Ep. 437: Zuck's Llama 3 and Meta AI + Tech Tips, Picks, and Other News!
Notnerd Podcast: Tech Better
Over at Meta, Mark Zuckerberg has released the Open-Source Llama 3 and integrated it into Meta AI. He also put it in sunglasses. In related news, has big news about the Quest platform. Then we get on to the rest of the week's tech news, with some great tips and picks to help you tech better! INTRO (00:00) Zuckerberg’s Llama 3, Meta AI, and more (11:30) - on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science. DAVE’S PRO-TIP OF THE WEEK: (33:15) JUST THE HEADLINES: (42:55) TAKES: (46:40) (50:00) (52:00) (55:20) BONUS ODD TAKE: ...
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Ep. 436: Spring Cleaning Your Tech - Consider Your P.F.A.N.T.S.S. + Tech News, Tips, and Picks!
Notnerd Podcast: Tech Better
It's that time of year to do some spring cleaning, which includes your tech world as well. Nate came up with the very "helpful" acronym P.F.A.N.T.S.S. to help you think through the aspects of your technology world that could use some attention. Maybe this will be the year that we practice what we preach! After that, we'll get you caught up with what's going on in the world of tech and provide some helpful tips and picks so that you can tech better! INTRO (00:00) Spring Cleaning Your P.F.A.N.T.S.S. (09:40) Physical Files Apps Notifications Time Subscriptions Security DAVE’S PRO-TIP OF THE...
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Ep. 435: Erasing Your Digital Footprint?
Notnerd Podcast: Tech Better
We all have a lot of data online, is there any chance of getting rid of our digital footprint? We've got a couple services that claim to help, but is it a hopeless endeavor? If it is, we follow that with some very helpful websites in other areas. Then it's on to a whirlwind of tech news, tips, and picks to help you tech better. INTRO (00:00) Can you delete yourself from the internet? (07:15) - Your personal data is yours again - Discover & control your digital footprint - A directory of direct links to delete your account from web services Actually helpful websites: (22:00) - Every...
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Ep. 434: The Fascinating World of MrBeast!
Notnerd Podcast: Tech Better
In the last 7 months, Nate and Isla have watched @MrBeast videos over 1000 times. Who is MrBeast, and why is he the biggest YouTuber on the planet? We'll do our best to explain his complicated world and convince you to be a fan! Plus we'll have our usual tech news, picks, and tips to help you tech better! INTRO (00:00) April Fools Day - , (01:30) MrBeast (07:35) Who is MrBeast? The videos Philanthropy DAVE’S PRO-TIP OF THE WEEK: Apple note link color (41:55) JUST THE HEADLINES: (46:45) TAKES: (50:30) (51:30) (52:35) (54:40) (57:45) BONUS ODD TAKE: (59:55) Find us elsewhere: ...
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Ep. 433: Big Tech vs Big Government
Notnerd Podcast: Tech Better
As we often discuss, AI is moving fast. Many people say that Apple is getting left behind. Well, this week, Apple's AI plan is becoming clearer. There's plenty of other tech news to discuss, like the looming TikTok ban, Walmart's selling the MacBook Air, and the tech layoffs continue. We also have some witty humor, pro tips, and picks for your enjoyment. INTRO (00:00) March 31st (03:30) Big Tech vs. Big Government (05:30) (12:20) (14:50) (16:05) DAVE’S PRO-TIP OF THE WEEK: Charge iPhone Battery Faster in Airplane Mode (18:05) JUST THE HEADLINES: (20:35) TAKES: Apple using...
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Ep. 432: Siri-ously? Apple's "AI" Story
Notnerd Podcast: Tech Better
As we often discuss, AI is moving fast. Many people say that Apple is getting left behind. Well, this week, Apple's AI plan is becoming clearer. There's plenty of other tech news to discuss, like the looming TikTok ban, Walmart's selling the MacBook Air, and the tech layoffs continue. We also have some witty humor, pro tips, and picks for your enjoyment. INTRO (00:00) (03:45) Apple and AI (06:00) (08:10) (11:50) (16:25) CryptoWatch: (18:20) DAVE’S PRO-TIP OF THE WEEK: Measure AR (20:40) JUST THE HEADLINES: (27:25) TAKES: (29:30) (34:45) (36:20) (40:20) BONUS ODD TAKE: ...
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Ep. 431: The AirTag Tip We Didn't Even Know
Notnerd Podcast: Tech Better
Dave comes through with a great ProTip about AirPods that neither of us knew about, that's rare. No new iPads yet. Rivian announced their new EVs. We've got some follow-up on Crypto Watch. Plus some great tips and picks to help you tech better! INTRO (00:00) (03:30) CryptoWatch: (09:30) (12:00) DAVE’S PRO-TIP OF THE WEEK: Share Airtag Location (16:40) JUST THE HEADLINES: (22:10) TAKES: (25:35) (31:40) (34:40) (37:05) BONUS ODD TAKE: (40:15) PICKS OF THE WEEK: Dave: (43:30) Nate: (48:40) Find us elsewhere:
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Episode 430: Why is Crypto Going Up?
Notnerd Podcast: Tech Better
Bitcoin hit an all-time high today, and we're trying to figure out why. Will it keep going up? Who knows. We were also hoping for some big iPad news this week, but Apple released some other stuff instead. Then we get into the rest of the tech news, some pro tips, and our picks of the week, enjoy! INTRO (00:00) CryptoWatch (03:05) (07:00) (10:00) (12:20) (20:35) (21:50) (23:25) DAVE’S PRO-TIP OF THE WEEK: Special lists in Reminders app (25:30) JUST THE HEADLINES: (29:05) TAKES: (31:05) (34:50) (38:50) (41:00) Bonus Odd Take: (43:55) PICKS OF THE WEEK: Dave: (46:35)...
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Episode 429: Day 26 of Apple Vision Pro
Notnerd Podcast: Tech Better
Today is the 26th day of the Apple Vision Pro being available. We start the show by discussing our experiences with it and some of the other talking points out there. We also have other news to discuss, especially Google Gemini's AI issues. Plus, we've got some great tips and picks to help you tech better! ! INTRO (00:00) THE AVP 26 DAYS IN: Nate’s experience (03:05) Dave’s experience (10:50) (17:00) (23:20) (25:20) (27:30) DAVE’S PRO-TIP OF THE WEEK: Swipe up to close apps (31:50) JUST THE HEADLINES: (39:00) TAKES: (41:45) (48:40) (49:55) (52:50) (54:00) Bonus Odd...
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Episode 428: AI, Magical Results?
Notnerd Podcast: Tech Better
Nate just got back to town from Social Media Marketing World in San Diego. There was a lot of AI talk there so he recaps some of what is here now and what is coming in AI and how we use it. There's also more stories about AI, because it is moving fast. Besides AI, we've got the other tech stories you might care about and some great tips and picks to help you tech better. INTRO (00:00) FOLLOWUP: Social Media Marketing World 2024 (2:20) (16:25) (20:15) DAVE’S PRO-TIP OF THE WEEK: Background Sounds in iOS (23:30) JUST THE HEADLINES: (29:35) TAKES: (31:50) (35:25) (38:15) ...
info_outlineNate and Dave break down the September 7th, 2016 Apple Special Event.
You can watch Apple's video of the event here or read more at Apple.com
Rough Outline of the Episode:
- Carpool Karaoke opener w/ Tim Cook and James Corden
- Updates
- Apple Music
- App Store
- 106 percent YoY growth
- 2 x over closes competitor
- World’s most popular gaming device
- 500,000 games in App store
- Nintendo Mario Coming to App Store
- Education
- Apple’s 40th birthday, committed to education the entire time
- ConnectED
- 4500 teachers, mac and ipad
- Donating iPads to more than 50k students
- Swift Playgrounds
- iWork
- Real-time collaboration
- Apple Watch
- #1 smartwatch in customer satisfaction
- Jeff Williams
- WatchOS 3
- Breathe App
- 911
- Pokemon Go for watch
- Next Gen Apple Watch Series 2
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- Splash proof to swim proof
- New speaker shoots out water
- Two new work outs, pool swim and open water swim
- Gets more effective over time, algorithm, learns from your activity
- Better processor and graphics. Adding GPS
- New Ceramic model
- New Hermes model
- Nike partner
- Apple Watch Nike +
- Metrics big on screen or advance screen
- 4 colors
- Original watch gets dual core processor, called series 1 $269
- September 16 for series two, oct for nike + version
- iPhone
- Gold standard in smartphones
- 1 billion iPhones sold
- iOS 10
- iPhone 7
- Design
- Jet Black finish
- Black
- Gold
- Silver
- Rose Gold
- Home Button
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- Programmable
- Solid State
- Dust and water resistant - ip67 standard
- Camera
- OIS all models
- f1.8 wider apature lense
- 6 element lense
- 12MP sensor, 60% faster 30% more energy efficient
- Flash now has 4 LEDs 50% more light, flicker sensor
- Image signal processor 2x throughput ISP
- 100 billion operations in 25 milliseconds
- RAW dng files now
- 7MP facetime for selfies
- wide color gamut
- iPhone 7 Plus
- second camera 12MP also
- wide angle + telephoto lens
- optical 2x
- shallow depth of field
- Displays
- 25% brighter
- wide gamut
- 3d touch
- Audio
- Stereo speakers first time
- 2x volume of last model
- Lightning Earpods
- Lightening headphones in box
- Adapter is in box, wow
- Wireless Apple Airpods $159 October
- Apple Pay
- Coming to Japan, different NFC
- Performance
- A10 fusion
- Four core CPU
- 120x faster than original iPhone
- Two high efficiency cores 1/5 power
- 240x after than original iPhone, graphics
- Battery life is better
- 2 more hours of 6s and 1 hour 6s plus
- Design
- iPhone 7 $649 and up 32GB, 128GB, 256GB
- iPhone 7+ $769 and up 32GB, 128GB, 256GB
- Sept 9 pre-order/Sept 16 shipping
- Sia, musical guest to close event
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