AwesomeCast: Tech and Gadget Talk

We're rocking and rolling - with a not Apple loaded show. live.sorgatronmedia.com (Okay, there'll be a little Apple talk...) It's time for Awesome Things Of The Week - including some Wizard World geekery talk. Chilla sharing some Green Ranger love from Wizard World. You never know what you're going to hear! Sorg's Awesome Thing of the Week is the micro drone from Wizard World. https://www.youtube....

This week on Awesomecast 265, we talk awesome things in technology, including: Chilla's Awesome Thing Of The Week is his Samsung Galaxy Note 5 (He likes the pen.) http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-5-specs Samsung Galaxy Note 5 has a pretty cool 3D photo option, too. Finally! A phone you can actually delete a bunch of "useless" preloaded apps. Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Are you a beginne...

This week on Awesomecast 264, we talk awesome things in technology, including: Time for the Awesome Thing Of The Week and Chilla's telling us about Amazon Prime offline video on iPhone and iPad. http://9to5mac.com/2015/09/01/amazon-prime-video-now-offers-downloads-for-offline-viewing-on-iphone-and-ipad-users/ Epix is leaving Netflix and coming to Hulu, which means more options for your instant vid...

<p>Frank Murgia joins us in studio for another conversation about Podcasting. The Pittsburgh Podcast Network is a media wing of tni Media, a talent agency representing local names like Jim Kren and more. We discuss their move to video and the upcoming Pittsburgh On Demand, that old mystery of monetization, opportunity, and more from the Podcast world.</p> Eat at Slice on Broadway if yo...

This week on Awesomecast 263, we talk awesome things in technology, including: Sorg's Awesome Thing of the Week is hitting up chat roulette with a live-action zombie shooter! Chachi is playing catch-up this week. He's been out of touch for the Little League World Series. For once, you can tell HIM what's new. Want to check out the chat roulette zombie game? ow.ly/RdE5g Awesome Thing of the Week Ch...

This week on Awesomecast 262, we talk awesome things in technology, including: Podcamp! Social Media! Podcasting! Everyone give their Awesome Thing of Podcamp as we discuss the state of Social Media and what we got out of the event! We also discuss the Wire app from the Skype folks we just discovered from our audience before the show! Find out more about Podcamp Pittsburgh including videos of most...

<p>We talk with Kash Shaikh (@Kash_Shaikh) of #besomebody about the sharing economy, the student loan bubble, and alternative to learning for our passions, and so much more!</p> Eat at Slice on Broadway if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com) Help out the show with a donation! Become our boss! Go to patreon.com/awesomecast Also, check out sorgatronmedia....

This week on Awesomecast 261, we talk awesome things in technology, including: Chilla discusses the Thingcharger for charing all your things Dudders discusses how to catch your boyfriend cheating with wifi Sorg discusse Beme and why it may be the most interesting useless app ever. We try to figure out the Alphabet of Google. Cars are getting hacked more and we're scared. Google Photos saved Sorg t...

<p>Doug Derda joins us as we talk about the history of Should I Drink That, being a long time blogger, converting to Podcasting from Shoutcast, meeting at Podcamp Pittsburgh 1, what you can get out of Podcamp Pittsburgh X, his connection with The Clarks and more! </p> Eat at Slice on Broadway if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com) Help out the show with...

This week on Awesomecast 260, we talk awesome things in technology, including: We talk about th Karma Wifi hotspot Pantster is digigng on Star Wars Battlefront and we consider if itâ??s time to upgrade consoles with Xbox One OTA DVR Chilla loves his Surface 3 and it doesnâ??t even have Windows 10 yet! Windows 10 makes us excited about PCs! The start menu, what apps should we look at, the Action Ce...

This week on Awesomecast 259, we talk awesome things in technology, including: Orcam helps the vision impared read Youtube for Android updated to listen to videos out of app One Plus Two Android phones has Will's interest. Sorg reviews the tech of the Gathering of the Juggalos Halflife mostly works on an Android Chubbies has the greatest social media campaigns What will the Windows 10 upgrade mean...

This week on Awesomecast 258, we talk awesome things in technology, including: Everyone is John Chichilla on this week's episode. Motorola Hint earbud is an entire headset in a bluetooth earbud. And, Chilla's digging it as his Awesome Thing of The Week. Katie found a life hack to clean her lifeproof case with lemon oil on a q-tip. She swears by how clean it made the flash and lens. Sorg is discuss...

<p>justin kownacki - podcamp pittsburgh xWe're joined by Justin Kownacki, co-founder of Podcamp Pittsburgh, celebrating it's 10th iteration August 15-16. We discuss Podcasting and online media then and now, what it takes to make content, and even a little bit about freelancing with his new FreelanceRush site.</p> Eat at Slice on Broadway if you are in the Pittsburgh are...

<p>Arnie Roth is the conductor of the traveling Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy coming to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra August 1. We discuss the influence of Final Fantasy's music, his time with Mannheim Steamroller, working with Patrick Stewart, and more!</p> Eat at Slice on Broadway if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com) Help out...

This week on Awesomecast 257, we talk awesome things in technology, including: Katie shows us you don't need to be high-tech to be a techie. And, Mike joins us to show that hippies can be hip to tech, too! SaveFrom.net allows you to grab videos from the net. We don't condone stealing video but we want to be able to access it offline. Checking out Jewelbots - programmable friendship bracelet that t...

This week on Awesomecast 256, we talk awesome things in technology, including: Battling Robots are REAL. And it's USA vs Japan! Virtual Reality is getting Sexy Chilla shares the solution to USB charging on a power strip Wifi repeaters to cover your neighbor GoPro 4 Amazon Prime Day! Social Media Run down After the show remember to: Eat at Slice on Broadway if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is...

This week on Awesomecast 255, we talk awesome things in technology, including: Buyable Pins could be a nightmare to the Etsy crowd. How are we using Pinterest as dudes? Social Media Deay doing good! Androidâ??s lag detecting robot and cloud service. Leaf does wearable devices for women Olio does wearable smart watches to the stylish Showtime is an upgrade for Hulu subscribers Google Earth turns 10...

<p>Christopher Whitlatch of the Pittsburgh Foundation and producer on the former Unsung: The Non-Proft News Show has a new idea to push non profits forward. This week, he talks with us about his motivation and aim to figure out how to utilize Public Service Announcements in Social Media, and especially Podcasts.</p> If you have any ideas or happen to be a Podcaster yourself, please con...

This week on Awesomecast 254, we talk awesome things in technology, including: Checking out the Awesome Thing Of The Week. Chilla has been thinking long and hard about the new MacBook and all its dongles. Chilla's MacBook Pro is so new it doesn't even have stickers on it yet! Tune in to hear his thoughts. We're discovering the new MacBook Pro touchpad. It's not a real button, but it feels like a b...

<p>We talk with Noam Eisen and Dalton Banks of Bansen Labs, LLC about the Haxbox, a device that helps connect assisting devices to common video game consoles so the disabled can play video games. Find out more at Haxbox.com! </p> Eat at Slice on Broadway if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com) Help out the show with a donation! Become our boss! Go to pat...

This week on Awesomecast 253, we talk awesome things in technology, including: The Awesome things of the week: Google io photo storage Quicken Loans Arena social lounge E3 technology including Virtual Reality and Windows 10 Gaming! App of the week: Garden App! The costly Microsoft Surface Hub Pen. The goofy but sensical Oculus controller. A 3 port USB 3.0 hub that can be used on multiple computers...

<p>We're talking with Sarah Mayer and Jennifer Highfield of UpTo about how they're connecting small businesses and freelancers with pop up events and more in and around Pittsburgh! </p> Eat at Slice on Broadway if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com) Help out the show with a donation! Become our boss! Go to patreon.com/awesomecast Also, c...

We'll be talking a lot about Apple on today's show with Chilla and AJ - and they're IN STUDIO enjoying some Slice on Broadway pizza! Checking out OS X El Capitan. We're watching AJ teaching Sorg the magic of "apple + spacebar" command. It's magical. Did you know Google Photos is searchable by date? Is touchscreen on the horizon for Apple computers? Currently there is a third party option, but Chil...

This week on Awesomecast 251, we talk awesome things in technology, including: Chilla talking about his Applewatch! Katie watching the 4th of July at the Carnegie Science Center. Sorg talks about what he saw at Alphalab Demoday. Discussion on Googleio. What we hope for from Apple announcements. News on upcoming events. After the show remember to: Eat at Slice on Broadway if you are in the Pittsbur...

<p>Robert Kotcher of Nebulus joins us this week! We talk about what Nebulus brings to the table as a cloud audio editing platform, some of the possibilities, aiming to help Podcasters, and so much more! </p> You can try the service yourself at www.nebulus.io and let us know what you make! Eat at Slice on Broadway if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com) H...