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Elon is cutting Twitter jobs #112

October 23, 2022Apple, Podcast, Smartphones, Twitter, video gameskirk

This week, Elon is planning to cut jobs, Ye plans on buying Parler, and a 1^st generation iPhone is sold for more than $39,000

And this is the last of three special episodes as we have teamed up with F5 Refreshing Technology; we will have unique content from their podcast in each episode, including F5 Refreshing Technology co-host Avram Piltch and his segment, the Piltch Point. Avram will be talking about Intel’s/AMD’s new lineup of chips.

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Burnt Hair? Really? #111

October 16, 2022Podcast, video gameskirk

This week, Elon Musk is selling perfume, Netflix is setting up shop in NJ, and Apple is reportedly withholding benefits from union workers.

Also, this is the second of three special episodes as we are teaming up with F5 Refreshing Technology again. We will have unique content from their podcast in each episode, including F5 Refreshing Technologies co-host Avram Piltch and his segment, the Piltch Point. He’ll talk about PC builds and what is the best bang for your buck.

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Yes, No, Maybe? #110

October 9, 2022Apple, Podcast, Smartphones, Twitter, video games, YouTubekirk

This week, Elon does an about-face, Tim Cook facetimes with the Pope, and Kim Kardashian is faced with a fine.

Also, this is one of three special episodes as we are teaming up with F5 Refreshing Technology where we will have special content from their podcast in each of the episodes including F5 Refreshing Technolgys co-host Avram Piltch and his segment the Piltch Point and he takes an early deep dive on the upcoming Amazon Prime Day Early Access this week.

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What happened to Netflix? #104

April 22, 2022Amazon, Apple, Podcast, video gameskirk

This week, Tesla is doing well, Netflix is not doing so well and after a month of streaming on-air, CNN+ is shutting down.

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Amazon Prime Day breaks records #030

July 19, 2019Google, Google Trends, video games, YouTubekirk

This week, Amazon Prime Day breaks records……again, Netflix loses subscribers, smartphone shipments decline, eBay beats Q2 estimates, Verizon launches 5G in St. Paul plus the DNC gets a warning not to use FaceApp

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K12.com exposes millions of records #029

July 12, 2019Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Google Trends, Podcast, Twitter, video games, YouTubekirk

This week, FCC wants to ban caller id spoofing, K12.com exposed student records, AT&T makes it harder for spam callers to reach you plus Amazon has a lot of Prime Day deals!

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Amazon to fight homelessness #026

June 14, 2019Amazon, Google, Podcast, Tech Tips, video gameskirk

Happy Father’s Day to all of the dads and single parents out there! For this week’s episode of GNC WIR, some of the tech news brings from Amazon is fighting homelessness, BET is launching a streaming service,10 states are suing the T-Mobile Sprint merger, plus Julian Assange may be extradited to the United States.

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Memorial Day 2019 #024

May 24, 2019Apple, Google, Podcast, video gameskirk

Happy Memorial Day Weekend to all! I want to give a big thank you who are serving now or has served in the armed forces on this Memorial Day weekend not just today but every day. Some of the tech news this week, yes we all know that Game of Thrones series has ended its run and it’s reported that the TV series has broken records, and in other news this week Sony will only make phones for 4 markets.

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Disney now owns Hulu #023

May 17, 2019Apple, Google, How To, Podcast, video gameskirk

Yes, there was no episode last week, I was not feeling well. It may have been from the remnants from being sick from the week prior. So my apologies, but fear not GNC WIR community, a new episode is here! And this weeks tech news is sure not to disappoint, a huge Google news block, a streaming news block plus Disney is now in control of Hulu.

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