AwesomeCast 444: Big Data Dumps

Episode 3013 · May 8th, 2019 · 1 hr 3 mins

About this Episode

This week’s episode brought to you by Sidekick Media Services, Slice on Broadway, and Alex Kahrs Design & Media!

Chilla, Katie, and Sorg are joined by Charlie Dietch of the Pittsburgh Current to talk this week in tech news, including:

  • Chilla is looking at the Pixel 3a as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
  • Katie is sharing an Instagram update to add alternate text to photos.
  • Sorg is sharing some live stream cool things with Hear Corp as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
  • Charlie is sharing a cool addition for the Pittsburgh Current as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
  • Sorg's best segue: How about that Spiderman trailer?
  • Pittsburgh had a new traffic reporter at WTAE.
  • Angry Birds extends into the real world with AR integration.
  • Microsoft Solitaire has been inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame, and Sorg is looking to check it out next time he's in the area.
  • Google is working on a way for voice recognition to work with those with speech impairments.
  • Alexa goes hands-free on Windows with a wake word update.
  • PornHub wants to buy Tumblr and restore its adult content.
  • Commercial drones are more popular than the FAA expected.
  • Microsoft is coming back to MacOS with its Edge browser.

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