TECH TALK

Twitter is now giving users the option of receiving direct messages from people they don’t follow. Before now, you had to follow someone to see a direct message, which is kind of like email. CBS News and CNET Technologies Analyst Larry Magid has today’s Tech Talk. (self id) via Pocket https://soundcloud.com/cbs-radio-news/tech-talk-52

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TECH TALK

Google has updated its Android Device Manager so phone and tablet owners can not only locate and send a tone to their devices but also remotely lock them. The story is today’s TECH TALK. (Magid, self-ID) via Pocket https://soundcloud.com/cbs-radio-news/tech-talk-51

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EYE ON WASHINGTON

Some are saying Democrats and Republicans are heading for another government shutdown … Here’s today’s Eye on Washington with CBS’s Howatd Arenstein. (self-ID) via Pocket https://soundcloud.com/cbs-radio-news/eye-on-washington-39

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Use Google as a Proxy Server to Bypass Paywalls, Download Files

If you have trouble accessing a web page either because the website is blocked at your workplace, or because that page happens to be behind a paywall, there are a couple of undocumented Google proxy servers that may help you read that page. via Pocket http://www.labnol.org/internet/google-proxy-server/28112/

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