This week’s Future Tech Chat features a fun conversation between +Mike Attrell and I, along with very special guest and my own mother +Kathy Attrell. We recorded this conversation last week, and I hope you’ll learn a little something about the difficulties of hosting a live Q&A, and maybe see a little of your own conversations with loved ones in our chat.
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Author: Rob Attrell
Future Chat: Tech 10 – Smart TVs
Well, we made it! We’re into the double-digit numbers and more than excited to be getting into this topic we all love so much.
This week’s Future Tech Chat will feature +Mike Attrell and I, along with special guest and world’s greatest beard grower +Nick Maddox.
New TV Technology Can Be a Hard Sell: Samsung is enticing the masses with eight more reasons to pick up a shiny new Ultra HD (4K) TV with a promotion giving away eight UHD movies with the purchase of a curved 4K TV. This is on top of their existing promotion to give away a $300 1TB hard drive with three UHD documentaries. Sony has a similar promotion with the sales of their Ultra HD TVs. If you didn’t think you’d have anything to watch in your brand new mind-blowing screen resolution, at least Ben Stiller will be able to tide you over until we start seeing 4K content more widespread.
TV Content Is A-Changing: We saw multiple moves and shakes from both cable and internet content providers this week; Netflix is trying to reach more people faster, Microsoft and Yahoo! are making their way onto your TV screen, Hulu went from blocking VPN traffic to making mobile content free to access in the same week, and there are rumours of AT&T purchasing DirectTV to keep up with the Joneses within the industry.
If you thought the age of the TV was over, it looks like we’re only just beginning a new chapter in the content and product wars.
I hope you’ll tune in live at 12:30 PM EDT on Saturday, May 3rd for the episode, and you’ll be able to watch it in full below live or after it’s aired.
As usual, you can ask us any questions you might have on the Q&A in the event page (https://plus.google.com/events/cmancl8pfdc6t6q00bcm2k1naa8), or by email at [email protected]. So far we have answered or addressed every question submitted, and you can expect that trend to continue!
We look forward to seeing you there live tomorrow!
Written by: +Rob Attrell and +Mike Attrell
Future Chat: Tech 9 – Google Inc.
This week on Future Tech Chat, +Mike Attrell, +Carolyn Higman and I will be joined by special guest +Keegan on, esteemed colleague of mine who is entering the teaching profession.
In the episode, we will be chatting about the company we all know and use every day, even as a verb, Google Inc. We will attempt to cover the huge number of projects and services they offer, but obviously we’ll spend more time on the coolest and most interesting of those, and discuss where the company is headed and what it could mean for the world.
I hope you’ll tune in live at 12:30 PM EDT on Saturday, April 26th for the episode, and you’ll be able to watch it in full below live or after it’s aired.
As usual, you can ask us any questions you might have on the Q&A in the event page (https://plus.google.com/events/c5mmr01h82269tji3g0s13s3ono), or by email at [email protected]. So far we have answered or addressed every question submitted, and you can expect that trend to continue!
We look forward to seeing you there live tomorrow!