TekThing 46: Dell’s $799 Gaming Laptop, HTC One A9 Review, Hackathon How-To, Clean A Projector Screen, Gig City!
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Today's Topics
$799 Gaming Laptop??? Check out Dell's Inspiron 15 7559!
HTC One A9 Review: Is HTC's latest flagship, the One A9 worth its $499.00 asking price?
24 Hour Hackathon Winner! Shannon and Patrick will be having some hackery fun the weekend before hosting the AT&T Developer Summit Hackathon in Las Vegas... last year's winner Peter Ma, from the team that created the Anti-Snooze joins us to talk rapid development, hackathons, and why non-technical folks can be a big help.
Download Problems? We got a tweet from @steveken, “@patricknorton @Snubs I've noticed few times now that podbean goes down often & I can't watch TekThing vids. Might b time to find new host?” We talk CDNs and Podbean in the video!
Clean Projector Screens? Joe writes, "Any tips of how to clean a projector screen that is eight years old. My son decided to touch it with his dirty little hands. Can you help me please or point me into the right direction?" We've got answers in the video... ScreenInnovations.com has a good guide!
Fiber Beats Comcast Data Cap: Glenn from Chattanooga, aka "Gig City" isn't troubled by Comcast's new data cap, er, trial Data Usage Plans, and unlimited fees... find out why in the video!
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