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June 2015

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Apple Announces Apple Music at WWDC 2015

After months of speculation following their acquisition of Beats, Apple has announced its own streaming music service. At yesterday's WWDC keynote, Eddy Cue (Apple's VP of Internet Software and Services) introduced Apple Music, "a revolutionary streaming service" that gives users access to a collection of over 30 million songs right from their iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or Android phone. Users can

GNC #1038 Apple Mania Time

I share something important on the show, listen to get the details. I also go into detail the potential damage that can be done by the OPM hack and of course I talk about the Apple WWDC and the announcements of what is coming in iOS 9. Also congratulate Todd Aune at the Elder Divide for completing 100 episodes. Download

Tumblr Announces Answer Time

Tumblr has announced a new feature that has recently been added. It is called Answer Time. It might be Tumblr's attempt to compete with Reddit's AMA (Ask Me Anything) as well as other social media platforms that involve a famous person answering questions from the general public. In May, President Obama did a question and answer session about climate change

World Video Game Hall of Fame Includes 6 Games

The Strong's World Video Game Hall of Fame recognizes individual video games of all types. They have selected 6 video games as the first class of inductees to the World Video Game Hall of Fame. These games are on permanent view in the National Museum of Play's eGameRevolution exhibit. The video games that were selected had to fit the selection

GNC #1037 No Phone for You

I want to Welcome Harry's back as a Sponsor and you can get yourself an awesome shave by using my promo code on their website.. See the Show notes for details.. I talk tonight about consequences of distracted driving and what a judge has handed down in Lansing Michigan. I also discuss what happens when you delete browser history and

Acer Presents Award Winning Products at Computex

Acer has won a number of awards at the ongoing Computex conference in Taipei. Acer's Revo One RL85 Mini PC has won the Best Choice of the Year award and Best Choice Gold award in the Computer & System category. This product was also recognized for the Red Dot and Computex d&i design award. Acer’s S277HK monitor won a Best Choice award in

GameStop Set to Acquire ThinkGeek

ThinkGeek is an extremely popular online purveyor of all things geeky. Recently, it appeared that Geeknet Inc., (ThinkGeek's parent company) was going to be acquired by Hot Topic. Things have changed, and it turns out that GameStop is now set to acquire Geeknet, Inc. There are those who are breathing a sigh of relief because they weren't so keen on

Logitech Harmony takes control of your Sony PlayStation 4

The Harmony line of universal remotes, now owned by Logitech, has been seeing a lot of activity lately in terms of updates and improvements. The remote can control more and more devices all the time, including Amazon Fire TV and even home automation products like Philips Hue light bulbs. One thing lacking was your Sony game console, a feature cutomers were

LEGO Worlds Now Available on Steam

It has been said that Minecraft is similar to LEGO. People use small bricks (either physical or the pixilated kind) to build structures and landscapes. That comparison just got a bit more apt with the release of LEGO Worlds. It's now available on Steam as an Early Access Game. Steam is offering Early Access right now to the LEGO Worlds

OnePlus One Flash Sales

If you've been thinking about picking up a new high-end smartphone, then you might want to take a look at the flash sales this week for the OnePlus One. For one week only, sales will start at 02:00 and 12:00 GMT on alternate days, offering the One at US$249 or GB£179 for the 16 GB version. The 64 GB model

Asus Debuts ZenPad S 8.0 at Computex

Computex 2015 is in full swing in Taipei and new product announcements are coming fast and furious. One of those products is a new tablet by Asus called the ZenPad S 8.0. This 8-inch ZenPad boasts some impressive features. Including: Intel 64-bit Atom Z3580 processor 4GB of RAM PowerVR 6430 GPU 3.4 times the browser performance of some competitors and

GNC #1036 New Speed 300/20

I talk about the Insider program and set some goals so you all know where we are headed. I also talk about the new blazing 300mb down and 20mb upload speeds I was able to activate just prior too the show. Download the Audio Show File Show Notes: Is Apple TV Update a Wash? 50 years of Space Walks. Pocket

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