This week on AwesomeCast 281, we're talking about awesome things in technology, including:
- Katie is sharing her Awesome Thing Of The Week - Facebook messenger chat with Miss Piggy.
- Chilla's sharing his CES2016 inspired Awesome Thing Of The Week - Endless low-cost PCs for the rest of the world.
- Sorg is sharing his thoughts on Automatic as his Awesome Thing Of The Week.
- Sorg is especially sold on the Year In Driving report and monthly report card from Automatic.
- Question Of The Day: Uber or Zip Car?
- App Of The Week for this week is fruit related. We're talking about Peach (@peachdotcool).
- We're discussing the super selfie stick the Saramonic SmartMixer. (Thanks Doug (@douglasderda).)
- Dudders is issuing a scavenger hunt for a good clip-on audio (bluetooth?) mic that is reasonably priced.
- Lyft helping senior citizens get rides to appointments without smartphones.
- Pour one out to Internet Explorer 8, 9, and 10. A Farewell Web Address is being kickstarted to free us from IE.
- Wonder what Watson has been doing since its Jeopardy win? It's been working on a Eat/Sleep/Exercise program.
- Amazon Video is filling our void during TV season breaks. What are others watching between Amazon Video and Hulu?
- Snapchat, Amazon, and Netflix are also streaming the State Of The Union Address.
- CORRECTION: Netflix is NOT streaming the State Of The Union Address.
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