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iPad Today is a netcast dedicated to discussing the latest and greatest apps on the Apple iPad. The netcast is one of many from the TWiT Network. The show premiered on July 8, 2010.

History
iPad Today was started by Leo Laporte and Sarah Lane. Episode one of iPad Today appeared on July 8, 2010. iPad Today is shown through a live video feed along with many of the rest of the TWiT network shows.

Format
Each show has a theme of apps that Laporte and Lane feature on the show. The show also features the segment, App Cap which is where Laporte and Lane talk about their favorite app of the week while wearing silly hats.

History
Triangulation was started by Leo Laporte and Tom Merritt. Episode one of Triangulation appeared on January 20, 2011. Triangulation is shown through a live video feed along with many of the rest of the TWiT network shows.

Former Structure
Each episode of the Daily Giz Wiz started out with a gadget. The reviewer depended on the day.


 * Monday: Dick DeBartolo
 * Tuesday: (Turn The Table Tuesday) Leo Laporte
 * Wednesday: (Theme-Free Wednesday) Dick DeBartolo
 * Thursday: Dick DeBartolo
 * Friday: Gadget Warehouse Friday: Dick DeBartolo

All have been retired due to the new format.

Jingles
The show has several jingles and songs it uses to indicate different sections or events, including (First aired in brackets):


 * Opening Theme by Mark Blasco at PodcastThemes.com (Episode 1 on February 20 2006)
 * Closing Jingle (Episode 116 on July 31 2006)
 * Monday Theme (Episode 566 on May 12 2008) by Dan Lueders
 * Turn the Tables Tuesday (Episode 307 on May 9 2007) by George Wood
 * Theme Free Wednesday (Episode 533 on March 26 2008) by Dan Lueders (first played as a Giz Wiz Letter in episode 528)
 * Rock Out Thursday Theme (Episode 604 on July 3 2008) (aka, Another Crappy Theme) by Dan Lueders
 * Gadget Warehouse Friday (Episode 415 on October 5 2007) by George Wood and Paul Minshall
 * Show Free Saturday (Not used in actual episodes) by Dan Lueders
 * Sleepin' in Sunday (Not used in actual episodes)
 * Giz Wiz Letters (Episode 166 on October 9 2006)
 * Festive Letters Jingle (starts the first Monday of November, ends at new year) by George Wood
 * The Liability Jingle
 * Dick's On Hold
 * Waiting for Dick to get a UPS delivery
 * Audible Jingle, first appearance on episode 696
 * The Titamium Spork by Dan Lueders
 * DGW-The Disclamer by Dan Lueders
 * The DGW "Celebrity" Letters Jingles by Dan Lueders

Most have been retired due to the new format.

Ending
Dick usually finishes with his signature line, "I'll be here".

Host Switch
Leo Laporte was the former host of "The Giz Wiz". His last show was during the TWiT 24-hour New Year's Eve Live Broadcast on December 31, 2013. Chad Johnson or 'OMGChad' started hosting the show on Episode 1450 January 8, 2014.

Additional Information
DeBartolo appears as a monthly guest of Computer America, heard in New York, Boston and 28 other markets, plus streaming on the Internet. He also has a periodic "gadget" segment on ABC World News Now.

600th Show Special
The 600th episode was recorded on Friday the 20th of June 2008. Dick travelled from NYC to Petaluma to do the show with Leo Laporte, which aired on 27 June 2008. The gadget featured was "Fred Lanes" third hand.

History
−	Leo Laporte has been doing one version or another of his technology talk show since 1990, including a syndicated show originating from KGO. The current incarnation of the show began on KFI weekends in 2004, only months prior to the cancellation of Call for Help and The Screen Savers from the newly merged G4techTV in the United States. According to Leo, he had to find a way to keep talking about technology, and facetiously mentioned that if it wasn't for KFI green lighting the show, he would have ended up "having to talk to [his] wife about it." The show ran weekends on KFI at 11 AM. Leo also appeared on Bill Handel's morning show on Fridays for The Laporte Report segment, and continues to do so. Leo also does a Laporte Report live segment for CFRB in Toronto, Ontario Saturday mornings. −		 −	In late 2006, Leo notified his audience on net@nite that his contract with KFI was going to expire soon, and it was hinted at that he would only continue with Clear Channel if The Tech Guy was syndicated. With the help of management at KFI, Premiere Networks picked up the show for syndication, and it was announced on January 27, 2007 that it would roll out nationally. On February 17, 2007, the newly syndicated Tech Guy radio show launched nationally on eleven radio stations, including KFI. The show has added many affiliates, and has grown sharply from the original twelve to over one hundred (as of the summer of 2010). −		 −

Live chat
−	There is a public Internet Relay Chat that takes place when the show airs live on the server irc.twit.tv in the #twitlive channel. Leo participates in the chat during commercial breaks and often refers to the chat to give him additional information to assist with some of the callers' questions. The channel is moderated to keep the chat clean and on-topic. −		 −

Podcast
−	Every show is available as a podcast on the TWiT network, distributed via RSS feed at twit.tv/TTG. Until June 2011, shows were posted intermittently up to a week after their first airdate in order to meet the requirements of Laporte's Premiere contract for exclusivity purposes for the radio affiliates, and the live and taped video versions of the show required caller audio to be muted. −		 −	After Laporte renewed his Premiere deal that month, these conditions were relaxed, and the show is now allowed to be posted hours after first broadcast to TWiT, and caller audio is now heard on the live video and TWiT.am audio feeds. The new deal also allowed Laporte to solicit his traditional TWiT advertisers to sponsor the podcast feeds, while retaining his advertisers for the radio version. −		 −

Technical details
−	The show was produced from Leo Laporte's TWiT Cottage but moved to the new TWiT Studio known as the TWiT Brick House in July 2011. It is streamed to Premiere Networks via Laporte's direct ISDN line connection to Premiere at 64 kbps. From there Premiere uploads it to their satellite network for distribution. Leo also streams his side of the show on TWiT Live. −		 −	July 24, 2011’s show was the last program produced at the TWiT Cottage, with Laporte parading through downtown Petaluma after the end of that day's show to the Brick House with his staff and onlookers to inaugurate the new facility, which opened an hour later with that week's This Week in Tech. The first Tech Guy show produced at the TWiT Brick House was on July 30, which also was the first broadcast from Leo's office set, which was built to resemble the former Cottage studio. −		 −

Radio affiliates
−	The Tech Guy radio show is syndicated to several affiliates across America, including the show's flagship, KFI in Los Angeles, California. While formerly on KGO-AM in San Francisco, California -- the metropolitan area nearest TWiT's studios -- it is now tape-delayed Sundays on KKSF-AM. −		 −	The show runs live for three hours weekends at 11 a.m. Pacific, 2 p.m. Eastern, with some stations delaying their airing until later in the day. Some affiliates opt to pick up both shows each weekend, while others only choose to run one day. −		 −

History
−	Home Theater Geeks was started by Scott Wilkinson, editor of UltimateAVmag.com and HomeTheaterMag.com. Episode one of Home Theater Geeks appeared on December 14, 2009. Home Theater Geeks is shown through a live video feed along with many of the rest of the TWiT network shows.

History
All About Android was started by Eileen Rivera, Jason Howell, and Ron Richards. Episode one of All About Android appeared on March 29, 2011. All About Android is shown through a live video feed along with many of the rest of the TWiT network shows.

Format
The show features four segments: Android News where the go over the latest Android news of the week, the hosts read e-mails from viewers, hardware where they talk about the latest hardware or devices running Android and Android Arena where each host shows off an application from the Google Play Store then the audience decides which app is the best (there is now a separate show for this segment as well called Android App Arena however the segment is still running on All About Android even though there is a separate show).

Shows
All previous shows can be found at twit.tv/aaa.

Contact
You can contact the show by e-mailing aaa@twit.tv or by calling and leaving a voicemail at (347) SHOW-AAA.

History
The Social Hour started as Inside the Net and originally featured Leo Laporte and Amber MacArthur. Episode one of The Social Hour appeared on March 29, 2011. The Social Hour is shown through a live video feed along with many of the rest of the TWiT network shows. The Social Hour has gone through three name changes over the span of 6 years.



Inside the Net
Inside the Net was the original netcast name for The Social Hour. Inside the Net covered areas of the Internet considered to be new and useful. Inside the Net featured interviews with behind-the-scenes developers for the latest web sites and web applications. There were 39 episodes, each being around 30 minutes in length.

The first episode was released on November 29, 2005 and featured Mike Shaver and Mike Beltzner discussing the release of Mozilla Firefox 1.5.

From the time of its debut, Inside the Net was number 1 on the podcast section of iTunes, and in its final month (October 2006) had roughly 60,000 unique downloads per episode. The final show under the Inside the Net name was October 25, 2006.

net@night
On November 5, 2006, Inside the Net was re-branded as net@night. net@night was the first TWiT netcast to be broadcasted LIVE and originally included listener participation via TalkShoe, although this was later dropped. The final show under the net@night name was March 15, 2011.

Format
The Social Hour features a discussion between Lane, MacArthur and sometimes a guest about the latest social media tips for you or your business.

Shows
All previous shows can be found at twit.tv/tsh.

Contact
You can contact the show by e-mailing thesocialhour@twit.tv or by calling and leaving a voicemail at 2626-SOCIAL.

History
FLOSS Weekly was started by Leo Laporte, who runs the TWiT netcast network, and Chris DiBona, now the open source program manager at Google. FLOSS is an acronym for Free/Libre Open Source Software. The show was intended to be a weekly interview with the biggest names and influences in open source software. Episode one of FLOSS Weekly appeared on April 7, 2006.

Towards the end of 2006, episodes began to appear less frequently, dropping to a monthly basis. DiBona's newborn baby and commitments at Google were cited as reasons for the show's stagnation, and on the seventeenth episode, Laporte appealed for other co-hosts to share the burden. This was DiBona's final appearance on the show as the host. He returned as a guest for the show's 100th episode.

The show went on an unannounced three-month hiatus, re-appearing on July 21, 2007, with a new co-host, Randal Schwartz, who had previously appeared on the show as a guest. Schwartz has since taken over organizing guests for the show, and has restored the show to a predominantly weekly schedule (with occasional gaps from scheduling conflicts or last minute cancellations). Starting with episode 69, Jono Bacon has been a somewhat regular co-host, even filling in for Randal when Randal wasn't available.

The show was nominated for the 2009 Podcast Awards in the Technology/Science category.

In May 2010, the show began publishing a video feed (along with many of the rest of the TWiT network shows), and moved to an earlier recording time. As a result of the new recording time, Leo Laporte stepped down as the lead host, and Jono Bacon could no longer regularly co-host. Randal Schwartz and Aaron Newcomb are now the lead hosts, and they are currently using a rotating panel of co-hosts, selected on the basis of availability and appropriateness for the guest.

Format
Most episodes feature the primary developer or developers of a particular open source software project. The show is an open discussion, with the host and co-host asking questions about the nature of the project. Typically, the interviewers will ask the guests about the history of the project, and its development model (such as which language it is written in, which version control system is used, and what development environment the author uses). Some shows, such as the interviews with Jon "maddog" Hall and Simon Phipps, are not specific to an open source project, and feature more general topics, such as the philosophy of free and open source software. Shows begin and end with a brief discussion between the hosts, before and after calling the guest. Often the guests are interviewed via Skype, with Laporte's staff at TWiT being responsible for the audio recording and production. FLOSS Weekly has been supported by advertising and donations. In October 2006, FLOSS Weekly had 31,661 downloads of episode 14.

Shows
The following lists all the shows that have been produced. There is a public list of potential future guests, although the show is only scheduled two months out.

History
Windows Weekly was started by Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott. Episode one of Windows Weekly appeared on September 28, 2006. Windows Weekly is shown through a live video feed along with many of the rest of the TWiT network shows.

Format
The show features a discussion, with the three hosts, about the latest Microsoft news (sometimes there is a guest that joins the show as well). There are five ending segments: Tip of the Week where Paul Thurrott talks about a particular feature in a particular Microsoft application, Software Pick of the Week where Thurrott picks a third-party software application (mobile or desktop) and talks about what he likes about it, Enterprise Pick of the Week where Mary-Jo Foley picks an enterprise application and talks about what she likes about it, Code Name of the Week where Foley talks about a Microsoft code name project that they are working on and Beer Pick of the Week where Foley and sometimes Paul Thurrott talk about a beer that they think is good.

Shows
All previous shows can be found at twit.tv/ww.

Contact
There is currently no way to send your comments except for the social networks listed below.

History
This Week in Law was started by Denise Howell. Episode one of This Week in Law appeared on October 22, 2006 when TWiT was not produced that week. This Week in Law is shown through a live video feed along with many of the rest of the TWiT network shows.

Format
The show features an in-depth discussion with the best attorneys about the latest technology law.

Shows
All previous shows can be found at twit.tv/twil.

Contact
There is currently no way to send your comments except for the social networks listed below.

History
This Week in Google was started by Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis and Gina Trapani. Episode one of This Week in Google appeared on August 1, 2009. This Week in Google is shown through a live video feed along with many of the rest of the TWiT network shows.

Format
The show features three segments: a discussion of the latest news in cloud computing/Google, The Google change log where Gina Trapani talks about the latest changes in Google products/services and the hosts/guests give a Pick of the Week.

Shows
All previous shows can be found at twit.tv/twig.

Contact
There is currently no way to send your comments except for the social networks listed below.

History
This Week in Computer Hardware was started by Ryan Shrout of PC Perspective and Patrick Norton of Tekzilla. Episode one of TWiCH appeared on May 7, 2009. TWiCH is shown through a live video feed along with many of the rest of the TWiT network shows.

Shows
All previous shows can be found at twit.tv/twich.

Contact
You can contact the show by e-mailing twitch@twit.tv or by calling and leaving a voicemail at N/A.

History
TWiT Live Specials was started by Leo Laporte. Episode one of TWiT Live Specials appeared on December 29, 2009.

TWiT Live
TWiT Live Specials is shown through a live video feed along with many of the rest of the TWiT network shows. Even before TWiT Specials, TWiT Live has been used to air live coverage of large technology events. Leo Laporte produced live coverage of the 2009 Apple WWDC complete with a live pirate video stream from the auditorium floor. The current record for coverage on TWiT Live is the "24 Hours of the iPhone" event in July 2008, tracking the launch of the iPhone 3G around the globe as it went on sale in every timezone at 8am local. Laporte stayed on air for the full 24 hours with only a few quick breaks. Calls were taken from people in line around the world, TWiT regulars, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Leo gave away 10 iPhone 3Gs during the broadcast complete with free audiobooks from Audible.com.

TWiT Live Specials was born when in January 2010, when Leo Laporte and the TWiT team covered Consumer Electronics Show live from a stage in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. They covered two parties, Digital Experience Press Event and ShowStoppers Press Event live though an in-house built wireless broadcasting rig using a tablet computer which connected a camera and two microphones together and was streamed though EVDO and 3G cards. The broadcasting rig was made by TWiT's former Vice President of Engineering, Colleen Kelly. The trip to Consumer Electronics Show was sponsored by Ford Sync, Audible.com. Audio and Video podcasts were made and published on iTunes and on the TWiT website. It was the first time in a six-year gap that Laporte visited Consumer Electronics Show after the take over of TechTV. Laporte also announced that he was hopefully going to be back at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2011 which he did.

In May 2010, Leo announced that TWiT would do more live coverage of major events and breaking news. Since then, they have covered events such as Google I/O, WWDC, E3, Maker Faire, Dragon Con, South By Southwest, Macworld Expo, and the Consumer Electronics Show. They have also covered breaking news such as Eric Schmidt stepping down as CEO of Google, Hewlett Packard's acquisition of Palm, Inc, Steve Jobs' resignation and death, the verdict in the US portion of the Apple vs. Samsung case, and various press conferences and keynotes from companies such as Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Facebook.

Shows
All previous shows can be found at twit.tv/specials.

History
Tech News Today was started by Tom Merritt, Becky Worley, Erik Lanigan, and Leo Laporte (although Laporte was only there for the first episode). Sarah Lane joined the show as co-host on Mondays and Fridays and started working every day on the show after Worley left the show in March 2011. Lane's last Tech News Today show was Episode 941 and she went on to host Tech News 2Night, TWiT's evening news show every weeknight except on Fridays. Iyaz Akhtar also joined the show as a guest in Episode 4 and joined as a co-host on Episode 209. Akhtar's last Tech News Today show was Episode 905 and he went on to become Senior Editor at CNET. The show is now hosted by Mike Elgan who joined Tech News Today at Episode 913, Jason Howell who joined Tech News Today at Episode 83, and rotating co-anchors. Episode one of TNT appeared on June 1, 2010. Tech News Today is shown through a live video feed along with many of the rest of the TWiT network shows.

Tom moving to Los Angeles
Tom Merritt moved to Los Angeles, CA to accommodate his wife Eileen Rivera's new job at YouTube. Fortunately though, Tech News Today was able to continue on with Merritt being a Skype host. Episode 671 is when Merritt did his first show as a host via Skype in his new home studio in Los Angeles, CA.

Illustrations
Len Peralta a graphic artist, illustrator, and cartoonist joined Tech News Today at Episode 756 on Fridays to illustrate the show. The drawings would then go up to Peralta's web site for sale at lenperalta.com.

Original format
The show featured three segments during the Merritt era of Tech News Today: The News Fuse where each host talked about the top stories of that day for around 5 minutes (this was followed by an ad read), Tom Merritt would then welcome the guest(s) on that show to dig deeper into the news of the day and talk about/analyze it and the Randomizer were the audience decided based on a Strawpoll what the final interesting/comedic/weird tech news story was going to be. Mike Elgan had a similar structure at the start of his reign with Top News replacing The News Fuse, The Conversation, and In Other News replacing the Randomizer. This format was quickly replaced with focusing on merging them all into one segment.

Former hosts

 * Tom Merritt (until December 30, 2013...episode 912)
 * Becky Worley (until March 29, 2011...episode 209)
 * Erik Lanigan as Producer (until September 26, 2010...episode 82)
 * Sarah Lane (until February 10, 2014...episode 941)
 * Darren Kitchen (Mondays and Fridays until December 30, 2013...episode 912)
 * Iyaz Akhtar (until December 18, 2013...episode 905) (started episode 209...March 29, 2011)
 * Len Peralta (Fridays until December 20, 2013...episode 907) (started episode 756...May 17, 2013)

Shows
All previous shows can be found at twit.tv/tnt.

Contact
You can contact the show by e-mailing tnt@twit.tv or by calling and leaving a voicemail at (260) TNT-SHOW.

Awards
Tech News Today was the recipient of the 2012 International Academy of Web Television award for Best News Web Series. Tech News Today was also named Best of 2010 in Podcasts by iTunes Rewind.

History
Tech News Today was started by Tom Merritt, Becky Worley, Erik Lanigan, and Leo Laporte (although Laporte was only there for the first episode). Sarah Lane joined the show as co-host on Mondays and Fridays and started working every day on the show after Worley left the show in March 2011. Lane's last Tech News Today show was Episode 941 and she went on to host Tech News 2Night, TWiT's evening news show every weeknight except on Fridays. Iyaz Akhtar also joined the show as a guest in Episode 4 and joined as a co-host on Episode 209. Akhtar's last Tech News Today show was Episode 905 and he went on to become Senior Editor at CNET. The show is now hosted by Mike Elgan who joined Tech News Today at Episode 913, Jason Howell who joined Tech News Today at Episode 83, and rotating co-anchors. Episode one of TNT appeared on June 1, 2010. Tech News Today is shown through a live video feed along with many of the rest of the TWiT network shows.

Tom moving to Los Angeles
Tom Merritt moved to Los Angeles, CA to accommodate his wife Eileen Rivera's new job at YouTube. Fortunately though, Tech News Today was able to continue on with Merritt being a Skype host. Episode 671 is when Merritt did his first show as a host via Skype in his new home studio in Los Angeles, CA.

Illustrations
Len Peralta a graphic artist, illustrator, and cartoonist joined Tech News Today at Episode 756 on Fridays to illustrate the show. The drawings would then go up to Peralta's web site for sale at lenperalta.com.

Original format
The show featured three segments during the Merritt era of Tech News Today: The News Fuse where each host talked about the top stories of that day for around 5 minutes (this was followed by an ad read), Tom Merritt would then welcome the guest(s) on that show to dig deeper into the news of the day and talk about/analyze it and the Randomizer were the audience decided based on a Strawpoll what the final interesting/comedic/weird tech news story was going to be. Mike Elgan had a similar structure at the start of his reign with Top News replacing The News Fuse, The Conversation, and In Other News replacing the Randomizer. This format was quickly replaced with focusing on merging them all into one segment.

Former hosts

 * Tom Merritt (until December 30, 2013...episode 912)
 * Becky Worley (until March 29, 2011...episode 209)
 * Erik Lanigan as Producer (until September 26, 2010...episode 82)
 * Sarah Lane (until February 10, 2014...episode 941)
 * Darren Kitchen (Mondays and Fridays until December 30, 2013...episode 912)
 * Iyaz Akhtar (until December 18, 2013...episode 905) (started episode 209...March 29, 2011)
 * Len Peralta (Fridays until December 20, 2013...episode 907) (started episode 756...May 17, 2013)

Shows
All previous shows can be found at twit.tv/tnt.

Contact
You can contact the show by e-mailing tnt@twit.tv or by calling and leaving a voicemail at (260) TNT-SHOW.

Awards
Tech News Today was the recipient of the 2012 International Academy of Web Television award for Best News Web Series. Tech News Today was also named Best of 2010 in Podcasts by iTunes Rewind.

History
Tech News 2Night was started by Lisa Kentzell (TWiT's CEO) and Leo Laporte who both wanted an evening version of Tech News Today that was more brief and gives a run down of the stories that were missed during the morning broadcast. They mentioned that they were starting an evening news show during the Inside TWiT episode for October 16, 2013. The show is hosted by Sarah Lane Mondays-Thursdays and Jason Howell on Fridays. Episode one of TN2 appeared on January 13, 2014. Tech News 2Night is shown through a live video feed along with many of the rest of the TWiT network shows.

Format
The show is very similar to it's brother, Tech News Today, featuring a discussion about a big news story with the big name(s) in journalism. Sometimes the guest will have wrote the story.

Former host rotation
The show used to have rotating anchors running the show. However, this was quickly replaced in favor of "dividing and conquering" as Mike Elgan said at the end of Sarah Lane's last Tech News Today episode. Lane now is the one anchor that hosts the show. Before Lane took over the entire Tech News 2Night operation, the former host rotation was the following:


 * Mike Elgan (Monday)
 * Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ (Tuesday)
 * Sarah Lane (Wednesday)
 * Jason Howell (Thursday)
 * Shannon Morse (Friday)

Shows
All previous shows can be found at twit.tv/tn2.

Contact
There is currently no way to send your comments except for the social networks listed below.