Ep. 188 - It Starts at What?: This week we discuss the Apple HomeView announcement, OpenAI's revenue is $20B less than reported, the Amazon Alexa tablet, & the Surface Laptop Ultra's pricing. Join us for this & more!
Recorded Sunday October 11, 2026 - 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 and Fitness for the Rest of Us Larry McJunkin - Editor at iTechGear, Co-owner, WUGNET Publications, Retired
Apple Segment Apple Home Hub announcement 10/13 with A18 chip - Larry http://itgw.tny.cc/68 AVP might still have some life left in it - Chris G. http://itgw.tny.cc/67 iPhone Duo to allow for custom Boot Screens - Chris http://itgw.tny.cc/66 iPhone Duo could cost a lot less on AT&T - Larry http://itgw.tny.cc/65
AI Segment OpenAI's revenue is $20B less than reported - Chris http://itgw.tny.cc/64 Anthropic releases Haiku 5.5 - Chris http://itgw.tny.cc/63
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Mobile Segment Amazon Alexa Tablet gives iPad some Competition - Joel http://itgw.tny.cc/62 What does Amazon know about you? - Larry http://itgw.tny.cc/61 Customers are returning their GoogleBooks - Chris G. http://itgw.tny.cc/60 Pixel Buds 2 Pro has 5 new Features - Joel http://itgw.tny.cc/5z
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Windows and Linux Segment Surface Laptop Ultra Pricing Starts at $2749.99 (and up to $5949.99) - Chris http://itgw.tny.cc/5y Microsoft offering up to $1000 to switch from Mac to Surface Laptop Ultra - Joel http://itgw.tny.cc/5x
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Larry Apple MagSafe Charger - $30.99 (21% less expensive than from Apple) http://itgw.tny.cc/5w
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