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May 2013

64 posts

GNC-2013-05-30 #863 Running at 185%

I am running at 185%.. Things are simply nuts here like usual. I have a great show for you today along with some special request. Congrats to Susan on her Apple TV win. Subscribe Today: Audio | Video (HD) | Mobile Video | iTunes | Zune Download the Audio Show File Follow me on Google+ Follow @geeknews on Twitter Geek

Teens have “Waning Enthusiasm” for Facebook

The Pew Research Center released the results of a study called “Teens, Social Media, and Privacy” on May 21, 2013. One of the findings was that teens are becoming less interested in Facebook. In focus groups, many teens expressed waning enthusiasm for Facebook. They dislike the increasing number of adults on the site, get annoyed when their Facebook friends share

Goodbye Pandora: I am sold on Google Music All Access

I am a long time Pandora customer. The simple $3.99 monthly fee is a small price to pay for my unlimited, ad-free streaming, which gets me through my workdays. I have tried alternatives such as Spotify, Rdio and Last.FM and found all to be solid, but paying more multiple services monthly was not what I was looking for. With a

Get Ready for Gmail Revamp – New Inbox on Desktop and Mobile Gmail Coming

Google has been doing some major updating as of late to try and make it all work together. Gmail is one of those items that is getting a revamp. Today on the Official Gmail Blog, Product Manager Itamar Gilad announced the new features of this version to Gmail. From the Gmail Blog: We get a lot of different types of

YouTube Adds Slow Motion Feature

Do you want to get a slow motion video of cars passing by but don't have the special camera to do that? YouTube is helping you out on that one. Today YouTube released Slow Motion - a new enhancement to slow a video down 50%, 25% or 12.5%. The only caveat - Your video cannot go over 10 minutes in

Audio Evolution Mobile App

Audio Evolution Mobile 1.7.2 is a powerful multitrack audio recorder for Android that is somewhat reminiscent of Adobe Audition 1.5 in both form and function. Priced at $7.45 US, the app is a real bargain for anyone looking to do serious multitrack audio recording and editing on an Android tablet or smartphone. Back a few years ago I switched from

PayPal is hackable, denies teenager bounty for finding the bug

PayPal, the popular online payment transfer service owned by Ebay, is currently under fire on two fronts. The banking service is vulnerable to attck, thanks to a bug in its system, and also is refusing to pay its standard bounty to the person who found said vulnerability, citing that security researches must be at least 18 years of age, leaving the 17

GNC-2013-05-27 #862 Memorial Day Show

Replacement Tricaster works like a charm. I get a little deep on Glass on todays show. Plus all the tech news and information you can handle. Subscribe Today: Audio | Video (HD) | Mobile Video | iTunes | Zune Download the Audio Show File Follow me on Google+ Follow @geeknews on Twitter Geek News Central Facebook Page Show Hotline 24/7

UGO Makes Little Speakers with Big Sound

I had the opportunity to check out these cute, colorful, speakers in person yesterday. This was completely unexpected, because the place I found the UGO speakers at was a Strawberry Festival. That isn't the type of event where one would expect to find anything tech related. (The festival did live up to its name, however, and had plenty of desserts

Your old Google Buzz data is coming to Google Drive

Out of the blue I received an email from Google Buzz support which, needless to say, was a surprise. In fact, I felt like a time traveler when I saw it land in my inbox -- the service began mercifully shutting down back in October 2011. Well, it is not officially dead yet, it seems, but life-support is about to

Did DHS leak your personal data?

This week the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), an organization we rely on the protect us and keep the country safe, revealed that, perhaps, it has not protected its own employees. According to the security report issued by ThreatPost, the organization has begun the notification process about a possible information leak. "The Department of Homeland Security this week began

Would You Buy the Apple I – Famed Computer Up for Auction

Want to buy the famed Apple I computer? Well you better get your wallets out because it won't come cheap. One of six original Apple computer that still works will be bid upon Saturday in Cologne, Germany. Auction Team Breker (which, by the way, REALLY needs a new website built for them) sold an Apple I back in November 2012 for

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