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Archive for December 30th, 2009

2010 GNC CES Coverage and NBC Universal!

Posted by geeknews at 5:36 PM on December 30, 2009

On Sunday I fly out to Las Vegas to meet our team of 9, made up of 3 show hosts, and 6 support staff to begin our 2010 coverage of the Consumer Electronics Show representing the Tech Podcasts Network.

Like years in the past, we will have a daily wrap up show, that will cover the best of CES, and feature our pick of the day. Leading up to the show and throughout the show we will do over 150 video interviews of all the coolest consumer electronics that will be posted here at Geek News Central.

New this year, Our good friends over at NBC Universal have allotted us time to stream a live event from their main stage on Saturday January 9th at 5pm Pacific and Sunday January 10th at 12pm Pacific. We will be introducing a variety of companies and products during that special event. We hope that you will tune in here at Geek News Central for not only the live events but also our full breadth of coverage.

Additionally we will be streaming some of the events and content we record here at Geek News Central as well. You will want to keep your browser locked to GNC starting Tuesday January 5th when we kick off our coverage.

Your 2010 TPN CES Team includes Andy McCaskey from SDRNews, Jeffrey Powers from Geekazine, and Todd Cochrane from Geek News Central

Mark your calendars today!

WSAZ Iphone Application Review

Posted by KL Tech Muse at 10:16 AM on December 30, 2009

WSAZ is the local TV station  that services the Huntington and Charleston, WV area.  I must admit that I don’t watch a lot of local news on TV.  I usually only catch it when I can’t find the remote.  However  this doesn’t mean I am not interested  in local news, I just don’t have the time or desire to sit in front of the TV at the same time every night.   Unfortunately for local news I don’t think I am unique.  They could have just thrown up there hands and given up on viewers like me.  They didn’t do that though, they looked around and realized that people like me spend a lot of time on our smart phone.  They had a company create an Iphone application for them.

It is a really good application and I use it daily.  You can look at local news, sports, weather and business.  They provide videos which play through the Youtube  application.  You can share  a story by email, Facebook or Twitter   If you observe a local news story, you can upload video or pictures to WSAZ through the application.   If you click on weather you can look at the forecast, watch the radar or check for local alerts.  Under sports they have news and scores from Marshall and WVU.  They also provide scores and schedules for high schools in the area.

Basically it has got everything you need to follow local news.  The only complaint I have is I wish it would update more often.  If you live in the Charleston-Huntington area I would recommend downloading the application.  If you live some other area then go to the Iphone app store and put in your local news station call sign. If an application is available download it, you may learn things you didn’t know about your area.