Recorded Sunday March 16, 2025 - Live from iTechGear Southwest
Hosts Chris Spera - EiC iTechGear.org Christopher Gavula - former Contributing Editor Gear Diary and pocketnow.com Joel McLaughlin - former Contributing Writer Gear Diary. Current The Linux Link Tech Show Host and Living in the Retro Arcade Podcast Larry McJunkin - Co-owner, WUGNET Publications, Retired
Apple Segment
Siri is just pitifully embarrasing - Chris G.
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Siri is SO Bad, Tim Cook is getting ROASTED over it - Chris G. https://t.ly/oIB-9
iPhone 16e has Bluetooth Audio Issues - Chris https://t.ly/N5SgJ
Live Translation coming to AirPods - Chris https://t.ly/xpJu0
Apple to support E2E RCS Encrpyted Messaging with Android - Joel https://t.ly/q1omB
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Mobile/ Linux Segment Google is ditching its Assistant for Gemini later in 2025 - Joel https://t.ly/tuYiZ OpenAI & Google to Ask the Government to Allow their Ais to Train on Copywritten Material they don't own - Chris G. https://t.ly/Jtn4G Android16 Beta 3 has been Released - Joel https://t.ly/D1E4q
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Windows Segment Intel has a new CEO, but is it enough to Right the Ship, or is it too Late? - Chris https://t.ly/geZHG
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Tip of the Week Segment iTechGear was founded with the intent of making technology easy for everyone to use and understand. This team has dedicated their writing careers to that purpose. Every week, the iTechGear Weekly will feature a new Computing Tip, authored by one of our experienced editors. Questions, requests and suggestions can be sent to tips@itechgear.org.
6 Things to do After Installing Windows 11 https://t.ly/Q5VJ5
Pick of the Week Segment I’d like to take just a moment to let our listeners know that our show picks are typically hardware, software and other items of interest that we have individually purchased and actually use and like enough that we want to recommend them to you. They are not paid advertisements or items with which we have an affiliate marketing relationship. We sincerely believe in the picks we bring you at the end of each show.
Chris Smart AAAA Battery Charger with 2 Counts Rechargeable AAAA Batteries - Ni-MH 1.2V 400mAh 1200 Cycles https://t.ly/eBf_9
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