Published: Jan. 30, 2019, 6 a.m.
This week\u2019s episode brought to you by Comic Book Pitt, Slice on Broadway, and Alex Kahrs Design & Media!
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Katie, Chilla, and Sorg are back in studio joined by John Carman this week to run down the tech news you should know about, including:
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\n - Chilla is sharing TiVO's CommercialSkip and the way they're working it for the Super Bowl as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
\n - Katie is filming birds (instead of flipping them) with the Bird Photo Booth as her Awesome Thing of the Week.
\n - Sorg's Awesome Thing of the Week is iCloud files + Apple Clips + iMovie for quick social media edits of some video content - including Episode 429's Pornhub discussion.
\n - Apple is reportedly working on a subscription gaming service.
\n - Were you a fan of Farmville back in the day? There's good news. Competitive virtual farming is getting its own esports league!
\n - After the last episode, Carman apparently found a different Fyre TV that is most definitely not related to Fyre Festival. [NOTE: Link NSFW]
\n - Facebook has been paying teens $20 a month to access their phones?
\n - Having trouble with Facebook generating the wrong image for your link? There's a fix for it. Katie is sharing what she recently learned.
\n - We're sharing some thoughts on the FaceTime bug.
\n - Someone is trying to recreate Legend of Zelda in DOOM, and needs a hand.
\n - Amazon has a cute little robot that helps with deliveries.
\n - Netflix may have raised prices, but Hulu is lowering its basic service price.
\n - Looking for a way to smoke without being detected? Philter is offering a filter to eliminate smoke and smell.
\n - Innovation at a slow walking pace.
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