Everyday Tech
Enlightening your world of technology
What's The Purpose of Social Media
What is your primary use for social media?
Are you building your personal brand? Are you selling a product? Are you keeping in touch with friends and family? Or is it just where you get your news?
And, honestly, do you craft a happier, more perfect image of you and your family than is the reality?
Finally which platforms do you enjoy the most, and which one do you avoid?
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, SnapChat, YouTube, Reddit, Pintrest, WhatsApp, Slack, and even MySpace is mentioned.
Also, in tech news, Disney makes a huge splash to challenge Netflix.
2:10 | It looks like Samsung is doing away with regular headphone jacks...like Apple did.
4:14 | Sony warns that Playstation prices will rise if Chinese tariffs continue.
29:46 | Disney's new streaming service to start in November featuring Disney, Hulu and ESPN.
38:54 | Microsoft contractors are listening to Skype calls and Cortana recordings.
39:40 | Amazon will let you opt out of Alexa recordings.
45:16 | Three new iPhones for 2020, will support 5G.
45:26 | Current availability map of 5G, including CSpire 5G in Gulfport.
What's The Purpose of Social Media
What is your primary use for social media?
Are you building your personal brand? Are you selling a product? Are you keeping in touch with friends and family? Or is it just where you get your news?
And, honestly, do you craft a happier, more perfect image of you and your family than is the reality?
Finally which platforms do you enjoy the most, and which one do you avoid?
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, SnapChat, YouTube, Reddit, Pintrest, WhatsApp, Slack, and even MySpace is mentioned.
Also, in tech news, Disney makes a huge splash to challenge Netflix.
2:10 | It looks like Samsung is doing away with regular headphone jacks...like Apple did.
4:14 | Sony warns that Playstation prices will rise if Chinese tariffs continue.
29:46 | Disney's new streaming service to start in November featuring Disney, Hulu and ESPN.
38:54 | Microsoft contractors are listening to Skype calls and Cortana recordings.
39:40 | Amazon will let you opt out of Alexa recordings.
45:16 | Three new iPhones for 2020, will support 5G.
45:26 | Current availability map of 5G, including CSpire 5G in Gulfport.
As a Multi-Billionaire, How Would You Change The World?
Elon Musk is worth north of 20 billion dollars.
The founder of PayPal, Tesla and Space X among other companies has quite the interesting portfolio of investments and interests.
With that in mind, IF you were a tech mogul with which money were no object, how would you spend your money? How would you invest not just your money...but your time?
What would you do to try to make the world a better place through technology?
Plus, your tech problems, questions, comments, this week’s news from around the tech world and more on this week's Everyday Tech.
Cord Cutting
Wiltz, Jeremy and Jay discuss cord cutting - Have you? Will you? How did you leave traditional cable TV behind, or is it still the play for you? Is the cost of cable TV, or any television service for that matter, cost effective for the amount of television you or your family watch?
2019 E3 Conference, Google Stadia, Uber Flying Cars and more...
Coming up on this week's Everyday Tech, Jeremy Thompson and Jay White will have some news from this week's E3 conference.
Google unveiled Stadia, it's rather ambitious, new game streaming service.
Could Uber be looking into FLYING CARS!? (Jane, stop this crazy thing!)
A country that you might not expect is the fourth to land on the moon.
Jeremy reviews Ring's Floodlight cam vs. Doorbell cam.
Caller's tech problems, questions, comments and much more.
So, you're buying a new computer...
So, You're in the market for a new computer...but you have NO idea what kind to get, how much to spend, or just how much RAM your really need. What's the new technology? PC or Mac? Desktop or laptop? Whatever I get, is it going to already be outdated 5 minutes after I get it home?
Wiltz and Jeremy are going to walk you through the nuts and bolts of finding your new computer on this week's Everyday Tech.
Here are the links to the two books written by Wiltz:
The Know IT Series: (Today's topic covered in chapter 1 of Volume 2)
Volume 1
Volume 2