Episode 84: (Season 4) A New Season... Because We Can

In this Episode:

• “Alexa Guard” Can Protect Your Home (2:43)
• All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward (5:44)
• GPS tracker leaks real-time locations and can remotely activate its microphone (7:07)
• LED light can damage eyes, health authority warns (10:00)
• SanDisk’s 1TB microSD card is now available (14:43)
• Google’s new travel portal will improve the way you plan your trips online (17:24)
• Facebook defends itself against op-ed calling for its breakup (21:18)
• After burning through $1 billion, xJawbone’s Hosain Rahman has raised $65 million more (24:42)
• Japan is running out of phone numbers, so it’s making longer ones (28:27)

Weird and Wacky Tech:

• People are loving the new gender-swapping Snapchat filter, and it's now being used to catfish unsuspecting men on Tinder (31:37)

Tech Recs (35:00):

• Sanjay - Hopper
• Adam - Mail Chimp (with new CRM)
• Shannon - NYT Crossword App

Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes
Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit

Links:

• How Your Echo’s “Alexa Guard” Can Protect Your Home
• All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward | ZDNet
• Flaws in a popular GPS tracker leak real-time locations and can remotely activate its microphone – TechCrunch
• LED light can damage eyes, health authority warns
• SanDisk’s 1TB microSD card is now available
• Google’s new travel portal will improve the way you plan your trips online
• Facebook defends itself against op-ed calling for its breakup
• After burning through $1 billion, Jawbone’s Hosain Rahman has raised $65 million more
• Japan is running out of phone numbers, so it’s making longer ones