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Niantic continues to add new features to Pokémon GO. They recently released the Pokémon Appraisal feature, which gives players some advice about each of their Pokémon. Soon, players will get to choose a Buddy Pokémon. Niantic says that the Buddy feature is “just around the corner”. The next addition to Pokémon GO will be Buddy Pokémon. You will be able to
Holtzmann’s missed you. See her in action again in theaters this weekend only! #Ghostbusters https://t.co/0L6OVO1Yel pic.twitter.com/m1eAvXdXHa
The Gadget Professor Mr Don Baine is our guest host today. Big thanks to Don for hosting the show tonight as I am getting back from Travel.
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced that the Eureka Park Marketplace at CES will expand by more than 16% at CES 2017 in order to accommodate a growing pool of highly qualified candidates. Driven by market demand, the curated exhibit area will house 600 innovative startups looking to build brand awareness and forge cross-market partnerships. CES 2017, the global stage
Reports are coming in of an explosion at Kennedy during a test firing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ahead of a weekend launch. Limited news on BBC and ABC13. Hope everyone is ok.
Fitbit has continued the refresh of its fitness tracker range with new iterations of the Flex and Charge HR models. The Flex 2 is a direct replacement for the original Flex and the Charge 2 takes over from the Charge HR. If you were wondering, the Alta took over from the standard Charge. As with the original the Flex, the
Audio Only Tonight Mike Dell here filling in for Todd this week. I do the Podcast Help Desk and Mike Dell's World Podcast. I have a stack of stuff for you in this episode of Geek News Central. One thing I noticed tonight while getting ready for the show... Sites are wising up to the ad blockers. In fact Forbes.com
The city of Lompoc is located in Santa Barbara County in California. There is an effort being made to change the city's name from Lompoc to “Lompokemon”. This could be a brilliant way to encourage tourists to visit the city. It also could easily be the reason why the town gets laughed at as this story gets passed around the
Almost all iPhones and iPad's have a serious zero day hack. It's so bad you should update your phone NOW! The defense wall that Apple build has been breached in three different locations that can allow a simple link you click to compromise nearly everything in your phone. The was such a good hack that CyberArms Dealers where selling this
WhatsApp updated its terms and privacy policy for the first time in four years. Some of those changes are likely to turn off users. In short, WhatsApp wants to share user data with Facebook for the purpose of using it to show you targeted ads. There is a way to opt-out of it. WhatsApp posted an oddly worded blog post
Instapaper announced that it is joining Pinterest. I use both Pinterest and Instapaper (rather sporadically). The biggest change that has been revealed is that Instapaper will be sunsetting Instaparser. Instapaper points out that their core mission was to allow users to discover, save, and experience interesting web content. This matches well with Pinterest. Instapaper says that “joining Pinterest provides them
The "competitively priced" flagship smartphone market got a little hotter today with the launch of Huawei's Honor 8 smartphone in Paris. Priced at GB£369, the Honor 8 is moving into OnePlus' territory and whatever you prefer, it's good news for consumers buying unlocked phones who want power and style for less. Regardless of price, the Honor 8 is one good-looking phone.
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