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June 2013

53 posts

First Trailer for Jobs – The Story of Steve Jobs and Apple

The first trailer for the anticipated Steve Jobs movie came out today. What they call the "Original Visionary", the trailer shows Apple from inception to death. Simply titled "Jobs", this is a quick two minute look at Apple's history. Although some people have mentioned it is not entirely correct on the facts. Even Steve Wozniak said in an interview it

Sonic fans rejoice — Sega drops the price

Mobile game fans have reason to be happy today, as nostalgic game maker Sega has good news for all of its Sonic the Hedgehog fans. The game has been around a number of years, having begun life on the console market. Now it has found a new home as a mobile game and new generations have discovered it, while Sega

GNC-2013-06-20 #868 Big News!

Have a big announcement on the show, hope you will support our special fun raiser as part the news announcement today.. Lots to share, next show will be by guest host Don Baine "The Gadget Professor" Subscribe Today: Audio | Video (HD) | Mobile Video | iTunes | Zune Download the Audio Show File Follow me on Google+ Follow @geeknews

Facebook Photo Comments: Let the Photobombing Begin…

Yesterday, Facebook announced they have added photo functionality to comments on their social network. When you go to Facebook.com, you will see a camera icon in the comment box. It only allows you to attach an image - not take a picture directly from your webcam. This functionality only shows up on the webpage, but is expected to be in the iOS

Rovio rolls out Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage game for iOS

Vikings have suddenly become big business for the first time in several hundred years, thanks to the TV series that just completed its season one run with high ratings and critical acclaim. Now Rovio, famous for the Angry Birds franchise, capitalizes on the the popularity with its latest game. Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage is launching on iOS devices. The game comes

Feedback Results in Changes to Xbox One

It's always nice when a company listens to the feedback it is getting from consumers, and makes positive changes as a result. After E3, gamers took to the internet to express their extreme displeasure over some of the things that the Xbox One required. Many stated, very clearly, that they would buy a Sony Playstation 4 instead of the Xbox

Apple TV Updated with More Content Including HBO Go and Watch ESPN

Today Apple updated the Apple TV and added several new channels to the line up including HBO Go, Crunchyroll, Qello, Watch ESPN and Sky News . With both HBO Go and Watch ESPN you must have an account with an authorized cable or satellite provider. Plus you also have to have a subscription to HBO for HBO Go to work.

Ten Must Have Applications for a Mac

I have just received my new 11 inch Macbook Air with 8GB of memory, 1.3 GHz Intel Core iS and 250 GB of storage. I have only had it for a day now and so I have been spending most of my time getting it set up the way I want. This will be my secondary machine as I already

Excellent Customer Service from LinkedIn

Good customer service has become quite rare. That's why I wanted to point out the excellent customer service I got from LinkedIn. They were incredibly helpful even though I wasn't actually one of their customers. I used to have a LinkedIn account. It wasn't something I used very much, and I had honestly forgotten that I had one. About a

GNC-2013-06-17 #867 Nothing to Fear?

Do we really have nothing to fear, or is it just a big smoke screen to make us feel good about what is happening in Washington DC? 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

Digg’s Reader is Almost Ready!

How many of you are still looking for a good substitute for Google Reader? You might want to consider the one that has been created by Digg. They have announced that their Digg Reader version 1 will begin rolling out next week. Everyone will have access to it by June 26th, 2013. That's a few days before Google kills off

Penclic Mini Wireless Keyboard Review

If your like me you over time you prefer one keyboard type or another. The keyboard that I am in love with today I have 5 on the shelf in case the manufacture discontinues them. I am always typing on the keyboards in the big box stores checking out the key action, sounds kind of weird but I spend all

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