Beards Of Tech

Episode 57 - The Roadmap to Innovation 01-Jul-2018/ Webcast Attendees Matt Slavin, Jeff Budzinski Agenda Ajit Pai's Family Threatened LTE Exploits iOS 12 Beta on 5s iOS 12 Beta Features Fixing Apple Maps Plan to Fix Apple Maps T-Mobile RCS Support Discussion Topic How To Stay Innovative in Your Industry Where to Find i4o Podbean: http://industryfouroh.podbean.com/ Google Play: Industry 4.0 iTunes: Industry 4.0 Stitcher: I4o Twitch: https://go.twitch.tv/industryfouroh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/industryfouroh Twitter: https://twitter.com/industryfouroh

Episode 56 - I Am Job. 26-Jun-2018 Webcast Attendees Matt Slavin, Jeff Budzinski Agenda Apple to Overhaul Audio Products in 2019 Senate Rejects ZTE Rescue Bill Intel CEO Resigns After Investigation Finds He Had Relationship with Employee Supreme Court Ruled 5-4 for Needing a Warrant for Obtaining Location Info from a Cell Tower Conversation About Tech/Workplace Burnout Where to Find i4o Podbean: http://industryfouroh.podbean.com/ Google Play: Industry 4.0 iTunes: Industry 4.0 Stitcher: I4o Twitch: https://go.twitch.tv/industryfouroh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/industryfouroh Twitter: https://twitter.com/industryfouroh

Episode 55 17-Jun-2018/ Webcast Attendees Matt Slavin Agenda Items from Previous Episode Samsung cancels foldable smartphone plan https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/06/16/samsungs-cancelled-project-v-foldable-phone-years-ago-shows-leaked-photos/ Oprah signs deal with Apple http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/15/technology/oprah-apple-deal/ Tesla lays off 9% of its company http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/12/news/companies/tesla-layoffs/index.html Comcast did something good?!?! https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/15/comcast-no-longer-throttling-heavy-users-speed/ Amazon Prime Now rolling out to more states https://primenow.amazon.com/onboard     Podbean: http://industryfouroh.podbean.com/ Google Play: Industry 4.0 iTunes: Industry 4.0 Stitcher: I4o Twitch: https://go.twitch.tv/industryfouroh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/industryfouroh Twitter: https://twitter.com/industryfouroh   All episode music produced by Jeff Budzinski: https://soundcloud.com/thejbones Enjoy the photography of Ryan Thompson: https://www.flickr.

Episode 54 “Git Gud?” 10 June 2018   Attendees Jeff Budzinski, Matt Slavin Agenda New Business Microsoft Acquires GitHub for $7.5B in Microsoft stock https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/04/microsoft-has-acquired-github-for-7-5b-in-microsoft-stock/ Microsoft Sharepoint Mixed Reality https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/21/17376422/microsoft-sharepoint-spaces-mixed-reality-virtual-reality-features Tesla Full Autopilot in August https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/10/tesla-will-start-enabling-full-self-driving-features-in-august/ Net Neutrality Dead on Monday https://www.cnet.com/news/net-neutrality-is-really-officially-dead-on-monday-now-what/ Amazon Admits to Labor Violations https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/10/amazon-admits-to-labor-violations-at-echo-factory/ Facebook Privacy Goof https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/06/facebook-bug-made-posts-by-14-million-users-readable-by-anyone/   Notes - Plugs, worthy mentions, etc. Podbean: Google Play: Industry 4.0 iTunes: Industry 4.0 Stitcher: I4o Twitch: https:

Episode 53 - A Piece of the Ajit Pai 03June2018/ Webcast Attendees Matt Slavin, Jeff Budzinski, Kyle Fisher Agenda New Business Microsoft to potentially acquire GitHub https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/03/microsoft-github-acquisition-talks/ https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/01/microsoft--github-acquisition-talks-resume.html California Net Neutrality Bill Passes https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/30/california-senate-passes-net-neutrality-bill/ macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/06/apple-releases-macos-high-sierra-10-13-5-with-messages-in-icloud-support/ Noteworthy: iCloud Messages sync; security updates - address vulnerabilities in graphics drivers for Intel and AMD chips that allowed applications to read restricted memory, and it fixes a vulnerability in the Mail app that allowed attackers to access the contents of encrypted emails Google quietly kills tablet page on store (...aaand its back) https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/02/google-killed-android-tablet-section/ Teens Dump Facebook ht

Episode 52 27May2018/ Webcast Attendees Matt Slavin Agenda New Business South African Epi-pen alternative costs $16 a shot https://www.businessinsider.co.za/sa-medical-engineers-have-built-a-cheap-epipen-replacement-that-costs-r200-a-shot-2018-5 Senators Demand FCC Answer for Fake Comments After Realizing Their Identities Were Stolen https://gizmodo.com/senators-demand-fcc-answer-for-fake-comments-after-real-1826213294 Essential discontinuing Essential phone 2 Find link Netflix is now worth more than Comcast https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-23/netflix-eclipses-comcast-in-market-value-as-stock-hits-record Gaming Critic ‘TotalBiscuit’ passes away at 33 http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44250597 Google and Facebook accused of GDPR violations… already http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44252327

Episode 51 13May2018/ Webcast Attendees Matt Slavin, Jeff Budzinski Agenda Items from Previous Episode Google I/O New Business First Half Google’s Digital Wellbeing Initiative https://9to5google.com/2018/05/08/google-digital-wellbeing/ All the Goodness that was Google I/O https://9to5google.com/2018/05/12/this-weeks-top-stories-google-io-2018-pixel-smartwatch-more/ Google Scanning emails for machine learning https://theoutline.com/post/4524/remember-when-google-said-it-would-stop-reading-your-email?zd=1&zi=3mhlppbo Mozilla Voice can be the open source alternative to Google Duplex https://voice.mozilla.org/en#12 Apple Class Action lawsuit over faulty keyboards https://gizmodo.com/apple-slapped-with-class-action-lawsuit-over-faulty-mac-1825983089 Maker of smart luggage goes out of business after airlines ban bags with built-in batteries http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-travel-briefcase-bluesmart-20180505-story.html Net Neutrality Vote to take place on Wednesday PSA https://www.courthousenews.com/democrat

Google I/O 2018 Android P Public Beta Out Today https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/8/17320826/android-p-beta-public-download-link-opt-in-sign-up-io-2018Available on not just Pixel Devices thanks to Project Treble New navigation bar with changes to multi tasking and gestures Adaptive battery uses ML to improve battery life Adaptive Brightness uses ML to adjust screen brightness to exactly how you like it Google Assistant (Google Duplex) will be able to book appointments for youhttps://www.theverge.com/2018/5/8/17332070/google-assistant-makes-phone-call-demo-duplex-io-2018 Smart Composehttps://www.theverge.com/2018/5/8/17331960/google-smart-compose-io-2018   Google Assistant Continued Conversationshttps://www.androidpolice.com/2018/05/08/google-assistant-gets-conversational-will-soon-listen-consecutive-requests/ Google Photos adds Colorization, and morehttps://techcrunch.com/2018/05/08/google-photos-will-add-more-ai-powered-fixes-including-colorization-of-black-and-white-photos/   White House Meets with Top US A

Episode 49 “I4O One Year Extravaganza” 29Apr2018/ Webcast Attendees Jeff Budzinski, Matt Slavin Topics Quick Topics: Happy One Year Anniversary to I4O 49 weekly episodes including pilot 5 I4O explains Some live broadcasts of events Ford Kills Most Sedans and Coupes https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/25/ford-to-stop-selling-most-small-cars/ Windows 10 Timeline https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/27/windows-10-april-update-review/ Google Tasks https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/27/17286226/google-tasks-review-to-do-list-gmail-calendar-keep Bill Gates’ $12m Universal Flu Vaccine https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/27/17293160/bill-gates-announces-12-million-for-universal-flu-vaccine-research GEDMatch Used To Find Golden State Killer https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/gedmatch-a-tiny-dna-analysis-firm-was-key-for-golden-state-killer-case/ In Depth Topics: Blue Origin First Test Flight https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/28/blue-origin-first-test-flight-2018-livestream/ Prime going up to $120/yr https://www.washingtonpo

Episode 48 "Rich Podcasting Services" 22Apr2018/ Webcast Attendees Jeff Budzinski, Matt Slavin Topics Flickr acquired by SmugMughttps://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/04/20/smugmug-buys-flickr-verizon-oath/537377002/ U.S. Investigating AT&T and Verizon Over Wireless Collusion Claimhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/20/technology/att-verizon-investigate-esim.html?mtrref=drudgereport.com&gwh=B51CFD0E19B6D08BDF47C635A111452F&gwt=pay Horrid working conditions at Amazon warehouseshttps://www.theverge.com/2018/4/16/17243026/amazon-warehouse-jobs-worker-conditions-bathroom-breaks Chrome 66 (autoplaying videos blocked) is finally livehttps://venturebeat.com/2018/04/17/chrome-66-arrives-with-autoplaying-content-blocked-by-default/ Google Stopping work on allo in favor of ‘chat’https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/19/17252486/google-android-messages-chat-rcs-anil-sabharwal-imessage-texting   Notes - Plugs, worthy mentions, etc. Podbean: http://industryfouroh.podbean.com/ Google Play: Industry 4.0 iTunes: Industry 4.0 Stitche

Episode 47 “Mr. Zuckerberg Goes to Washington” 15Apr2018/ Webcast Attendees Jeff Budzinski, Matt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs, Kyle Fisher, Justin Robert Young Topics Oregon Net Neutrality Lawhttps://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/oregon-finalizes-net-neutrality-law-despite-likelihood-that-isps-will-sue/ Google Pixel Phone to Automatically Send Spam Calls to Voicemailhttps://www.theverge.com/2018/4/11/17223904/google-pixel-phone-app-spam-call-voicemail-update-android Warranty Void If Removed Stickers Declared Illegalhttps://engt.co/2JAKZkh New Gmail Format on Webhttps://engt.co/2qrEbfQ Mark Zuckerberg goes to Washington https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/10/17222444/mark-zuckerberg-senate-hearing-highlights-cambridge-analytica Facebook launched a bug bounty program to help stop the next Cambridge Analytica https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/10/facebook-will-pay-up-to-40000-if-you-find-a-big-data-leak.html Cambridge Analytica Acting CEO Steps Downhttps://tcrn.ch/2qqpAS7 Notes - Plugs, Worthy Mentions, etc. Podbean: http:

Episode 46 Help Me, Myspace-Tom Kenobi 09Apr2018/ Webcast Attendees Matt Slavin, Jeff Budzinski, Wayne Ryan Thompson Topics Facebook UpdatesMessage RetractionsZuckerberg Deletionshttps://techcrunch.com/2018/04/05/zuckerberg-deleted-messages/ Adding Retract Message Feature for Allhttps://engt.co/2HgXfFC Exclusion of North America from Privacy Changeshttps://tcrn.ch/2H5YPtX Election Meddling Changeshttp://money.cnn.com/2018/04/06/technology/facebook-election-meddling-political-ads-pages/index.html Youtube Shootinghttps://engt.co/2JgQQLp https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/04/us/youtube-hq-shooting/index.html Chrome Scanning Devicehttps://www.engadget.com/2018/04/07/chrome-cleanup-download-scan/ FBI Seizes Backpagehttps://www.engadget.com/2018/04/06/backpage-seized-by-federal-government/ MIT Wearable Device Reads Words from Brain Before They’re Saidhttps://www.engadget.com/2018/04/06/mit-wearable-silent-words/ Conspiracy Theories Online!Youtubehttps://www.theverge.com/2018/4/6/17208532/youtube-kids-non-algorithmic-versi

Episode 45 - Zuckerberg's Data Diet 02Apr2018/ Webcast Attendees Matt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs, Jeff Budzinski, Kyle Fisher Agenda https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/02/apple-replace-intel-chips-macs-2020 Apple Replacing Intel Chips by 2020 https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/31/17184000/president-donald-trump-amazon-usps-washington-post-tweets Trumpazon https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/01/technology/saks-lord-taylor-credit-cards.html Saks 5th + Lord & Taylor breach https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/29/under-armour-says-myfitnesspal-data-breach-affected-150-million-users Under Armour breach https://www.engadget.com/2018/03/27/uber-to-pay-10-million-discrimination-lawsuit-settlement Uber discrimination lawsuit https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/29/17176176/uber-settlement-self-driving-car-crash Uber settlement w/ victim’s family http://www.xda-developers.com/google-removing-chrome-extensions-cryptocurrency-mining/ Google bans crypto extensions https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/28/17173614/facebook-camb

I40 Explains - Social Media, Data Privacy, and Liability 25Mar2018 Webcast Attendees Ervin Lukacs, Jeff Budzinski, Matt Slavin, Owen JJ Stone (Ohdoctah) Agenda   https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/19/deletefacebook/ #deletefacebook movement https://mashable.com/2018/03/22/delete-facebook-searches-cambridge-analytica/#nqCH2.y2Raqu http://thehill.com/opinion/cybersecurity/379703-facebook-is-complicit-not-a-victim-in-the-abuse-and-misuse-of-personal http://uk.businessinsider.com/facebook-data-breach-reactions-executives-response-twitter-2018-3?r=US&IR=T https://deletefacebook.com/ https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/23/17151916/facebook-cambridge-analytica-trump-diagram Explanation of what transpired re: CA https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/controversial-anti-sex-trafficking-bill-screw-over-sex-workers-w518323 SESTA, Social Networking   Podbean: http://industryfouroh.podbean.com/ Google Play: Industry 4.0 iTunes: Industry 4.0 Stitcher: I4o Twitch: https://go.twitch.tv/industryfouroh Facebook

Episode 44 - Wheelchair Accessible Internet 25Mar2018/ Webcast Attendees Matt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs, Jeff Budzinski Agenda http://ideas.4brad.com/it-certainly-looks-bad-uberUber releases video of crash, and it looks like the tech isn’t up to par https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/23/dropbox-finishes-up-36-on-first-day-of-trading/Dropbox goes public with huge success https://www.engadget.com/2018/03/22/samsung-galaxy-s9-s9plus-dead-spots/Samsung s9 reports of “dead spots” on display https://www.cnet.com/news/huawei-dealt-blow-loses-best-buy-as-smartphone-laptop-smartwatch-retailer/Huawei phones no longer being sold in Best Buy https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/22/17150870/google-chrome-autoplay-videos-sound-mute-updateChrome’s next official update will remove autoplay sound from videos (last time we reported on it was a beta release) https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/18/google-maps-accessibility-changes.htmlGooglers dedicate their ‘20 percent’ time to making maps wheelchair accessible https://www.thedickinsonpress.com/ne

Episode 43 19-Mar-2018/ Webcast Attendees Matt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs, Ryan Thompson Agenda First Half https://news.sky.com/story/scientist-stephen-hawking-has-died-aged-76-11289119 Stephen Hawking passes away at age 76 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/style/rihanna-snapchat-stock.html Racist advertising not necessarily the problem of the platform, but about the vetting of the ad platform hosted by the site. Second time stocks took a hit after a celebrity comment. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/17/cambridge-analytica-facebook-influence-us-election 50 million facebook profiles breached in order to mass farm political data, allegedly used to build predictive targeting software used in recent elections Whistleblower was Christopher Wylie Through an app called ‘thisisyourdigitallife’ and an exploit to harvest the entire friends list of anyone using the app FB privately accepted Chris’ help, then publically banned himhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-cambridge-analytica-christopher-wylie-suspended/

Episode 42 11 March 2018/ Webcast Attendees Matt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs Agenda https://motherboard.vice.com/enus/article/3k7mgn/baidu-deep-voice-software-can-clone-anyones-voice-with-just-37-seconds-of-audio https://www.buzzfeed.com/juliareinstein/twitter-dory-girlposts-suspended-accounts-tweetdecking?utm_term=.in2o3DJr3#.ogMQWDgeW https://www.blog.google/products/assistant/more-ways-to-use-the-assistant-from-your-phone-to-your-fridge/ https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/7/17088394/android-p-developer-preview-notifications-kotlin-microphone https://cheddar.com/videos/exclusive-snap-plans-biggest-round-of-layoffs-yet-totaling-120-engineers https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/3/7/17092334/amazon-alexa-devices-strange-laughter https://beta.techcrunch.com/2018/03/05/moviepass-ceo-proudly-says-the-app-tracks-your-location-before-and-after-movies/ Self Driving Trucks Uberhttps://www.engadget.com/2018/03/06/uber-self-driving-trucks-deliveries-arizona/?sr_source=Facebook Google Waymohttps://arstechnica.com/tech-p

i4o explains - VPNs 04 March 2018 Webcast Attendees Matt Slavin, Jeff Budzinski, Ryan Thompson Agenda   What a VPN is - Virtual Private Network   How VPN works   VPN vs Proxy   Applications of VPN   VPN and Privacy   Relevant Articles https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc779919(v=ws.10).aspx https://www.bestvpn.com/vpns-beginners-need-know/ https://www.le-vpn.com/history-of-vpn/ https://www.howtogeek.com/133680/htg-explains-what-is-a-vpn/ Reputable VPNs Tunnel bear - https://www.tunnelbear.com/ Privateinternetaccess - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ Torguard - https://torguard.net/

Episode 41 - Amazon Google Rap Battle 04 March 2018/ Webcast Attendees Matt Slavin, Kyle Fisher, Jeff Budzinski, Ryan Thompson Agenda Items from Previous Episode Have I been pwned Matt Follow-up. Password list can be torrented from website and seeded to help with their bandwidth. New Business https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/27/17059664/amazon-ring-acquisition-smart-home-security-cloud-cam Amazon acquires Ring http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-wont-sell-nest-products-from-google-2018-3?op=1 Amazon will stop selling Nest products from Google https://www.cnet.com/news/ceo-jeff-bezos-called-out-on-amazons-counterfeit-products-problem Amazon Counterfeit products https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/01/googles-new-youtube-stories-feature-lets-you-swap-out-your-background-no-green-screen-required/ Youtube Stories swaps background of video with AI https://www.fastcompany.com/40537222/washington-just-passed-the-countrys-toughest-net-neutrality-legislation https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/oregon-moves-toward-s

Episode 40 25 February 2018/ Webcast Attendees Matt Slavin, Jeff Budzinski, Ervin Lukacs   Agenda New Business MWC 2018 - Barcelona Galaxy s9 Launch at Noon today. 3 Minute Promo vid published accidentaly  - https://9to5google.com/2018/02/24/samsung-galaxy-s9-plus-leaked-launch-video/   Google Launches ARCore 1.0 to support 100 million phones. New Lens features for android and iOS https://venturebeat.com/2018/02/23/microsoft-releases-new-windows-10-preview-with-more-proactive-windows-update/   Google assitant gets more languages - https://9to5google.com/2018/02/23/google-assistant-2018-multilingual-more-languages-device-commands/   Ajit Pai: Locked and Loaded https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/02/nra-gives-ajit-pai-courage-award-and-gun-for-saving-the-internet/ http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-apple-icloud-insight/apple-moves-to-store-icloud-keys-in-china-raising-human-rights-fears-idUSKCN1G8060 Apple stores iCloud keys in China   https://electrek.co/2018/02/22/tesla-model-3-orders-non-owners