F5 Live: Refreshing Technology (audio)

This week, Geek Squad might be stealing more than your money, Facebook might be struggling with what an album is and YouTube might have a temporary solution to their advertising issues.

This week, the US Supreme Court makes patents better, Microsoft makes streaming together easier and Twitter considers making itself more expensive.

This week, Facebook's developed a little Twitch, WhatsApp has cost another $100 million and SiriusXM might want to open Pandora's box.

This week, another pre-order doesn't deliver a product, Facebook F8 doesn't deliver excitement and iHeartMedia might not deliver content next year.

This week, Casio might start making the Band, Call of Duty is headed to your pocket and Jay Z has left the main stream.

This week, online advertising is getting trickier, patent cases might get more diverse and the internet is not collapsing around you.

This week, Disney invades your agenda, ads might retreat from your browser and Warner Bros. wants to explore a damaged universe.

This week, Motorola is poised to make a comeback, Amazon needs to get their reputation back and Spotify is about to get some customers back.

This week, Sprint once again wants T-Mobile, Valve isn't quite sure about VR and Google is going all-in on wireless internet.

This week, Google begins to take privacy seriously, Steam begins to take indie game development seriously and Prince's estate begins to take streaming music seriously.

This week, online bargains lead to bricked phones, hackers might have exposed themselves to the FBI and TIDAL finally finds a way to attract real new customers.

This week, California wants special behavior by Uber, gamers want additional gameplay from Nintendo and Facebook begrudgingly creates special processing for websites.

This week, Microsoft revives Windows on ARM, a man stole from his employer to play a mobile game and Netflix is getting into reality shows.

This week, Symantec comes for your wallet, Xbox comes for your eyes and Reddit comes crashing down. Also, watch or listen to find the secret phrase to enter to win a new Vinci headphone before they are available to the public.

This week, we discuss some of the products we have reviewed this year, which ones would make great gifts and which ones to avoid completely. Also, watch or listen to find the secret phrase to enter to win a new Vinci headphone before they are available to the public.

This week, Nintendo is updating their lineup, Twitter is losing an executive and AT&T doesn't quite know how to treat video.

This week, Microsoft and Apple present their visions for the future, Twitter presents the results of their past and Hello Games didn't present the sins of their past.

This week, Bill Belichick confuses the internet, hackers take down part of the internet and AT&T wants to own television and the internet.

This week, we are at Pinellas Comic and Maker Con in Seminole, Florida. The event is organized by Chad Mairn and his planning committee and is hosted at the library at Saint Petersburg College. While only a few years old, this free event has become very well attended by the public and vendors. During our broadcast, we interviewed makers, cosplayers, writers, crafters and more.

This week, Verizon tests a feature you don't need, Valve shows off a controller you can't have and Netflix pays a lot of money to a comedian you might not remember.