Amazon Prime Day, Windows 10, Gallup News on the Digital Wallet, Amazon Echo – HGG222

Mike Wieger from http://wiegertech.com and the Open Mike Night Podcast http://omnpodcast.com  and Jim https://twitter.com/jcollison for show #222 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you by the Average Guy Network, part of http://thegeeksnetwork.com community.

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Bitcoin on the Silicon Prairie – Edward Weniger – Infotec 2015 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHMdp6qFGak

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Amazon Prime Day on July 15th.  Did you take part in it?  It came in with mixed reviews.  Not as many deals as people thought.  Mike picked up a Tascam DR040 dr40 http://amzn.to/1TJ6Pkp .  They had Echo’s were on sale too at $129.  Get an Echo at http://amzn.to/1COjjmz

You can find a Know IT Guyde for the Echo at http://knowitguy.com/the-amazon-echo-know-it-guyde/ complete with release notes direct from Amazon. 

Sales Tax Free day for the State of Iowa – https://tax.iowa.gov/iowas-annual-sales-tax-holiday Many folks from Nebraska head across the river to get the no sales tax deals.

There is also a Windows 10 Know IT Guyde.  http://knowitguy.com/windows-10-know-it-guyde/  Send me your updates of helpful links you find.  The upgrade to Windows 10 is going to be free.  Get the details here https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-upgrade

The Windows Mobile Apps – https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/4661/office-mobile-apps-for-windows-10-are-now-generally-available

A really good podcast that is covering Windows 10 is Windows Observer – http://www.windowsobserver.com/

What is the status of the Digital Wallet for most consumers?  Gallup did a survey of 15000 consumers and ask a bunch of questions

Visit the Gallup News Site – http://www.gallup.com/home.aspx

http://www.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/184094/digital-wallets-don-deliver-consumers-need.aspx?utm_source=WWWV7HP&utm_medium=topic&utm_campaign=tiles

http://www.gallup.com/businessjournal/184034/no-one-winning-battle-digital-wallet-customers.aspx?utm_source=WWWV7HP&utm_medium=topic&utm_campaign=tiles

Make and Share Payments at Venmo – https://venmo.com/

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata passes away at 55

http://kotaku.com/nintendos-president-has-passed-away-1717386412

Home Server Show Meetup – Officially at Holiday Inn Express, Fishers Indiana. September 12 http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/9270-the-official-meetup-2015-thread/

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