tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56257152024-03-12T21:53:41.575-05:00Tech Talkback with Dave MathewsTechnology demystified by the Gadget Guy.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963339044158802317noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-71383518517146927262019-12-31T20:35:00.001-06:002019-12-31T20:43:08.390-06:00How to digitally detox & cut the costs to live a truly connected 2020!Hi, I’m Dave Mathews – The Gadget Guy, and this is Tech Talkback number 4 where we unwind the expenses that we built up through the end of the decade. Tech Talkback on Anchor Free and Spotify Podcasts
While most bloggers and podcasts are talking about the end of the decade and what pivotal changes we had, I’m going to talk about how you can make the most of the next decade by saving Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963339044158802317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-27320296767460179802019-12-16T16:32:00.001-06:002019-12-16T16:37:41.545-06:00Goodbye cars- Hello high-rolling SUVs.Hi, I’m Dave Mathews – The Gadget Guy, and this is Tech Talkback number 3 goodby cars, hello high-rolling SUVs. Tech Talkback on Anchor Free and Spotify Podcasts
If you drive in any city, it should be no surprise to you that SUVs are taking over the roads of America. If you’re in the Midwest, where I am from, or of course, our largest state of Texas, those roads are all Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963339044158802317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-16081706279687134022019-11-30T23:37:00.001-06:002019-11-30T23:51:59.478-06:00The Tesla Cybertruck pre-sells 150,000, make that 250,000 upon announcement!
I’m Dave Mathews and this is the text version of the Podcast on the 2021 Tesla Cybertruck from November 30, 2019. Tech Talkback on Anchor Free and Spotify Podcasts
What looks like a cross between a 70’s Lotus and a door-stop, its construction was inspired by the DeLorean and has fender flares from the Lamborghini LM002, oh and probably makes a Humvee cringe in fear?
Lambo's Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963339044158802317noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-82659400574606357442019-11-21T01:15:00.000-06:002019-11-30T23:39:05.714-06:00Ford Debuts the All-Electric 2021 Mustang Mach-E
Welcome to the reboot of Tech Talkback, I’m Dave Mathews and this is the text version of the Podcast on the 2021 Mustang Mach-E from November 20, 2019. Tech Talkback on Anchor Free and Spotify Podcasts
Ford galloped into the LA Auto show with their new fully electric vehicle this week, a day before it opened and some of the automotive press isn’t too happy with it. Are you?Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963339044158802317noreply@blogger.com11201 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90015, USA34.0403207 -118.269562399999988.5182862000000021 -159.57815639999998 59.5623552 -76.960968399999985tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-26295649883686812532009-07-21T13:22:00.003-05:002009-07-21T13:27:49.064-05:00PeopleBrowsr at the TechCrunch Real-Time CrunchUp 2009Last fall my buddy Brian Solis of bub.blicio.us introduced me to Jodee Rich of peoplebrowsr.com and I saw an amazingly powerful client that wrapped a unified, albeit noisy interface around all of the Web 2.0 properties. That's right, Flickr, YouTube, RSS feeds as well as Twitter, Facebook and Friendfeed could all be accessed in a single dashboard.I was hooked on the idea, but it needed some Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963339044158802317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-17705544074539140072009-01-21T15:40:00.007-06:002009-02-17T22:58:00.537-06:00Tiger Direct PC Build competition at CES 2009Last year I was invited by the Max Borges Agency to attend their Tiger Direct/CompUSA (they bought the trademark and domain name) PC building competition with many of my industry buddies in television, print and online media. Jim Louderback from PC Magazine and Patrick Norton (now at Revision 3,) Tom Merritt from CNET and my old buddy Al Hernandez from Fox news were worthy competitors, along Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963339044158802317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-46846818671189219342008-12-27T18:06:00.004-06:002008-12-28T10:30:47.548-06:00Backup Frequently and Often Seagate_FA_Go_silver_dockOriginally uploaded by gadgetgy. Since my first computer with dual 83K (that’s Kilobytes) floppies, which were great for text, the multimedia computing age has made our storage requirements grow exponentially. We literally store gigabytes of personal content like photos and documents, which have personal value, as well as paid digital media which can be expensive to Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963339044158802317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-27801047734619922062008-09-18T03:25:00.002-05:002008-09-18T03:28:52.462-05:00Calacanis and Arrington Pups at TC50 Calacanis Pups at TC50 Originally uploaded by gadgetgy. Last week had non-stop events in San Francisco, TechCrunch 50 (TC50), Apple's Lets Rock announcement and CTIA took my days, and the parties took over the nights. The dust has settled this week and I wanted to share my thoughts of the event. I saw a lot of stuff, and below is a sample of the good and bad that resonated with me.On Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963339044158802317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-65866318503456100732008-08-19T23:49:00.009-05:002008-09-15T15:06:48.016-05:00iPhone vs Blackberry FREE HTML email When I went to Europe this summer, two weeks before the new iPhone came out, I had to fight myself from buying the original iPhone before the new "3Jesus phone" was released upon my return. You see, as a Sprint cellular user, I am unable to use my 3G CDMA phone in Europe, because they do not support the network nor frequencies that we do in the US. For my mobile communications instead, I Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963339044158802317noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-64837187162828850192008-08-16T15:59:00.002-05:002008-08-16T18:02:40.493-05:00Defcon 16 - 2008 CoverageThere is no worse place to be than the city of Las Vegas in the summer. Yet, for years my brother and I have made our trek there for his birthday weekend and the conference that makes you want to never turn on your laptop, Defcon. This year is the 16th annual security conference and we learned about cable modem vulnerabilities, lock picking (a show favorite) and how to instantly take over an Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963339044158802317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-49883017019990882362008-08-06T13:01:00.004-05:002008-08-06T13:22:13.598-05:00Lock down your Facebook or Myspace profileThe amount of "transparency" people have which means the amount of seemingly private information that people put on the Internet these days amazes me. Wether it is photos on sharing sites like Flickr, or too much information on MySpace and Facebook, this could come back to haunt you or otherwise make you need to explain your life to a higher power. I'm not talking about the pearly gates Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963339044158802317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-40964735160187516462008-07-23T20:00:00.007-05:002008-07-23T20:08:07.104-05:00Cranky Geeks with iPhone 3G and more...I made another appearance on Cranky Geeks in the hot (yeah right) July summer of San Francisco, on episode 125. We spoke about the iPhone and its revolutionary app store; which is the real story of the 3G iPhone, not the 3G which brings talk time from 10 hours to 5 hours. The worlds oldest blogger at 108 years old (someone else typed for her) passed away and newsgroup sites are having a problemDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963339044158802317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-28832055086565523462008-05-05T20:40:00.003-05:002008-05-05T20:44:31.770-05:00Fake Steve Jobs - Daniel Lyons @ Web2.0 Fake Steve Jobs - Daniel Lyons @ Web2.0 Originally uploaded by gadget. It looks as if all of my stories covering the O'Reilly Web 2.0 conference have been posted to the PC Magazine world... Here's a recap:Marc Andreessen talks about what it was like in the early days of creating the browser at the University of Illinois then Netscape and what he is currently doing with the white label Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963339044158802317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-14305638477204238492008-04-28T20:22:00.003-05:002008-04-28T20:32:43.605-05:002008 O'Reilly Web2.0 Stories Part I Web2.0 Day 1 Originally uploaded by gadget. Ok, so I'm a new tech guy in an old media (dead trees and analog broadcast) world. Until now, ya see. Last week was pivotal for me. A magazine that I normally write for in print emailed me right before the W2E event and asked me to blog on it. Coolio I think (but that means I need to leave the parties at a decent hour to edit) and I Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963339044158802317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-28722215299958355022008-03-24T13:33:00.001-05:002008-03-24T13:33:33.385-05:00Time Machine to Airport Extreme Router Time Machine to Airport Extreme Originally uploaded by gadget. I an effort to consume less power, I am turning off my terabyte RAID server, and other full PC's but still want to maintain my automatic backups and remote file or server-like storage while I am on the road. The Airport Extreme became my router of choice a few months ago, with its ability to host 802.11n connections to my Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963339044158802317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-49648268131672253512008-02-27T13:04:00.004-06:002008-02-27T13:17:38.190-06:00Geeking out with the Cranky GeeksI will be a guest crank today on Cranky Geeks with my old friend John Dvorak - the head crank, today Wednesday the 27th. We go live to the web at 12:30pm PST and replays can be found here: Cranky Geeks Episode 105 - February 27th, 2008Watch all of the crankyness if you are eating your desk for lunch today. :)Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963339044158802317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-62912512049685563372008-01-06T17:33:00.000-06:002008-01-06T17:35:32.684-06:00Live CES 2008 Coverage on G4 TV with Dave Mathews G4 Stage Originally uploaded by gadget It's the first week of January and you know what that means! That's right, all of the electronics that you received for Christmas are now rendered obsolete thanks to the new product announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show.This year I am working with the guys at G4 to bring you the latest in technology from the show floor. Tune in live Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963339044158802317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-66521322195625804162007-12-19T18:12:00.001-06:002007-12-19T18:17:12.463-06:00Last Minute Gift Ideas for 2007 Tommy and Rumble FM99.com Originally uploaded by gadget. If you are up early in the Midwest, or chillin' in the cold Northeast; browse-into fm99.com on December 20th, 2007. I'll be a guest on Tommy & Rumble - on 99 FM - Hampton Virginia's rock station. This is my second time talking to the guys (but don't ask me which one of the guys is the Rumble) about gadgets and finally last minuteDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963339044158802317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-64152908061478336812007-10-24T18:31:00.000-05:002007-10-24T18:41:59.409-05:00PC Magazine Productivity ExpoIt's time again for the PC Magazine Productivity Online Expo, which opens Thursday, October 25th (9:30AM - 6:00 ET/6:30AM - 3:00PM PT)I'll be speaking on PC Magazine's online trade show, the Mobility Technology Online Expo. There will be a cast of other experts and characters speaking on how you can achieve excellence in the latest in mobile computing and connectivity.My topics are: Productivity Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963339044158802317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-67689923460287833872007-10-05T13:15:00.001-05:002007-10-05T15:24:00.427-05:00Neiman Marcus Gifts 2007 Fantasy Gifts2008 Lexus IS FOriginally uploaded by gadget. Neiman Marcus dropped their 2007 Fantasy Gifts catalog insert with over-the-top ideas for the holidays on us this week. My favorite vehicle is the $68k Lexus IS F with a 400 HP V8 under the hood and quad pipes sending a growling note out the back. You get this car, a concept gone production from Steve Millen, plus Skip Barber racing school with Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963339044158802317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-15044456733555987062007-10-03T12:10:00.001-05:002007-10-03T12:17:57.673-05:00San Francisco is the #1 City for Singles Gavin doing photo sessions on Octavia. Heeeey!Originally uploaded by gadget. This August, I was tapped by a freelancer at Forbes for an interview of the best spots to date in San Francisco. Since I live in and love this great city, I was up for the challenge. However, by the time the story was posted it was changed to a brief with bachelor and bachelorette picks plus some rankings on cultureDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963339044158802317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-39665219141877431922007-09-26T21:31:00.001-05:002007-09-26T21:42:01.897-05:00Go Mobile already with the Mobility Online Expo On Thursday the 27th, early in the morning (8am) on the West coast I'll be speaking on PC Magazine's online trade show, the Mobility Technology Online Expo. There will be a cast of other experts and characters speaking on how you can achieve excellence in the latest in mobile computing and connectivity.Topics include:Portable computing devices, including Tablets, UMPCs, Notebooks and Handheld Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963339044158802317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-58068071187744053922007-09-25T11:22:00.001-05:002007-09-25T11:48:35.275-05:00DEMO fall 2007 with Chris Shipley Demo fall Opener with Chris Shipley Originally uploaded by gadget. This week brings us the DEMO fall 2007 conference in San Diego. There are a hundreds of people comprised of VC's, PR folks and companies eager to display their technologies, and big companies who are eager to SEE new technologies - which must have never been released in order to launch at DEMO.So far its off to a great start Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963339044158802317noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-65925856741529236862007-09-07T19:06:00.001-05:002007-09-07T19:14:51.462-05:00Free VoIP on your home phone Supura SPA-3000 Originally uploaded by gadget. The Late Summer 2007 Alt Vehicles issue #11 of Make Magazine has a story that you'll love if you were a former customer of SunRocket. This how-to shows you what you need to get a Washington State phone number and terminate it on the Sipura device here, or any unlocked VoIP adapter, or software. By doing so you can then receive all the callsDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963339044158802317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-74927465252611282482007-09-05T03:32:00.001-05:002007-09-05T19:35:35.876-05:00Mercedes-Benz Search and Send is a very cool failure. Mercedes-Benz Search and Send Originally uploaded by gadget. These guys were SO close with this innovative service that reminds me of the "send to phone" browser plug-in for Firefox. Close, however but no cigar. Look, I love the redesigned C-Class. MBZ did a great job capturing the essence of the expensive S in this platform that even I could maybe afford (like my old 90's E-Class.) Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963339044158802317noreply@blogger.com0