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| 1 | VideoWhy I Bought 1 Share of Facebook Stock | These last few weeks have been pretty tough. Last week my back went out, so I did very limited work. This week, I had an anxiety attack - something I was told to expect with a Blood Pressure medication I have been taking. I am now at about 90%. I am hoping to re-start iPad365 on a few episodes a week. But we'll see once I am done with Geek Smack! for today. BlogWorld & New Media Expo is only a week and a half away! I am putting together video for the show, and looking for people that are going. If you are, let me know and we'll get on a Google Hangout to talk. I am also looking for writers to Geekazine. People who can write about the newest gadgets coming out. If interested, please email geekazine at gmail. Hotline - 608-205-4378 - geekazine (at) gmail.com Download the audio version Subscribe to the podcast via: Feedburner - Zune - iTunes - TechPodcasts - Blubrry - Stitcher You can catch me on Twitter @geekazine - Geekazine Facebook Group - About.Me Other shows: Google Plus Day in Tech History - Geekazine Special Media Feed - iPad365 Geek Smack! episode 225 Tech News: Verizon's Viewdini - A new way to watch mobile from your Verizon device. Did Chrome Beat IE? - News yesterday of Google Chrome surpassing IE as the browser of choice might not be 100% true. ooVoo Video Chat with 12 People - Is ooVoo competing with Google Hangouts? Is Facebook switching to ooVoo over Skype? Facebook Loses Trademark Fight - Norwegian porn site Faceporn did not target Facebook users. Just because you have Face or Book in your name doesn't mean Facebook can sue. WiFi Hotspot Share - 50,000 WiFi hotspots shared by 5 cable companies. Wish my cable company was one of them. Sprint Updates Mobile Hotspot - $20 for a 2 GB plan, or $50 for 6 GB to tether mobile devices to your phone. Google Motorola Deal Done - The $12.5 billion Google / Motorola Mobility acquisition is closed up. New CEO appointed. Webby Awards - People pay tribute to Steve Jobs - Pinterest, Mashable, Dropbox are some of the winners. Gesture Controlled PCs - We could see this built into notebooks soon. Maybe even tablets. Geek Smack! Geek News: Space: SpaceX Launches Disrupt or Music: Gtar Rocks Infographic: Facebook Power User Solar Eclipse: 9 Inventive pictures of Solar Eclipse Audiophile: Sonos Subwoofer Mobile: Sidecar iPhone, Android App LEGO: FIRST Robotics Teams Graduation Grants- Geek Smack: Why I Bought One Share of Facebook Last week, Facebook filed their Internet Public Offering. It was a modest $38 a share, which some predicted would go up to $100 a share. However, after a fluctuating day, the stock was right back at $38. Monday didn't bring any good news either, as it dropped to $31.46 by Tuesday morning. The biggest problems with the stock is that Facebook gives away a lot of content without ads. One out of every Seven users access the site through the mobile phone or tablet. That is a lot of money being wasted. And while sometimes its good to give away the horse for free, when someone else owns the horse, you have to make sure you can pay the lease. So on Friday, I made sure I bought 1 share of Facebook stock. Why? Mostly for novelty. I bought a share of a tech giant the day it went on sale. I missed it with Yahoo!, I missed it with Google. I was too young at the time to buy Microsoft and Apple when they issued. However, I can say I am a First gen Facebook shareholder. One share doesn't sound like much, but if the stock was to skyrocket, it would have split. Then one share would have become two. If the performance picks up, I could see this stock split a few times. Think about it - two becomes four, four becomes eight, then 16, 32, 64, 128. The chances of the stock splitting seven times are not great, but 2 or 3 could happen. If shares rise to $100, I have $800 in 1 $38 stock. Even if it doesn't split, I'll have $100 in a $38 stock I bought.But if the stock fails, | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoGeek Smack! 224: Yahoo! Looses Another CEO!?! [Video Podcast] | On Thursday, I tweeked my back. Ever since, I have been recouping from the event. While my back is still not 100%, it is a lot better than yesterday. Of course, it needs to be - as the band starts their summer tour this Saturday. I also talk about my official role at BlogWorld & New Media Expo, and where to see the video. Hotline - 608-205-4378 - geekazine (at) gmail.com Download the audio version Subscribe: Feedburner - Zune - iTunes - TechPodcasts - Blubrry - Stitcher You can catch me on Twitter - Facebook Group - About.Me - Google Plus Day in Tech History - Geekazine Special Media Feed - iPad365 Geek Smack! Tech News: How to buy 1 Share of Facebook -Give the gift of one share to the ones you love. Lenovo X1 Carbon - The new Thinkpad is only 3.73 lbs and has a carbon fiber roll cage Nokia Calls Apple on Siri - Siri Siri on the phone, Who's the greatest smartphone of them all - Nok... er... I mean Apple! Woz Calls for an Open Apple - Steve Wozniak wants to see the architecture open to the masses ETSY Gets Trolled -Hit with 5 patent lawsuits by the mother of all patent trolls Sprint has the Most Satisfied Customers - Sprint beats out T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon. They're finally getting something right Flashback Fix Released - This update removes the most common variants of the Flashback malware. If the Flashback malware is found, a dialog will notify you that malware was removed. In some cases, the update may need to restart your computer in order to completely remove the Flashback malwareGeek Smack! Geek News: Geek Smack! Question of the Week: With Google changing things faster than I change socks, do you get more or less discouragedwhen the interface changes? Geek Smack! Geek News: Gaming - Diablo III Now Available LEGO - Worlds Tallest LEGO Tower Dating - How to Date a Geek Kickstarter - Etcher: Etch a Sketch for iPad Infographic - All News from Facebook Domino - Sixty Domino Walls Fall Bionics - Bionic Eye Invented- Geek Smack: Yahoo! Drama Continues - Scott Thompson Steps Down. So Yahoo! is looking for another CEO. It's another disappointment for the online search giant, as they hold on to their former glory. Scott Thompson stepped down because of questions about his resume. But it does ask the question - who doesn't fudge their resumes a bit to get a job? I know I've padded my resume a bit to show my experience. But a CEO position is a bit different than an IT job, I suppose. Still, if he was doing the job, who really cares? So that brings the question: Did Scott Thompson do the job? It looked like he was on the right direction. He had to make some hard choices, and did them. Yet, I am not behind the scenes, so I don't know what happened. As Thompson stepped down, he brought a bombshell with him: He has cancer. Thyroid cancer, to be exact. But how do we know if he's telling the truth now? After all, he did fudge his resume... Geek Smack! is a weekly video show and podcast that comes out every Tuesday evening. Your host: Jeffrey Powers - talks tech news, IT news and geek news for the week. Geek Smack! is ©2012 under a Creative Commons no-deriv license. Never take candy from strangers. If you would like more information about what is technology, recent news, Geekazine, and Jeffrey Powers, feel free to contact him. Jeffrey Powers does interviews, just ask! | 5/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoGeek Smack! 221: Apple Stock Soars, Can it Hit $1000? | Well, it happened. I un-cut my cable. But the reality was - there was a Charter special, which only added $2 to my bill. Bad for my Netflix subscription as I am seriously thinking of nixing it. In the episode I really go in-depth in the Geek side. Hotline - 608-205-4378 - geekazine (at) gmail.com Download the audio version Subscribe: Feedburner - Zune - iTunes - TechPodcasts - Blubrry - Stitcher You can catch me on Twitter - Facebook Group - About.Me - Google Plus Day in Tech History - Geekazine Special Media Feed - iPad365 Geek Smack! Tech News: Goodbye to Cassdroid: 1981-2012 - Fellow TechPodcast Member passed away last week. Mediafly Closes OnAir - Where you can catch your podcasts now Conan O'Brien Takes Over Mashable - Hey, Conan! Why not take over Geekazine!?! iPad Downgraded to "Very Good" - Consumer Reports re-issues rating for iPad Google Wallet to Square - CEO makes a move New Pinterest CEO - Pinterest is on my Sh*t list right now. Oracle Battles Google - Battle on, Oracle. Dell Buys Wyse - Great for the thin-client market Nokia Patent for Tattoo - Buzz, buzz - your Tattoo is vibrating Fisker Atlantic Pics - The new Fisker Hybrid car Exobyte Camera - We'll be able to see into space really deep... Geek Smack! Geek News: Art - Advertising Art at it's Best Photo - Instagram Finally on Android iPad - MAD Magazine on iPad T-Shirt - 5 Geeky T-Shirts I Want Infographic - Why Blogging is Better than Facebook LEGO - Hermit Crab LEGO Shell Entrepreneur - Would you Sell? Star Wars - Eat Me You Will, Yoda Cake Voting (or Star Trek) - Nichelle Nichols for School Board Geek Smack: Is Apple Stock Heading to the Heavens, or Heading for a Crash? $1000 a share. That is what some analysts are seeing in Applestock. It is looking like Apple could also poise to become the first company to hit $1 Trillion in revenue. An amazing feat, and they have their fanboys to thank for that. I do have to admit, my household has more Apple products than ever before. A Macbook to the left of me, an iPad in my bag, and an iPhone on the table. While I still have PCs, and my Macbook lives in a Windows world 90% of the time, I am still amazed how much I drank the proverbial Kool-Aid. Some people are heralding CEO Tim Cook for continuing the trend that Steve Jobs started. I said it before - Jobs was the Pirate, now Cook's job is to solidify the business so it leads the pack. Many issues arose after Jobs untimely departure. Foxconn's staffing issues, the President indirectly calling out Apple for taking jobs overseas. With any other CEO, that could have taken down the company. Cook is like an experienced ship captain, sailing effortlessly through the storm. Apple rides high after pioneering the MP3 music player, smartphone and (technically) the tablet. Think about it - how many people said in 2010 they wouldn't own a tablet? I was one of them. All during this time, Apple stock rose. Ten years ago, it only would have cost you $12.37 a share to be a part of Apple. This time last year, AAPL was at $238 a share. Now, it trades at $628, and grows at least $25-50 a share when a new product rolls out. If you had invested 1,000 shares last year, you saw a 3 time return. And according to the Analysts, it's not done yet. If shares continue like this, you could see $1800 a share by next year (but more likely around $1200)! Is this a good thing? Apple sits on top of a tall heap. It looks stable, and feels stable, but if this pile is to ever tumble, billionaires could become penniless within days. It may not happen. But I still wish I would have invested in Apple when I had the chance over 10 years ago... The Geek Smack! is a weekly video show and podcast that comes out every Tuesday evening. Your host: Jeffrey Powers - talks tech news, IT news and geek news for the week. Geek Smack! is ©2012 under a Creative Commons no-deriv license. Never take candy from strangers. | 4/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoGeek Smack! 220: Nano SIM Heats Up | It's been a pretty quiet week as I spend time putting up video from SXSW and the Ford drive. Thanks to all that have watched the Ford Mustang GT drive video. I'll be driving more, so watch out for some great video! Hotline - 608-205-4378 - geekazine (at) gmail.com Download the audio version Subscribe: Feedburner - Zune - iTunes - TechPodcasts - Blubrry - Stitcher You can catch me on Twitter - Facebook Group - About.Me - Google Plus Day in Tech History - Geekazine Special Media Feed - iPad365 Geek Smack! Tech News: Microsoft Seizes Two Botnet Servers - Some of the most harmful botnets are now down. Facebook Lawsuit Over Rights - Paul Ceglia claims he has a contract for 50% of Facebook Google Adds Play to Nav Bar -Get music, movies, games and more from Google Play Nokia Windows Phones for $100 - Lumia 900 will go on sale next monday Square Overhauls -Adds Android app Friends Reunited Back Online -Social Network relaunched after 3 years of being down Google Instant Search Ordered Take down - One man was fired in China over a result, now they want that taken down. Siri Getting Sport Scores? - Could be telling you who's winning the game soon Geek Smack! Geek News: Deep Dive - James Cameron Goes Deep Art - New Vincent Van Gogh Paintings Found Resume - 10 Things to Leave Off your Resume Star Wars or Art - Star Wars Continuous Line Drawing Infographic - Why Should Brands use Pinterest Magic - Using iPads for Magic Geek Smack NanoSIM Cards Apple wants your SIM card. Nokia does too. Who will win? You might basically know what it is - If you have a phone, you have a SIM card. This was the card that allowed your information to move from one phone to the next. Only problem was, it was always "Upgraded" before you could put it into another phone. I think in all the phones I had, there was only one time where I could move the SIM card from one to the other (and I went from one Nokia phone to another). SIM stands for Subscriber Identity Module, and was first introduced in 1991 by Giesecke & Devrient,a german company that provides security solutions to bank notes, smart cards, and more. It's designed to keep your personal information just that, but sometimes there was room to put on a few SMS messages and phone numbers. The official "Name" of the new SIM is called 4FF UICC. Both Apple, and Nokia filed for this standard. Apple's standard looks like today's SIM card with jagged edges. Nokia has more of an SD card feel to their SIM - which may cause for some patent issues. Why does this matter to you? Well, like I said, if you have a cell phone, you have a SIM card. If you Whoever gets the standard, will get a small amount of the cost for the phone. For Apple, it's more cash for their pocket. For Nokia, it might be the one thing that keeps them from going bankrupt. The Geek Smack! is a weekly video show and podcast that comes out every Tuesday evening. Your host: Jeffrey Powers - talks tech news, IT news and geek news for the week. Geek Smack! is ©2012 under a Creative Commons no-deriv license. Never take candy from strangers. If you would like more information about what is technology, recent news, Geekazine, and Jeffrey Powers, feel free to contact him. Jeffrey Powers does interviews, just ask! | 3/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoGeek Smack! 219: Most inspiring Video on the Internet [Video] | What a week it's been! Only problem is I have been mentally drained ever since I got back from Portland. SXSW was an awesome experience, and the Ford Mustang drive was better than anyone would have expected. Hotline - 608-205-4378 - geekazine (at) gmail.com Download the audio version Subscribe: Feedburner - Zune - iTunes - TechPodcasts - Blubrry - Stitcher You can catch me on Twitter - Facebook Group - About.Me - Google Plus Day in Tech History - Geekazine Special Media Feed - iPad365 Geek Smack! Tech News: Apple iPad Sale -iPad 2 hit 15.4 million. Will 3rd Gen iPad surpass? Apple Responds on Heat Issues - 3rd Gen iPad runs up to 13 degrees hotter. Perfect for arthritis. HP Joining PC Group, Printers - Reorg happening at HP Windows8 on ARM - Not that many ARM devices will be available New York Times Chokes Free Content - Paywall getting larger for NYT content Browser for your Past -Lifebrowser maps what you did before the internet Tattooing to Your Phone - using ferromagnetic material, you could pair to your phone Geek Smack! Geek News: Microwave - Before and After Twitter - Titanic Twitter Timeline Star Wars - 1/3 Scale Tie Fighter Diamond - iPad Sleeve Weird - Truck on a Truck on a Truck The most inspiring video you have to watch If you feel that you cannot do something - If you think that life is turned the wrong corner - Watch this YouTube videoand it will change your mind. Christopher tells it in his own words, and although he cannot speak very well, his words ring out. What a remarkable video - Take 5 minute out to learn more. The Geek Smack! is a weekly video show and podcast that comes out every Tuesday evening. Your host: Jeffrey Powers - talks tech news, IT news and geek news for the week. Geek Smack! is ©2012 under a Creative Commons no-deriv license. Never take candy from strangers. If you would like more information about what is technology, recent news, Geekazine, and Jeffrey Powers, feel free to contact him. Jeffrey Powers does interviews, just ask! | 3/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoGeek Smack! 218: The Road to SXSW | The road to SXSW is happening, so going to burn out this show as soon as possible, for I have a ton of work to do in the next 72 hours before I board a plane. It's a beautiful day, so I am hoping to get some outdoor time, too. Hotline - 608-205-4378 - geekazine (at) gmail.com Download the audio version Subscribe: Feedburner - Zune - iTunes - TechPodcasts - Blubrry - Stitcher You can catch me on Twitter - Facebook Group - About.Me - Google Plus Day in Tech History - Geekazine Special Media Feed - iPad365 Geek Smack! Tech News: Yahoo Trims Major Fat - CEO Scott Thompson is cutting the fat LulzSec Leader Now Informant - Is this the fall of Lulz, or a step in a wrong direction? Verizon Hints at Big News - With more LTE coverage, what are your going to do for an LTE solution for your iPad? Zynga Past Facebook - Zynga's new platform allows people to play outside Facebook Amazon Major Price Cut of Web Services - Competing with Rackspace and Azure, Amazon cut prices on EC2 Watch a reading of the Play "8" Live - Rob Reiner, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Martin Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Jane Lynch, Matthew Morrison, Jamie Lee Curtis will be reading A 41 MegaPixel Cameraphone? - Nokia 808 Pureview might not be coming to US Apple Wins Right to Android Development - Google and Motorola are still separate companies Geek Smack! Geek News: Ukelele - Futulele uses iPad, iPhone to play uke Gamer - First Look Halo 4 LEGO - LEGO Spends $500 million to Go Green Health - Human Heart Replaced by 10,000 RPM Pump Gamer - Valve Getting into Hardware Business Robot - Cheetah Robot Breaks Speed Health - Gas Filled Aspirin is Potential Anti-Cancer Drug yy Geek Smack! Topic of the Week: SXSW Preview Today, we look at the big show - South by SouthWest, aka SXSW is starting this Friday the 9th, and goes to the 18th. SXSW Interactive, or SXSWi, for the tech crowd, SXSW Film and SXSW Music. This will be my first SXSW show, and I am pumped to see what is going to happen. I still don't have a ticket, but I hear there is a lot to do outside SXSW. Nonetheless, I am going to soak up as much SXSW as I can. Still, I plan for if I was going in there. SXSW has a lot of sessions, but I am hoping to get into the expo hall and talk with a lot of startups. Learn about the new products and gadgets coming out. Some sessions I hope to get into include Richard Garriot's Continuing Space Mission, How to Read the World by Baratunde Thurston, Frank Abagnale's Catch Me if you Can, A Carlin Home Companion with Kelly Carlin, Jeffrey Tambor's Acting Workshop, Jason Fall's Social Media Comes of Age without the Help of Porn, Beer and Bots with Dean Kamen and Maywa Denki, and a bunch more sessions. Some of the parties in the evening include TechKaraoke, Mashable SXSW, FormSpring, GeekyBeach party and more. I am also going to attend my friend Wesley's company - SnoBall party. Of course, I will be bringing the video camera and trying to get as much footage as possible. The Geek Smack! is a weekly video show and podcast that comes out every Tuesday evening. Your host: Jeffrey Powers - talks tech news, IT news and geek news for the week. Geek Smack! is ©2012 under a Creative Commons no-deriv license. Never take candy from strangers. If you would like more information about what is technology, recent news, Geekazine, and Jeffrey Powers, feel free to contact him. Jeffrey Powers does interviews, just ask! | 3/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoGeek Smack! 217: Leap Year Edition – Apple Going in a New Direction? | I took a week off because of health issues and also needed to get the CES videos out. The last 48 hours I unplugged myself as best I could just to try and get assemblence. Lots of things are bleak right now as I am waiting for contracts to pay me. Did go to the Milwaukee Auto Show and joined the Milwaukee Social Media Club learn a little bit more about Ford and their Social Media practices. Also, thanks to Coke for sending some original prints because of a hangout at the Coke archives I attended two weeks ago. Also talk about plans for SXSW and what's going on with me and BlogWorld Hotline - 608-205-4378 - geekazine (at) gmail.com Download the audio version Subscribe: Feedburner - Zune - iTunes - TechPodcasts - Blubrry - Stitcher You can catch me on Twitter - Facebook Group - About.Me - Google Plus Day in Tech History - Geekazine Special Media Feed - iPad365 Geek Smack! Tech News: Yahoo Threatens to Sue Facebook - Up to 20 patents being cited IBM Quantum Computing Breakthrough - We could be seeing the next evolution of computing very shortly Mozilla Drops Android - Mobile Web doesn't need it. NO LONGER RUMOR: Apple iPad3 Next Week - Best Buys have been secretly stocking up on them... Proview Wants iPad Rights Back - Says that Apple misled them. Google + Lagging behind Facebook? - Comscore says people spend 3.1 minutes on Google+ in January Huawei Releases Quad-Core Processor Smartphones - Better start practicing it's pronunciation... Verizon Planning to Sell Galaxy Tab with 4G - Still has a $500 price tag. Dell: We're Not a PC Company Anymore - Dell is competing with HP and IBM in the server market. Geek Smack! Geek News: Robots - Japanese Robot Football Hacker - Google is offering $1 Million to Crack Chrome Star Wars - Star Wars Wedding Cake Biker - Bike Light or Gun? LEGO - PriNXT, a Functioning LEGO Printer Camera - Sony SuperZoom Quilting or Large Hadron Collider - LHC Quilt Mario - Super Mario Coin Block Pendant Geek Smack! Topic of the Week: Could Siri Break out of Apple? What other Software Could Break Free? Today, we found out that Siri, the voice assistant of Apple iPhone 4S - will be incorporated into Mercedes Benz vehicles. They are doing it to make hands-free voice assistance easier. It also sets a new model for Apple - going in-market outside of a self-controlled Apple environment. Back in 1998, Apple cancelled all of their 3rd party contracts so they could control the hardware and software environment. That has been like that ever since (with the exceptions of iTunes, Quicktime and Safari, which have Windows solutions). But with Mercedes Benz getting the Siri software, this starts to ask a question - Is Apple ready to concede the proprietary hardware - software solution? First, let's look at Siri, and where it could go. You might not see Siri on an XBox anytime soon, but why not a PlayStation or Wii? Siri is in Benz right now, but could they also find the software in Ford, Chevy, Honda, and more? What about your refrigerator or washing machine? We know that Apple is turning a new corner with CEO Tim Cook - doing things that Steve Jobs would have cringed at. Would Tim break the cardinal rules of Jobs and let the dogs run wild? If Apple was to break their walled hardware-software garden and put other software on competing devices, people would start getting used to the environment, and possibly migrate over. Now I'm not talking about having Psystar start back up and making Hackintosh computers. But what if Garage Band or Final Cut Pro was available for a Linux based computer? Heck, what if you could get an Apple app store for Windows? It would change the computer topagraphic immensely. Then again, this might be a one-time occurrance. Never to repeat again. But wouldn't it be cool? The Geek Smack! is a weekly video show and podcast that comes out every Tuesday evening. Your host: Jeffrey Powers - talks tech news, | 2/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoGeek Smack! 216: MySpace is Back! | This week has been a long one. Hotline - 608-205-4378 - geekazine (at) gmail.com Download the audio version Subscribe: Feedburner - Zune - iTunes - TechPodcasts - Blubrry - Stitcher You can catch me on Twitter - Facebook Group - About.Me - Google Plus Day in Tech History - Geekazine Special Media Feed - iPad365 Geek Smack! Tech News: DOJ Approves Google Motorola Mobility - There are a few caveats, like don't use them to go against other companies. Heartbeat to Replace Passwords? -What if you have a heart attack? RUMOR: 4G LTE iPad3 - Verizon and AT&T will have one. Not Sprint... Last NASA Mainframe Shut Down - IBM Z9 was powered down today. Reddit Got It - Started banning sex ridden areas. Fully Automated MIT - One MIT course goes online and fully automated New Scam - Facebook iPads - Mark Zuckerberg will not be giving you an iPad. Blackberry OS 10 Images - Images surface of new RIM OS Apple Hits $500 / Share -Now I'm kicking myself for not investing in 2001... HP Proliant Gen8 "Self Sufficient" servers - Includes integrated Lights out management (iLo) Mobile Connections to 10 Billion by 2016 - We are currently at 1.3 billion Kodak Zi12 Dead - All cameras has ceased production. A Valentines Story with Words with Friends - One couple's story to finding love. Geek Smack! Geek News: Back to the Future - Hoverboards on Pre-sale Guns - Father Shoots Daughters Laptop Gamer - iCade 8-Bitty Phone - Evolution of Telephones Airline - Fun with Planes Tool - Gerber Multitool Tripod Guitar - Millennium Falcon Guitar Music - NES Guitar Geek Smack! Topic of the Week: MySpace is Back! MySpace is going back to their roots. It's about time. For most of you, MySpace was a word that died around 2007 when you switched to Facebook. Rupert Murdoch's version of MySpace turned out to become "Not MySpace". It also became the joke of the internet - To the point that Murdoch recanted Social Media. But in the last couple years, MySpace did something that you might not have seen, but a lot of bands have. They went back to their roots. Of course, MySpace was first a musician hosting site, then added fans. Now, they focus on the musicians and bands. When Justin Timberlake bought it in June 29th, 2011, we thought he was just taking from his role from "The Social Network" and do what Sean Parker did with Napster. Instead, he brought music to the forefront. Now, with focus on MySpaceTV, MySpace could become the MTV of the internet. Their new music player brought back 1 million people in 24 hours. This also brings a question of how the record companies will see MySpace in the upcoming months. Because MySpace can glaum off those thousands of artists that don't have record deals. In fact, Who is to say that Timberlake doesn't capitalize on that with his own record label (MySpace Records). We'll see how MySpace evolves. If done right, you will be coming to that social network once again. The Geek Smack! is a weekly video show and podcast that comes out every Tuesday evening. Your host: Jeffrey Powers - talks tech news, IT news and geek news for the week. Geek Smack! is ©2012 under a Creative Commons no-deriv license. Never take candy from strangers. If you would like more information about what is technology, recent news, Geekazine, and Jeffrey Powers, feel free to contact him. Jeffrey Powers does interviews, just ask! | 2/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoGeek Smack! 215:Veredboxon? Verizon, Redbox Take on Netflix. | The CES stuff keeps rolling on and on. Still 100 videos to complete, so there will be a lot of great content on Geekazine in the next week or two. This week has been a laid back one as I am still trying to recoup from this ear issue. Might have to head to doctor again and make sure it's not anything else. Also, thanks to everyone that has been watching the new show - iPad365. It's been really ramping up in numbers! It's also February Album Writing Month - I will be writing my 14 1/2 songs in 29 days. Check out all the Geekazine CES Videos! Hotline - 608-205-4378 - geekazine (at) gmail.com Download the audio version Subscribe: Feedburner - Zune - iTunes - TechPodcasts - Blubrry - Stitcher You can catch me on Twitter - Facebook Group - About.Me - Google Plus Day in Tech History - Geekazine Special Media Feed - iPad365 Geek Smack! Tech News: Chrome Arrives to Android - Beta version released, will you download? Wolfram Alpha Winning with Siri -One quarter of queries come from that engine. Playbook OS2 Shown Off - Handset remote control, display added. Apple Facing Fines in China for iPad - Taiwanese company registered iPad 4 years ago. JCPenny's Facelift - How an Apple COO can revitalize JCPenny HP Allows Partners to host LoadRunner -Check your performance verification Trendnet Security Flaw -Your home security cam can be seen Geek Smack! Geek News: Coffee - The Hooters of Coffee Shops Infographic - Online Privacy Woes LEGO - Lord of the Rings Sets Star Wars OR LEGO - Star Wars LEGO Days in Chicago WWI - Last Surviving Veteran Passes Away Hair - Morning Head Cap Minecraft - Blocky Earth Books, or Dickens - 20 Memorable Characters from Charles Dickens LiteratureStar Trek - Trek Mr. Potato Head Geek Smack! Topic of the Week: Verizon Joins Redbox So You can Rent More Movies I have to admit: I have been seriously thinking of getting rid of my Netflix account. Last week, Starz ended their agreement with Netflix, and Netflix hasn't updated their online streaming in 3 weeks. How many old TV series can we endure? I did watch some 2 1/2 star B-movie that I enjoyed three to four nights ago. But I have found I am not going to Netflix as much as I have. Enter in Redbox and Verizon. Now, I am not keen on heading to the store to drop off a movie 24 hours later, but the prices are a lot better than Amazon. With Verizon adding streaming in the second half of 2012, you could see Redbox compete hard with these online services. Of course, in order to do so, Redbox will have to get on the Roku, Boxee, XBox360, PS3 and embed in many different TV's and Blu-Ray players. What about the DVD rental? Would you choose to get yours in the mail, or drive to the Kiosk to drop off? Mail has convenience whereas Kiosks means you might get that next movie right now. I hope they also initiate a "reserve" option. I can reserve a movie in a queue, then have 20 minutes to go get it from the Kiosk I reserved it from. We'll see how this plays out. Maybe Netflix should start thinking about Kiosks themselves? The Geek Smack! is a weekly video show and podcast that comes out every Tuesday evening. Your host: Jeffrey Powers - talks tech news, IT news and geek news for the week. Geek Smack! is ©2012 under a Creative Commons no-deriv license. Never take candy from strangers. If you would like more information about what is technology, recent news, Geekazine, and Jeffrey Powers, feel free to contact him. Jeffrey Powers does interviews, just ask! | 2/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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