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Did a Covid 19 Tracker get installed on your Smartphone?

Andy Taylor talked with Brooke Wagner about Covid-19 Tracking

We did a Segment for KOLD Tucson News Now on recent claims that A Covid-19 Tracker was secretly installed to your smartphone to track you and your exposure to Covid-19. While the Technology could enable this and the backbone for it may have been installed during an update, it is for those third party health departments and is off by default. At this time there are no apps for this feature and would not be mandatory. Watch the Video and Read the Full Story at the Link below

https://www.kold.com/2020/06/24/did-apple-or-google-install-covid-tracking-app-your-phone/

– Andy

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You Are In The Game! A New Episode of TechtalkRadio now Available! Share, Like, Download!

In this Weeks TechtalkRadio Show, Justin and Andy kick off the show with a discussion with Petr Hudecek of BDay Games. Petr from the Czech Republic visits to tell us the idea and process to create a Video where it is customized to personalize the experience. Petr created the game as a gift for his wife; after others saw it they wanted it for themselves. Jason from Unique Gifts for Guys shared the concept on his website and that’s when the request began pouring in. Petr explains why this is such a Unique gift.

Andy loves News Be Funny on YouTube. A Majority of segments have been with field reporters doing segments interrupted by Dogs Cats and Spouses. Andy has an issue with his Linksys Router and finds himself rebooting it often. Justin tries the 2 Week free trial of YouTubeTV and shares what he thinks about it! How many people are sharing logins with family members to online streaming services?

https://youtu.be/3i7aObzNGuI


Justin is intrigued by a project called Neuralink he heard about on the Joe Rogan Experience while talking with Elon Musk. Justin shares some of the finer aspects of what this technology could do and helping in the health aspects of society however Shawn and Andy are a little concerned at what this could do. It could change the educational system. The Guys talk about how to update Google Chrome Manually.

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New Show! Sweet Tasting Pi! Episode 270 Without Breaks

In this Weeks TechtalkRadio Show, Justin buys himself the Secret Labs Omega Chair and it has arrived. While we are sidetracked by the creepy looking doll hanging out on the Broadway background. Justin talks about the Quality of the chair and the experience putting it together. Justin loves the Secret Labs Omega chair while Andy and Shawn are sitting in old squeaky office chairs; Broadway is lounging on a Love seat.

The guys talk about Sit Stand Desk and why these offer great ergonomics. Some manufacturers of Sit Stand Desks include Fellowes, Steelcase and VariDesk. Shawn tells us about Canon USA now adding software that will allow users to use most Canon DSLR EOS Cameras as a webcam. The guys talk about lenses and photography and wonder on the quality of the Smartphone’s versus DSLR? Broadway brings up a good point as to why the Smartphone’s have excelled in performance and it’s the basics of technology. The guys talk about the Adobe Photoshop program and reminds parents of the Educational Version available. Scott Kelby has been teaching some basics in Webinars on Kelby One.

Shawn and Justin talk about the Raspberry Pi with a new Add on Camera available. The only issue Justin has had with Raspberry Pi is that it runs on Linux although Broadway had made use of running Linux with Windows together. Broadway recommends getting into Linux and Raspberry Pi to learn how tech systems work, plus the Raspberry Pi website has all types of projects users can work with. Andy shares the story about the Woman who bought some Air Pods only at a great price; the photo on the web is hilarious of her getting huge Air Pods BUT, they are an Awesome Bluetooth Speaker!

Justin tells us about this new show on Amazon Prime called Upload. Its a Comedy with a bit of a mystery thrown in and tells a great story. Andy talks about IMDB.TV and all the different sources of programs available including LOST. If you have a fire stick you can watch the shows for free with Ads. Cord Cutters are loving YouTube TV with Local Channels available in most areas and a Cloud DVR. Andy talks about Shamook on YouTube creating a Deep Fake of Raiders of the Lost Ark with Chris Pratt as Harrison Ford.

Justin shares the Website of the Week – A Game Designer can put you in the Game with https://www.bdaygame.com


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New Show! Download or Stream, Episode 269 – Flock of Ducks!

In this Weeks TechtalkRadio Show, The guys are hoping everything getting back to normal soon. Shawn has been dealing with an abundance of Zoom Meetings and Calls. Justin talks about his Son loving to break into the middles of those sessions. Shawn talks about coordinating a Zoom Meeting with ESPN talks about remembering all the fine details. The guys share some tips still for those that should be using Zoom which doesn’t require you to have a camera, it can be voice only.

The guys share how employers have been looking at Social Media platforms for hiring decisions and recommend users that don’t want to have Social Media accounts still have one but maintain it as a Private Account but to often post public post to still show you aren’t keeping everything private.

Andy talks about his daughter needing an Old School Fax solution, while you can go and pay for a page at a Fax Center like a FedEx/Kinkos office but offers a reminder for EFax which can allow even faxing from your Smart Phone. A new documentary is in the works about the history of Attack of the Show and is being crowd funded. The guys talk about G4 Tech TV and some of the great shows and wonder why there isn’t a Network dedicated to Tech. To help in the Crowd Funding check out @attackofthedoc on Twitter.

The guys talk about Hacks that have been done on Tractors of all things. Why has this become something people have been looking for? Shawn talks about an update to the Black Magic Design ATEM Mini and what the Pro Version will offer end users. Will Shawn sell his ATEM Mini for the new updated Pro Version? Justin screws up the guys Google Feed, he drops a link to everybody in Chat and because it was an Ad, the Creepy Ad for Secret Labs keeps popping up. Justin talks about his RTX Graphics card which can now take out background noise utilizing RTX Voice.

The guys talk about the Nintendo Switch and Animal Crossing and Justin has been playing it. It has been a driving factor in the absence of the Switch on the Store Shelves. Shawn talks about Final Fantasy and Doom titles which are also now available. Justin shares the game Star Citizen and brushing off his Saitek controller. He tells us a story of hitting the Wrong Button and Ejecting into Space. It can be found at https://www.robertsspaceindustries.com

Shawn shares a story about iRacing and how it grew to popularity during lock down. Denny Hamlin was racing and posted a video of his reason for DNF, (Did Not Finish) when his daughter came into his office and turned off his monitors while he was racing.

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