Katie.Show | EP 76: Avoid Holiday Hackers

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Katie.Show | EP 76: Avoid Holiday Hackers

Online sales this holiday season are booming. With the influx of connected devices entering the home, your network security should be an important focus — as hackers are especially active during the shopping season. I've partnered up with Norton to showcase its Norton Core Secure WiFi Router, a device that will help protect your home computer and connected devices. I had the opportunity to chat with John Cook, Norton senior director of product management, to discuss the importance of network security in this IT focused podcast.

 

 

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Katie.Show | EP 75: Buck Sexton - State of Journalism and Social Media

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Katie.Show | EP 75: Buck Sexton - State of Journalism and Social Media

In this high-speed world of lightning-fast information sharing, Buck joins Katie Linendoll to share his perspective on the complex, sometimes darker side of social media and the dangers of modern day journalism where priorities often lie with being first out of the gate.  Buck's unique perspective, as a conservative radio host and former CIA officer, helps consumers of information to become savvier — encouraging them to look beyond the number of followers, into the quality of the content and true engagement.

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Katie.Show | EP 74: The Force is Strong with Ashley Eckstein — New York Comic Con

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Katie.Show | EP 74: The Force is Strong with Ashley Eckstein — New York Comic Con

Katie rejoins Ashley Eckstein, voice of Ahsoka Tano on the Star Wars animated series, at New York City Comic Con. As founder of Her Universe, one of the world's top female clothing lines for Star Wars, Marvel and Doctor Who, Ashely is both an artistic and a business savvy powerhouse... a real Wonder Woman!

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EP 69: Robots in Service of the Environment

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EP 69: Robots in Service of the Environment

Katie speaks with Matt Lloyd head of communications at iRobot and Chief Marketing Officer at RSE (Robots in Service of the Environment). Katie and Matt discuss a new robot created by RSE to tackle the invasion of the lionfish in Bermuda. 

This is an ecological story that Katie has been following for many years.

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EP 68: 100k bots and counting. Katie chats with Facebook Messenger team

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EP 68: 100k bots and counting. Katie chats with Facebook Messenger team

Katie chats with Andrew Song and Allison Swope about the far reaching capabilities of Facebook Messenger. Of course you can communicate with your friends, but did you know that you can chat with TSA and/or order a pizza instantly?  With 1.2b users on Messenger, its no wonder that it takes 100k bots and counting to maintain the current platform. 

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EP 67: It's Hi-Tech behind the scenes at the Cleveland Cavs' Arena

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EP 67: It's Hi-Tech behind the scenes at the Cleveland Cavs' Arena

Technology is changing sports arenas and enhancing the fan experience. An inside look at the Cleveland Cavaliers Quicken Loans Arena. A chat with Priya Narasimhan, who is the founder of Yinzcam, and creator of over 160 professional team apps.  Katie also talks with Mike Conley, VP Digital for Cleveland Cavaliers, who is on the forefront of augmented reality, virtual reality, beacons and analytics. Together these two experts provide a high tech experience before the fans even step into the the arena.

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EP 66: Inside Elvis Presley’s Graceland

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EP 66: Inside Elvis Presley’s Graceland

Walking in the footsteps of a true legend, Katie Linendoll visits Elvis’ Graceland. The second most visited historic home in the United States, Graceland has over 14 different areas of exhibits including The King's planes, army memorabilia and automobiles. Katie chats with Public Relations Coordinator, Libby Perry, about the historic landmark and the iconic Presley family.

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EP 65: Attention Gamers - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is Here!

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EP 65: Attention Gamers - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is Here!

Katie Linendoll chats with Nintendo NY Regional Manager, PJ Sadler, at the Nintendo NYC store, which he manages.  PJ and Katie fire up a little Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, chat about E3 and Nintendo NES Classic Edition, and also take some fan questions.

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EP 64: Exclusive chat with Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aimé

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EP 64: Exclusive chat with Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aimé

Join me for a fascinating discussion with Nintendo President and Chief Operating Officer Reggie Fils-Aimé. Reggie discusses his crazy past few months with the release of the Nintendo Switch console, which had record breaking sales, and also the launches of the NES Classic Edition console and the Super Mario Run app. Note that this interview first aired on Facebook Live with Katie Linendoll at the Nintendo World Store in NYC on March 9th.

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EP 63: Terry Fator: The $100 Million Dollar Ventriloquist

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EP 63: Terry Fator: The $100 Million Dollar Ventriloquist

Terry Fator is a ventriloquist, singer, comedian, impersonator and top headliner in Las Vegas. Often called the VOICE of Entertainment, Fator is best known for his win on Season 2 of America’s Got Talent. Fator just extended his 10-year 100 million dollar contract in Las Vegas and was recently named the Best Family-Friendly Show by Las Vegas Review Journal. Katie Linendoll sits down with Terry behind the scenes of his show at the Mirage to chat his humble roots, passion for Nintendo, and never ending love of performing.

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EP 62: Susan Reynolds Talks IBM Watson

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EP 62: Susan Reynolds Talks IBM Watson

Katie Linendoll sits down with Susan Reynolds, Vice President, Partner Ecosystem, IBM Watson Customer Engagement at IBM's annual IBM Amplify event in Las Vegas.  Watson might be best known for his remarkable performance on Jeopardy, but this was only the start. As a leading edge cognitive system, Watson is forging new partnerships between people and computers .  Susan discusses how Watson can help businesses better serve their customers, hospitals better understand their patients and retailers better target their audiences.

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EP 61: Meet ENO, an A.I. SMS financial chatbot announced at SXSW

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EP 61: Meet ENO, an A.I. SMS financial chatbot announced at SXSW

Meet ENO, the first SMS chatbot from a U.S. bank created by Capital One and announced at SXSW. Katie Linendoll chats with Audra Koklys Plummer and Steph Hay on the character development and design that allows you to text a chatbot real-time questions on your finances.

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EP 059: Tome Gillis, On the Front Lines of Cybersecurity

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EP 059: Tome Gillis, On the Front Lines of Cybersecurity

Is our heavily connected information society safe within the "Internet of Things?" How do we stop the rise of super sophisticated phishing schemes that have successfully hacked millions of users?  Tom Gillis, a former VP of Cisco Security and now the founder of Bracket Computing, a cybersecurity company, tackles these questions and also explains what the world’s largest financial institutions need to do in order to protect their networks.  Tom and Katie also chat about the cutting edge security software that Bracket Computing just unveiled at the RSA cybersecurity conference in San Francisco. 

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EP 058: Josh Kroo, Director of Marketing and Communications at Crayola

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EP 058: Josh Kroo, Director of Marketing and Communications at Crayola

Josh meets up with Katie at the Crayola Booth from the epic Toy Fair extravaganza in NYC, where hundreds and thousands of toys are showcased each year.  "How does a 150 year old company stay so young and vibrant? What is the most popular color?“ Katie asks - and Josh's responses will surprise you.  Josh runs Crayola's cutting edge interactive platform, and he explains how Crayola has moved far beyond the crayons and markers of our youth.

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EP 057: Roselle Safran — Former White House Cybersecurity Chief

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EP 057: Roselle Safran — Former White House Cybersecurity Chief

Roselle, a former White House Cybersecurity Chief in the Obama Administration, is now the co-founder of Uplevel Security,  a company committed to building cybersecurity technology solutions for its customers.  Roselle discusses high level security breaches and hacks, and how our government and major corporations combat cyber threats on a daily basis.

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EP 055: PogoCam – the World's Smallest Wearable Camera

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EP 055: PogoCam – the World's Smallest Wearable Camera

Katie Linendoll chats with Richard Clompus, VP of Communications & Consumer Interaction at PogoCam. The Company created the world’s smallest wearable camera, which attaches to chic eyewear.  PogoCam will be hitting the market in 2017. Sam Roberts of Sirius XM also joins Katie to provide a holiday public service announcement. Katie also shares the cutting edge gadget of the week.

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EP 054: Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto

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EP 054: Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto

Shigeri Miyamoto is a video game legend - he is the creator and producer of Super Mario, Zelda, Pikmin and other Nintendo classics.  In an exclusive interview with Katie Linendoll, Mr. Miyamoto speaks about his love for bluegrass music, the Nintendo characters he wishes had become more popular, and the brand new Super Mario run on iOS.

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EP 053: A robot that prints pancakes?

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EP 053: A robot that prints pancakes?

Miguel Valenzuela doesn’t need to make his kids pancakes - he invented a robot to do that. The idea began as a Lego creation, which Miguel turned into a working prototype.  He then landed himself half a million dollars on Kickstarter to follow his dream.  After whipping up some printed pancakes of her own, Katie chats with Miguel about his amazing invention.

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