Bigger Than Electronics Boutique | AwesomeCast 412

Published: Sept. 12, 2018, 4 a.m.

This week\u2019s episode brought to you by ScareHouse, Slice on Broadway, and Alex Kahrs Design & Media!

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It may be a slow tech news week as we head into the big Apple announcement next week, but we can still talk some interesting things! Sorg, Krause, and Chilla are talking about:

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We\u2019re getting into our Awesome Things of the Week with Chilla talking about lojacking your devices with Samsung Smartthings. But does this open up privacy concerns?\nSorg continues the tracking discussion with a sweet wallet with slim Tile tracker from Nomad.\nKrause talks about a drone built batteries first for longer flight time from Impossible Aerospace.\nListener Brandon shared with us a grandfather with 11-phone Pokemon Go bike setup!\nBrandon also shares the Netflix and Snack Melon Bowl.\nListener Dave looks at the Google Maps elevation feature.\nRizz lets us know Valve has approved it's first porn game on Steam.\nIt is estimated that half of US homes will have smart speakers by the end of the year.\nThere have been 1.5 million installs of Fortnite on Android, but Krause still has issues with it on his Pixel.\nNerf to add Fortnite and Overwatch guns.  And we go down the "Nerf Arsenal" Youtube rabbit hole.\nApple to stream iPhone event on Twitter.\n
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