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Apple Shortcuts + Fast & Furious Coaster Chaos | AwesomeCast 797 (opens the original)
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Sorg and Dave Podnar dive into Apple Shortcuts’ increasingly powerful automation tools, including a shortcut that can generate Instagram captions and hashtags from a photo and prepare the post for sharing. Then Sorg brings stories back from California: a visit to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pizzeria in Santa Monica, a wild experience aboard Universal Studios Hollywood’s new Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift coaster, and a useful Nissan Rogue CarPlay setup that let him run Waze and Apple Maps
Awesome Chat: AI Event Marketing That Feels Human | Sam Eitzen from Snapbar (opens the original)
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Michael Sorg and Katie Dudas are joined by Sam Eitzen, CEO of Snapbar , for a deep dive into how artificial intelligence is changing experiential marketing, trade shows, conferences, brand activations, and the humble photo booth. Sam explains how Snapbar evolved from physically hauling hundreds of photo booths to events into building a web-based platform that lets brands create interactive experiences accessible from an iPad, touchscreen, QR code, or an attendee’s own phone. What started as a ne
The Robot That Played Renegade at the NFL Draft (opens the original)
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Katie Dudas visits Pittsburgh Robotics & AI Discovery Day 2026 and catches up with Trevor Sibley, Marketing Manager at Pittsburgh-based HEBI Robotics , to meet a robot with a very Pittsburgh story. When the NFL Draft came to Pittsburgh, HEBI had the opportunity to appear on the main stage alongside Carnegie Mellon University. Naturally, they decided their robot needed a local upgrade: “PLAY RENEGADE” displayed right on the robot. HEBI CEO Bob Raida helped get the crowd going as “Renegade” played
AwesomeCast 796: The Deepest, Darkest Stats�and Apple’s $2,000 Foldable iPhone Has Us Talking (opens the original)
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Apple finally gave the tech world its foldable iPhone, and the biggest question on AwesomeCast 796 isn’t whether it looks impressive. It’s whether anyone needs a $1,999 phone. Sorg, Katie Dudas and Dave Podnar spend this week’s episode looking at where Apple is going next, while also catching up on Nintendo, MapQuest, Pittsburgh technology and some unusually revealing internet analytics. Siri Gets Smarter — Eventually Dave upgraded to iOS 27 and came away impressed with its speed and stability,
Xbox Cloud Limits, Retro Gaming, and MapQuest’s Comeback | AwesomeCast 795 (opens the original)
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Xbox cloud gaming limits are changing Sorg’s living-room setup, MapQuest is turning navigation into a pixel-art adventure, and a rooster alarm app wants you to work for your snooze button. On AwesomeCast 795, Michael Sorg, Katie Dudas, and Dave Podnar explore gaming news, gadgets, apps, and geek culture from Pittsburgh. • Xbox Cloud Gaming limits: Sorg explains why he moved his Xbox Series S back downstairs. The hosts discuss the impact of monthly streaming allowances on long games and cloud-foc
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