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Saving sound in the streaming age, iOS 10's pros and cons and Pokemon Go's craziness (CNET's Open_Tab Ep. 6 show notes)

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Mike Sorrentino Senior Editor
Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and smartwatches -- obsessing about how we can make the most of them. Mike also keeps an eye out on the movie and toy industry, and outside of work enjoys biking and pizza making.
Expertise Phones, texting apps, iOS, Android, smartwatches, fitness trackers, mobile accessories, gaming phones, budget phones, toys, Star Wars, Marvel, Power Rangers, DC, mobile accessibility, iMessage, WhatsApp, Signal, RCS
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Steve Guttenberg
Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve currently reviews audio products for CNET and works as a freelance writer for Stereophile.
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Joseph Kaminski Senior Associate Technology Editor / Reviews
During my almost twenty years at CNET, I handled benchmark testing/methodologies for both Mac and PC systems and, sometime after, integrated testing for micro-mobility (e-bikes, electric scooters and EUCs), which is a passion of mine. Transitioning from a BMX background to this field was seamless. Despite testing numerous products, each new one brings the same excitement as my first.
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Jeff Bakalar Editor at Large
Jeff is CNET Editor at Large and a host for CNET video. He's regularly featured on CBS and CBSN. He founded the site's longest-running podcast, The 404 Show, which ran for 10 years. He's currently featured on Giant Bomb's Giant Beastcast podcast and has an unhealthy obsession with ice hockey and pinball.
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Bryan VanGelder Former video producer
Bryan VanGelder was a technical producer for CNET. He's a metal-head, an A/V geek and a radio nut, and he spends too much money on comic books.
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Ty Pendlebury Editor
Ty Pendlebury is a journalism graduate of RMIT Melbourne, and has worked at CNET since 2006. He lives in New York City where he writes about streaming and home audio.
Expertise Ty has worked for radio, print, and online publications, and has been writing about home entertainment since 2004. He majored in Cinema Studies when studying at RMIT. He is an avid record collector and streaming music enthusiast. Credentials
  • Ty was nominated for Best New Journalist at the Australian IT Journalism awards, but he has only ever won one thing. As a youth, he was awarded a free session for the photography studio at a local supermarket.
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Watch this: Are we killing music by streaming it, iOS 10's pros and cons (CNET's Open_Tab Ep. 6)

Streaming may make listening to any song easier than ever, but are we losing out on sound quality? "The Audiophiliac Man" Steve Guttenberg as well as Ty Pendlebury join Jeff Bakalar this week to go over how we can save our music (FLAC fans, we got you covered).

Then, Joseph Kaminski returns to the couch to dive in on what we like about iOS 10's public beta, the craziness that has arrived with the launch of Pokemon Go, if Amazon's Prime Day is worth getting excited about and (while we're still in the sound mood) everyone runs through their favorite music artists right now.

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Take a deeper dive into this show's stories by checking out these headlines:

Let's make audio great again

iOS 10 public beta arrives today, and this is what you can do with it

Australian police issue warning about Pokemon Go

A few insights on Amazon's Prime Day, from the guy running it (Q&A)