AwesomeCast: Tech and Gadget Talk

This week’s episode brought to you by   Slice on Broadway , and  Sidekick Media Services . We have the extended AwesomeCast Crew online to talk about the year the was! We talk about our Awesome Things of the Year! Chilla loves Dongles! Including one that expands his iPad and one that turns any television into a monitor for Windows computers with Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter ....

This week’s episode brought to you by   Slice on Broadway , and  Sidekick Media Services . Chilla is back from Microsoft's Redmond Playground to catch up with the tech news! Chilla talks about his visit to the Microsoft Research Lab, using HoloLens 2, Microsoft's custom energy water, and Xbox in a museum. Sorg stayed at home and watched the finale of Silicon Valley on HBO . Con...

This week’s episode brought to you by   Slice on Broadway , and  Sidekick Media Services . Sorg is hanging with Brian Crawford of PGHMuseums.or g for this slow tech news week! Sorg has reconnected his home to wired internet! And is connecting home smart devices for the first time with Google Home! Brian's Awesome Thing is a bed that can save you during an earthquake ! Snapcrap...

This week’s episode brought to you by Slice on Broadway , and Sidekick Media Services . Sorg and Chilla are hanging with Mom Sorg and being thankful for tech: Chilla is rocking the Plantronics Voyager 8200 UC for his Awesome Thing. Mom is talking about her new Apple Watch Series 5 and iPhone XR upgrades We talk about what we are thankful for it tech. We look at a very sexy Microsoft Office commerc...

This week’s episode brought to you by Slice on Broadway , and Sidekick Media Services . Sorg and Chilla are hanging with Producer Missy to bring us this week's tech news, including: Sorg has had an opportunity to check out some Disney+ . He's sharing as his Awesome Thing of the Week. The Motorola Razr is coming back , and Chilla is telling us just how awesome it's going to be as he shares his Awes...

This week’s episode brought to you by Slice on Broadway , and Sidekick Media Services . It's cold and snowy here in Pittsburgh, but Chilla and Sorg are braving the elements to bring you this week's tech news, including: It's time for our Awesome Thing of the Week segment, and Chilla is sharing some Minecraft Minefaire ! Since we're talking about Minecraft, have you checked out Minecraft Earth? Sor...

This week’s episode brought to you by Slice on Broadway , and Sidekick Media Services . It's a new week - and a new opportunity for some tech talk! Join Chilla, Brian Crawford (of PGH Museums) and Sorg as they highlight the week's headlines including: Brian is sharing his Hotec wireless microphone as his Awesome Thing of the Week. Sorg is sharing Photoshop on his iPad as his Awesome Thing of the W...

This week’s episode brought to you by Slice on Broadway , and Sidekick Media Services . Chilla joins Sorg and Krause to talk this week's tech news, including: Krause is sharing Pittsburgh's bus in a sinkhole (and the magic that happened on the internet afterwards) as his Awesome Thing of the Week. Chilla is sharing Apple's new AirPods Pro as his Awesome Thing of the Week. Sorg is sharing the Black...

This week’s episode brought to you by Slice on Broadway , and Sidekick Media Services .   We have a full crew in studio and John Carman! Chilla's Awesome Thing is the MakePass: Barcode to Wallet app on MacOS to c onvert your membership cards to Apple Wallet cards . Sorg is excited to start integrating the Livestream Studio 6 in his livestreaming workflow. Dudders' Awesome Thing is the Levi Sm...

This week’s episode brought to you by Slice on Broadway , and Sidekick Media Services . We are back talking tech with Sorg, Chilla, and our guests Matt Stroud and Alex Egan from PostIndustrial ! Sorg is talking his latest obsession Mario Kart Tour We talk about the recent access to retro games including the latest Internet Archive releases of classic MS-DOS video games. Chilla is talking bout the...

This week’s episode brought to you by Slice on Broadway , and Sidekick Media Services . We're recording a day early due to some scheduling conflicts, but we've got Sorg, Podnar, and Producer Missy on hand to bring you this week's tech news, including: Dave Podnar is sharing iOS 13's live photos video option as his Awesome Thing of the Week this week. Producer Missy is sharing an MIT project, Derma...

This week’s episode brought to you by Cambodian Rock Band at City Theatre , Southwest Corner Workforce Development Board , Slice on Broadway , and Sidekick Media Services . Katie, Chilla, and Sorg are back at it this week as they talk about the news you should know in the tech world, including: Sorg is sharing Mario Kart Tour as his Awesome Thing of the Week. Katie is definitely in haunt season. S...

This week’s episode brought to you by Cambodian Rock Band at City Theatre ,  Southwest Corner Workforce Development Board  ,    Slice on Broadway , and Sidekick Media Services . We have a special treat as Katie, Chilla and Sorg are joined by Pittsburgh comedian, Aaron Kleiber.   This week's show topics include: Katie's Awesome Thing of the Week is Kitten Kam! Chilla's...

This week’s episode brought to you by Southwest Corner Workforce Development Board  ,    Slice on Broadway , and Sidekick Media Services . Sorg is joined by Dave Podnar (of the Tiny Shutter Podcast) for this week's episode.  The boys are talking about recent tech news, including: Sorg's Awesome Thing of the Week is his Apple Watch repair experience .  Sorg and Podnar ...

This week’s episode brought to you by   Slice on Broadway , and Sidekick Media Services . It's Sorg and Chilla are joined by a replacement Dudders - pro wrestling "Iceman" Tony Johnson - as we talk about this week in tech news, including: Sorg is interested in the 'Minecraft Earth' beta is available on Android -- in five cities Chilla Insta360 looks like it could be a fun little dev...

This week’s episode brought to you by Muddy Cup , Slice on Broadway , and Sidekick Media Services . It's Sorg and Dudders holding the fort down for this delayed release episode as we talk about this week in tech news, including: Sorg is sharing random goats in the City, thanks to Allegheny Goatscape . Dudders is taking a trip back to the 90s - - and how much 90s tech sucked . If you want to know w...

This week’s episode brought to you by Muddy Cup , Slice on Broadway , and Sidekick Media Services . The gang's all here as Katie, Krause, Chilla, and Sorg talk this week in tech news, including: Sorg is sharing He-Man as his Awesome Thing of the Week. Katie visited Otherworld in Ohio , and is sharing it as her Awesome Thing of the Week. Chilla's Awesome Thing of the Week is YubiKey as an option to...

This week’s episode brought to you by Muddy Cup , Slice on Broadway , and Sidekick Media Services . It's a slow tech news week, but Katie, Sorg, and Chilla have plenty to talk about, including: Katie is sharing Scream District from ScareHouse Basemen t as her Awesome Thing of the Week! Chilla's Awesome Thing of the Week is a Kickstarter project for GENKI - a covert dock for the Nintendo Switch. So...

This week’s episode brought to you by Muddy Cup , Slice on Broadway , and Sidekick Media Services . The gang's all here as Dudders, Chilla and Sorg talk about this week in tech news, including: Chilla is sharing his recent Oculus experience as his Awesome Thing of the Week. Katie is sharing Replay FX as her Awesome Thing of the Week! Couldn't make it out to Replay FX? They had some livestream. Chi...

This week’s episode brought to you by Sidekick Media Services , Slice on Broadway , and Sparkledragon’s Magical Emporium ! Dudders is away on super secret assignment, so Producer Missy steps in to talk some tech with Sorg and Chilla.  This week the crew is talking about: Chilla is sharing CarPlay on iOS 13 as his Awesome Thing of the Week! Sorg is updating us on his PokemonGO adventures and T...

This week’s episode brought to you by Sidekick Media Services , Slice on Broadway , and Sparkledragon’s Magical Emporium ! Looking for Group and Academy Pittsburgh's John Lange joins the full crew of Sorg, Chilla and Katies as they talk this week in tech news, including: Katie loves the Area 51 inspired animal shelters . Chilla tells us about his Tik Tok exploration Chilla also loves the...

This week’s episode brought to you by Sidekick Media Services , Slice on Broadway , and Sparkledragon's Magical Emporium ! Producer Missy and Katie are still away doing important things, so it's Sorg and Chilla holding the fort down as they talk this week in tech news, including: Chilla is sharing the Google Nest / Home Hub as his Awesome Thing of the Week! Sorg has discovered that he can ask Goog...

This week’s episode brought to you by Sidekick Media Services , Slice on Broadway , and Sparkledragon's Magical Emporium ! It's a guys' night in as Sorg and Chilla bring us all of the important things in tech news (with some bonus throwbacks) including: Alexa got an update with the new Echo Show 5 from Amazon . Chilla is sharing it as his Awesome Thing of the Week! Wyze is adding people detection...

This week’s episode brought to you by Sidekick Media Services , Slice on Broadway , and Sparkledragon's Magical Emporium ! Producer Missy joins in the discussion as Sorg and Chilla talk this week in tech news, including: Chilla is sharing Facetime autocorrection as his Awesome Thing of the Week. Google Maps had an alternative solution to traffic back-ups , which took some travelers off-roading? So...

This week’s episode brought to you by Sidekick Media Services , Slice on Broadway , and  Alex Kahrs Design & Media!   The crew is back in studio as Krause, Chilla, and Sorg bring you this week's tech news, including: Chilla is sharing Harry Potter Wizards Unite as his Awesome Thing of the Week. We're comparing Pokemon GO to Wizards Unite. Sorg has been getting his Teenage Mutant...