DescriptionThis week, BLU goes dark, Coinbase gives to the IRS and Redbox kind of sells digital movies.ParticipantsScott ErtzHostScott is a developer who has worked on projects of varying sizes, including all of the PLuGHiTz Corporation properties. He is also known in the gaming world for his time supporting the DDR community, through DDRLover and hosting tournaments throughout the Tampa Bar Area. Currently, when he is not working on software projects or hosting F5 Live: Refreshing Technology, Scott can often be found returning to his high school days working with the Foundation for Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST), mentoring teams and judging engineering notebooks at competitions. He has also helped found a student software learning group, the ASCII Warriors.Avram PiltchHostAvram's been in love with PCs since he played original Castle Wolfenstein on an Apple II+. Before joining Tom's Hardware, for 10 years, he served as Online Editorial Director for sister sites Tom's Guide and Laptop Mag, where he programmed the CMS and many of the benchmarks. When he's not editing, writing or stumbling around trade show halls, you'll find him building Arduino robots with his son and watching every single superhero show on the CW.OpeningPowered by TeknoAXENifty GiftiesPowered by Microsoft StoreBLU Products Bricks Phones with Update, Give Zero InformationThe long-lasting image of a company is not built upon how they handle themselves when things are going well, but instead is built upon how they handle a crisis. For example, a year from now, people will only have one image of Equifax: the recipient of a preventable data breach. The image of Yahoo was so damaged by the revelation of several breaches that Verizon almost canceled their planned purchase of the company.read full articlePiltch Point with Avram PiltchPowered by Monster ProductsExtra LifePowered by RazerAnimal Crossing: Pocket Camp Has Users but Not RevenueSince Nintendo announced their intention to enter the mobile market with their games, the company has launched 3 Nintendo-branded and 1 partner title. The most recent mobile game to come out of Nintendo is Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, a game that, theoretically, follows the path set before it by other games in its family.read full articleNews From the TubesPowered by RiffTraxJudge Rules Coinbase Must Report Capital Gains, Transactions for Users2017 has been quite the year for Bitcoin, and this week has been especially significant. The day after Bitcoin hit its highest trading value of $10,000 per coin, it was trading at $11,000 per coin. Quickly following the massive gains, the judge in a court case involving Bitcoin and the IRS released her ruling, and it was not the result many people were expecting.read full article* DRM Not IncludedPowered by Amazon PrimeRedbox Sells Disney Digital Download Codes, Disney SuesThe DVD rental business is certainly not what it used to be. 10 years ago, there was Blockbuster Video, Hollywood Video, plus local shops all over the country. That concept is long gone, put out of business by the original idea of Netflix - DVDs by mail for one low price.read full articleClosingPowered by Tech Podcast Network