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On this week's MashTalk, the tech team reviews Snapchat's Spectacles and new MacBook Pros with Touch Bar, discusses Facebook's fake news problem and looks forward to Thanksgiving and Black Friday shopping!
Katie is freaked out yet likes the new unified inbox for Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram on the Facebook Pages app. Mike lauds the apparent return of the Butt Peach. Chilla shows us the Platronics Voyager 5200 Bluetooth headset after some hands on. Sorg loves the idea of the Vue "Everyday Smart Glasses" currently on Kickstarter. Snapchat's Spectacles are available in random vending machine locations and changes video to circular. Google's Photo Scan app allows you to "scan" photos and lose the glair. We discuss the "fake news" problem on Facebook and Google. Black Forge Coffee and Mega Cat Games has a Coffee Crisis game! Mario on iOS is dated and priced! Eat at Slice on Broadway if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com) Follow these awesome people on Twitter: John Chichilla (@chilla, www.chillatech.net), Katie Dudas (@Kdudders, Scarehouse), Mike Pound (@unclecrappy, Beer Me) and Mike Sorg (@Sorgatron, SorgatronMedia.com). Thanks to our Awesome Patreon @MikeFedorShow! You can support the show too at Patreon.com/awesomecast ! Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.net for more entertainment; and view us live streaming Tuesdays at 7 PM EST at live.awesomecast.net!
Katie is freaked out yet likes the new unified inbox for Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram on the Facebook Pages app. Mike lauds the apparent return of the Butt Peach. Chilla shows us the Platronics Voyager 5200 Bluetooth headset after some hands on. Sorg loves the idea of the Vue "Everyday Smart Glasses" currently on Kickstarter. Snapchat's Spectacles are available in random vending machine locations and changes video to circular. Google's Photo Scan app allows you to "scan" photos and lose the glair. We discuss the "fake news" problem on Facebook and Google. Black Forge Coffee and Mega Cat Games has a Coffee Crisis game! Mario on iOS is dated and priced! Eat at Slice on Broadway if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com) Follow these awesome people on Twitter: John Chichilla (@chilla, www.chillatech.net), Katie Dudas (@Kdudders, Scarehouse), Mike Pound (@unclecrappy, Beer Me) and Mike Sorg (@Sorgatron, SorgatronMedia.com). Thanks to our Awesome Patreon @MikeFedorShow! You can support the show too at Patreon.com/awesomecast ! Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.net for more entertainment; and view us live streaming Tuesdays at 7 PM EST at live.awesomecast.net!
On this week's MashTalk, the Mashable team tries to make sense of Trump's virtually nonexistent tech policy. We also talk about the weird launch of Snapchat's Spectacles.
This week on Vergecast, science editor Liz Lopatto is in town and stops by the Vergecast to talk about the news out of the International Astronautical Congress; Elon Musk's plan to colonize Mars. Paul also interviews Loren Grush live in Mexico at the event and breaks down Mr. Musk's presentation. The cast also talks about the death of BlackBerry-made phones, the ever-changing use of smartwatches, and Snapchat's Spectacles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices