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MobileViews Podcast 462: Google shutting down more services

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:

• Todd's Samsung Chromebook Plus' ChromeOS supports ends, as scheduled long ago, in August 2023
• Google shutting down its Album Archive on July 19, 2023
• Google shutting down Google Domains in September 2023 and selling its assets to SquareSpace
• Jon's spring/summer beach tech
• Jon's interesting donut shop find

MobileViews Podcast 461

In this podcast Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss the Google Pixel 7a running hot; iOS 17 smart display rumor; Windows 11 getting cloud backup.

MobileViews mini-podcast 37 part B: Wireless lavalier mic outdoor recording test with Paul Lawler

In this podcast Todd Ogasawara and Paul Lawler recorded a podcast outdoors using a pair of wireless lav microphones connected to a Google Pixel 7a Android smartphone and Google's Recorder app. This very brief (just over a minute) mini-podcast was recorded while walking outdoors. In Part A, both Todd and Paul were sitting outdoors.

MobileViews mini-podcast 37 part A: Wireless lavalier mic outdoor recording test with Paul Lawler

In this podcast Todd Ogasawara and Paul Lawler recorded a podcast outdoors using a pair of wireless lav microphones connected to a Google Pixel 7a Android smartphone and Google's Recorder app. The only audio post processing modifications made to this recording are:

• Auto-reduced silences
• Slightly decreased bass and increased treble to reduce muffled audio

Note: In part B of this podcast (separate audio), no post-processing was performed to allow the listener to hear the raw audio recording.

MobileViews Podcast 460: Are ChatGPT’s mobile security ideas any good? Revisiting ABSGEEGA lav mic & Google-y things

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss ChatGPT's mobile security recommendations (what did it miss?). They also revisit some a few recent podcast topics: The ABSGEEGA wireless lav mic; Google Pixel Tablet; new Echo Show 5 and Echo Pop; Pixel 7a.

Mobileviews Podcast 459: Google I/O discussion with Sven Johannsen & Don Sorcinelli

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall  are joined by frequent guest panelists Sven Johannsen and Don Sorcnelli to discuss announcements from last weeks Google I/O.

MobileViews Podcast 458: Live by the cloud, die by the cloud -Bricking cloud-powered hardware

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:

• National Military Brat Day
• Windows 10 end-of-support Oct. 14, 2025
• Amazon bricking its Halo devices on Aug. 1, 2023
• Other bricked cloud-based hardware: MSN Companion, Microsoft SPOT watch, Pogoplug, iHome plug, (soon), Google Smart Displays (3rd party), Pebble watch

MobileViews Podcast 457: Google Bard gets code smarts; Google VPN; Apple WWDC wish list

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss: Mastodon (again); Google VPN; Google Bard gained coding skills; Apple WWDC wish list

MobileViews Podcast 456: Last of the printed computer magazines

In this podcast Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss: Free Steve Jobs book; Microsoft Designer; ABSGEEGA wireless lav mic; Raspberry Pi Org's free web Python code editor beta; last of the printed computer magazines; WiFi AC/AX (5/6); Apple Fitness challenges/goals

MobileViews Podcast 455: Microsoft’s Kieran Garcia discusses Copilot and Modern Work

In this podcast, Todd Ogasawara's guest is Kieran Garcia, Microsoft Senior Modern Work Specialist. They discuss Microsoft Copilot, Loop, and Designer. All are in preview releases. And, interestingly, Loop and Designer previews are currently only available for consumer subscriptions (vs. enterprise/government).