Tekzilla

Hosted by Patrick Norton, Robert Heron and Veronica Belmont. New episodes Tuesdays & Thursdays

Tekzilla feeds your tech hunger! Patrick Norton, Robert Heron and Veronica Belmont bring you hands on reviews of the latest gear, tips and tricks that improve the tech you already own and conversations with the most informative experts around. Read More

Cell Phone Map Scam? Replace Your Laptop Screen, Recover Deleted Files for Free! Sim City V, DIY Custom Icons, Sputnik 0667 Retro Case Mod, GDC 2012

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 – running time 34:21

Best new games from GDC 2012. Should you replace a dead laptop screen? Instagram for Andoid, and more.

Instagram for Andoid. Best new games from GDC 2012. Should you replace a dead laptop screen? Free file recovery for when you accidentally erase a drive, photo or video! OpenStreetMaps, personalized search is bad. Why your phone streams maps.

Sputnik Case Mod!

Our new favorite case mod in forever, Sputnik 0667 packs a PC, monitor and keyboard into a custom built retro sixties looking case! Check out lovehulten.com for more of this modders projects!

01:15 | Play

Replace a Broken Screen or Replace the Laptop?

The backlight in Mark's $300 laptop is dead. Should he pay somebody to replace it, buy a new computer or try to fix it himself? We've got the most practical answer, show off the guts of a screen, and explain the biggest challenge when you're replacing a screen yourself! (Even with instructions for replacing a backlight from insidemylaptop.com or Instructibles.com!)

02:56 | Play

Instagram on Android, Highlight SXSW, Bluetooth 4.0, Personalized Search Is Bad

SXSW 2012: Instagram on Android and Highlight, which combines GPS and Facebook, are two of the big stories from SXSW 2012. Pew survey says Personalized Search Is Bad and Bluetooth 4.0 sounds really cool!

10:17 | Play

Why Do Cell Phone GPS Maps Use Your Data?

Marty writes, "Why do cell phone GPS map apps have to use your data and charge you for it but in car GPS units have no cell service provider and just link to the satellites for free? Is it just a money making scam from the telco's or is there a legit reason?"We've got an answer in the video!

12:26 | Play

OpenStreetMap.org

Are you using OpenStreetMap.org? Are you a contributer to the open maps community? Let us know, email Tekzilla@revision3.com!

13:23 | Play

Easy Custom DIY Icons for Windows!

Want to make custom icons for Windows the easy way? Check out Convertico, this week's "Website We Just Can't Get Enough of!" This website houses a simple tool to convert png files into .ico files, which can then be used to liven up your Windows desktop. First, select an image that you want to use as an icon for an application, folder, or whatever! You can either put in a URL or upload the file directly and Bam!

16:05 | Play

Best New Games from GDC 2012!

The much rumored SteamBox didn't make its debut at the 2012 Game Developers Conference... but that doesn't mean there wasn't a pile of news guaranteed to make gamers go SQUEEEEE! Anthony Carboni joins us, and Sim City V is just one of the games he talks about with Veronica! Love video games? Then you should check out Revision3.com/games!

18:20 | Play

The iPad Camera is Great for Sports! Retina Display Challenges Developers...

Darren wrote in with the best reason yet for using the new iPad as a camera. The developer of Scenic Map wrote Patrick to talk about the challenges of developing for the iPad's new Retina display!

28:58 | Play

Free Tools to Save Files You Erased by Accident!

Bret ran a "quick format" on a thumbdrive in XP then realized he'd erased a ton of video. Can he save the files? Yup! Find out the most important thing to avoid when saving erased files and our favorite free file recovery apps in the video!

31:01 | Play

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Show Title:
Tekzilla
Description:
Tekzilla feeds your tech hunger! Patrick Norton, Robert Heron and Veronica Belmont bring you hands on reviews of the latest gear, tips and tricks that improve the tech you already own and conversations with the most informative experts around.
Categories:
How-To & DIY, Technology & Gadgets
Launch Date:
Sep 1, 2007
Episodes:
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