John Hines of WCCO-AM quizzes me about cell phones. We discuss how the federal goverment got the top U.S. wireless carriers to agree on a joint database for remotely disabling stolen handsets. We also talk about how the feds want to discourage the use of cell phones while driving.
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I appear on CNN (en español)!
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I talk Mountain Lion, Windows 8 and the latest Ultrabooks on CNN En Español. I show off the Dell XPS 13 (with Windows 8 on it) and HP Envy 14 Spectre.
(Source: http://i.cdn.turner.com/)
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I talk 3rd-gen iPad on WCCO-AM
I discuss Apple’s just-released third-generation iPad in its various permutations with WCCO-AM’s Esmee Murphy.
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I talk 3rd-gen iPad on Fox 9
In what has become a yearly tradition, the Twin Cities’ Fox 9 News interviews me about Apple’s latest iPad on the day it is unveiled.
Here are the Fox 9 segments on the iPad 2 and the original iPad.
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‘Enough’ book becomes podcast
My friend, Patrick Rhone, a St. Paul-based technology consultant, has achieved Web-based superstardom for one of his side projects, the Minimal Mac blog.
The Apple-enthusiast site, spare in appearance, is dedicated to the idea that simplicity is power. More …
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Flattered to be a MIMA speaker
Last October I was a speaker at the Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association (MIMA) Summit, which was an honor given this yearly event’s prominence in the Twin Cities. My topic: “Apple’s iPad in the Work World.”
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Path, Pinterest, etc. on Minnov8
I did another guest-hosting stint on the always-awesome Minnov8 Gang Podcast today. Topics included Pinterest, the Path-privacy snafu and, of course, OS X Mountain Lion.
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Talkin’ tech (again) with Karin!
Karin Housley – Feb. 18 – Pt. 1 Julio Ojeda-Zapata (mp3)
I never have more fun as a tech writer than when I’m talkin’ tech with Karin Housley on her KLBB radio show. Scrub to 16:25. Thanks for having me on again, Karin. I’m honored to be your “radio-show boyfriend.”
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I show off tech gear on KARE-11
Today I demonstrated several offbeat tech products on KARE 11, the Twin Cities NBC affiliate. Watch until the end for the dramatic TV-studio flight (and crash) of the RC helicopter. Here’s a related post.
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I set a hard drive on fire (it lives)
I staged a hard-drive bonfire to test ioSafe’s claim that its Solo External hard drive is “fireproof.” That’s St. Paul Pioneer Press outdoors editor David Orrick doing the honors as I film.
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Pro players use a drive as puck
How rugged IS ioSafe’s Rugged Portable hard drive? St. Paul Pioneer Press photographer Ben Garvin and I had fun filming this wacky video for which I will garner NO acting awards.
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