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BHL: Geek. Nerd. Tech. -- In this episode Black Hollywood Live host Joe Braswell and Akili Shine discuss technology for the week of July 11th, 2014. They open up with "Tech News" by discussing Why So Many Drone Pilots Are Getting In Trouble, Why Music Is Dying, Uber’s Brilliant Strategy To Make Itself Too Big To Ban, Company Saved $300k On Insurance By Giving Employees Fitbits, How LeBron James Is Changing How Athletes Are Paid, Moment Smartwatch Brings 360-Degree Touch Surface To Wrist, Former Facebook Scientists Confirm: If You Use Facebook, You’ve Been Experimented On, Google Sits Out Net Neutrality Fight, How Digital Distribution Can Spread The Word For Filmmakers, SoundCloud Fielding Criticism Over Major-Label Takedowns, and A High-Tech High. Next up is "Nerd Culture" which includes World Cup Boom And Bust, Vinyl Is Not Going To Save The Music Industry, Especially Not 3D-printed Vinyl, Why The Abysmal “Transformers” Sequel Is About To Become China’s Top Grossing Film Of All Time,

BHL: Geek. Nerd. Tech. -- In this episode Black Hollywood Live host Joe Braswell and Akili Shine discuss technology for the week of June 27th, 2014. They open up with "Tech News" by discussing Amazon’s Fire Phone Too Magical for Its Own Good, The Publishing Industry Isn’t Dead, It’s Evolving, America Loves World Cup-We Still Don’t Like Soccer, Google’s Nest Buys Dropcam for $555 Million, Why Spotify & iTunes Can’t Save Musical Artists,Dov Charney: The Blacklist, George Will, the Redskins and the New Intolerance, Yo App, and Facebook’s Slingshot is Way More Than a Snapchat Clone. Next up is "Nerd Culture" which includes Giving Chelsea Handler Talk Show-Netflix’s Best Move Yet, EDC and EDM Thrive on Escapist Atmosphere, Anthony Goldschmidt - Iconic Movie Poster Designer Dead, and Kanye Charms Cannes With Morals on Brands & Culture. After that they discuss "Video Games" featuring The CIA Spook Turned Comic Book Scribe, and Star Wars’ Bombshell - Rian Johnson [print_gllr id=5658]

BHL: Geek. Nerd. Tech. -- In this episode Black Hollywood Live host Joe Braswell and Akili Shine discuss technology for the week of June 13th, 2014. They open up with "Tech News" by discussing Apple Bought Beats to Buy TV, 2014 World Cup Biggest Media Event Ever, Amazon’s Subscription Music Service, and TMZ To Remove Tracy Morgan Crash Video. After that they discuss "Video Games" featuring exclusive interviews from E3. [print_gllr id=4938]

In this episode Black Hollywood Live host Joe Braswell and Akili Shine discuss technology for the week of May 16th, 2014. They open up with "Tech News" by discussing AT&T's $50B Interest in DirecTV, Yahoo Kills Everything It Buys, Ordering Google to Forget, Fix Wearable Tech's Bad Image, Soldiers Will be Part Machine, Part Human. Next up is "Nerd Culture" which includes Godzilla's B- Review, Why Godzilla is More Relevant Than Ever, Hollywood Should Make More, Superhero Films. After that they discuss "Video Games" featuring the Sega vs. Nintendo war.

In this episode Black Hollywood Live host Joe Braswell and Akili Shine discuss technology for the week of May 9th, 2014. They open up with "Tech News" by discussing Oculus Rift Technology Stolen, Marvel Teams With NASA for 'Avengers', Sued Over an Amazon Review, U.S. Military Drones, and Microsoft developing smartwatch. Next up is "Nerd Culture" which includes New 'Flintstones' Movie, Smartphone Kill Switch, Orange is the New Black 3rd Season, and Alien DNA. They then discuss "Video Games" with 'Digital Shadow' Exposure, Nintendo News, and EA announces Frostbite 3. After that they discuss "What We Are Geeking Out On" featuring the Real-Life Killer Behind 'Bernie' and Call of Duty.

In this episode Black Hollywood Live host Joe Braswell and Akili Shine discuss technology for the week of May 2nd, 2014. They open up with "Tech News" by discussing Apple Vs. Samsung, Film Download determined by screen size, Hulu Announcement, and Twitter Tumble. Next up is "Nerd Culture" which includes the death of Wolverine, X-Men TV Show?, and Almost a Good Show. They then discuss "Video Games" with Microsoft TV shows and GameStop Closures. After that they discuss what they are geeking out on featuring the Star Wars Cast Revealed and ET Games in Landfill.

In this episode Black Hollywood Live host Joe Braswell and Akili Shine discuss technology for the week of April 25th, 2014. They open up with "Tech News" by discussing the end of Fuel Band, what is Aero, Yahoo bank in Serch?, and Twitter grammar. Next up is "Nerd Culture" which includes X-BOYS (NOT MEN), Netlix TV, and Box Office. They then discuss "Video Games" with VR helps dying Grandma and killing in games. After that they discuss what they are geeking out on featuring Brian Williams on Fallon.

BHL: Geek. Nerd. Tech. - In this episode Black Hollywood Live host Joe Braswell and Akili Shine discuss technology for the week of April 7th, 2014. They open up with "Tech News" by discussing Google Glass Mistakes, Google and Wireless, Faster WiFi is coming, Phone 6 Pics Leaked and Steve Jobs's Email. They then discuss "Video Games" with Amazon Fire TV, Microsoft say they will win and Cortana for Windows phones. Next up is "Nerd Culture" which includes Captain America box office, Harry Potter Spinoff, and New MJ Album . Next up they discuss what they are geeking out on featuring Game of Thrones and Silicon Valley. They wrap things up with the discussion: 3D printing.

BHL: Geek. Nerd. Tech. - In this episode Black Hollywood Live host Joe Braswell and Akili Shine discuss technology for the week of March 14th, 2014. They open up with "Tech News" by discussing Amazon Prime price gets its first price increase in 9 years, IBM's Watson to help sequence cancer DNA, the NSA's tool that 'DVRs' every phone call in a country for a month, Twitter getting rid of hashtags and Jesse Jackson confronts Silicon Valley. They then discuss "Video Games" with Titanfall launch sees Xbox One sales almost double in the UK, Microsoft VR headset, and Playstation 4 "Project Morpheous". Next up is "Nerd Culture" which includes Star Wars: Episode VII will be set 30 Years after Return of the Jedi, Jurassic World casting announcement, and Ghostbusters 3 director Ivan Reitman leaves after Harold Ramis's death.

BHL: Geek. Nerd. Tech. - In this episode Black Hollywood Live host Joe Braswell and Akili Shine discuss technology for the week of March 14th, 2014. They open up with "Tech News" by discussing the Comcast Time Warner Merger, "Health Trackers", The States war on Tesla, Bit coin guy, and P-Cell. They then discuss "Social Media" with Yahoo launches "Yelp Help" to battle Google, Disney buys Maker studios, and President Obama on 'Between Two Ferns'. Next the "Geek Out" with Titan Fall/True D reaction and SXSW news. The wrap things up with "The Discussion" by talking about The Internet turning 25 and what will the next 25 years bring?.

BHL: Geek. Nerd. Tech. - In this episode Black Hollywood Live host Joe Braswell and Akili Shine discuss technology for the week of March 7th, 2014. Also joining the conversation is special guest Eric Woodard. They open up with "Quick Hits" talking about 'Slave' Actress Lupita Nyong'o Wins Oscar in Film Debut, Ellen's Oscar Selfie Breaks Twitter Record, Sandra Bullock to Make $70 Million (At Least) for 'Gravity' (Exclusive), 'The Wolf of Wall Street' Shut Out, 'After Earth' and 'Movie 43' sweep Razzies; Sandler left empty-handed, 'Female Films Earn Money': Cate Blanchett's Awards -- Season Crusade, Captain Phillips' Barkhad Abdi is broke. Next they discuss video games: Thief dev cuts 27 jobs one week after release, Batman: Arkham Knight announced, Advantage PS4: Why Sony is winning the console war, how we might have to pay more for using more of the internet, Microsoft's XBox One Gets Independent Developer Support. Then they have a general discussion about the Cheapest and Easiest Ways

BHL: Geek. Nerd. Tech. - In this episode Black Hollywood Live host Joe Braswell and Akili Shine discuss technology for the week of February 28th, 2014. Also joining the conversation is special guest Teri Gamble. They open up with "Quick Hits" talking about the Seth Meyers' 'Late Night' debut draws biggest audience since 2005, Katy Perry accused of 'portraying blasphemy' with Dark Horse video, Nick Minaj sued for $30m over wigs, Boeing is making a spy phone that self-destructs, this Network-in-a-Backpack Will Connect People in Disaster Areas, a jagged edge for Google Glass, Whatsapp, and 'Transformers 4' Disrupters Jailed in Hong Kong. They then switch to talk about "Stories that Broke the Internet" by discussing Arizona governor vetoes religious freedom bill. The wrap things up with "The Discussion" by talking to special guest Teri Gamble.

BHL: Geek. Nerd. Tech. - In this episode Black Hollywood Live host Joe Braswell and Akili Shine discuss technology for the week of February 21st, 2014. They open up with "Quick Hits" talking about the Walking Dead video game and TV show crossover, PlayStation4 outselling Xbox One, the dawn of the age of Artificial Intelligence, Apple's cure for spam email, what Facebook knows about live in numbers, how 'The Walking Dead' breaks every rule we know about TV hits, Minaj uses Malcolm X racial slur in cover art, and Kevin Hart's latest box office success. They then switch to talk about "Stories that Broke the Internet" by discussing Jimmy Fallon and 'The Tonight Show' and Shia LaBeouf is "out of Hollywood". The wrap things up with "The Discussion" by talking about the Miami trial.

BHL: Geek. Nerd. Tech. - In this episode Black Hollywood Live host Joe Braswell and Akili Shine discuss technology for the week of February 14th, 2014. Also joining the conversation is special guest Majadi Imara. They discuss topics such as African American Innovation from Egypt to the Industrial Revolution, Slavery (Innovation through Necessity), Notable Individuals, and Future Empowerment though Innovation.

BHL: Geek. Nerd. Tech. - In this episode Black Hollywood Live host Joe Braswell and Akili Shine discuss technology for the week of February 7th, 2014. They open up with "Super Bowl Quick Hits" talking about the Red Hot Chili Peppers, ratings, an Alabama jeweler refunding $70K after the Super Bowl, 10 best social media moments and post-game highlights. They then switch to talk about "Stories that Broke the Internet" by discussing Facebook's 10th birthday, Microsoft's new chief and TV everywhere.

BHL: Geek. Nerd. Tech. - In this episode Black Hollywood Live host Joe Braswell and Akili Shine discuss technology for the week of January 31st, 2014. Also joining the conversation is special guest Ryan Hollins. They open up with a "The Grammy" talking about technology, social media and Macklemore. They then switch to talk about "The SuperBowl" by discussing technology and social media. They wrap things up by interviewing Ryan Hollins.

BHL: Geek. Nerd. Tech. - In this episode Black Hollywood Live host Joe Braswell and Akili Shine discuss technology for the week of January 24th, 2014. They open up with a "CES Recap" talking about their favorite things and showing clips from their interviews with Maria Menounos and Nick Cannon. They then switch to talk about "Stories that Broke the Internet" by discussing Richard Sherman and Tarantino's script leak. Next they discuss "Welcome to the Future" by talking about drones. They wrap things up with this weeks "The Discussion" topic: Robot Sex?!

BHL: Geek. Nerd. Tech. - In this episode Black Hollywood Live host Joe Braswell, Nando Velasquexz and Akili Shine discuss technology for the week of December 13th, 2013. They open up with "Quick Hits" by discussing Instagram direct, twitter named best place to work, what is IMGUR, Vice buys a carrot, and the death of facebook? They then switch to talk about "Stories that broke the internet" featuring Beyonce, Obama takes a selfie and summer movie trailers debut. Next they discuss "Welcome to the Future" by discussing brain cam, Google's driverless car, and Uber's phase 2. They wrap things up with this week's discussion question should the government shut down Uber and Air BnB. [print_gllr id=4475]

BHL: Geek. Nerd. Tech. - In this episode Black Hollywood Live host Joe Braswell and Akili Shine discuss technology for the week of December 6th, 2013.

BHL: Geek. Nerd. Tech. - In this episode Black Hollywood Live host Joe Braswell, Nando Velasquez and Akili Shine discuss technology for the week of November 2nd, 2013. Also joining the conversation is special guest Brandon McEachern. They open up with "Quick Hits" by talking about “Selfie” is named Word of the year and Southwest is first with gate to gate wifi. Next up is "Welcome to the Future" featuring QR codes on tombstones, hydrogen cars at the LA Auto Show, Robot suits for the paralyzed, soccer ball that saves lives and black folks - green jobs. They then have "The Discussion" featuring Black Friday deals, and where do viral videos come from? They wrap things up by interviewing Brandon McEachern from Broccoli City. [print_gllr id=4236]