LinkedIn - We Tried The LinkedIn Feature People Say Ruined Their Job Search | via @businessinsider http://read.bi/1EPK4Uz What is a Fan - Discussion[Video from SF MusicTech Summit]

Social Time TV: Do You Want A Social Update

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In this episode, Sean Charles (aka @SocialMediaSean) and Greg Viloria (aka @SocialGreg) talk about the Mark Zuckerberg's Q/A at Facebook headquarters: Give it a view or a listen!

Social Time TV: Social Network Battle for the Iron Throne

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Well, Sean and Greg are at it again. After a long hiatus, Social Time TV is back again. In this episode, Sean Charles (aka SocialMediaSean) and Greg Viloria (aka SocialGreg) talk about the big four Social Networks: Facebook, Google+, Twitter and LinkedIn, give some of the latest insight into each one and who they pick as the throne holder. Give it a view or a listen!

SocialTime TV: Yahoo's Marissa Mayer WTF WFW?

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Sean Charles  ( @SocialMediaSean ) and  Greg Viloria  ( @SocialGreg ) are back for another episode of SocialTimeTV.  This week, Sean and Greg talk about the Yahoo!'s Marissa Mayer's WFH policy, Oscar Tweets (Winners and Losers), Social Studios (flipboard for Video), Whatever Button for FB and more.

In"Kred"ible Twitta-battle, FB lightens Zynga Anchor

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Our social guys Greg Viloria ( @SocialGreg ) and Sean Charles ( @SocialMediaSean ) give the weekly updates from Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Pinterest. In this episode, they talk about Twitter's API battle with Kred, FBs lighten's the Zynga Anchor, LinkedIn wants to tell you what skills your need and more.  Links to the Backstories of Social Time Social Speed Round Pinterest to Amazon: no pinning for you on Black Friday Facebook Moving Away From Voting Scheme  / Facebook Is About To Send One Billion Emails Global Pages Launch on Facebook – Should Brands Make the Switch? Twitter Is Giving $100 In Free Advertising To 10,000 Small Businesses Pinterest pins hopes for broader appeal on holiday marketing push - "30 Days of Pinspiration"  Twitter rolled out new image search functionality, competition w/Instagram intensifies The Social Time TV Main Stories Twitter Kred creator PeopleBrowsr fires back at ...

Social Time: FB Job Board, Twitter Loves PW Reset, Pinterest Gets the Business

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Our social guys Greg Viloria ( @SocialGreg ) and Sean Charles ( @SocialMediaSean ) give the weekly updates from Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and Pinterest. In this episode, they talk about Twitter's PW reset issues and Interactive Photos, FB's nested comments, Google + Hangouts with your favorite athletes and more. 

Gluu.me Enhances Your SNS Smartphone Experience

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We interview founders, Alceo Marti and Miro Leko from a startup from Croatia called Gluu.me . Did you say Croatia? Yes, Croatia. Like most entrepreneurs, Alceo and Miro are just trying to solve a problem. According to a survey conducted by Concept Metrics in May of this year, people belong to an average of 1.8 social networks.  Gluu.me takes the "Fifedom" nature of the big social networks and tries to fuse them together to get a more richer experience for the social network users. Alceo and Miro also discuss the Croatian infrastructure that supports startups like theirs.

Social TIme Takes On the Battle of the Social Photo Giants

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In the next episode of Social Time, our social guys Greg Viloria (@SocialGreg) and Sean Charles (@SocialMediaSean) take on the Social Photo Giants. In this episode, they compare the social photo giants - Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. What's your favorite?

Social Time: Social Media Addiction, Google's Gaming the News and Social Meetings

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Another week and another Social Time Episode. Sean Charles (aka @SocialMediaSean) and Nerd Stalker's Greg Viloria (aka @SocialGreg) discusses social media relavant topics for the week that caught their eye - Addiction to Social Media, Twitter and Video, Google+ goes enterprise and more.  

Social Time Talks About Twitter Surveys, LinkedIn is Klout Like, Facebook Gifts

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Exciting times at Nerd Stalker. We just added another podcast extending our reach to Social Media. Our Nerd Stalker staff writer, Greg Viloria, aka @SocialGreg, and Sean Charles, aka @SocialMediaSean, are hosts to our new weekly podcast - Social Time. They will be doing their podcast/vidcast via a Google+ hangout.

Air Car, Android Ups and Downs, Facebook Paypal Ouch

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Download MP3 Exactly How Screwed Is PayPal? (Hint: Very) bit.ly/LoGWq9 via @PandoDaily (:35) Android Fragmentation http://is.gd/7uElaq   (4:38) The Best Podcast Apps Apple Is Hiding From You (AAPL) bit.ly/NJmiiC via @SAI  (8:17) Airpod, the Car That Runs on Air http://bit.ly/P1r9vb   (9:55) Yahoo Conducting a Search for a COO as No. 2 to Mayer ( link ) ( 13:26) From the Archives: Marissa Mayer's 9 Principles of Innovation ht.ly/chKHC via @SheridanTatsuno Facebook stock tanks again as insiders rush to sell http://bit.ly/P1peGU  (16:18) Speed Round: Mixi Starts New Service For Sending Real Birthday Presents bit.ly/PiS3xL via @Asiajin  (19:01) Cinch.fm going out of business    (20:20) Unlock A Smartphone Just By Looking At It bit.ly/LlQFgF via @PSFK   (21:25) Android is under attack http://bit.ly/P3ctLS   (22:18) Tips: 10 Must-Download #STEM iPad Apps for Kids bit.ly/MtxbX2 #tech via @smqueue@BurnsMcDonnell @Sh...

Def Leppard, Facebook vs. LinkedIn and Technology

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Download MP3 Our Top Stories A: Bribery, Porn, and Spam Are the Path to Riches in the App World http://is.gd/JVMXGo  (:11) G:Thousands could lose internet access July 9 due to virus bit.ly/PdhjLg  (3:59) A: That was Quick. Facebook Shuts Down Face.com APIs http://tnw.co/PvCw3f  (6:21) G: Facebook e-mail mess: Address books altered; e-mail lost bit.ly/LoS9mW   (9:08) A: Facebook to Launch Job Postings Board--Sources http://is.gd/1nPlRO  (13:44) G: Apple pays $60-million to settle China iPad trademark dispute bit.ly/N7clbJ  (16:17) Speed Round: What the Twitterverse is Talking About and What Our Community Wants to Hear  A: Def Leppard re-record own songs to win back digital download revenue http://vrge.co/Rv6odm  (21:03) G: Facebook Testing “Want” Button? bit.ly/LtWOEl  (22:22) A: Chris Rieger's Levitating, Wirelessly-Powered LED Light - Core77 http://bit.ly/RzVRNZ  (23:22) G: LinkedIn Says Twitter Posts No Longer ...

Facebook Sandwich Anyone? NS Tech News

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Download MP3 Top Stories: Facebook Is Building The Facebook Phone Right In Front Of Our Eyes http://read.bi/KxNu2C The Facebook Issue No One Wants To Discuss bit.ly/KLj4MB via @SocialSteve Pandora soars after beating analysts' estimates http://bit.ly/JyMdXP Facebook Beefs up Mobile Photo Sharing With Camera bit.ly/LdXOOz via @pcworld How Tim Cook is changing Apple - Fortune Tech http://bit.ly/JZT3Z7 Amazon warns protesters to stay off Seattle campus bit.ly/KysKqp via @geekwire Speed Round: Security researcher: I found secret reprogramming backdoors in Chinese microprocessors http://bit.ly/K7nQoF Multimillionaire Software Exec Arrested in LEGO-Thieving Bar-Code Scam bit.ly/KFGr65 LG's 5-inch 1080p HD display out does Apple's Retina Display http://bit.ly/KAKtyI Comcast launches a new cable box worthy of taking on Roku, Apple TV bit.ly/JhzmsIvia @VentureBeat Bad news for site owners and mobile users: The average web page is now 1 MB http://is.gd/Ppvdzl AP...

Apple Microsoft Yahoo Google Facebook love/hate Kaboom

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Download MP3 Adolfo Foronda (@nerdstalker) and Greg Viloria (@SocialGreg) Weekly Picks for the Nerd Stalker Techweek Podcast: Apple to ditch Google Maps in iOS 6, use in-house mapping solution http://is.gd/kBOztW (00:37) Where To Now For Yahoo? Thompson Out, Loeb & Co In ; Yahoo CEO blames search firm for error bit.ly/JIQQ10 via @ SFBusinessTi ; Yahoo CEO apologizes -- for being a distraction | @ scoopit via @ DocDoCc bit.ly/IzO0LH / Yahoo CEO blames search firm for error bit.ly/JIQQ10 via @ SFBusinessTimes (3:40) Americans Now Spend More Time On Facebook Mobile Than Its Website http://is.gd/UFC1Qx (8:06) The Password Protection Act of 2012: Latest Attempt To Protect Facebook Users bit.ly/JmJLEu @ allfacebook (12:15) Mozilla and Google accuse Microsoft of unfair browser competition | ZDNet http://zd.net/IMMfts (14:13) Chirpify lands $1.3 million to sell music and concert tickets through Twitter bit.ly/IFJbQX via @ geekwire (19:38) Speed round, what our c...