ATTG 2018: Heck Yeah! - Social Media, Gmail, Backing Up Photos

Hands-On Tech (Audio)

Leo Laporte

Reviews, Technology, Product Reviews, Tech, Gadgets, Twit

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2024

⏱️ 144 minutes

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Summary

Leo Laporte shows off another one of his recent Instagram purchases. Can you send out text messages similarly to a BCC email? Gmail turns 20! Plus, Scott Wilkinson joins the show to talk with Leo and Mikah Sargent about physical media and how often one wants to watch older movies.

An accidental discovery of a backdoor likely prevented thousands of infections.
The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness?
What is My Ping Tag?
Can I text multiple people on an iPhone to function similarly to a BCC email?
With the changing landscape of broadcast television, a caller wants to know if Leo and MIkah think that traditional TV is dying.
Scott Wilkinson and March 2024's Home Theater of the Month.
20 years of Gmail.
How long can I continue to safely use an older version of an app on my phone?
Is there a way to backup photos without using a laptop?
With the discontinuation of Echo Connect, is there a similar service or process to announce phone calls and allow calls to be initiated by voice?
What hard drives should I get when purchasing a Synology NAS?
What's a good Linux OS to install on an older computer?
Why are certain shows on my YouTube TV recordings quieter than others?

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guest: Scott Wilkinson

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0:00.0	Well, hey hey, hey, how are you today? It's time for Ask the Tech guys,
0:03.3	Leo La Port here coming up in just a little bit. Scott Wilkinson and I will talk
0:07.2	about physical media versus streaming, and I will ask the philosophical question,
0:12.4	oh how many times you want to re-watch that movie. And I will ask the philosophical question,
0:12.5	oh, many times you want to re-watch that movie anyway.
0:15.5	Hmm, and I'm Micah Sergeant,
0:17.5	and we talk to someone who wants to know how to BCC via text message.
0:22.0	Then, a great mystery. Why is Jimmy Kimmel so much quieter
0:26.8	than every other show I watch? All that and more coming up next on Ask the Tech
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