If it’s Thursday, it’s time for Tech Talk with Mark Starling on First News 570. COVID-19 is everywhere, so this week I’ve limited COVID-19 and tech to one story. You can listen to Mark and I talk about tech every Thursday morning at 6:43 am Eastern, LIVE. Be safe out there and stay healthy. Heed...
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Quarantine Connectivity – Building Community Using Discord
Each week, I’ll share a new way for you to stay connected with your friends and family. This Friday, I talk about Discord. Discord is an online platform that allows you to setup your own channel with chat and voice communications. I was turned on to Discord by a friend who operates an FB group...
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Tracing Apps Rise as Jurisdictions Try to Flatten the Curve
If it’s Thursday, it’s time for Tech Talk with Mark Starling on First News 570. COVID-19 has been a focus of our stories lately, and this week we report on a possible breakthrough for ventilators and COVID-19 tracing apps. You can listen to Mark and I talk about tech every Thursday morning at 6:43 am...
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#CopingWithCovid19 – Rave with KORG’s iKaossillator
For many, the forced quarantine has given creators and makers time to complete projects they’ve had on the shelf. Every week, I’ll feature some things to do during the COVID-19 quarantine. It may be an app, tool, game, or something techie you can use to be more productive or be entertained during the quarantine. Sometimes...
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Quarantine Connectivity – Video Chatting Using Marco Polo
These days, many of us are trying out new ways of staying connected with. Even though we’re stationery these days, mobile convenience is hard to pass up. Also, we might be quarantined, but we may not be quarantined with bae, and sometimes you just want to see someone’s face. Each week, I’ll share a new...
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Samsung and Facebook Donate Devices, Tesla Makes Ventilators, and Zoom Hires Ex-FB-Exec After El Goog Bans Service
It’s another Thursday, and it’s time for this week’s top news stories in the wonderful, wide world of technology with Mark Starling on First News 570. You can listen to Mark and I point, laugh, and pontificate about the goods technology delivers to the world every Thursday morning at 6:43 am, Eastern. You can to...
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Quarantine Connectivity – A Round Up of Conferencing Tools
It’s the start of another weekend, and my virtual social life is a lot better than my real social life. We humans are social animals and crave interaction with others. We’re getting more and more creative in our efforts to connect with virtual happy hours, costume parties, and DnD. Even my mom got into the...
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UK Prime Minister Defends Zoom, Apple Lets Customers Skip, EU Uses Smartphones to Fight COVID-19
I don’t know about you, but the days are just blurring together and I’m losing track of time. I’ve gained a few pounds, my wife won’t let me shave because she likes the beard, and the kids are driving us crazy. It’s not easy to live in quarantine, but you’re stronger than you think. It’s...
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Amazon Gives Away Free Books, Picard Is Free, SoftBank Runs for the Hills
It’s now Day 14 of the quarantine for the Mapp Family. It’s been touch and go from time-to-time, but we still haven’t succumbed to insanity. If it’s Thursday and 6:43am, it’s time for tech talk on First News 570 with Mark Starling. People are staying home, corona memes are slowing down, and the economy is...
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Microsoft Defeats Zombies, El Goog Stands Against #datRONA, and Prayer via e-Rosary
I promise I’m going to get better at this. It’s been three weeks in a row, and a third blog post. If it’s Thursday, it’s tech time with Mark Starling, so grab your cup o’ Uncle Joe, fold up the newspaper, and let’s talk about what’s happening in the tech world. This week features Microsoft...