It’s another Thursday which means another week of big tech news talk with Mark Starling and the First News 570 crew. In this week’s roundup, the Apple commits to being carbon neutral, Microsoft wants to make eye contact with its customers, and US investors try to move on TikTok before the US Senate bans the...
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Batterygate Ends, Celebs Get Got in Bitcoin Scam, and the Senate Wants TikTok Banned
It’s another Thursday, and Mark Starling is back! That means it’s time to talk tech with the First News 570 crew. In this week’s roundup, the Batterygate saga ends with an Apple settlement, a bunch of celebrity Twitter accounts are implicated in a Bitcoin scam, and the US Senate bans TikTok. You can listen to...
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New High Def Video for Slow Streamers, El Goog Cancels Great Firewall of China, IT Guys Get Busted for Weed Payments
Mark Starling is out on vacation, but I’m going to keep the tech news going. Tune in next week for the next time I’m live with the First News 570 crew. This week, we’re talking about Google’s acquisition of wearable computing company, North, how corporate America is boycotting Facebook, and a quick round up of...
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Google Heads North, Apple Shops Lots of Stuff, and Corporate America Boycotts Facebook
It’s the unofficial start of the Fourth of July weekend! Yes, it’s Thursday, which means it’s time for tech talk with Mark Starling and the First News 570 crew. This week, we’re talking about Google’s acquisition of wearable computing company, North, how corporate America is boycotting Facebook, and a quick round up of this year’s...
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NBA Uses Bling for C19 Diagnoses, Olympus Quits Cameras, and Internet Dividends
If it’s Thursday, that means it’s time for tech talk with Mark Starling and the First News 570 crew. This week, we’re talking about Data Dividends, how the NBA is using tech for player C19 diagnoses, and Olympus exiting the camera business. You can listen to Mark and I point and laugh while talking about...
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Apple Strong Arms Devs, Zoom to Stop Snitching, and Twitter Unleashes Voice Tweets on the World
If it’s Thursday, that means it’s time for tech talk with Mark Starling and the First News 570 crew. This week, we talk about Apple shaking down its developers and Amazon halting their facial recognition technology programs, Occulus causing eye damage, and Tesla becoming the world’s most valuable car company. You can listen to Mark...
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Big Blue Halts Facial Recognition Program, GenXer’s Parents Vindicated, and the Electric Car Proves Itself Valuable
If it’s Thursday, that means it’s time for tech talk with Mark Starling and the First News 570 crew. This week, we talk about IBM and Amazon halting their facial recognition technology programs, Occulus causing eye damage, and Tesla becoming the world’s most valuable car company. You can listen to Mark and I point and...
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El Goog Prefers Better UX, Spectacular Sunsets Causes Phones to Crash, and Snitching iPhones
It’s the last day of school at the Mapp Academy of higher learning. After 10, 12, 30 weeks of quarantine, shelter-in-place, and homeschooling; I can at least say, we’ve made it. It’s the unofficial start of the weekend, which means it’s Thursday. This week we cover changes in Google search, Android phones bricking because of...
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Samsung Issues New Card, 737 Maxes to Fly Again, and Drones Fly PPE
It’s the last Thursday of May. Today is the 73rd day of shelter-in-place during the pandemic. While much of the country is opening back up, the county I live in has kept the policy in place until June 1st. Today is the day for technology talk and news with Mark Starling on First News 570....
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Astronauts Plan Historic Trip, Feds Extend Snooping, Pizza Arbitrage, and Apple Spectacles
It’s Thursday, y’all!!! That means it’s time for technology talk and news with Mark Starling on First News 570. You can listen to us LIVE, point, laugh, and talk trash about tech every Thursday morning at 643am Eastern. This week was talk about the Fed snooping in on your browsing history, Apple Glass rumors, and...