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We're Weekly as of Episode 37! SO, who wants to listen to four old white guys kvetch about tech and what will certainly be cries to get kids off their lawn... You do, obviously! The iTechGear Weekly (or iTGW) combines the expertise of four guys who helped the internet get off the ground: * Larry McJunkin - former Co-Owner of WUGNET - the Windows User's Group NETwork, a cornerstone of the Internet and the Windows World. * Chris Gavula - a former Editor at both Gear Diary and pocketnow.com * Joel McLaughlin - a former Senior Contributor at Gear Diary and host of the Linux Link Tech Show and Living in the Retro Arcade podcasts * Chris Spera - the Editor-in-Chief over at iTechGear, former Sr. Editor at WUGNET, Gear Diary, pocketnow.com, and Managing Editor Emeritus of BYTE.com, the Reincarnation of BYTE Magazine.

  1. 12/14/2025

    Episode 154 - You'll Shoot Your Eye Out Kid

    The iTechGear Weekly - Episode 154 - You'll Shoot Your Eye Out, Kid Recorded Sunday November 30, 2025 - Live from iTechGear Central Hosts Chris Spera - EiC iTechGear.org Christopher Gavula - Editor at iTechGear, former Contributing Editor Gear Diary and pocketnow.com Joel McLaughlin - Editor at iTechGear, former Contributing Writer Gear Diary. Current The Linux Link Tech Show Host, Living in the Retro Arcade Podcast and Fitness for the Rest of Us Larry McJunkin - Editor at iTechGear, Co-owner, WUGNET Publications, Retired Apple Segment Did Apple Crack the Crease? - Chris https://t.ly/V0UjQ … and it could cost as much as $2400 - Chris G. https://t.ly/6vFTX Apple's Siri Solution has some Excited for iOS 26.4 - Larry https://t.ly/tdqvR If we're ever sponsored, an ad would be done here, between segments. Mobile/ Linux Segment Black Friday - Does it even Matter Anymore? - Chris NO URL Streaming Deals https://www.pureflix.com/, https://t.ly/YD7SF, https://t.ly/GLn56 Accessory Deals https://t.ly/1HGaI, https://t.ly/VHgf6 Thin is No Longer in: Thin Phones are Dead - Larry https://t.ly/ZkN0L Gemini 3 is Proving Popular& Google Tweaks its Pricing Model - Larry https://t.ly/C0ll7 Google Weather App Redesign to be Replaced by Search? - Joel https://t.ly/YH11l Commercial Break Goes Here Please become a contributing member of iTechGear.org. Give any amount on PayPal at chris@itechgear.org. Site fees and costs all come out of my personal income. Any amount will be greatly appreciated. Windows Segment MS Mistake-a-Thon - Cyber Monday Edition Users Brutally Reject MS Copilot in Edge - Chris https://t.ly/zRSgT Win 11 Bug Hiding Sign in Button: MS-You're Clicking it Wrong - Joel https://t.ly/gHt1r 500M PCs Holding off on Windows 11 Updates - Chris G. https://t.ly/Lr-zr Windows 11 will have Calendar Appointments show in the System Clock - Joel https://t.ly/8KzAO If we're ever sponsored, an ad would be done here, between segments. Tip of the Week Segment iTechGear was founded with the intent of making technology easy for everyone to use and understand. This team has dedicated their writing careers to that purpose. Every week, the iTechGear Weekly will feature a new Computing Tip, authored by one of our experienced editors. Questions, requests and suggestions can be sent to tips@itechgear.org. Use Surge Protection & Power Backup Pick of the Week Segment I’d like to take just a moment to let our listeners know that our show picks are typically hardware, software and other items of interest that we have individually purchased and actually use and like enough that we want to recommend them to you. They are not paid advertisements or items with which we have an affiliate marketing relationship. We sincerely believe in the picks we bring you at the end of each show. Larry Badgeify - (50% discount - Black Friday) $9.50 for a lifetime license https://badgeify.app ================ Copyright 2025 by Chris Spera & iTechGear.org. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Duplication in whole or in part is prohibited. This podcast is hosted by [ZenCast.fm] (https://wwww.zencast.fm)

    1h 29m
  2. 12/13/2025

    Episode 153 - Not Ready for Prime Time

    The iTechGear Weekly - Episode 153 - Not Ready for Prime Time Recorded Sunday November 23, 2025 - Live from iTechGear Central Hosts Chris Spera - EiC iTechGear.org Christopher Gavula - Editor at iTechGear, former Contributing Editor Gear Diary and pocketnow.com Joel McLaughlin - Editor at iTechGear, former Contributing Writer Gear Diary. Current The Linux Link Tech Show Host, Living in the Retro Arcade Podcast and Fitness for the Rest of Us Larry McJunkin - Editor at iTechGear, Co-owner, WUGNET Publications, Retired Apple Segment iPhone Side Button will soon Trigger other Voice Assistants - Larry https://t.ly/LyIXX IL Joins Apple Wallet with State Driver's Licences - Chris https://t.ly/kqdtd iOS 27 to Focus on Stability - Chris G. https://t.ly/xutEJ If we're ever sponsored, an ad would be done here, between segments. Mobile/ Linux Segment Google Pixel 10 can now AirDrop to iPhones - Joel https://t.ly/QDZLS I will also talk about an ALTERNATIVE: LocalSend https://localsend.org/ Bezos' new AI Startup Project Prometheus has him as Co-CEO - Larry https://t.ly/JXvU0 Cloudflare Suffers Major Outage, takes down ChatGPT, X, & Spotify - Joel https://t.ly/wARNe, https://t.ly/WSxk4 Gemini 3 Debuts - Larry https://t.ly/pQdv- (and it helps Android Auto, too!) https://t.ly/JZ-PP Verizon Begins Mass Layoffs - Chris G. https://t.ly/WnGyh Commercial Break Goes Here Please become a contributing member of iTechGear.org. Give any amount on PayPal at chris@itechgear.org. Site fees and costs all come out of my personal income. Any amount will be greatly appreciated. Windows Segment Microsoft adds Toggle Switch to Turn on Agentic AI Features to Win11 - Joel https://t.ly/jJn2s, https://t.ly/nxyrm MS Mistake-a-thon: Thanksgiving Edition MS365 Goes Down Day after Cloudflare Outage - Chris https://t.ly/_ouha MS Knows it has a lot of Work to do After AI Backlash - Chris https://t.ly/HmiFP Microsoft Admits - It broke Windows… in July - Joel https://t.ly/WOgAN If we're ever sponsored, an ad would be done here, between segments. Tip of the Week Segment iTechGear was founded with the intent of making technology easy for everyone to use and understand. This team has dedicated their writing careers to that purpose. Every week, the iTechGear Weekly will feature a new Computing Tip, authored by one of our experienced editors. Questions, requests and suggestions can be sent to tips@itechgear.org. Adjust Screen Brightness & Text Size. Pick of the Week Segment I’d like to take just a moment to let our listeners know that our show picks are typically hardware, software and other items of interest that we have individually purchased and actually use and like enough that we want to recommend them to you. They are not paid advertisements or items with which we have an affiliate marketing relationship. We sincerely believe in the picks we bring you at the end of each show. Joel AI Hand Warmers Rechargeable 2 Pack $16.99 Black Friday Deal! https://a.co/d/jbJ0LuE ===================== Copyright 2025 by Chris Spera & iTechGear.org. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Duplication in whole or in part is prohibited. This podcast is hosted by [ZenCast.fm] (a href="ht...

    1h 38m
  3. 12/13/2025

    Episode 152 - It Socks to be You

    The iTechGear Weekly - Episode 152 - It Socks to be You Recorded Sunday November 16, 2025 - Live from iTechGear Central Hosts Chris Spera - EiC iTechGear.org Christopher Gavula - Editor at iTechGear, former Contributing Editor Gear Diary and pocketnow.com Joel McLaughlin - Editor at iTechGear, former Contributing Writer Gear Diary. Current The Linux Link Tech Show Host, Living in the Retro Arcade Podcast and Fitness for the Rest of Us Larry McJunkin - Editor at iTechGear, Co-owner, WUGNET Publications, Retired Apple Segment Apple hit with $634M Verdict in Masimo Patent Case - Chris https://t.ly/cOBg_ Even Tesla Thinks GM is Wrong - Joel https://t.ly/YJqcJ Apple Announces Ability to Get your Passport on your iPhone - Larry https://t.ly/jj9lh Next Year's iPhone Lineup Sounds like a Major Overhaul - Larry https://t.ly/EGWeh, https://t.ly/YKSh8, https://t.ly/GuBSh iPhone… Socks - Joel https://t.ly/J1_L1 Tim Cook Could Step Down as CEO as Early as Next Year - Larry https://t.ly/OArjb If we're ever sponsored, an ad would be done here, between segments. Mobile/ Linux Segment Verizon Quietly Moves to Stem Loss of Pre-Paid Customers - Larry https://t.ly/XpNKe Anthropic Says we're in for a Heap Load of Shit - Larry https://t.ly/2Qw1p YouTubeTV and Disney Finally Kiss and Make Up - Chris https://t.ly/5u_wz Commercial Break Goes Here Please become a contributing member of iTechGear.org. Give any amount on PayPal at chris@itechgear.org. Site fees and costs all come out of my personal income. Any amount will be greatly appreciated. Windows Segment MS Mistake-a-thon MS Knows it has a lot to fix in Windows 11 - Chris https://t.ly/OHiMM MS' Latest Ad Shows how Clueless Copilot is - Chris https://t.ly/vrPSh MS Rolls out its Promised Synchable Passkey Tech - Chris https://t.ly/zP02Y If we're ever sponsored, an ad would be done here, between segments. Tip of the Week Segment iTechGear was founded with the intent of making technology easy for everyone to use and understand. This team has dedicated their writing careers to that purpose. Every week, the iTechGear Weekly will feature a new Computing Tip, authored by one of our experienced editors. Questions, requests and suggestions can be sent to tips@itechgear.org. Use Search Tools Effectively Pick of the Week Segment I’d like to take just a moment to let our listeners know that our show picks are typically hardware, software and other items of interest that we have individually purchased and actually use and like enough that we want to recommend them to you. They are not paid advertisements or items with which we have an affiliate marketing relationship. We sincerely believe in the picks we bring you at the end of each show. Chris Aerflo Water Bottle - $85 https://aerflo.co/ ======================= Copyright 2025 by Chris Spera & iTechGear.org. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Duplication in whole or in part is prohibited. This podcast is hosted by [ZenCast.fm] (https://wwww.zencast.fm)

    1h 34m
  4. 12/13/2025

    Episode 151 - A New Flavor of Eff-ery

    The iTechGear Weekly - Episode 151 - A New Flavor of Eff-ery Recorded Sunday November 09, 2025 - Live from iTechGear Central Hosts Chris Spera - EiC iTechGear.org Christopher Gavula - Editor at iTechGear, former Contributing Editor Gear Diary and pocketnow.com Joel McLaughlin - Editor at iTechGear, former Contributing Writer Gear Diary. Current The Linux Link Tech Show Host, Living in the Retro Arcade Podcast and Fitness for the Rest of Us Larry McJunkin - Editor at iTechGear, Co-owner, WUGNET Publications, Retired Apple Segment The 26's get 26.1 Releases and 26.2 Dev Betas Released - Chris https://t.ly/ivCux Apple Prepares to Enter Low Cost MacBook Market - Chris https://t.ly/ahsve Apple Devs Forget to Disable Source Maps in new Web Store - Larry https://t.ly/SLgB3 5 new Satelite Features Coming to iPhone? - Joel https://t.ly/8kcds If we're ever sponsored, an ad would be done here, between segments. Mobile/ Linux Segment Elon's $1T Salary Approved - Larry https://t.ly/wPLcG Comparing the Top Two Paid Subscription AI Bots - Larry NO URL https://t.ly/4J3aD Google vs. Disney - Joel https://t.ly/m7fBa $20 Credit Coming to YouTube TV Users on 11/09 https://t.ly/vl98J The Linux Beginner's Bible - Chris NO URL Commercial Break Goes Here Please become a contributing member of iTechGear.org. Give any amount on PayPal at chris@itechgear.org. Site fees and costs all come out of my personal income. Any amount will be greatly appreciated. Windows Segment MS Mistake-a-thon Win 10 Wrongly Tells Users their out of Support, Pushes Win11 - Larry https://t.ly/1_pwV PC Boots into Bitlocker Recovery After Windows Update - Joel https://t.ly/3oiNF IT Managers Bash MS over WinUpdate Renames, and they Relent - Joel https://t.ly/QQq2q MS Releases first Test Build of Win11 26H1 to the Canary Channel - Joel https://t.ly/o1OVE If we're ever sponsored, an ad would be done here, between segments. Tip of the Week Segment iTechGear was founded with the intent of making technology easy for everyone to use and understand. This team has dedicated their writing careers to that purpose. Every week, the iTechGear Weekly will feature a new Computing Tip, authored by one of our experienced editors. Questions, requests and suggestions can be sent to tips@itechgear.org. Adjust Screen Brightness & Text Size Pick of the Week Segment I’d like to take just a moment to let our listeners know that our show picks are typically hardware, software and other items of interest that we have individually purchased and actually use and like enough that we want to recommend them to you. They are not paid advertisements or items with which we have an affiliate marketing relationship. We sincerely believe in the picks we bring you at the end of each show. Larry Amazon Kindle Paperwhite https://a.co/d/4UJBtHI =================== Copyright 2025 by Chris Spera & iTechGear.org. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Duplication in whole or in part is prohibited. This podcast is hosted by [ZenCast.fm] (https://wwww.zencast.fm)

    1h 34m
  5. 12/06/2025

    Episode 150 - If it Ain't Got Freakin' Android Auto in it

    The iTechGear Weekly - Episode 150 - If it Ain't Got Freakin' Android Auto in it... Recorded Sunday November 02, 2025 - Live from iTechGear Central Hosts Chris Spera - EiC iTechGear.org Christopher Gavula - Editor at iTechGear, former Contributing Editor Gear Diary and pocketnow.com Joel McLaughlin - Editor at iTechGear, former Contributing Writer Gear Diary. Current The Linux Link Tech Show Host, Living in the Retro Arcade Podcast and Fitness for the Rest of Us Larry McJunkin - Editor at iTechGear, Co-owner, WUGNET Publications, Retired Apple Segment M5 MacBook Pro in the House & SSD Speeds are Off the Hook - Larry https://t.ly/MUzB9 iPhone Air Lead Time are Near Zero and Production is not Reducing - Larry https://t.ly/YeldS Stupidity Abounds at GM, Despite Jobsian POV - Chris https://t.ly/eeUn3 If we're ever sponsored, an ad would be done here, between segments. Mobile/ Linux Segment Amazon Lays Off 31,000 Workers - Chris https://t.ly/ippdp Massive Azure Outage Causes MS 365 & Xbox Knock Out - Chris https://t.ly/SRq6p AI Browsers & ChatGPT Atlas - Larry NO URL GM Cutting Thousands of Jobs in 3 States - Joel https://t.ly/3GVqp Commercial Break Goes Here Please become a contributing member of iTechGear.org. Give any amount on PayPal at chris@itechgear.org. Site fees and costs all come out of my personal income. Any amount will be greatly appreciated. Windows Segment Unofficial Win11 System Requirements Bypass Could infect your PC - Chris https://t.ly/qmveu MS Mistake-a-thon Continues Task Manager tasks continues to run even after you kill it - Joel https://t.ly/zjbfj MS is Making Windows Update Name Easier to Understand - Chris https://t.ly/rwDbV MS Admits it Can't Fix Win11 Driver Issue - Joel https://t.ly/CqkWS If we're ever sponsored, an ad would be done here, between segments. Tip of the Week Segment iTechGear was founded with the intent of making technology easy for everyone to use and understand. This team has dedicated their writing careers to that purpose. Every week, the iTechGear Weekly will feature a new Computing Tip, authored by one of our experienced editors. Questions, requests and suggestions can be sent to tips@itechgear.org. This Week's Tip: Using Gmail with the Apple Mail app Pick of the Week Segment I’d like to take just a moment to let our listeners know that our show picks are typically hardware, software and other items of interest that we have individually purchased and actually use and like enough that we want to recommend them to you. They are not paid advertisements or items with which we have an affiliate marketing relationship. We sincerely believe in the picks we bring you at the end of each show. Joel Anker Power Bank (20K, 87W, Built-In USB-C Cable) https://t.ly/ih8ej $69.99 https://a.co/d/0gXmBEX $52.49 =========== Copyright 2025 by Chris Spera & iTechGear.org. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Duplication in whole or in part is prohibited. This podcast is hosted by [ZenCast.fm] (https://wwww.zencast.fm)

    1h 26m
  6. 11/30/2025

    Episode 149 - Jobsian is not a Thing

    The iTechGear Weekly - Episode 149 - Jobsian is NOT a Thing, GM Recorded Sunday October 26, 2025 - Live from iTechGear Central Hosts Chris Spera - EiC iTechGear.org Christopher Gavula - Editor at iTechGear, former Contributing Editor Gear Diary and pocketnow.com Joel McLaughlin - Editor at iTechGear, former Contributing Writer Gear Diary. Current The Linux Link Tech Show Host, Living in the Retro Arcade Podcast and Fitness for the Rest of Us Larry McJunkin - Editor at iTechGear, Co-owner, WUGNET Publications, Retired Apple Segment Personalized Ads Coming to a GPS Location near You - Larry https://t.ly/hKo5T Next Year's iPhone Air could be Amazing! - Larry https://t.ly/hOO1O Massive Leak Reveals new Apple Roadmap & iPhone Flip/iPhone 20 - Larry https://t.ly/5KKsE Apple adds Toggle Switch to Liquid Glass Interface - Chris https://t.ly/3-MUo GM thinks that NOT offering CarPlay is "Jobsian" - Joel https://t.ly/o6YTy Apple Services (and the rest of the World) Impacted by AWS Outage - Chris https://t.ly/Gytcg If we're ever sponsored, an ad would be done here, between segments. Mobile/ Linux Segment An Update on the PC of Distros - Chris NO URL Winux is the BEST Linux Distro for Windows 10 Users - Chris https://t.ly/rWkU8 Why AI Browsers - Joel https://t.ly/ujLm6 Commercial Break Goes Here Please become a contributing member of iTechGear.org. Give any amount on PayPal at chris@itechgear.org. Site fees and costs all come out of my personal income. Any amount will be greatly appreciated. Windows Segment MS Mistake-a-thon Continues!! Teams is the new Office Bit… I mean Snitch - Chris https://t.ly/ENLe9 Windows 10 EoL FAQ - Joel https://t.ly/Qa3Qg MS is Serious about Turning Win11 into an AI-Operating System - Joel https://t.ly/cOKFr If we're ever sponsored, an ad would be done here, between segments. Tip of the Week Segment iTechGear was founded with the intent of making technology easy for everyone to use and understand. This team has dedicated their writing careers to that purpose. Every week, the iTechGear Weekly will feature a new Computing Tip, authored by one of our experienced editors. Questions, requests and suggestions can be sent to tips@itechgear.org. Pick of the Week Segment I’d like to take just a moment to let our listeners know that our show picks are typically hardware, software and other items of interest that we have individually purchased and actually use and like enough that we want to recommend them to you. They are not paid advertisements or items with which we have an affiliate marketing relationship. We sincerely believe in the picks we bring you at the end of each show. Chris MiniTool Partition Wizard for Windows - Free https://t.ly/BKvc7 ==================== Copyright 2025 by Chris Spera & iTechGear.org. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Duplication in whole or in part is prohibited. This podcast is hosted by [ZenCast.fm] (https://wwww.zencast.fm)

    1h 48m
  7. 11/01/2025

    Episode 148 - That’s Captain MF-er to you!

    The iTechGear Weekly - Episode 148 - That’s Captain MF-er to you! Recorded Sunday October 12, 2025 - Live from iTechGear Central Hosts Chris Spera - EiC iTechGear.org Christopher Gavula - Editor at iTechGear, former Contributing Editor Gear Diary and pocketnow.com Joel McLaughlin - Editor at iTechGear, former Contributing Writer Gear Diary. Current The Linux Link Tech Show Host, Living in the Retro Arcade Podcast and Fitness for the Rest of Us Larry McJunkin - Editor at iTechGear, Co-owner, WUGNET Publications, Retired Apple Segment M5 MacBook Pro Rumors indicate 2025 Release - Chris https://t.ly/SJ_Eg John Ternus Backed to Replace Tim Cook - Larry https://t.ly/l9lpJ Apple Paying up to $5M for Reporting Security Flaws - Chris https://t.ly/v8vRJ Apple Health+ Could be Apple's Next Subscription Serivce - Chris https://t.ly/M77iE If we're ever sponsored, an ad would be done here, between segments. Mobile/ Linux Segment TAG Heuer Connected Calibre E5 now Mfi Certified - Joel https://t.ly/Wlet7 Garmin Fenix 8 Pro - Hit or Miss Features - Joel https://t.ly/tUvjs Installing a Linux Distro that works on a T2 Mac - Chris NO URL Ubuntu 25.10 Released- Joel https://t.ly/Rsu8e Commercial Break Goes Here Please become a contributing member of iTechGear.org. Give any amount on PayPal at chris@itechgear.org. Site fees and costs all come out of my personal income. Any amount will be greatly appreciated. Windows Segment MS Mistake-a-thon Returns: Copilot Privacy - Larry https://t.ly/TfGAB MS Plugging More Holes Allowing you to use non-MS Accounts - Larry https://t.ly/cXdHG MS 365 Outage - Chris https://t.ly/mAAEb If we're ever sponsored, an ad would be done here, between segments. Tip of the Week Segment iTechGear was founded with the intent of making technology easy for everyone to use and understand. This team has dedicated their writing careers to that purpose. Every week, the iTechGear Weekly will feature a new Computing Tip, authored by one of our experienced editors. Questions, requests and suggestions can be sent to tips@itechgear.org. Add reminders from Control Center. Swipe down Control Center > tap Reminders control > add to list. Pick of the Week Segment I’d like to take just a moment to let our listeners know that our show picks are typically hardware, software and other items of interest that we have individually purchased and actually use and like enough that we want to recommend them to you. They are not paid advertisements or items with which we have an affiliate marketing relationship. We sincerely believe in the picks we bring you at the end of each show. Larry 40W Dynamic Power Adapter with 60W Max https://t.ly/9lv3w ================== Copyright 2025 by Chris Spera & iTechGear.org. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Duplication in whole or in part is prohibited. This podcast is hosted by [ZenCast.fm] (https://wwww.zencast.fm)

    1h 41m
  8. 11/01/2025

    Episode 147 - Goin' Strapless

    The iTechGear Weekly - Episode 147 - Goin' Strapless Recorded Sunday October 05, 2025 - Live from iTechGear Central Hosts Chris Spera - EiC iTechGear.org Christopher Gavula - Editor at iTechGear, former Contributing Editor Gear Diary and pocketnow.com Joel McLaughlin - Editor at iTechGear, former Contributing Writer Gear Diary. Current host of The Linux Link Tech Show, Living in the Retro Arcade Podcast, and Fitness for the Rest of Us Larry McJunkin - Editor at iTechGear, Co-owner, WUGNET Publications, Retired Apple Segment Apple's Cross Body Strap is Selling Out - Larry https://t.ly/1pjYV Apple Leadership is Nearing Retirement - Chris https://t.ly/nNmbI If we're ever sponsored, an ad would be done here, between segments. Mobile/ Linux Segment Strava Sues Garmin, Demands Sales of all Devices Cease - Joel https://t.ly/ubH_1 Once Valued at $100B, AOL being sold for $1.0B - Chris https://t.ly/CPUT8 Meta will use your AI Chats to Sell Hyper-Targeted Ads - Larry https://t.ly/aVqrg Gemini Comes to Google Home - Joel https://t.ly/4KMg4 Qualcomm Declares "Complete Litigation Victory" over Arm - Larry https://t.ly/IuIz5 Commercial Break Goes Here Please become a contributing member of iTechGear.org. Give any amount on PayPal at chris@itechgear.org. Site fees and costs all come out of my personal income. Any amount will be greatly appreciated. Windows Segment MS is Adding yet ANOTHER Copilot Button Noone Asked for - Chris https://t.ly/DkCGY Paint is getting Project Files (like Photoshop) - Chris https://t.ly/oy3Un If we're ever sponsored, an ad would be done here, between segments. Tip of the Week Segment iTechGear was founded with the intent of making technology easy for everyone to use and understand. This team has dedicated their writing careers to that purpose. Every week, the iTechGear Weekly will feature a new Computing Tip, authored by one of our experienced editors. Questions, requests and suggestions can be sent to tips@itechgear.org Keep audio with headphones when connecting to CarPlay or speakers. Settings > General > AirPlay & Continuity > Keep Audio with Headphones > toggle on. Pick of the Week Segment I’d like to take just a moment to let our listeners know that our show picks are typically hardware, software and other items of interest that we have individually purchased and actually use and like enough that we want to recommend them to you. They are not paid advertisements or items with which we have an affiliate marketing relationship. We sincerely believe in the picks we bring you at the end of each show. Joel QSP Penguin Pocket Knife, $38.99 https://t.ly/ogerS Copyright 2025 by Chris Spera & iTechGear.org. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Duplication in whole or in part is prohibited. This podcast is hosted by [ZenCast.fm] (https://wwww.zencast.fm)

    1h 25m

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We're Weekly as of Episode 37! SO, who wants to listen to four old white guys kvetch about tech and what will certainly be cries to get kids off their lawn... You do, obviously! The iTechGear Weekly (or iTGW) combines the expertise of four guys who helped the internet get off the ground: * Larry McJunkin - former Co-Owner of WUGNET - the Windows User's Group NETwork, a cornerstone of the Internet and the Windows World. * Chris Gavula - a former Editor at both Gear Diary and pocketnow.com * Joel McLaughlin - a former Senior Contributor at Gear Diary and host of the Linux Link Tech Show and Living in the Retro Arcade podcasts * Chris Spera - the Editor-in-Chief over at iTechGear, former Sr. Editor at WUGNET, Gear Diary, pocketnow.com, and Managing Editor Emeritus of BYTE.com, the Reincarnation of BYTE Magazine.