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PCM38 PC Mike’s Gadget of the Year: iPadPro or Surface Book?
PC Mike is agonizing, as he gets ready to pick the Gadget of the Year. Will it be Apple’s new iPad Pro or Microsoft’s hot new Surface Pro combination laptop/tablet? Both devices are about to be released and are expected to be hot sellers this holiday season. Mike likes both and is waiting to get his hands on them to make his choice for the annual TV report he does after Thanksgiving picking the “Device of the Year.” In this episode, he talks about how impressed he is with Microsoft’s technological resurgence and its innovative new Surface tablets, as well as its solid new Windows 10 operating system. [spp-player] [spp-tweet…
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PCM 37 Is Apple TV really “the future of television?”
Apple’s Tim Cook claims it is but as we point out in this episode of the PC Mike Techcast, the new Apple TV is indeed pretty cool, but probably a bit overhyped. But that’s okay. While it lacks a couple things it’s less expensive rivals have (like 4K), the remote for Apple TV is indeed really revolutionary. [spp-timestamp time=”6:30″] That’s our lead story this week in a podcast episode with lots of info, including a very helpful interview with cyber advocate Heather MacKinnon of Lookout.com who tells us about malware that are starting to clog up our mobile devices. [spp-player] Here’s the complete shownotes for Episode 37: A website that tells you who…
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PCM35: Apple Vs Microsoft, iOS Vs Android
It is the best of times and the worst of times – at least when it comes to the constant flood of tech news inundating us consumers these days. It’s the best because our tech – like the new iPad Pro and Surface Book – just keeps getting better. It’s the worst because it takes a lot of time to dig through myriad tech news to figure out what matters most to the valued listeners of the PC Mike podcast. Alas, we try, and that’s why this week’s focus is dissecting the tech news to talk everything from Apple vs. Microsoft to what smartphone camera is best. In fact – in addition…
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PCM31: Breaking Down Apple’s ‘Incredible’ Yawner of an Event
Apple CEO Tim Cook promised “monster news” at the beginning of the company’s big event this week – and we’re still waiting. That’s because instead of monster announcements, we mostly received details about updates for Apple Watch, the iPad line, the all-new Apple TV, and the new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. Now, that isn’t to discount the large amount of interest many will have in these updates – after all, a company couldn’t get away with calling this snoozefest a “big event” if its products weren’t insanely popular. We’re just saying, unveiling the Apple Pencil isn’t exactly monster nor does it quite stack up to the 2001 announcement of iPod or the 2007…
