{"id":9279,"date":"2017-12-24T12:44:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T16:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=9279"},"modified":"2017-12-24T12:44:40","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T16:44:40","slug":"this-week-in-tech-646-2017-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2017\/12\/24\/this-week-in-tech-646-2017-year-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Tech 646: 2017 Year in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zYXn8w9OEAU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mark Zuckerberg tours the country &#8211; but he isn&#8217;t running for president. 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