Tech 411
Oscar Santana and Todd Moore talk technology news, reviews, and products you need to own.
Posted May 8, 2012
Todd recaps his visit on the congressional advisory comitte for mobile apps and privacy. Google gets approval for autonomous cars in Nevada. Oracle wins against Google in infringement trial over Java in Android. And our favorite apps of the week–Trip Tracker and Perfect Image.
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Posted May 2, 2012
Todd’s lunch with Steve Wozniak, Microsoft’s Lumia 900 Windows Phone, BlackBerry 10 coming soon with cash for developers, Google Street View and the rogue engineer, and our favorite apps–Embark DC and Seafood Watch.
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Posted April 19, 2012
Draw Something Updated, 8k BlackBerry for the rich and famous, Twitter Patents only used for defense, Cochella Hologram discussion, and our Favorite Apps–Voxer and Showtime Anytime.
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Posted April 11, 2012
Let’s get a glimpse of the future by crashing our Xbox. On the next Tech 411.
Instagram purchased for 1 billion dollars by Facebook, Facebook security issue, iPhone 5 and iPod 5 rumors, Nokia Lumia 900 released, Sell your app on an E-bay like service, and our favorite apps–Draw Something and Mileage Log.
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Posted April 3, 2012
Let’s get a glimpse of the future by crashing our Xbox. On the next Tech 411.
Xbox updated to search all services with kinnect, Steve jobs disliked the name Siri, Girls Around Me yanked from the App Store over privacy concerns, Google Drive coming soon, and our favorite apps–Ugly Meter Pro and Uber.
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Posted March 8, 2012
Full coverage of the iPad 3rd Generation annoucement which includes Retina display, 4G networking, new camera, and voice dictation for the same price as the iPad 2. Google Android Store renames itself to the Play Store. And our favorite apps of the week–Heart Rate and Fast Camera.
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Posted March 1, 2012
Oscar and Todd review their favorite apps from shows 11 to 20. Find out if they are still using them or if the apps got deleted.
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Posted February 22, 2012
Microsoft Azure scales to your traffic, VR with Google Goggles, App Store about to hit 25 Billion downloads, Media Center DVR, and our favorite apps–VLC 2.0 and HandBase
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Posted February 15, 2012
Google TV updated YouTube app, iPad 3 rumors, Angry Birds on facebook and everywhere else, Apps for curing Anxiety, and our favorite apps of the week–Foodspotting and Dominos Pizza
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Posted February 8, 2012
The latest iPhone 5 and iPad 3 rumors, Oscar’s Groupon marketing secrets, Path App uploads your address book, and our favorite apps–Evernote and Speedtest.
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Posted January 28, 2012
Arcade Quiz #2 for a chance to win Todd’s book Tap, Move, Shake. Coverage of Google Music, Google Earth, Facebook Timeline, and our favorite apps–Yelp and something you just won’t believe.
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Posted January 20, 2012
Apple’s annoucement about digital textbooks, SOPA blackout, Anonymous strikes against universal music and DOJ, and our favorite apps–Fast Typer and Park Mobile.
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Posted January 13, 2011
Recap of Todd’s book signing at MoDevDC, review of CES 2012 product annoucements, and our favorite apps–Blocks Classic, EZ Word Cheats
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Posted January 3, 2011
Verizon backtracks on wanting 2 dollars, Microsoft smart watches killed, the latest browser stats, Mame ported to Chrome, Playbook price slash, and our favorite apps–Temple Run and GasBuddy
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Posted December 29, 2011
We discuss the top 10 tech news of 2011 along with our favorite apps–Stuck on Earth, and Zillow Mortgage Marketplace.
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Posted December 21, 2011
Facebook Timeline reviewed, IBM makes 5 predictions, HTC Android phones being banned, NBC streaming superbowl, Upload movies and go to jail, and our favorite apps of the week–Red Box and Vintage Cam.
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Posted December 12, 2011
Oscar and Todd review their favorite apps from the first ten shows. Find out if they are still using them or if the apps got deleted.
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Posted December 8, 2011
Microsoft XBox 360 dashboard updated, Carrier IQ security issue, Facebook photo bugs, Alec Baldwin really likes Words with Friends, Todd’s special announcement, and our favorite apps–AOL Radio and Happy Hours.
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Posted November 10, 2011
Republic Wireless WiFi phone service, Adobe Flash for mobile killed, Google news, Kindle Fire vs Nook, and our favorite apps–Meetup and Adam Carolla Official App.
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Posted November 1, 2011
Google Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0, Secrets behind the famous Earth Photo, Netflix, Siri ported to jailbroken iPhone4, iOS 5 battery life tips, and our Favorite Apps–Twitter Stream HD and Google Translate.
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Posted October 24, 2011
Steve Job’s Book, Guerrilla mail fights spam, Blackberry outage reduces traffic accidents, the female voice of Siri, and our favorite apps–Lose It! and Find My Friends
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Posted October 11, 2011
Tribute to Steve Jobs, Netflix backtracks on Quikster, 1 million iPhone 4S purchases in 24 hours, Facebook finally comes to iPad, and our favorite apps–Facebook and Soundboard for iPad.
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Posted October 5, 2011
Full coverage of the newly annouced iPhone 4S, Todd’s interview w/ CNN, Spotify update, and our Favorite Apps–Jimmy Kimmel Live & Waze GPS & traffic
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Posted September 27, 2011
Facebook changes along with Spotify integration disappointments, New Mac Trojan Alert for Adobe Flash, Secret iPhone5 killer feature, and our favorite apps–Instagram and Where’s my Water?
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Posted September 20, 2011
Windows 8 features, Netflix spins out DVD company called Qwikster, Building a MAME Arcade Machine, Take our Arcade Quiz, and our Favorite Apps–Spotify for iPhone and Big O and Dukes for Android.
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Posted September 15, 2011
Todd’s recap of the DC Tech meetup which was attended by the DC Mayor, Facebook copies features from Google+ and Twitter, and our Favorite Apps–HeyTell and Parking Panda
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Posted September 6, 2011
Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO, HP TouchPad DOA, Oscar’s iPhone5, Big Announcement of the Tech 411 App, and our Favorite Apps of the week–Pocket’s Pie & DC Route.
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Posted August 19, 2011
Is the Google purchase of Motorola Mobility a good thing? Oscar and Todd discuss the latest iPhone 5 rumors, adventures with Craigslist, and our favorite apps–Taxi Magic and Airfoil.
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Posted on August 4, 2011
Skype for iPad released, Find what Google Ads know about you, MS-DOS turns 30, Spotify and shared playlists, Android Market get an update, and our Favorite Apps of the week.
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Posted on July 21, 2011
Oscar and Todd discuss NetFlix’s latest price hike, new music service Spotify comes to the US, Droid 3 released, new Verizon data plans, and our favorite apps–iMapMyRide, Rush Hour, and The Heist.
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Posted on July 12, 2011
Mark Milian from CNN joins us to chat about Google+, Skype on Facebook, and tablets other than the iPad. We end the show with our favorite apps–Path, PS Mobile, and Nike+ GPS.
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Posted on July 1, 2011
Oscar and Todd discuss the new Google+ social network and special guest Patrick Igoe of applepatent.com joins us to provide insight into Lodsys; We also discuss Final Cut Pro X, Skype for Android, and our favorite apps of the week–VirtualDJ Home and CardStar.
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Posted on June 18, 2011
Oscar Santana and Todd Moore talk about the latest tech news of the week including the failure of RIM BlackBerry, Online Banking issues, NetFlix, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, Google Search, Wii U, and Duke Nukem Forever. We end the show with our favorite games for the iPad.
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Posted on June 7, 2011
Todd Moore reports from WWDC in San Francisco and gives you all the details about iOS 5 and iCloud. Oscar and Todd finish the show with their favorite apps.
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Posted on June 3, 2011
Lodsys taking iOS and Android developers to court. Apple releases info on WWDC. Protect your Mac from MacDefender. Twitter adds photos. What’s in your Google wallet? As always, we finish with our favorite apps.
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Posted on May 26, 2011
Our first official show with discussions on Apple WWDC, iOS 5 features wanted, LodSys threatening iOS developers for using in-app purchase, the new Music Beta by Google, and our favorite apps.
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17 Responses to Tech 411
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Thanks for the review Rob. Glad to hear you liked it and your review just might be enough for me to pick up a copy. Cheers
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Just listened to Show 1. You guys need to loosen up a bit. I know Oscar can. Not sure about Todd. I hope it gets better in the latest shows.
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have to say the DJay app is really good, I have been djing for 20 years and I love it. The I-Pad version is a great steal for $20 bucks, plus it gives you saveable cue points.
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I heard about the show on TMOS. I’m hooked. Tood brings all the great details and Oscar helps guides the show so the less than average trchy and understand whats going on. Great combo! Keep up the good work!
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Does Verizon have an app that you can watch what youve recorded on your DVR on your iPhone?
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I’m a regular DC Metrobus rider, and I highly recommend Any Stop: DC WMATA for Droid. I’ve been using it for about 2 months now, and it’s bang on with its schedules.
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Love the 411! Any plans to publish this on Zune? Please? Cheers!
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I love listening to your show, the content is great. Please talk to Rob about helping craft a smoother opening, maybe have some music under while you open the show. It is very abrupt to go from the prerecorded opening to Oscar just talking. Rob does such a great job at that type of thing on the Mike O’Meara Show he is a great resource.
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Something for you to discuss: Photos are not deletable from your ipad photostream. So if Oscar had an embarassing pict, he gets to have it auto push to his ipad and it stays there for 30 days, whether he wants it to or not.
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Hey Guys,
Love the show. A quick note about Netflix on Apple TV. Like you, I hated scrolling in the search menu. It’s cumbersome and a pain in the ass. There is a free app called Apple remote. Get it on your iPhone and Apple Tv is easy to negotiate. Especially the search feature. Your regular iPhone keyboard comes up.
Keep Up the great shows and ESSADEE.Ken
July 6, 2011 at 6:03 pm
On show 4, you guys talked about Duke Nukem Forever. I bought it for my PC. I played through the entire thing, and it actually was pretty fun. The graphics were a little dated (think Half-Life 2 era), but not too much. The gameplay was fun, but it did feel like a game that was meant to come out over a decade ago. Some of the levels were bland, but others were interesting (I liked the mini-Duke levels).
The humor was mostly not funny, but the previous game was much the same way. Don’t let the years cloud your memory, people. DN3D, back in the day, was not that funny either.
The only real issues I had with it were the same issues I have with modern shooters, such as only being able to carry two guns at a time, frustratingly difficult areas, no quick saving (only check points), and a short ending.
I know the game got a lot of bad reviews, but I had a good time playing it. However, it does feel like a game that I would not pay more than 40 dollars for, even for fans. It feels like the game that was meant to come out 10 years ago, but with a fresh coat of paint. Don’t believe the hate. Judge for yourself.