MobileViews.com Podcast

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall are joined by Jack Cook for this podcast. They discuss:

• Meta Threads finally has a web UI
• Notion AI
• Foundry tech magazines (Macworld, PCWorld, Tech Advisor, and TechHive archive as knowledge source for an AI chatbot
• Python =PY() coming to Excel
• Wordpress 100-year $38K domain/site
• Fried chicken (???)

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall are joined by frequent guest panelists Steven Hughes and Sven Johannsen. They discuss:

• FEMA's Hawaii rumor response and frequently asked questions
• Why Todd didn't turn to X (Twitter) for first hand information after hearing about the Lahaina, Maui wildfires
• Why Canadians can't turn to Facebook for news during its current wildfires emergencies
• CBS reported Microsoft pulled an AI-generated article that recommended tourists visit the Ottawa Food Bank for ... food
• Haystack News
• Apple Batterygate settlement money going out soon
• Sven's Google Pixel Fold experience ... so far

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall are joined by frequent guest panelist Don Sorcinelli. They discuss:

• One of the recommended charity funds to support the victims of the Lahaina Maui wildfire
• Using CharityNavigator to vet charitable organizations
• Ooma VoiP for home phones and progress in porting Todd's landline phone number to it
• Noting the IBM PC's launch 42 years and 1 day ago (Aug. 23, 1981) and other tech reminisces
• Making peace with the Notion note-taking service and considering trying Obsidian too
• Jon's tech travel notes based on his recent trip to attend the American Psychological Association conference in Washington DC

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:

• Ooma VoIP for home phones
• Why use a ChatGPT app instead of Bing Copilot?
• Copilot for Power Automate
• Google's new Play Store for large screens
• Google's tablet creativity apps recommendations
• After being available for nearly a year, is Apple's Freeform still a solution in search of a problem?
• Concepts app for Android tablets

In this podcast Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss their test switch from Microsoft Teams to Apple FaceTime to record this podcast (also why we couldn't use Google Meet); the Writers Guild of America's AI-related concerns; Stability AI's Clipdrop Stable Doodle free AI-doodle web app; waiting for Google's NotebookLM; the Phomemo thermal printer

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:

• Replacing Microsoft Teams as this podcast's venue?
• Apple Vision Pro appointment-only purchase process in 2024
• Amazon Echo Dot for $23 as an Eero Mesh WiFi component
• Meta Threads launch
• Jon's Rayban Stories bluetooth camera glasses (powered by Meta software)
• Jon's logo creation adventure using Microsoft Image Creator and Canva

Todd Ogasawara is joined by guest co-host Jared Kuroiwa. They discuss AR/VR glasses in context of Apple's Vision Pro announcement and Jared's purchase and use (both work and personal) of Meta Quest 2, Xreal Air, and Rokid Max glasses.

 

They also briefly discuss the earlier than expected release of Meta's Threads micro-blogging service/app.

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall are joined by Steve Hughes, Sven Johannsen, and Don Sorcinelli to discuss the recently launched Google Pixel Tablet and a roundup of thoughts about the 2023 Apple World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) product announcements.

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

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.