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YouTube Red The Thinning Review

So for several weeks I have been blogging about YouTube Red and the added features of the service and I must say I am glad I jumped on the YouTube bandwagon as there is so much great content on YouTube. I never was a huge...

December 28, 2016 admin Google Comments Off

Chromebooks out Selling MacBooks

Chromebooks have been all the rage over the last few years powered by the ChromeOS (operating system) put out by Google. ChromeOS is primary Linux based and is probably the most successful Linux desktop/laptop computer we’ve seen to date. An article posted recently by The...

December 27, 2016 admin Apple, Google Comments Off

Apple iPod Started The Podcast Business

I am a big podcast listener some people binge on YouTube and Netflix videos I binge listen to podcasts. There is a huge call for on-demand audio like podcasts in the dying age of radio. Before DVR boxes and on-demand video like streaming, there was an...

December 22, 2016 admin Apple Comments Off

Microsoft Surface All In One Tablet

Recently I have been traveling a lot and I decided to use a Microsoft Surface tablet for everything instead of packing both my Microsoft Surface and my iPad. I have to say as great as both devices are I would like to share my findings...

December 21, 2016 admin Microsoft Comments Off

Yahoo Accounts Worth Nothing

Today on the show we talk about the world wind that is Yahoo from its peak in the dot-com boom to the Verizon purchase. We get into how a billion Yahoo user accounts are only worth $300,000 on the dark web compared to what a...

December 20, 2016 admin Podcast Comments Off

The Handyman This Old House

I have been behind on posting updates on the house but I figured I would post an update on the current state of this old house that my wife and I bought. I have not decided what call this series yet the handyman, this old...

December 19, 2016 admin Handyman Comments Off

Yahoo a Company with No Direction

I have had the same e-mail address since high school and I have used it for almost everything. I have been a Yahoo mail user since the peak of the internet boom when Yahoo was worth close to $125 billion dollars, now Verizon is acquiring...

December 16, 2016 admin Business, Security Comments Off

Is YouTube Red Helping Content Creators Earn Money?

YouTube Red is the subscription service offered by YouTube to its users for $9.99 a month offering added services and revenue to content creators. I would like to point out as well, YouTube Red is 12.99/month if purchased through iOS because of Apple’s fees. Sign...

December 15, 2016 admin Google Comments Off

Inside WikiLeaks Book Review

I read this book due to my interest in the website WikiLeaks. Being an IT professional I thought this would be a great way for me to get a little backstory on a website that is the center of news attention. The basis for the...

December 14, 2016 admin Book Reviews Comments Off

YouTube Red Review

Today on the show we get into the tech news of the week. We dive into YouTube Red and is it worth the money. We talk about Microsoft and some new apps coming to the iPad and Linkedin being Microsofts new company. We get into...

December 9, 2016 admin Podcast Comments Off