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Everyday Tech is MPB Think Radio's show about consumer tech, and your very own personal IT department - all wrapped up into one convenient package.
Jeremy will help you fix it, and Wiltz will help you keep it safe...and both can actually do either, so we're in good hands!
TECH STORIES OF THE LAST WEEK:
- The US Copyright Office just struck a blow for the right to repair
- Spotify expects to have over 400M users by the end of the year
- Google Stadia tries something new: a free 30-minute game trial
- Biden appoints Jessica Rosenworcel to officially lead the FCC
- Photoshop's new NFT button could prove you're the real digital artist
- A lost hiker ignored rescuers' phone calls, thinking they were spam
LAST WEEK:
- Instagram's outages were so bad the app will now alert users when the service goes down
- Apple is appealing the Epic Games ruling it originally called a 'resounding victory'
- 'All of this happened very fast': How a routine event brought everything down at Facebook | ZDNet
- Telegram gains 70M new users in just one day after Facebook outage
- Amazon is reportedly working on a smart fridge
- Google is about to turn on two-factor authentication by default for millions of users
- Netflix launches "Play Something" for Android users
- YouTube Music will launch free background listening starting in Canada
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Everyday Tech | Did You Miss Us?
46:33|Host(s): Abram Nanney and Sabir Abdul-Haqq (www.yourebs.biz)Topic: Did you miss us? Cause we missed you! We’ve been off the air for about 7 or 8 months now as an exclusively digital podcast (which you can still go check out by the way). But today marks our return to live broadcasting, and we’ve been away so long we have so much to catch up on. Most importantly though, we gotta take your tech questions!Email your tech questions and opinions to: everydaytech@mpbonline.orgEveryday Tech | Tech Byte: Volunteer Week & Announcement
02:16|Host(s): Abram Nanney, Shane Chism, and Sabir Abdul-Haqq (www.yourebs.biz)Topic: Thanks to Sabir and Shane for volunteering their time for this show. Let them know how much you appreciate them! Also, we have some exciting news to share!Email your tech questions and opinions to: everydaytech@mpbonline.orgEveryday Tech | Tech Skills: Niche or Necessary?
58:15|Host(s): Abram Nanney, Shane Chism, and Sabir Abdul-Haqq (www.yourebs.biz)Topic: Information Technology has become an asset in today’s professional landscape, and whether you’re a young startup or a seasoned veteran in the workforce, having certain technological skills can be imperative. But what skills do you really, really need? For this week’s show, we’re gonna talk about different IT proficiencies and discuss whether we think you should learn them or not, determining whether these skills are necessary or niche.Email your tech questions and opinions to: everydaytech@mpbonline.orgEveryday Tech | Defining Tech Terms
49:26|Host(s): Abram Nanney, Shane Chism, and Sabir Abdul-Haqq (www.yourebs.biz)Topic: We’ve been doing this show so long, sometimes we kind of forget that some people listening may not know exactly what we’re talking about sometimes. We use technical terms like BIOS or Bandwidth so regularly, that we figured it’s time to explain what some of these things are.Email your tech questions and opinions to: everydaytech@mpbonline.orgEveryday Tech - CLASSIC | Nostalgic Tech Sounds
37:00|Host(s): Abram Nanney, Shane Chism, and Sabir Abdul-Haqq (www.yourebs.biz)Topic: Nostalgia is a powerful thing, so today we’re gonna play a little game with Shane and Sabir’s nostalgia. A few decades ago, despite the limited capability of computers and game consoles, every piece of technology had a distinct sound that will forever be associated with it. Whether that sound was from mechanical operation, UI design, or a branding logo, they were all memorable. But let’s see if Shane and Sabir can recall each sound themselves if we pit them against each other.Email your tech questions and opinions to: everydaytech@mpbonline.orgEveryday Tech | Ransomware, Comcast Speed, and Skype Sunsetting
50:11|Host(s): Abram Nanney, Shane Chism, and Sabir Abdul-Haqq (www.yourebs.biz)Topic: Lotta news to cover today from hacks and ransomware, to updated internet speeds, to Microsoft sunsetting one of its most well-known applications.Email your tech questions and opinions to: everydaytech@mpbonline.orgEveryday Tech | Error Messages and How to Fix Them
51:38|Host(s): Abram Nanney, Shane Chism, and Sabir Abdul-Haqq (www.yourebs.biz)Topic: I’m pretty sure every one of us has had an issue on our phone, computer, printer, or whatever device where it won’t perform how it’s supposed to due to an error in the machine. Today we’re gonna look at some of the common messages that display on these devices and discuss how to fix them.Email your tech questions and opinions to: everydaytech@mpbonline.orgEveryday Tech - CLASSIC | Resolutions, AI Caricatures, & Windows 11
47:02|Host(s): Abram Nanney, Shane Chism, and Sabir Abdul-Haqq (www.yourebs.biz)Topic: We are beginning 2025 with a lot of new tech news! From Windows 11 updates to Starlink, there’s a good bit of stuff going on. But before we get into all that, let’s start the year off right by talking about some more positive perspectives and outlooks.Email your tech questions and opinions to: everydaytech@mpbonline.orgEveryday Tech | The Internet's Weirdest Debates
52:42|Host(s): Abram Nanney, Shane Chism, and Sabir Abdul-Haqq (www.yourebs.biz)Topic: Ok here’s the thing, we all know the internet has plenty of opinions on everything under the sun. AND everyone wants to express their own opinion and often that leads to some heated debate. So today, we’re gonna argue, not about politics or the economy or anything, but about some of the more ridiculous arguments, like what color was that dress? Or does pineapple belong on pizza?Email your tech questions and opinions to: everydaytech@mpbonline.org