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🗓️ 6 May 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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0:00.0 | Okay, now I know that you've seen the Google Pegman. |
0:06.5 | It's that little yellow character in Google Maps that you can magically just drop right onto |
0:11.0 | a map. |
0:12.0 | But Pegman does not have to be that little yellow character. |
0:15.7 | I don't know if you know this, a little fun fact for you. |
0:18.4 | There are a few Google Pegman Easter eggs that puts the Pegman in |
0:22.1 | different costumes. So like, for example, if you're searching around Buckingham Palace, |
0:27.4 | the Google Pegman, well, becomes a queen. That's right. It gets dressed up as a queen. Yes. |
0:32.7 | If you're an area of 51, Pegman transforms into an alien figure. And if you search for the lock nest in Google |
0:40.6 | Maps, the Pegman turns into a sea monster. I mean, this isn't just, this is like some really |
0:45.9 | fun stuff for everybody to try out. You know, and I think I finally made it big in my life, |
0:50.9 | finally, after all these years in broadcasting because today this morning as I was |
0:55.7 | driving back from the dry cleaners as I approached my driveway one of the world's biggest |
1:01.0 | companies said to me you've arrived I was like oh so great thank you Google Maps and welcome |
1:08.1 | to Tech Refresh it's your weekly fun podcast about all things digital. |
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1:29.8 | And joining us this week, we have our amazing content queen and our very own crypto gal. |
1:34.9 | Ali Seligman, Allie, what are you going to be sharing with us today? |
1:38.4 | I have some browser news, and I'm going to tell you about one of the biggest crypto scams out there so you can avoid it. |
1:46.1 | Bum, bum, bum. |
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