Let's Talk Tech
A first for a commercial space launch docking with the International Space Station! Trump continues to feud with social media companies and the FCC. McLaren and OnePlus part ways. The Android 11 Beta is delayed. I have the LG Stylo 6 in house!
And, let’s have a chat with the folks at TCL on the launch of their first phone!
Let’s get our tech week started right!
Continue reading “#SGGQA 152: SpaceX, Trump vs Social Media, LG Stylo 6, TCL Interview”
Happy Memorial Day!
Nearly half of all the tweets about “reopening the country” come from bots! There’s a new jailbreak out for ALL iPhones! Spotify snags Joe Rogan!
And we have to chat about this GORGEOUS phone on my desk! The Xperia 1 ii is in the Gadget Lab!
Let’s get our tech week started right!
Continue reading “#SGGQA 151: Spotify and Joe Rogan, iPhone Jailbreaks, Xperia 1 II in the house!”
California slaps back at Elon Musk as the feud gets more brutal. Apple is one step closer to settling their battery throttling scandal. Twitter SAYS they’ll label the president’s tweets as “misleading”. Oppo warns of increased battery wear when fast charging. The Pixel phone team is getting a bit of a shake up.
And we’ll check out some gadgets coming to the channel soon!
Let’s get our tech week started right!
Continue reading “#SGGQA 150: Elon Musk vs California, Google Antitrust, Pixel Team Shakeup!”
The game has changed.
What YouTube looks like today for a new creator is a completely different than what I experienced coming up. I’ve mentioned on this podcast that I think it looks like a more difficult path building an audience and monetizing a channel.
Over the last couple years, one of my favorite channels to follow is hosted by Vyyyper. The man about tech. The self-proclaimed captain of team apple. He’s putting out high energy, entertaining tech commentary, and he’s been collaborating with high profile channels to talk about cool gadgets. Continue reading “#SGGQA 149: Creator Chat – Vyyyper! The Captain of Team Apple!”
The FCC delivers its largest fine ever to Sinclair Media. Social media struggles to contain spread of misinformation. Apple gets hit with a second lawsuit over antennas in less expensive iPhones. Amazon sued over digital movie downloads which you don’t really own.
And let’s chat about the awesome phones coming soon to video reviews near you!
Let’s get our tech week started right!
A community is like a garden. With some care and attention, you grow community you want. You wouldn’t want to put all your energy into building a community of poison ivy.
Joshua Vergara is one of the more thoughtful creators I follow. I particularly appreciate his focus on the lifestyle side while reviewing lifestyle tech. He took a little time to chat about what it was like moving from one smartphone publication to another, how he got started shooting video reviews, and we took a little time to catch up and chat about tea.
Continue reading “#SGGQA 147: Creator Chat – Joshua Vergara on Tech, Tea, and Gratitude”
A judge orders FCC to release more information on fake Net Neutrality comments. No one’s been paid by the Equifax settlement. Xiaomi sending off all your browser data to poorly protected servers. Disney+ trying to OWN #Maythefourth.
And the TCL 10L made QUITE an impression on gadget reviewers.
Let’s get our tech week started right!
Continue reading “#SGGQA 146: Disney+ Tweet Backfires, Xiaomi Tracking, TCL 10L Reactions”
Welcome to another creator chat on the SGGQA podcast channel. An occasional series of interviews, where we get to hear from folks making cool things on the internet.
Building something new can be really difficult, but reviving a quiet channel is a whole different can of worms.
Algorithms and popularity, reaching out to lapsed community members while interacting with new community members. Even sorting out your commenter troll strategy.
Nick Gray is one of the tech reviewers I’ve followed the longest in my career. I remember sorting through his articles as I was getting into Windows Mobile PDA’s. Today he’s set his on rebuilding one of the original Android internet publications. He took some time to chat about the challenges of bringing a news site back from the dead.
Continue reading “#SGGQA 145: Creator Chat – Nick Gray on rebuilding Phandroid”