In the Weeds with Dexter Johnson

Another Apple Event has come and gone with new updates to Apple Watch and iPad. Is there a reason to still buy the iPad Pro? –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter 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! Links from this episode: https://www....

Manipulation and growth. These are the key points to social media. Perhaps it's time to give it up? Check out "The Social Dilemma" on Netflix for a deep look into the design of social media and how it's manipulated us all. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohnsPC.com to stay on top of my latest blog posts abou...

Fortnite creator, Epic, is sick and tired of paying the 30% tax for in-app purchases on Apple's App Store and Android's Play Store. Why is 30% going to the store? What does this mean for our security? Should there be other app stores? –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohnsPC.com to stay on top of my latest blo...

Not just backlash, but a well deserved backlash. People are tired of ads appearing everywhere in their lives, especially a game that they just paid $60 for. Developers, please, stop it. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohnsPC.com to stay on top of my latest blog posts about the world of technology. Share this...

IOS updates are always fun, New emjois, apps and most importantly updates to our privacy and security. Users can now hide their Identifier for Advertisers, making it even more difficult for apps you install to track you! Be sure to select the "Ask app not to track" whenever it pops up! The only question is how much security messaging is too much security messaging? –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– L...

How can one app prompt feelings of love and hate at the same time? Ask Google! They've mastered it. YouTube Music gives you access to millions of songs and music videos, the biggest question I have is "WHAT version of the song are you listening to?", with a service that prioritizes video. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter at @dexter_johnson and visi...

Liability! It has to go somewhere. Amazon loves to play the middle man and we all should be sick of it, I want Amazon to vet it's retailers and their products -- you should too. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter 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...

An executive order has been signed to ban TikTok in 45 days. Is this necessary? Aren't there more important things that our executive branch should be doing? Is TikTok really that bad? Or is our president just upset? –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohnsPC.com to stay on top of my latest blog posts about the...

9 years in the making and Android will finally get Nearby Share for devices running Android 6.0 and later to share files and other media across devices. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter 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! Links fro...

The liberals are upset about everything every company does, right? The conservatives feel that no one wants to listen to their lite voices, right? Today, members of congress asked questions of 4 of the largest tech companies on the planet and while valid points were made, it's clear that this entire hearing was meant to push their agendas and there was a severe lack of understanding of how the tec...

It's not just technology that Google is a thought leader, it's also a leader in doing its part to protect its employees and it's doing so by allowing full time and contract employees to work from home until next year. Everyone else take note. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohnsPC.com to stay on top of my la...

How often have you scrolled your YouTube subscription box after a new product was released and noticed that all of your favorite creators posted a review or hands-on at the same time? This is not by mistake, per embargo, they simply weren't allowed to do so until a certain date and time, which are set by the manufacturer. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on T...

Homeland Security is afraid the the face masks recommended by health officials will counteract facial recognition surveillance software. Sorry, but our privacy and health matter. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohnsPC.com to stay on top of my latest blog posts about the world of technology. Share this podcas...

Twitter employees were tricked into providing access to administrative tools via social engineering. Don't let it happen to you. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter 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! Links from this episode: https://...

Bill Gates, Apple, Kanye and more notable Twitter accounts were hacked today, 7/15/2020, urging each accounts followers to send crypto currency to a specified account. Let's use this moment to reflect on general account privacy. Stay safe in the digital world my friends. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohnsP...

We have a choice and decisions to make. YouTube TV increased it's price yet again, but we must admit that we are partially to blame -- we always want more for less. Some are canceling (I did) and I say take your media into your own hands and find more alternatives that fit your lifestyle. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter at @dexter_johnson and visi...

The tech world is up in arms about the potential lack of a charging brick in the box of the next iPhone? Does this even matter? /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter 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!...

Apple's WWDC Keynote provided us with hit after hit giving us updates to iOS, iPadOS, watchOS and macOS! /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter 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! Links from this episod...

Apple and Google (more so Apple) controls the app installation process from beginning to end, they have barriers to entry and also capitalize off of services those apps offer by collecting 30% of revenue which is why Store especially pushes for subscriptions to be purchased using the "in app purchase" model. /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ Let's continue our discu...

The PS5 is the newest console from Sony, featuring beautiful graphics, top of the line specs and some interesting hardware components making an interesting console. /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohnsPC.com to stay on top of my latest blog posts about the world of technolo...

The beta is here, the beta is here! Today via the Official Google Blog, Android 11 beta is currently available. This is huge for the Android community and anyone that follows smartphones, there are many new features that will only make Android better such as updates to communication via chat bubbles, enhanced home controls and privacy. /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/...

Racism in America must end. Do your part and be vigilant about it.

Texting messaging and email by default aren't secure with many interception points from governments to your carrier. How can you protect yourself? With a little investment and time you can. /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohnsPC.com to stay on top of my latest blog posts ab...

Social media got Donald Trump elected. Like him or not, our current president played the game and won, but you shouldn't get mad when you spew hate and spread misinformation and get fact-checked because every tweet is a decision and you have a choice to spread lies or truth. /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter at @de...

Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive and more. There are many options for storing your files online, but do you trust them? Or should you? Companies and government entities want your data and if it's in the cloud, it's someone else's machine. /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohns...