4.8 • 770 Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2021
⏱️ 29 minutes
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In this episode, the steps you can take if your stimulus money hasn't arrived, Android apps spamming phones with ads, and a dangerous charger recall. Then, see if Ben can defeat Mike and Allie in Brand New or Not True. And a deep dive into the bad tech habits the team is trying to break in 2021.
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0:00.0 | From commander.com, welcome to the Tech Refresh podcast where we scour the internet to feature the right digital news, gadgets and stories, and keep you up to date. |
0:11.2 | Our promise, you give us about 30 minutes, and we'll make sure you're the in-the-no go-to digital source for your friends and family. |
0:18.5 | After an exhaustive nationwide search to find just the right |
0:21.8 | digitally savvy host, well, they finally gave up and you got me. I'm Mike James, along with our |
0:27.0 | distinguished panel of co-hosts. It's Allie, the content queen from commander.com. Hello, |
0:33.5 | Ali. Hi, Mike. And the news director at commander.com is Ben Obi-Wan, Bradley. |
0:39.8 | Hey, Mike. |
0:40.7 | So we've got a lot of stuff we've got to get to, as we do every week. |
0:44.5 | Scam of the week this week is typo squatting. |
0:47.2 | We're going to learn a new word, typo squatting. |
0:50.8 | And our quick tip in just a few minutes is you can see if your ISP is slowing you down |
0:57.0 | or what they call throttling your ISPs. So they're not giving as much bandwidth as they should be. |
1:03.2 | Also, later on, Allie is on a like a three-week winning streak with brand new or not true, leaving Ben and I in the dust. |
1:13.8 | We're going to find out if we can kind of catch up this week. |
1:16.8 | Our deep dive topic is tech habits to build on or bring in on the new year or stuff that we're |
1:22.4 | going to get rid of. |
1:23.7 | And a much, much more. |
1:25.7 | We're going to start with our first story is still no stimulus checks. |
1:30.5 | What, how can you use tech to find out what happened? |
1:33.7 | Yeah, so let's talk about money. |
1:35.8 | So far, most of us Americans have received a combined $1,800 from the federal government, the first payment of $1,200, and then the $600 payment. |
1:45.8 | Now, if you haven't received your second check, either as a paper check, a direct deposit, or as a debit card, you can report |
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