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This week\\u2019s episode brought to you by ScareHouse, Slice on Broadway, and Alex Kahrs Design & Media!
\\nIt 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, Katie, and Chilla are talking about:

We\\u2019re getting into our Awesome Things of the Week with Katie sharing some insights on Comcast Xfinity\\u2019s \\u201cnext episode\\u201d streaming update!\\nWe\\u2019re doing a comparison between Comcast Xfinity streaming and Netflix / Hulu.\\nSorg is getting the rundown from Katie about the commercial situation for Comcast Xfinity streaming.\\nChilla is sharing a Microsoft Office 365 update as his Awesome Thing of the Week.\\nSorg\\u2019s Awesome Thing of the Week might just be Guinness World Record worthy with a Battle Royal.\\nThanks Amanda for pointing out the Astrohaus Freewrite \\u2013 a distraction free laptop to help you focus on writing.\\nWe talked about Samsung devices being used for Fortnite skins last week \\u2013 well, this week, they\\u2019re asking you not to do that.\\nYOBO lets you rate places with photos and emojis.\\nKatie is excited to rate a place with a puke emoji or a poop emoji on YOBO.\\nChilla is asking for restaurants to provide a scannable code so we can scan nutrient information when things don\\u2019t come pre-packaged.\\nWe\\u2019re ushering in the QR code revival this week.\\nOoooh, what does this do?\\nAcer has a game chair that looks almost like that one from Ready Player One \\u2013 but not quite there yet.\\nSkype is adding an update with call recording \\u2013 only 10 years after podcasters initially asked for it.\\nGoogle Chrome is getting a redesign.\\nIt seems like a light tech news week. Next week will make up for it with the Apple announcement!\\nKatie is sharing some of the horrors that her iPhone has seen. You may want to take notes on what case she uses!\\nSorg is on the hunt for a couple of new Mac mini units.\\nKatie has hacked social media for happiness.\\n

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