Matthew Furlo, Author at Furlo Bros Tech Podcast

332: Good-Bye Furlo Bros, Hello Majordomo

27MarApril 6, 2018

This is it: our last podcast episode. It’s time we stop talking about tech, and get in the game. We’re launching a new business called Majordomo that we hope other tech podcasts will talk about. As such, we feel it’s important to focus and see just how great a company we can make. But don’t worry, we cover lots of topic for our final show. Specifically, Facebook is in a death spiral, Black Panther is HUGE, Google bought Lytro, and Steve Jobs tells us all to have skin in the game.

Thanks for being an fantastic audience. We’ll see you out there.

331: What is Up With Theranos?

20MarApril 6, 2018

The promise of a simple blood test that only required a few drops of blood, but would accurately give the result of hundreds of blood test was too good to pass up on. It allowed Theranos to raise hundreds of millions of dollars and achieve a valuation of billions of dollars. Only problem: their tech doesn’t exist and never did. Now that the SEC has gotten involved, we figured we’d finally give our opinion on the whole ordeal.

330: What Will Take For The Smart Home To Go Mainstream?

13MarMarch 13, 2018

James and Matthew had a booth at the Lane County Home show. Around every corner they kept an eye out for the highest of tech smart home gadgets, but they were few and far between, if present at all. They thought the question would be “What smart home features should come next?” but instead they discovered it was “What will it take to get them here?!”

288: Samsung Isn’t Fooling Around With Their New Phone

03AprApril 3, 2017

It’s that time of year again, where the internet loses it’s mind and get’s all weird. That’s right, it’s April Fools. SpaceX launched and landed a rocket that they had already launched and landed. Twitter made some changes that got everybody in tweeting fervor. Samsung announced the explosive sequel to their exploding phones. Congress sold our privacy to the highest bidder (kinda, but not really) and Apple rearranged all your files while you slept (don’t worry, they’re right where you left them)

270: The Local Maximum Of Gratefulness

28NovDecember 11, 2016

Showing our gratefulness, James and Matthew offer a new and interesting way to look at innovation and the world of technology. We also discuss James’ experience with the HTC Vive, an interview with Marc Andreessen and how Google will end humanity with AI. Also, we take a short look at Tesla’s solar power installation and how GPS is killing us, probably.

251: Zeitgeist the App

18JulJuly 17, 2016

Everybody’s talking about Pokemon Go, so we decided to add to the conversation this week as well. Matthew got a 3D printer (temporarily) and James didn’t get any new smart home accouterment (bummer). James and Matthew developed an app idea to get on Apple’s Planet of the Apps (it’s amazing). Tesla tried to keep their company on the road this week. Hyperloop had a dramatic week. We also talked about Tech Evangelists, Apple’s music royalty gambit and we even quickly covered a weekly VR update.
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250: Catching Pokemon With Lethal Force

11JulJuly 11, 2016

James and I couldn’t help but get into Pokemon Go this week with everyone else while we discuss the game, the community and the companies involved. Things got serious as we discussed the death of a shooting suspect in Dallas and the drone that killed him. We talked about the worlds most famous router (more interesting than it sounds) and a $4 dollar smartphone that might start a revolution. There was a weekly VR update brought to us by the Warriors and a First-Person drone race that looks like a ton of fun. We also talked Twitter, 5G cell service, Google’s iPhone app and wrap it up with some cathartic Snapchat bashing.

249: Eating A Burger While Not Driving

04JulJuly 4, 2016

We started things out mourning the loss of a great piece of Facebook tech. We then looked toward the future, and how to educate it. Things nearly careened out of control for a little while, but we avoided an accident. We wrapped it all up with a nutritious machined made burger. We also mentioned HTC spinning off their VR department, Spotify getting testy with Apple and Google increasing the bandwidth to Japan.

236: We Visit A Dangerous American Site, Our Experience Will Make You Glow

04AprApril 3, 2016

Week three without James, we’re almost through this people. Helping me hold down the fort this week is Brian Nelson in Los Alamos New Mexico. In this explosive episode, we heat things up while talking about our visit to the Trinity Bomb test site. Microsoft made some really exciting announcements and Tesla took an amazing amount of preorders. We give you the best (and worst) April Fools pranks on the internet, we explain how you’ll end up with a smart fridge and blow your mind with some expert Super Mario World play. We Finally wrap it up with some dating advice.