73: Phantom Butthurt Syndrome
Grumpy Old Geeks29 Aug 2014

73: Phantom Butthurt Syndrome

iPhone 5 recall. The NFL is what? Podcast Nazis. Google drones. Wordpress GOOD news. Hacks of the week. Tony Soprano silliness. App downloads discussed. Facial recognition makes good. Don't buy ice cream. More on the click-bait wars. Facebook explains. Listen or subscribe in iTunes or get the FREE Grumpy Old Geeks App! If you like the show please click here and give us a rating or review in iTunes. It helps us out and lets us know people want more episodes! If you’d like to donate to the show please check out our page on TugBoat Hosted by Libsyn Use the coupon code “gog” while signing up & receive up to 2 months free! Show Notes iPhone 5 battery recall Hat-tip to @mtemal The Real Super Bowl Question: Should The NFL Be A Nonprofit? Who Owns Your iTunes Library After Death? Podcasters Roundtable Episode 33 - Open Mic Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: John Oliver Literally Destroys Piñatas (Web Exclusive) Time To Do Everything Except Think Facebook wants you to know that Messenger is not spying on you Get the Facts About Messenger The Price of Admission by Dan Savage Watch a Small Child Ruthlessly Bully Ricky Gervais in New Audi Ad Why Mark Zuckerberg’s war on click bait proves we are all pawns of social media Most smartphone users download zero apps per month Your cellphone is killing you: What people don’t want you to know about electromagnetic fields Google shows off 'Project Wing' delivery drones Inside Google's Secret Drone-Delivery Program Is The Universe A Hologram? Conscious Brain-to-Brain Communication in Humans Using Non-Invasive Technologies. DQ Breach? HQ Says No, But Would it Know? Oops! Mozilla left thousands of email addresses and passwords lying around (again) JPMorgan, other banks hacked, and FBI looks to Russia for culprits Automattic Acquires BruteProtect To Help Keep WordPress Users Safe Suspected child abuse fugitive caught by facial recognition after 14 years The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam Trilogy Book 2) by Margaret Atwood No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glen Greenwald William Gibson talking about coining the term Cyberspace. The Iconic Moleskine Notebook Goes Digital Counting Crows Frontman Adam Duritz Explains Why No One Can Find Him On Tinder Neil And Pegi Young Divorce After 36 Years Of Marriage Mythbusters Finale - Plane Boarding Tests Utopia About Utopia Did Tony die at the end of The Sopranos? David Chase Says He Was Quoted Out of Context, and the Sopranos War of Words Rages On Are you proud of yourself, @savedyouaclick? The War - A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Zara Pulls Kids' T-Shirt That Looks Like a Nazi Camp Uniform Feeling the buzz: where do phantom phone vibrations come from? I Dream of TV Newsletter Reid's Chocolates See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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