In the Weeds with Dexter Johnson

There is no room for hate speech, whether that's online or offline. YouTube had a run-in with this this week, read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/08/business/the-week-in-business-youtube-oil-mexico-trade.html We have to do better! Communities need to have better rules while the users need to accept responsibilities for their actions online.|| Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on...

Apple's Worldwide Developer conference keynotes always provide us with a glimpse into the future for Apple's platforms. The 2019 keynote did NOT disappoint -- Apple TV, Watch, iOS, iPad OS and Mac updates are nothing short of exciting, compelling and gives us reason to anticipate these updates in the fall. At this point, the "best" simply gets better. || Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on...

Huawei is in quite the predicament. The US and Donald Trump believes that are a bad entity because of their ties in with China -- but are they? What does this mean for consumers and what does it mean for Huawei if they are in fact, NOT a bad company? || Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter and Instagram at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohnsPC.com to stay on top of my latest b...

Deepfakes are pictures and video that have been superimposed to present themselves as truthful and reliable when the author used a technological means to create them -- meaning they are fake and the subject likely has little to no knowledge of it's existence. This will create and cause problems. See the Samsung AI Labs paper here: https://twitter.com/dmitryulyanovml/status/1131155659305705472?s=21...

There's always a congressman being open arms, a reviewer upset or someone with an ill-advised post regarding a tech companies latest implementation of a new feature. Can we sit back and try to examine what they want to do instead of largely criticizing them for once so that we can do better and be better? Read about the latest Tesla drama via Consumer Reports here: https://arstechnica.com/cars/201...

Sometimes people think it's all about them, in this case it's all about YOUR pockets. This trade war doesn't just hurt opposing countries, it hurts the consumers in those countries because fit the bill. It's not right and I want you to see the bigger picture. || Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter and Instagram at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohnsPC.com to stay on top of my...

Proton Mail aims a providing a secure, privacy focused email service through the means of end to end encryption but hackers always want to get in on the inside. Let's talk about phishing and how they managed to stop it. || Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter and Instagram at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohnsPC.com to stay on top of my latest blog posts about the world of te...

Smartlocks control access to your home and in an age where vulnerabilities run amuck, please put some thought into whether or not this item is for you. || Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter and Instagram at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohnsPC.com to stay on top of my latest blog posts about the world of technology. Share this podcast with a friend!

Google I/O 2019 was kicked off with a bang. News about search, devices, Assistant and more with a privacy focused undertone. Good job, Google. || Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter and Instagram at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohnsPC.com to stay on top of my latest blog posts about the world of technology. Share this podcast with a friend!

Building some smarts into your home can sound daunting, but most importantly -- it is fun as long and you do what's best for you and your budget. I lay out the 4 thought experiments to go on to ensure your smarthome meets your needs. || Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter and Instagram at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohnsPC.com to stay on top of my latest blog posts about t...

It's been a long time coming, but Google will finally allow us to auto delete location and activity data after 3 or 18 months. More and more companies are stepping up to the plate and giving us control. Read more here: https://gizmodo.com/google-introduces-new-feature-to-auto-delete-your-locat-1834453115 || Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter and Instagram at @dexter_johnson and vi...

The Galaxy Fold made a stink last week in the tech world, but will people living outside of the tech world care? || Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter and Instagram at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohnsPC.com to stay on top of my latest blog posts about the world of technology. Share this podcast with a friend!

An expensive device that simply doesn't hold up over time. Someone has to call these guys out -- sure, the camera is great, but if your device lags why should we pay this premium for it? || Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter and Instagram at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohnsPC.com to stay on top of my latest blog posts about the world of technology. Share this podcast with...

In honor of Earth Day, let's think of ways that we can use tech to do more than just create an app -- how about saving our planet? || Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter and Instagram at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohnsPC.com to stay on top of my latest blog posts about the world of technology. Share this podcast with a friend!

Microsoft is thankfully being very cautious with it's facial recognition technology and opting to NOT hand it over to California police. Good job Microsoft, good job. || Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter and Instagram at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohnsPC.com to stay on top of my latest blog posts about the world of technology. Share this podcast with a friend!

Verizon raising in-store fees is as fickle as you can be and while it's understandable, it's simply another way that carriers continue to undermine and nickel and dime it's customers at any chance it gets. || Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter and Instagram at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohnsPC.com to stay on top of my latest blog posts about the world of technology. Shar...

This is one small step! We must remember that we're dealing with a regime and FCC that wants to be as hands-off as possible. Let's hope they understand that some regulation IST bad and it protects the consumers that THEY work for, that pay THEIR salaries -- let's hope we look at this from a consumer standpoint instead of one from the view of big business. || Let's continue our discussion! Follow m...

Recent reports show that humans listen to voice recordings passed to Amazon's Echo devices (Google and Apple also allow this) but not for nefarious reasons, they listen to help parse, understand and categorize recordings and understand nuance. We should be happy about this, because as we all know bias is a real thing that AI when left untethered may introduce -- in short your assistant may not rec...

Our current terrible FCC has fought hard to make the internet a business where companies thrive by throttling and prioritizing companies where ISPs should act as a dumb pipe and act as a service for all of us. Today, the Save the Internet Act (https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1644/all-info) is making its round in hopes of reversal and to bring back those good old 2010 days o...

The government has NO IDEA how to regulate the internet and the firms that are on it, which is why we see BS proposal after BS proposal. These proposals are often short-sighted and can stifle innovation due to lawmakers intense lack of understanding about the products and services. Read about a new proposal here: https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/08/uk-sets-out-safety-focused-plan-to-regulate-interne...

Everyone has a smartphone, but how will creators and the like attack our pockets next? || Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter and Instagram at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohnsPC.com to stay on top of my latest blog posts about the world of technology. Share this podcast with a friend!

No one hates Apple TV+, in fact, it's good to see a different take on streaming; however, just because you have big names and a concept does not automatically propel your service ahead of anyone else's. || Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter and Instagram at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohnsPC.com to stay on top of my latest blog posts about the world of technology. Share t...

Netflix has made a tremendous difference on how we watch movies, for the picture, but is the academy upset that movies that don't appear in theaters can win awards? Steven Spielberg seems to think so behind closed doors -- but he should take a step back and understand the medium, like every other, is changing and either change with it or move on. Read more here: https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/02/d...

Apple brought it big and signified that it's focus will now be on services as these are the markets that it can now capitalize on since the smartphone and tablet market have reached a high saturation point. The services introduced today have a range of start dates and a range of levels of pretentiousness. Do you see yourself subscribing to anything new? || Let's continue our discussion! Follow me...

Lack of movement, differentiation and madness causes by only a few companies being viable in the technology space. It's not good, it's probably big-business and anti-consumer. || Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter and Instagram at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohnsPC.com to stay on top of my latest blog posts about the world of technology. Share this podcast with a friend!