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Episode 77: “The Virtual Escape” Apple is cool and Microsoft is for nerds, right? This axiom has been around for the last 15-20 years but could this finally be shifting? In the last week, Microsoft showed off their new Surface Studio, a all-in-one self-contained PC designed for creative types, and the Surface Dial that you can stick onto the screen and is just about the most innovative thing to come out in 2016. While Apple finally announced their latest line in MacBook Pro laptops after 4 years of not doing nada with them. They have removed a few things (like the ‘Escape Key’ and ‘HDMI port’) but have added a ‘Touch Bar’ on top of the keyboard that will dynamically adapt to the program or app you’re running on the screen. Who won? Who made us cry? Where are the 2 tech giants headed in the near to mid-term future? Find out on the latest episode of The Lazy Couch Podcast. Episode 77. Recorded Tuesday 1 November 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube 00:00 – Intro Kelvin goes to Melbourne Geoff gets the iPhone 7 Plus! 09:30 – Microsoft Surface Studio and Creators Update Surface Studio tech specs | microsoft.com Accessories for Surface devices | microsoft.com Hands-on with Microsoft Surface Studio and Surface Dial | cnet The Surface Studio is Microsoft’s Tipping Point | Life Hacker Surface Studio temporarily out of stock, won’t ship until early 2017 | Windows Central What creatives think of Microsoft’s Surface Studio | engadget Windows 10 ‘Creators Update’ | BGR Paint 3D, the biggest ever update to the classic app | The Verge Microsoft Surface Studio v Apple iMac: Australian specs and pricing compared | Life Hacker 34:27 – Apple MacBook Pro MacBook Pro – “a touch of genius” | apple.com No fun allowed on the Touch Bar, says Apple | TechCrunch Apple just told the world it has no idea who the Mac is for | Owen Williams Medium Benjamin Button reviews the new MacBook Pro | Pinboard Blog Apple is stalling for time with new MacBook Pro and Microsoft knows it | Business Insider The intro music is ‘Helix Nebula’ by Anamanaguchi. The post 77: Surface Studio vs MacBook Pro appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

This episode is all about VR and in particular the Oculus VR Connect 3 event which was held a few days ago. Being owned by Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg made an appearance on opening day and quietly outlined his plans to take computing to the next level and how they are helping to lay the foundations of a platform that we will all be a participants of in the near future. We will chat about the Oculus Touch controllers coming later this year, some of the new games and apps that have been announced by various developers, and the hardware specs you need right now to get into Oculus VR. This and more on episode 76 on The Lazy Couch podcast. Episode 76. Recorded Tuesday 11 October 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube 00:00 – Intro FIFA vs PES: The battle to make the best soccer game rages on | engadget 04:42 – Oculus Connect 3 Keynote Full keynote | youtube Facebook & Oculus promise millions in funding for diverse apps, education and more on VR | Venture Beat Zuck’s social VR demo | youtube Oculus’ new wireless prototype could be VR’s next great leap | The Verge I tried the wireless Oculus Rift. It tasted like freedom. | CNet Oculus will bring VR to the web with React VR and Carmel VR browser | TechCrunch Oculus will soon be able to work with a much cheaper gaming PC | The Verge 28:51 – General Oculus news and event fallout Palmer Luckey absent from Oculus conference keynote after troll scandal | TechCrunch The five best VR experiences we saw at Oculus Connect’s demo day | The Verge Oculus Touch controllers: The good and the bad | Tom’s Hardware Michael Abrash has 2021 vision and we have reason to pay attention | Wareable The post 76: Oculus VR Connect 3 Event appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

To continue on from our recent series of reviewing and previewing the latest smartphones that have just been announced, this week we look at Google and their brand new Pixel and Pixel XL phones. They were both revealed at the ‘Made by Google’ event where Sundar Pichai and gang also showcased some other pieces of hardware – Daydream View VR headset, Chromecast Ultra and Google Home. We will break each of these devices down, ponder what it all means for Google and us consumers, as well as Google’s general direction in the foreseeable future. This and so much more on episode 75 of The Lazy Couch podcast. Episode 75. Recorded Wednesday 5 October 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube 00:00 – Intro Cronulla Sharks win first-ever NRL premiership | nrl.com 05:42 – Google’s new Pixel and Pixel XL phones Made by Google event page 5 biggest announcements | The Verge Australian pricing for Pixel and Pixel XL | lifehacker The really blue Pixels are really sold out | cnet Inside story of Google’s bold bet on hardware | The Verge Google Assistant is ‘unique to the Pixel’ for forseeable future | 9to5 Google 30:56 – Daydream View VR headset Daydream VR hands on | Ars Technica 37:32 – Google Wifi Introducing a new kind of Wi-Fi system | Google Blog 40:23 – Chromecast Ultra Dolby Vision vs HDR-10 TV: A format war and more | TechHive 44:13 – Google Home Can Google Home really kill Amazon Echo? | Gizmodo The post 75: Google’s Pixel Phones & ‘Made by Google’ Event appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

It’s that time of the year and you need a new phone. Should you get the new iPhone 7? What Android phones can you get that won’t blow up? Fret not, it’s The Lazy Couch Podcast to the rescue. We look at the bad, the good and the ugly sides of the iPhone 7, it’s Android competitors and how the best phone might be one we’ll never see. Episode 74. Recorded Tuesday 20 September 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube 00:00 – Intro Google Trips is a killer travel app for the modern tourist | The Verge 07:10 – iPhone 7: The Good The Speed test | 9to5mac 10 reasons why you should care about the iPhone 7 | dpreview iOS 10 | Apple 23:36 – iPhone 7: The Bad Pricing | Apple shop iPhone 7 water and drop test | Recode No Jack Jet Black scratches easily | The Verge 30:59 – The alternatives Google launches the Pixel and Pixel XL in Oct | Ars Technica LG v20 | Android Central Sony Xperia X | Gizmodo Project Ara is dead | Wired The most popular Android phones in 2016 | Android Community The post 74: Should you buy the iPhone 7 & what Android phones compare? appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

New iPhone time you guys! We totally woke up at 3am to tune in on what’s going on with the world of Apple and we break down how you will be spending your hard earned bonuses this year. We tackle the big issues like – how will you survive without a headphone jack? Is the second gen Watch worth buying? Will you look stupid wearing AirPods? WHEN IS ZELDA COMING TO iOS?? Apple’s September iPhone event is getting The Lazy Couch treatment – Tune in now and subscribe. Episode 73. Recorded Thursday 8 September 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube 00:00 – Intro Apple’s special September 2016 event – full keynote | apple.com Super Mario Run on iOS is the best possible move for Nintendo | Forbes 11:27 – Apple Watch series 2 Hands on with the Apple Watch series 2 | Anandtech 20:30 – iPhone 7 & 7 Plus iPhone 7 and 7 Plus feel newer in your hands than you’d expect | The Verge 35:06 – AirPods AirPods | apple.com 42:16 – Camera iPhone 7 Plus dual cameras – what does it all mean? | CNet News Apple warns that its jet black iPhone 7 scratches easily | The Verge These are the iPhone 7-ready Lightning headphones you can buy right now | The Verge Twitter reacts to the new iPhones | news.com.au Apple’s attempt to reignite sales growth | Bloomberg Tech The post 73: Apple iPhone 7, Apple Watch 2, AirPods appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Don’t you hate it when you hail a Uber but the driver is nowhere to be found? Sounds far-fetched, doesn’t it? Well, Uber began trialling driverless cars in the city of Pittsburgh this week — That escalated fast! Google is also getting in on the action with its own ride-sharing service. It’s happening people! As we wait for the Apple announcements next week, Fitbit has come out to launch their own upgraded products and they sure do look sexy. We also discuss what the future of Nexus phones may or may not be. Hmmm makes you think. While Batfleck has been playing silly buggers by spreading rumours about a certain villain in the DC Extended Universe. This and so much more on episode 72 of The Lazy Couch. Episode 72. Recorded Wednesday 31 August 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube 00:00 – Intro The truth about Thor during Civil War | YouTube 03:34 – Car news Google takes on Uber with new ride-share service | WSJ How Pittsburgh birthed the age of the self-driving car | Wired Uber poaches senior Target executive | Fortune 12:25 – Batman v Deathstroke? Ben Affleck’s tweet of Deathstroke | @BenAffleck Deathstroke will be in Ben Affleck’s Batman movie | The Wrap 17:55 – All the rest How Facebook’s foray into automated news went from messy to disastrous | Slate Apple adds a 2TB iCloud storage option | TechCrunch Apple is working on iPad upgrades and refreshed Mac lineup | Bloomberg Technology Apple ordered to pay EUR 13bn after EU rules Ireland broke state aid laws | The Guardian The end of Nexus: this year’s Google phones to forge new path | Android Central Fitbit unveils ‘swim-proof’ Flex 2 and Charge 2 with HRM | VentureBeat The post 72: Theme Thor appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

  Our big Suicide Squad review – first spoiler-free and then full of spoilers. Apple buys another AI startup, Australian Census warning, and China’s investment in Silicon Valley. Episode 70. Recorded Monday 8 August 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube 00:00 – Intro Kelvin watches Jason Bourne Geoff watches The Good, The Bad and The Ugly IMDb’s all time top 10 films | IMDb 05:57 – Villager News Apple acquires Turi, machine learning and AI startup | Geek Wire How to dodge Census 2016 to protect your privacy | Lifehacker Disney launches its own messaging service, Disney Mix | Techcrunch 1Password launches individual subscription for $3 a month | The Verge China is flooding Silicon Valley with cash | Washington Post Instagram launches Snapchat-like ‘Stories’ | The Next Web A new way to get NFL content on Snapchat | Fortune 28:57 – Suicide Squad review (spoiler free) Suicide Squad | IMDb 38:27 – **SPOILER ALERT** Suicide Squad Secret drama | Hollywood Reporter The post 70: Suicide Squad Special appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Facebook successfully launched their space drone that Zuckerberg hopes to eventually deliver free internet to every human being on Earth. These are some of the lofty ambitions Mark has to one day control every aspect of your life and the scary thing is – they’re not that far off now. While we wait for that however, this week we had a hands-on demo of the HTC Vive VR headset and Google’s 3D painting program ‘Tilt Brush’. We’ll tell you all about our experience and whether we threw up or not. We also cover what the Verizon takeover of Yahoo really means, the immediate future of Netflix and Kanye’s latest twitter rant. This and so much more on episode soixante-neuf of The Lazy Couch. Episode 69. Recorded Monday 1 August 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 69 (mp3) 00:00 – Intro Kelvin and Geoff try out Tilt Brush on HTC Vive | Virtual & Augmented Reality Sydney Meet Up Tilt Brush by Google | website 06:50 – VR / AR Playstation VR details | Gamespot Facebook Magic Leap envisions a future where you can shop by talking to your AR glasses | The Verge 11:13 – Verizon/Yahoo, Netflix Yahoo and the online universe according to Verizon | NY Times Yahoo7’s future up in the air | Reckoner How ‘Stranger Things’ explains the future of Netflix | AFR ‘Black Mirror’ season 3 will premiere sooner than expected | Gizmodo 24:30 – Rumours on the internets Latest Galaxy Note 7 leaks | 9to5 Google Nintendo NX games, specs, release date rumours | Eurogamer 29:55 – Other news The diagnosis and the cure of automation | Techcrunch Stockspot becomes first Australian robo-advisor to integrate AI into financial advice | Startup Daily Kanye West tells Apple to ‘give Jay Z his cheque for Tidal’ | Venture Beat 37:57 – Feature: Future of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg’s plan to bring internet to every human on earth | The Verge Facebook crushes Q2 earnings, hits 1.71B users | Techcrunch The post 69: Spacebook appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

San Diego is where it’s at this week with all the fanfare and geeky goodness coming out of the annual nerd fest that is Comic-Con. We flip out over the new Justice League teaser, Wonder-Woman doing the splits in her solo movie, Kurt Russell playing a living planet with a “space-dong” (sic), and the Wu-tang-ification of Marvel. Find out if Kelvin really is a Cumber-bitch, and Geoff may or may not try to impersonate Pikachu! But first, we’ll cover some tech news for the week including the sale of Yahoo, Citymapper finally being directed to Sydney and Melbourne, and Elon Musk outlining his master plan without sounding too evil. This and so much more in this San Diego Comic-Con extravaganza of an episode. Episode 68. Recorded Monday 25 July 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 68 (mp3) 00:00 – Intro Guy Kawasaki’s live feed of his talk ‘Lessons of Steve Jobs’ | Facebook Live 04:30 – Villager News Yahoo cuts $4.8bn deal to sell core business to Verizon | NY Times Hollywood is trying to cash in on Pokemon fever with Detective Pikachu movie | TNW Citymapper comes to Sydney and Melbourne.. finally! | Citymapper Blog Elon Musk’s master plan, part deux | Tesla Blog Elon Musk says DARPA AI hacking challenge will lead to Skynet | Inverse 15:42 – San Diego Comic-Con: DC Extended Universe Justice League special Comic-Con footage | YouTube Wonder Woman Comic-Con trailer | YouTube Suicide Squad SDCC soundtrack remix | Facebook The LEGO Batman Movie Comic-Con trailer | YouTube The Flash season 3 SDCC first look | YouTube 31:07 – SDCC: Marvel Studios Doctor Strange trailer 2 | YouTube Kurt Russell as Ego the Living Planet explained in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 | Screen Rant Brie Larson is the new Captain Marvel | Wired Thor Ragnarok’s uber 80s logo revealed | @Marvel Legion trailer | YouTube Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D season 4 teaser | YouTube Ghost Rider is coming to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D | Slash Film 42:06 – SDCC: Marvel/Netflix and Other Luke Cage SDCC teaser | YouTube Iron Fist SDCC first look | YouTube The Defenders SDCC teaser | YouTube Star Trek Discovery coming to Netflix Australia | SMH Kong: Skull Island SDCC trailer | YouTube Valerian Comic-Con panel highlights | YouTube Complete list of movies and television trailers from SDCC 2016 | Vox The post 68: San Diego Comic-Con appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

In episode 67, we cover the news of Nintendo continuing their nostalgia run with the launch of a mini NES, Uber reaching 2 billion trips, rumours that Apple will buy Formula 1, Samsung Note 7 to have an iris scanner and Google will build a AR headset to compete with Microsoft. Will it get any crazier? It does. Japanese telco giant SoftBank buys an arm for $32b, not just any arm but chip designer ARM. Their chip designs are found in Apple and Samsung devices and may other devices that connect to the internet. Our main feature covers the Star Wars Celebration event in London where we look at more Rogue One details and a spoiler, which we didn’t spoil. The event covers all things geeky from the animated series to how they built the cardboard models of all the machines to prepare for the movies. All this and more in episode 67 of the Lazy Couch Podcast. Episode 67. Recorded Tuesday 19 July 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 67 (mp3) 00:00 – Intro and Pokemon Go news Yelp can now filter search results to show places with nearby pokéstops | The Verge Who is John Hanke? | Facebook Sydney Opera House opens up to Pokemon Go| Facebook Pokemon Go Takes Up Nearly Half of All Mobile Gaming Purchases in a Single Day | GameSpot Mario Go Kart Live on SatNavs | Newsthump Maps glitch turns seaside South Korean city into ‘holy land’ of Pokemon Go | The Verge 08:53 – Ghostbusters Ghostbusters isn’t getting released in China | The Verge 12:03 – News Nintendo Mini NES coming for $100 AUD with 30 games | Gamespot Japan’s SoftBank confirms $32bn acquisition of ARM to target IoT | VentureBeat Uber reaches 2 billion trips | Facebook Will Apple buy F1? | Carscoops Apple developing reality TV series ‘Planet of the Apps’ | PhoneArena 26:50 – Rumours Get your first unofficial look at the iris scanner on the Galaxy Note 7 | AusDroid Google is still working on a standalone headset | Engadget 30:15 – Google My Activity Google’s My Account is now – My Activity – Google 34:00 – Star Wars Celebration Rogue One Celebration Reel | YouTube Gareth Edwards firing a shot at JJ / TFA? | YouTube Alden Ehrenreich introduced as Han Solo | Deadline Star Wars Archaeology panel |YouTube Lucasfilm / ILMxLab to make VR film on Darth Vader | Nerdist 53:13 – Outro Harry Potter: written by an AI | Medium The post 67: Nintendo, SoftBank, Star Wars appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

In episode 66, we mix in some local news while we cover the latest news covering robots, AI and social media. We look at how WeChat could have helped the Labor Party win votes in Melbourne. Telstra continues its run of bad PR with cuts to jobs. We discuss the use of robots to kill in Dallas and what that means in the gray area of robot legal policies. Microsoft lets it AI go loose in Project Malmo and explains why its betting its future on AI. A search engine company builds a car, this time it’s Alibaba in China. And lastly Twitter is spreading its sporting repertoire by discussing deals with the NBA and MLS to add to the NFL deal it already has and it also shut down tweet archive service, Post Ghost. Our feature of the week is the phenomenon that is Pokemon Go. We see kids and adults of all ages playing it and it’s barely been three days! So far, it’s taken US, AU and NZ by storm. Find out why and so much more in episode 66 of The Lazy Couch Podcast. Episode 66. Recorded Monday 11 July 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 66 (mp3) 00:00 – Intro Essential The Clone Wars episodes/arcs | Reddit ILMxLAB and Magic Leap “Lost Droids” Mixed Reality Test | YouTube 05:42 – Local news How a Chinese-language social media campaign hurt Labor’s election chances | The Guardian Telstra cuts hundreds of customer service jobs | The Sydney Morning Herald 10:31 – Robots and AI Use of police robot to kill Dallas shooting suspect believed to be first in US history | The Guardian A conversation on the ethics of Dallas police’s bomb robot | The Verge Microsoft lets AI experiments loose in Minecraft | PC World Why Microsoft is betting its future on AI | The Verge Alibaba unveils its first smart car — and it’s available for pre-order now | Techcrunch 25:55 – Twitter Twitter is talking to the NBA, MLS and Turner to buy rights to more sports streams | Recode Deleted Tweet archive PostGhost shut down after Twitter cease and desist | Techcrunch 29:21 – Pokemon Go Pokémon GO’ Is About To Surpass Twitter In Daily Active Users On Android | Forbes Pokemon Go more popular than Tinder on US Android phones, set to outstrip Twitter in daily users | ABC Pokemon game adds $7.5 billion to Nintendo market value in two days | Reuters Pokemon Go’ international rollout will be ‘paused’ as players overload the system | Business Insider Pokémon Go will eventually allow players to trade Pokémon | The Verge The post 66: Gotta Catch ‘Em All appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Ever wondered what Twitter would be like in Virtual Reality? Or what the future is for self-driving cars? Or how about what if robot had feelings? Well you’ve come to the right place. Episode 65 is all about AI, robots, VR and autonomous vehicles. As we ponder what a self-driving future might look like, we breakdown all the negative press surrounding Tesla’s first reported fatal crash and the ridiculous calls for its demise. Twitter is getting into VR and AR, and on first glance, this may not make much sense but we think there may be some key use cases and if we’re right, it could upend how we consume our entertainment forever. We also cover some stories coming out now about 2016’s Nexus phones, next year’s Apple Watch 2 and a whole lot more including cute robot pets and not-so-cute robots that want to leave the humans behind. This and so much more on the 65th episode of The Lazy Couch podcast – your weekly feed on tech news, gadgets and pop culture. Episode 65. Recorded Monday 4 July 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 65 (mp3) 00:00 – Intro Kelvin has a new Star Trek timeline! Geoff votes for Meow-Ludo Disco Gamma Meow-Meow, maybe.. 04:18 – Rumours Specs for “Sailfish” – upcoming HTC-built Nexus device | Android Police Waterproof Apple Watch 2 to sport GPS | Wearable 08:30 – Virtually Twitter Twitter dives into AR and VR, hires ex-Apple designer | Upload VR 13:29 – Bots, Robots and AI The DoNotPay bot has beaten 160k traffic tickets and counting | Venture Beat Anki’s Cozmo robot is the real-life WALL-E you’ve been waiting for | The Verge This robot keeps trying to escape a lab in Russia | Science Alert Video: Promobot IR77 causes a minor traffic jam in Russia | YouTube New AI beats tactical experts in combat simulation | Uni of Cincinnati Smacc builds AI to automate all your accounting | TechCrunch 26:22 – Xiaomi and Daydream Daydream VR is Google’s headset | CNET Xiaomi to launch its own VR headset in August, reveals GM | First Post 31:54 – First Tesla Fatal Accident ‘Self-driving’ Tesla was involved in a fatal crash | New York Times Tesla’s statement: A tragic loss | Tesla Blog Scant oversight of self-driving technology | WSJ The post 65: The Kelvin Timeline appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Epsiode 63 is a legendary one where we cover two massive conventions: gaming convention E3 and WWDC, Apple’s developer conference, how timely with Voltron: The Legendary Defender now on Netflix. We go through the news story of the week with Microsoft making their biggest deal ever and buying the biggest organisational chart in the world, LinkedIn. Find why and for how much. Coming all the way from LA, E3 2016 has given us new games, remasters of old classics, more VR excitement and new consoles. We give you a summary of all the announcements from Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Bathesda and EA. While there was no hardware announced at Apple’s WWDC, there were new features across the board. watchOS 3 is now much faster, tvOS lets you use your iPhone as a remote, OSX is now macOS (Sierra) with better integration across all your Apple products, iOS 10 brings about the option to remove Apple apps and a large update to the messages. We cover these and so much more in Episode 63. And we announce the launch of our monthly newsletter! Subscribe now.   Episode 63. Recorded Thursday 16 June 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 63 (mp3) 00:00 – Intro Kelvin and Geoff are both watching Netflix’s remake of Voltron, Voltron: The Legendary Defender The podcast now has a monthly newletter Microsoft buys LinkedIn| bloomberg 07:06 – E3 Announcements: Sony’s announcements | The Verge Microsoft’s announcements | The Verge (YouTube) Comparison of Project Scorpio, Xbox One S, PS4 and PS4 Neo | Engadget Nintendo’s announcements | Nintendo (YouTube) Bathesda’s announcements | ign (YouTube) EA’s announcements | GameSpot (YouTube) 39:26 – Apple’s WWDC Announcements: WWDC keynote in 10 mins | The Verge (YouTube) Everything announced at WWDC | TheNextWeb The post 63: E3 and WWDC Special appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Are we characters in some advanced civilisation’s computer simulation? Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX thinks so – we looked into it and the argument stands up. Cool. What do the recent LinkedIn and Myspace data breaches mean to you? We’ll tell you what you need to do to protect yourself from being hacked. We also explore the future of Snapchat, Nest and GoPro. And Visa gives Olympians in Rio the power of the ring? This and more on episode 62 of The Lazy Couch podcast. Episode 62. Recorded Wednesday 8 June 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 62 (mp3) 00:00 – Intro Kelvin and Geoff are going to Supanova! Optus drops EPL price to draw in angry fans | AFR 05:16 – Villager News: Snapchat secretly acquires Seene | Techcrunch Geoff predicted the acquisition in 2014! | @geoffkim Facebook is disabling messaging in its mobile web app | Techcrunch Nest’s time a Alphabet: a ‘virtually unlimited budget’ with no results | Ars Technica Why Tony Fadell left Nest – and Alphabet | The Verge GoPro’s shift in focus to software | The Verge Olympic athletes will sport Visa’s new payment ring in Rio | engadget 24:08 – LinkedIn/Myspace Hacks and How to Protect Yourself: ‘Hackers’ (1995) | IMDb Zuckerberg’s Twitter and Pinterest accounts hacked | VentureBeat How LinkedIn’s password sloppiness hurts us all | Ars Technica 30:25 – Are we in a Computer Simulation? / Code Conference 2016: Code Conference overview and speakers | voxmedia.com Elon Musk believes we are probably characters in a computer simulation | Vox Are you living in a simulation? | The Simulation Argument site The dangers of AI – Musk | YouTube Recode playlists | YouTube The post 62: Simulated Musk appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

We’re back with an apocalyptic bang after a short hiatus. Episode 61 brings you the X-Men: Apocalypse spoiler review, highlights at Google I/O, Twitter partners with Spotify, largest ever data breach revealed and Asus introduces a robot. Episode 61. Recorded Tuesday 31 May 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 61 (mp3) 00:00 – Intro Kelvin goes to Malaysia, Hong Kong and Macau Geoff goes to Bon Iver ‘Cercle’ show at Vivid and gets retweeted by Justin Vernon (@blobtower)! Geoff gets on YouTube Red 06:21 – Villager News: Twitter partners with Spotify | TechCrunch Twitter toys with the ‘beautiful restraint’ of character limits | Newsweek Meet Zenbo, Asus’ $599 home robot | Fortune Asus ZenBook 3 is thinner, lighter, faster than the MacBook | Engadget Asus hardware lineup announced at Computex | Trusted Reviews Hacker tries to sell 427 million stolen Myspace passwords for $2,800 | Motherboard 20:00 – Google I/O, conversation with Chris: All the big announcements at Google I/O 2016 | Android Authority 38:12 – X-Men: Apocalypse Spoiler Review: ** SPOILER WARNING** Everyone loves the 90s X-Men cartoon series theme | IGN Facebook X-Men: Apocalypse | IMDb The post 61: Use the Force, Jean appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Big news – the young Han Solo has been cast! Find out who it is and his acting credentials in our ‘future of’ episode. We ask the big questions like how will content be distributed and consumed and who will control the message? How will you be watching live sports like the English Premier League? And is there a future for podcasts? We also preview what’s to come in PC graphics and some of the cool new tech that LG and Microsoft are developing, that may be coming to your smartphone in the next couple of years. This and much more on episode 60 of The Lazy Couch. We are not Babylonians. Episode 60. Recorded Monday 9 May 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 60 (mp3) 00:00 – Intro Kelvin checks out Sydney Biennale at Carriageworks Geoff has all you can eat Korean BBQ place – Sakae Yakiniku House in Eastwood 02:55 – Future of Content: Twitter bars intelligence agencies from using analytics service | WSJ Interpublic to shift $250m in TV ad spend to YouTube | WSJ Cheddar, the ‘CNBC for millennials’, goes behind a paywall | WSJ English Premier League 16-17 season coverage details revealed | Yes Crowd Optus ‘Dear EPL fans, we know how you feel’ | Foxtel Podcasts surge, but producers feel Apple isn’t listening | New York Times Apple’s actual role for podcasting: ‘Be careful what you wish for’ | Marco Arment Alden Ehrenreich playing Han Solo is proof that movie stardom is dead | Indiewire 27:17 – Future of Graphics: Next wave of graphics is coming with Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1080 & 1070 | PC World 30:20 – Future of Smartphones: Buttonless fingerprint sensors are coming to phones this year | The Verge Microsoft’s hover gestures for Windows phones are magnificent | The Verge Dag Kittlaus, co-founder of Siri, will give first demo of next gen AI, Viv, at Disrupt NY | TechCrunch iOS 10 likely to include standalone HomeKit App | MacRumors The post 60: Future of Everything appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

** SPOILER WARNING ** Make sure you have seen the movie before listening to this episode. Consider yourself warned! This is a scene by scene breakdown of this immense film that is not just action-packed but is also smart and mature in its character development and it’s just all around good film-making. Listen out for all of Kelvin & Geoff’s favourite moments and for any questions you may have had about some of the new characters introduced. This episode is NOT sponsored by Audi, or DHL. Episode 59. Recorded Monday 2 May 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 59 (mp3) 00:00 – Intro and some words about Captain America: Civil War Directors – The Russo brothers Producer – Kevin Feige 04:00 – #TeamCap: Captain America Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier Falcon Ant-Man Hawkeye Scarlet Witch Sharon Carter 10:31 – #TeamIronMan: Iron Man Black Widow War Machine Vision Spider-Man Black Panther Scene by scene breakdown- 17:32 – Act 1 favourite scenes: Tony Stark presenting at MIT The “Audi” chase scene 29:20 – Act 2: The “paprika” scene Amazing airport clash 48:50 – Act 3: The Raft prison The final showdown The post 59: Captain America: Civil War (Spoilers) appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Ever wonder what the next big leap in technology might be? A lot of smart people are banking on a small secretive startup in Florida called Magic Leap, and their almost too-good-to-be-true digital light field tech, that may eventually destroy whole industries. We chat about them and their very likeable CEO Rony Abovitz to see where the future may take us. In the short term, a bunch of companies just released their quarterly results. The recent trends continue with Twitter and Apple losing ground while the juggernaut that is Facebook keeps on juggernauting. Who is the dark horse though in the next 12 months? Makes you think… We also reference Johnny Mnemonic (achievement unlocked) in covering a story about Microsoft investing in DNA strands to possibly store exabytes of data. Is it 2021 yet? This and so much more on episode 58 of The Lazy Couch podcast. Episode 58. Recorded Thursday 28 April 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 58 (mp3) 00:00 – Intro: Geoff is back on the Nexus program with the return of the Nexus 6P Kelvin tries out an iOS cooperative ‘shouting’ game – Spaceteam The Magnificent Seven – teaser trailer X-Men: Apocalypse – final trailer 08:09 – News: Game of Thrones season 6: Australia tops world in illegal downloads | The Guardian Microsoft & Google agree to stop complaining to regulators about each other | re/code Microsoft is buying 10 million molecules of custom DNA to store data | Business Insider Nokia enters the digital health realm with acquisition of Withings | VentureBeat 15:40 – Quarterly results: Microsoft quarterly profits misses estimate as PC sales slump to 9-year low | Fin Review Twitter stocks plunges after revenue misses estimates | Reuters Alphabet Inc sees quarterly revenue rise 17.4% driven by mobile ad sales | Financial Post EU lodges formal antitrust complaint against Android | The Verge Facebook reports first quarter results and announces proposal for new class of stock | FB Investor Relations Apple’s nine-year iPhone juggernaut stops with first sales decline | Reuters Dead body found in Apple HQ conference room | TechnoBuffalo Apple’s second quarter earnings in charts | Quartz Nintendo earnings plunge 60% in fiscal year as it preps new hardware | VentureBeat 30:30 – What is Magic Leap?: Wired goes inside Magic Leap’s mysterious HQ | Wired The untold story of Magic Leap, the world’s most secretive startup | YouTube Samsung patents smart contact lenses with a built-in camera | Mashable The post 58: Leap Magic Leap appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Mark Zuckerberg lays out Facebook’s 10 year plan and roadmap to dominate all aspects of your daily life. We are not surprised. Microsoft may have stole some of the thunder last week, but Facebook are also all in on bots and use of natural language for its slew of messenger apps to be your life OS. In movies, there are new trailers for Doctor Strange, Suicide Squad, Captain America: Civil War, and the Harry Potter prequel – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. And what’s that? Do we finally know who will play the villain in Sony’s upcoming Spider-Man movie? We are on a very short 1-week hiatus at the moment but rest assured, we will be back as strong as ever next week with all the latest in technology, movies, the internet and all things geeky. Keep it locked in here on The Lazy Couch podcast. Episode 57. Recorded Thursday 14 April 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 57 (mp3) 00:00 – Intro: Geoff buys Star Wars: The Force Awakens on Blu Ray Kelvin really likes the Doctor Strange trailer Suicide Squad ‘Blitz’ trailer Captain America: Civil War – Team Capt fight scene, Right to choose, Star-struck Ant-Man Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them trailer 07:50 – News: GoPro poached a top Apple designer and shares are soaring | Fortune Mercedez-Benz: ‘Google, Apple – our main benchmarks’ | Drive Michael Keaton in talks to play villain in Spiderman: Homecoming | IGN Tom Holland ‘Spider-Man’ interview | Flicks and the City YouTube ‘MIB 23’ cross-over | IGN Sony’s Emoji Movie is going to take place entirely inside a smartphone | The Verge 17:41 – Facebook’s 10 year plan revealed at F8 Developers Conference: Mark Zuckerberg’s 30 minute keynote | YouTube Everything announced at F8 2016 | TNW 10 biggest news from F8 | The Verge Important announcements for publishers at F8 | NiemanLab The post 57: Facebook’s 10 Year Plan appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

This week, Kelvin and Geoff talk about the big Tesla Model 3 event and the announcements coming out of Microsoft Build conference where BOTS are about to take over the world! We’ve also been playing around with Miitomo – Nintendo’s first foray into mobile apps and a possible pointer to their future strategy with yes, the use of Bots. Want your private messages to be actually private? Whatsapp just turned on end-to-end encryption so we recommend you update your app to the latest version straight away. There’s also news from Facebook, Twitter buying NFL rights and Yahoo’s slow and steady death. This and more on episode 56 of The Lazy Couch. Episode 56. Recorded Thursday 7 April 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 56 (mp3) 00:00 – Intro: Geoff and Kelvin join Miitomo – Nintendo’s ‘social experience Geoff buys the new 9.7″ iPad Pro 03:21 – News: Forget Apple vs FBI, Whatsapp just turned on end to end encryption for a billion people | Wired Why Whatsapp’s encryption embrace is a landmark event | Fortune New features for Facebook’s Live Video | FB Newsroom Zuckerberg announces Automatic Alt Text – a screen reader powered by AI | Zuck’s feed Twitter buys NFL stream rights | Wired Secrets of Yahoo sale ‘book’ reveal financial meltdown and big bet on mobile voice search | re/code Tilt Brush is the system-seller the HTC Vive needs | Upload VR 22:46 – Tesla Model 3 Event: Tesla Model 3 event in 5 minutes | The Verge YouTube Tesla receives $10bn in Model 3 pre-orders in just two days | The Guardian Tesla Model 3 first ride | Forbes The competition for the Model 3 | Forbes Can the Model 3 face competition from the Chevy Bolt? | Market Realist 33:55 – Microsoft Build 2016 – the future is bots: Microsoft Build announcements in 15 minutes | The Verge YouTube The 10 most important announcements | The Verge Microsoft launches Bot Framework to let developers build their own chatbots | VentureBeat Xbox One getting Cortana this year | Gamespot The post 56: Bots Everywhere appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

So you watched Batman v Superman but had no idea what was going on? Kelvin and Geoff are here to break down every WTF moment in glorious detail and then theorise about what may be coming up in the DC extended universe with the imminent formation of the Justice League. But to start off the episode, we have some news on Sony, Spotify, Hyperloop and Wondercon – before we spend the best part of 40 minutes chatting all things Batman v Superman.. and Wonder Woman.. and Lex Luthor Jr.. and all the other characters from this mega film. Episode 55. Recorded Wednesday 30 March 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 55 (mp3) 00:00 – Intro: Geoff and Kelvin watch Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (more on that further down!) 01:34 – News: Sony plans new PlayStation for graphics-heavy games | WSJ Sony’s Ultra 4K streaming service is launching next month | Variety Spotify hits 30 million subscribers | The Verge Tidal claims 3 million global subscribers | Billboard Hyperloop is about to be built – but not in California | MSN Money Kingsman 2 to be titled ‘Golden Circle’ | Screen Rant Wondercon highlights | Mirror ‘Lights Out’ – trailer | YouTube What’s the deal with Superman in DC Comics’ Rebirth? | io9 Flash announcements from DC Rebirth | Speed Force 15:26 – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – Review & teardown: ** SPOILER WARNING ** Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | IMDb Batman v Superman v Spoilers | Slashfilm Every Justice League moments in BvS | MTV News Box office performance | Box Office Mojo The post 55: Batman v Superman Special appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Apple had a boring event this week but was it still an important one? Twitter turns 10 – will they last for another decade? Is Domino’s the most innovative company in Australia with its bold plan to roll out their autonomous delivery robot DRU? Should your next smartphone be a Xiaomi? Kelvin and Geoff will tackle some of these questions and so much more on episode 54 of The Lazy Couch. Episode 54. Recorded Thursday 24 March 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 54 (mp3) 00:00 – Intro: Geoff has joined HelloFresh – a subscription service for cooking Geoff sees Tweedy at The Factory Theatre 04:07 – News: Xiaomi Mi 5 review – an alarmingly good smartphone | The Verge Domino’s unveils autonomous pizza delivery robot DRU | PC Mag Intel’s Skull Canyon NUC, most powerful game-ready mini-PC | PC World How (and when) to order a Tesla Model 3 in Australia | Gizmodo SBS strikes English Premier League deal with Optus | The World Game 19:13 – Apple’s ‘Let Us Loop You In’ Event: The keynote – 21 March 2016 | apple.com Compare iPad models | apple.com Everything you need to know about iOS 9.3 | Gizmodo 33:15 – The Story of Twitter: Twitter is 10 years old | The Atlantic The evolution of Twitter’s logo | Creative Bloq The story of the Fail Whale | ReadWrite Fixing Twitter | Fortune The post 54: Do Androids Dream of Pizza? appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

  Rojoice! The possibility of cross-platform, cross-network gameplay may become reality – Find out what Microsoft had to say at the Game Developers Conference. Playstation VR is now available for pre-order, and you won’t need to take out a mortgage to get one. In features, Kelvin breaks down what the hell happened to Dick Smith and Geoff will tell you what’s going on at SXSW in Austin Texas. There’s also new Captain America trailer and so much more on episode 53 of The Lazy Couch. Episode 53. Recorded Wednesday 16 March 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 53 (mp3) 00:00 – Intro: Geoff tries out new Turkish restaurant Stanbuli and checks out Wayward Brewing Kelvin finds out there is no Android N for Nexus 5, yet Google’s AlphaGo beats Go champion Lee Sedol In 2 moves, AlphaGo and Lee Sedol refined the future | Wired 05:16 – News: Microsoft will allow Xbox gamers to play against PS4 and PC players | The Verge A letter from Chris Charla: ID@Xbox updates and GDC | Xbox Wire Playstation VR available for pre-order for AU$549 | JB Hi-Fi Captain America: Civil War – final trailer breakdown | Youtube 13:30 – The Ugly Side of Dick Smith: Dick Smith is the greatest private equity heist of all time | Forager Funds Receivers Ferrier Hodgson tried to sell customer data | e-activist Dick Smith brand to be resurrected by Ruslan Kogan | The Age 23:20 – SXSW 2016: Sony’s futuristic concept N headphones don’t touch your ears | The Verge Sony’s prototype projector turns any tabletop into a touch-sensitive display | The Verge Samsung is building a new social network called Waffle | The Verge Has SXSW jumped the shark? | Mashable The post 53: Time Dicking Bomb appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Kelvin and Geoff go all out in this week’s monster news-filled episode. Subjects include old favourites – Apple, Google and Facebook – as well as the latest from Supercell, Meerkat and a new people-rating app, called Peeple. In movies, we talk about the possibility of the much mooted ‘Men In Black’ and ’21 Jump Street’ crossover and the highly anticipated return of The Predator. Yes, Arnie is baack. Episode 52 of The Lazy Couch starts now. Episode 52. Recorded Wednesday 9 March 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 52 (mp3) 00:01 – Intro: Kelvin goes to TED! Geoff sees Ibeyi @ Oxford Art Factory 05:38 – Apple: First Mac ransomware discovered | Gizmodo Bill Gates has no real position on Apple vs FBI, apparently | The Verge Palmer Luckey: Apple needs a ‘good computer’ before it can get Oculus Rift support | Gizmodo 09:40 – Gaming: Supercell now has 100 million active users | @ipaananen Supercell’s ‘thank you’ video | Youtube Blizzard’s multiplayer shooter Overwatch launches May 24th | The Verge Microsoft wants to monopolise games development on PC | The Guardian 17:38 – VR: Investments in VR/AR have already reached $1.1bn in 2016 | TechCrunch Amazon is creating a new virtual reality platform | The Verge 21:38 – Google: Google Photos now supports Live Photos on iOS | The Verge The founder of 4chan Chris Poole is going to Google | Business Insider Google DeepMind AI to battle world’s Go champion | The Verge 27:08 – Entertainment News: The Predator: Schwartznegger says he’ll meet with director about possible return | IGN Marvel could be adding an Asian martial arts hero to Iron Fist | Gizmodo 21 Jump Street – Men In Black crossover is actually happening | Gizmodo Amazon’s first live show debuts online | The Verge Ghostbusters (2016) trailer | Youtube 36:47 – Social Networks: Facebook gives Messenger a material design makeover on Android | TechCrunch Facebook fixes a bug that allowed you to reset anyone’s password | Softpedia Medium plans publisher monetisation within a month | VentureBeat Peeple, the ‘Yelp for people’ app, arrives | CBS News Meerkat is ditching the livestream and chasing a video social network instead | re/code 47:31 – Phones!: Audio module for LG G5’s magic slot works with other phones | Gizmodo Samsung’s new Galaxy S7 phones are.. beautiful? | The Verge Google promises speed improvements in the next Nexus 5X update | The Verge OnePlus paid $300k to get phones into House of Cards | The Verge 54:28 – Outro: Ibeyi’s cover of Jay Electronica’s ‘Better in Tune with The Infinite’ | Youtube The post 52: Theatrical Physicist appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

This week’s episode is all about China. Kelvin and Geoff focus in on the big powerhouses like Alibaba, Baidu and Lenovo and also take a look at some startups to watch out for in 2016 – Edaixi and OnePlus to name a few. In regular news, Geoff speculates on what we may expect to see at Apple’s March event, while Kelvin explores the recent announcements on Microsoft’s and HTC’s VR headsets. This and more on episode 51 of The Lazy Couch podcast. Episode 51. Recorded Tuesday 1 March 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 51 (mp3) 00:01 – Intro: Geoff goes axe throwing! – MANIAX at St.Peters Geoff goes to Bacon Brewfest DJ Albo 03:12 – Villager News: Apple’s March event moved from 15 to 21 March | TNW Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter to back Apple in FBI case | re/code Wolverine 3 confirmed to shoot for R-rated | slashfilm Google unveils neural network with superhuman ability to determine location based on image alone | MIT Tech Review Play Geoguessr $3000 Hololens dev kit available for pre order, shipping March 30 | arstechnica Google adds VR section in Google Store, starts selling Cardboard compatible viewers | Ausdroid HTC Vive is coming April 5, available for pre-order | The Verge 19:48 – Focus on China: Alibaba Group – Alibaba raises $4bn, Yahoo stake in sight? | Forbes Asia Baidu – Baidu’s unquestioned value | Seeking Alpha Lenovo – Forget India, Lenovo is betting on Africa as next big market | The Telegraph Huawei – Huawei P9 prototype leaked, again | TechnoBuffalo ZTE – ZTE Blade V7 at MWC | Gadgets 360 5 startups to watch in greater China | TechInAsia Dianrong – peer 2 peer lending Gogoro – smart scooters manufacturer OnePlus – “flagship smartphone killer” Tujia – China’s ‘Airbnb’ Edaixi – ‘Uber’ for laundry services The post 51: All About China appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

In its milestone 50th episode, Kelvin and Geoff reflect on the highs and lows of starting and recording a podcast from scratch, and what they have learnt in the process. Find out about all the DIY tips and tricks that Kelvin has implemented over the past 14 months! In news, Geoff breaks down the curious case of the FBI vs Apple, while Kelvin leads the conversation on the latest and greatest coming out of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona – LG may have introduced the most innovative feature for a mobile handset in quite some time. This and much more on episode 50 of The Lazy Couch. Episode 50. Recorded Thursday 24 February 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 50 (mp3) 01:10 – Intro: Kelvin and Geoff partake in a fantasy movie draft! Kelvin does LSI (Life Styles Inventory) training / therapy 04:51 – 50 episodes down, what we’ve learnt: Top downloaded episodes: 22: The Bloated Internet 28: Money Did They Grab 23: Spring Break For Nerds 44: Star Wars Special 18:20 – Apple vs the FBI: Tim Cook’s letter to customers about the importance of encryption | apple.com Trump wants you to boycott Apple, but he’s still tweeting from an iPhone | The Washington Post A technical perspective on the Apple iPhone case | Electronic Frontier Foundation 25:00 – Mobile World Congress 2016: LG’s all-metal G5 is like a future phone prototype | Gizmodo 6 things you need to know about the Samsung Galaxy S7 | Gizmodo Free Samsung Gear VR with Galaxy S7 and S7 edge preorder | Ozbargains Galaxy S7 vs LG G5 | cnet Xiaomi’s new Mi5 is an incredibly cheap high-end smartphone | Gizmodo Comparing VR headsets: Oculus Rift vs HTC Vive vs Playstation VR | abc.net.au The post 50: It’s Like You’re There appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Deadpool is back (this time with a mouth) and breaking all the box office records (not just the fourth wall!). And to celebrate the potential return of Cheez TV, we take a walk down memory lane and reminisce about our favourite childhood cartoon series. What were they? What are some of yours? In tech news, we take a look at the troubles at Telstra, SoundCloud and wonder what the heck is up with Kanye. Japanese PC-makers are desperate to catch up with their Taiwanese counterparts and we hilariously try to pronounce ‘Qiyi’. This and so much more on episode 49 of The Lazy Couch.. Episode 49. Recorded Wednesday 16 February 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 49 (mp3) 1:00 – Show-notes: Geoff visits Paddington’s ‘H2O Water Bar’ | City of Sydney Geoff tries to explain Gravitational Waves | NY Times 8:36 – Our favourite childhood cartoons: To celebrate the return of Cheez TV, we take a walk down memory lane as we chat about our favourite childhood cartoons. ThunderCats (1985-88) | Intro Freakazoid! (1995) | Intro Robotech (1985) | Intro M.A.S.K. (1985-88) | Intro 21:17 – News of the week: Kanye West claims to be $53m in debt, asks Zuckerberg for help | The Guardian Tidal tops US App Store after landing rights for Kanye West’s new album | TechCrunch Telstra hit by second outage in two days | news.com.au Project Loon in Sri Lanka | The Guardian SoundCloud could be forced to close after $44m losses | FACT mag Baidu gets offer from executives for majority stake in Qiyi | Bloomberg Business Vaio near deal with Toshiba, Fujitsu to form Japan PC giant | Bloomberg Business 36:39 – Deadpool review: Deadpool blows away competition with $150m four-day opening weekend | Box Office Mojo Who is Deadpool? | wikipedia Who is X-Force? | wikipedia Betty White reviews Deadpool | Facebook 100 Deadpool easter eggs, secret cameos and references | Mr Sunday Movies The post 49: Merc with a Mouth appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

The Fine Bros found out the internet do not think they are so fine, Alphabet is now the most valuable company in the world and Yahoo is set to cut 15% of its workforce – just another regular news-filled week here in TLC land. Our feature this week is all about the future of interfaces and we examine Microsoft’s purchase of SwiftKey tech and what that may mean in the way we interact with machines as well as with each other. This and more on episode 48 of The Lazy Couch. Episode 48. Recorded Thursday 4 February 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 48 (mp3) Show-notes Geoff watches Beach House – live footage from Pitchfork Festival | youtube Kelvin watches The Big Short (2015) | Rotten Tomatoes Geoff receives his first Loot Crate | Reddit News of the week: The Fine Brothers’ reaction video controversy, explained | Vox Project Skybender: Google’s secretive 5G internet drone tests revealed | The Guardian Alphabet passes Apple as the world’s most valuable company | The Verge Google’s new algorithm called Brotli will make Chrome run faster | The Verge Google reveals how much it paid the guy who bought google.com last year | The Verge Yahoo to lay off 15% of its workforce | Wired Instagram extends video ads to 60 secs to score TV dollars | TechCrunch Uber’s new branding and logo | Gizmodo Catching up with Dropbox | NY Times Zagg to acquire Mophie for US$100m | re/code Feature – The Future of Interfaces Microsoft steps up AI push with Swiftkey deal | Financial Times Microsoft acquiring Swiftkey in support of re-inventing productivity ambition | Microsoft Blog Swiftkey is joining Microsoft | Swiftkey Blog AR startup Magic Leap already valued at $4.5bn without a commercial product launched | TechCrunch The post 48: The Future of Interfaces appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

The new series of The X-Files is finally here with a bang! We’ve seen it and have a spoiler-free discussion on the first 2 episodes of this iconic series. There is also news on execs jumping ship (a sinking ship?) at Twitter, IBM wanting to become a new leader in cloud video services, and there was a tonne of new stuff that came out of CW’s ‘The Dawn of Justice League’ event that happened during the week. This and more on episode 47 of The Lazy Couch. Episode 47. Recorded Tuesday 26 January 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 47 (mp3) Show-notes Adam Hills singing Advance Australia Fair to tune of Working Class Man | youtube News of the week: Vine’s Jason Toff leaves Twitter to join Google’s VR department | recode IBM acquires UStream, launches cloud video unit | USA Today Spotify ready to introduce video content | WSJ iPhone ‘5se’ likely to have faster A9/M9 chips and always on Siri | 9to5 Mac Everything you need to know about CW’s ‘Dawn of Justice League Special’ | Tech Times Feature – Return of The X-Files Geoff’s #XFilesInEmoji project | twitter New X-Files nabs blockbuster ratings | Forbes The post 47: The X-Files Returns appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

This week’s episode is all about movies coming out in 2016! We rattle through all the major releases for the year including comic book movies: Deadpool, Batman v Superman, Captain America, X-Men, Suicide Squad, Gambit and Doctor Strange. Find out what we’re excited about and what makes us question our faith in humanity… It’s another BIG year! On the tech front, there’s news from the usual suspects – Whatsapp, Uber and Apple. This and more on episode 46 of The Lazy Couch. Episode 46. Recorded Wednesday 20 January 2016. Contact: iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 46 (mp3) Show-notes Nomad Pad hoverboards / standables | Shop ‘The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith’ (1978) | IMDb PROM – People’s Republic Of Movies | Official Tech news of the week: WhatsApp ditches $1 annual fee, tests business accounts | Techcrunch Netflix to clamp down on geo-dodgers, apparently | SMH Airbus to join forces with Uber for on-demand chopper service | WSJ Are businesses ready to let go of Internet Explorer? | Lifehacker App Store prices increasing in Canada, Mexico and more thanks to exchange rates | iMore Feature – The Great 2016 Movies Preview Oscar nominees | oscars.go.com List of feature films to be released 2016 | IMDb 2016 movies with Australian release dates: 21 Jan – The Hateful Eight 4 Feb – Steve Jobs 11 Feb – Deadpool 11 Feb – Zoolander 2 25 Feb – Hail, Caesar! 26 Feb – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny 26 Feb – Gods of Egypt | trailer 3 Mar – Zootopia | trailer 3 Mar – Triple 9 | trailer 17 Mar – London has Fallen | trailer 17 Mar – Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | trailer 18 Mar – Midnight Special | trailer 24 Mar – Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice 24 Mar – Kung Fu Panda 3 31 Mar – 10 Cloverfield Lane | trailer 7 Apr – The Jungle Book 7 Apr – The Huntsman Winter’s War 28 Apr – Captain America: Civil War 12 May – The Angry Birds movie 13 May – Snowden 19 May – X-Men: Apocalypse 26 May – The Nice Guys | trailer 26 May – Alice Through The Looking Glass 9 Jun – TMNT: Out of the Shadows 9 Jun – Now You See Me 2 16 Jun – Warcraft: The Beginning 16 Jun – Finding Dory 23 Jun – Ratchet & Clank 23 Jun – Independence Day: Resurgence 30 Jun – Central Intelligence | trailer 30 Jun – The BFG 30 Jun – The Legend of Tarzan 14 Jul – Ghostbusters 21 Jul – Star Trek Beyond 22 Jul – Ice Age: Collision Course 28 Jul – Bourne 5 4 Aug – Suicide Squad 8 Sep – Sully 12 Aug – Pete’s Dragon 15 Sep – Bridget Jones’s Baby 29 Sep – The Magnificent Seven 6 Oct – Gambit 13 Oct – Inferno 20 Oct – Jack Reacher: Never Go Back 27 Oct – Doctor Strange 17 Nov – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 16 Dec – Rogue One 21 Dec – Passengers 26 Dec – Assassin’s Creed The post 46: 2016 Movies Preview appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

  It’s the first episode for the year, and it’s all about CES 2016 (formerly known as the Consumer Electronic Show), that was held over 4 days in Las Vegas during the week. We take a close look at some of the more interesting and innovative products that were showcased and also some that were just downright ridiculous. There’s everything from a rollable OLED display, to a giant person-sized quadcopter, to a hoverboard/standable that doubles up as your personal robot butler! In other news, we coin the term ‘standables’! Tune in now to hear what our favourite products were at CES 2016. Episode 45. Recorded Tuesday 12 January 2016. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 45 (mp3) Show-notes News of the week: Oculus Rift pre-orders available for $599 USD | shop.oculus.com Amazon poised to take on UPS, FedEx in delivery business | Seattle Times Apple acquires facial recognition startup – Emotient | Tech Times Amaysim buys fellow MVNO Vaya for $70m | itnews Facebook’s secret chat SDK lets developers build Messenger bots | Techcrunch CES 2016 Our favourite announcements and tech showcased this week in Las Vegas.. Display tech: LG’s rollable display is crazy | The Verge Stunning Dell OLED 4K UHD PC monitor with USB Type-C | 4K LG’s ludicrous 8K 98-inch TV | Gizmodo MKBHD’s dope tech of CES 2016 | YouTube Internet of Things: Samsung to make all its next-gen 2016 smart TVs IoT ready | What Hi-Fi Bowflex’s smart dumb-bells | cnet Wearables and fitness: Fitbit Blaze activity watch disappoints | USA Today Withings Go fitness tracker with e-ink display | TNW Levl tells you how much fat you’re burning by measuring your breath | The Verge Audio tech: Bragi Dash headphones are finally here | The Verge Shure electrostatic earphone system | shure.com Misfit Specter earbuds also track activity and sleep | Tech Times Things that fly: Fleye drone – your personal flying robot, with no blades | Kickstarter Nixie is the only wearable selfie drone you need | Makezine Ehang 184 – autonomous helicopter | The Verge Automotive tech: Chevy Bolt EV is the first true affordable Tesla competitor | cnet BMW’s beautiful i8 Spyder with ridiculous technology | The Verge VW’s BUDD-e concept electric van | cnet Delphi shows off V2E ‘vehicle 2 everything’ autonomous tech | Gizmag Mahindra’s electric scooter is a cloud-connected dream | The Verge Xcooter – look ridiculous on this foldable electric scooter | Wired Electric rideables or standables (NOT hoverboards): Swagway’s new Swagtron has bluetooth speakers and won’t explode | The Verge Segway and Intel announce a hoverboard robot bulter | The Verge Other stuff: Kodak relaunches the Super 8 camera | engadget Livestream Movi – 4K micro cam for live events | The Verge Jaq charges a smartphone using hydrogen fuel cells | The Verge Infocus Kangaroo is a pocket PC running Windows 10 for $99 | Digital Trends The post 45: CES 2016 appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Happy new year! We’re back from our respective holidays and finally got together to chat all things Star Wars: The Force Awakens. In this spoiler-ful walkthrough of each scene and character in the film, we also contemplate and theorise what could be in store for episodes XIII and IX. Did J.J. screw it up? Or deliver one of the most-loved spectacles of all time? Find out in episode 44 of The Lazy Couch… Episode 44. Recorded Sunday 3 January 2016. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 44 (mp3) Show notes Star Wars: The Force Awakens box office numbers | Box Office Mojo The post 44: Star Wars Special appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

It’s the best of 2015 episode as we reflect on a massive year for technology, the internet, movies and pop culture. We go through the year’s best stories, surprises, apps and biggest disappointments. Thanks for the support throughout the year and see you back in 2016! Episode 43. Recorded Wednesday 16 December 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 43 (mp3) Show-notes Highlights of the week: Lots of new trailers this week Star Trek: Beyond | YouTube 12 days of Deadpool | YouTube X-men: Apocalypse | YouTube Follow-up from previous shows: New clues suggest we have not found the founder of bitcoin New Clues Suggest Craig Wright, Suspected Bitcoin Creator, May Be a Hoaxer | Wired The Mystery Of Australian Craig Wright And Bitcoin Isn’t Solved Yet | Gizmodo News of the week: Apple news: Apple builds new secret screen lab | Bloomberg Apple buys chip fab in San Jose | Bizjournals Netflix to change encoding to save 20% of data | Variety FAA announces drone registration | The Verge Atlassian shares surge 33% after IPO | Sydney Morning Herald Google updates Inbox with trip bundles | ZDnet 2015 in review We tag our show-note webpages with tags that describe the topic we covered in that week’s show. Here is a break down of the topics that we have covered in 2015: Apple – 19 Google – 15 Android, Netflix, Facebook – 12 Top stories: Netflix arrives in Australia The launch of Meerkat, Periscope and Facebook for public Mini computers including Interl’s compute stick and Rasberry Pi How close we are to autonomous vehicles The rise of music streaming services like Apple Music, the domination of Spotify and the fall of Rdio. The rise of Oculus Rift, its owner Palmer Lucky and other augmented and virtual Reality devices and accessories. Back To The Future day. Wins of the year: Whatapps on the web | WhatsApp.com Kung Fury, a psychedelic short film funded on Kickstarter. | YouTube Windows 10 Google Photos Netflix Daredevil 1000 musicians covering Foo Fighters’ Learn To Fly | YouTube Biggest surprise of the year: Resurgence of Microsoft with the launch of Windows 10, Cortana, Hololens, Surfacebook and employees like Alex Kipman | The Lazy Couch Podcast special feature #1 The new Macbook in gold | The Lazy Couch Podcast episode 8 iPhone 6S plus Stan & Presto @NO_NAME_5442 giving us @thelazycouch The existence of ASMR (episode 4) and Transhumanism (episode 41) Biggest disappointments of the year: Watches and wearables in general Tidal music streaming service | The Lazy Couch Podcast episode 8 Jurassic World | The Lazy Couch Podcast episode 20 Fantastic 4 and Josh Trank Spock passing away We got stonemilked Google glass is dead James Wang Favourite apps of the year: Lifeline | Boingboing.net Dubsmash | Dubsmash.com Nuzzel | Nuzzel.com Hearthstone | Battle.net Pocketcasts | Shiftyjelly Outlook | Microsoft.com The post 43: Best of 2015 appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Malcolm Turnbull announces his grand ‘innovation’ plan to bring Australia into the 21st century, Dropbox kills Mailbox and Carousel apps, and we discuss our favourite films and TV shows for the year – as we start to reflect on a massive 2015 in the world of technology and pop culture. Episode 42. Recorded Wednesday 9 December 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 42 (mp3) Show notes Intro: We love the Surface Pro 4 but not the NFL | Geekwire ‘Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice’ official 3 minute trailer #3 | youtube An open letter to my parents – by Maxima Chan Zuckerberg | Medium Michele Hanson’s critique of the Zuckerberg’s supposed $45bn donation | The Guardian Feature #1: Australia’s innovation problem Turnbull unveils $1bn package to drive ‘ideas boom’ | SBS Innovation statement: Turnbull’s $1bn vision for Australia’s future | ABC News Australia’s innovation problem explained in 10 charts | The Conversation News: Dropbox is shutting down its Mailbox and Carousel apps | The Verge Gmail ending? Google starts migrating users to Inbox | Forbes What it was like to let Google answer my emails for a week | Fast Company Facebook shuts down Creative Labs | cnet Sony has bought Toshiba’s image sensor division for $155m | Gizmodo Apple may remove the headphone jack from the next iPhone | Pueblo Chieftain Feature #2: Our favourite films & shows of 2015 Geoff’s favourite films – Mad Max: Fury Road | Ex Machina | Inside Out | Straight Outta Compton Kelvin’s favourite films – Kingsman: The Secret Service | Mad Max: Fury Road | Trainwreck 2015’s top grossing films | Box Office Mojo Kelvin’s favourite TV shows – Daredevil | Sense8 | Archer Geoff’s favourite TV shows – Mr Robot | Sense8 | Daredevil List of renewed and cancelled TV shows for 14-15 season | metacritic What’s that sound? Sense8 opening credits | youtube The post 42: Kleenex of Technology appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

That’s right. In this news bulletin, we quickly go through what we know so far. One of the creators of Bitcoin is allegedly Australian businessman, Craig Wright. Gizmodo and Wired were the first to break the story. Read more here: Gizmodo | This Aussie Says He And His Friend Invented Bitcoin Wired | Bitcoin’s Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius Guardian | Who is Craig Wright and how likely is it that he’s behind bitcoin? Sydney Morning Herald | Police raid home of suspected Bitcoin mastermind The Australian | Alleged bitcoin founder cops a raid The post Breaking news: Bitcoin creator is Aussie? appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

We tackle the big issues this week with the trends emerging in online sales during Thanksgiving/Black Friday and take a deep dive into the politics of transhumanism. What does it mean to be human? What happens when we no longer need our biological bodies? How will we be ready? On the news front, Alibaba dominates the headlines, while Zuckerberg announces that he’s giving his wealth away. Amazon refuses to let up on their drone delivery proposal and Yahoo refuses to die. Bless. Episode 41. Recorded Wednesday 2 December 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 41 (mp3) Show notes Intro: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 | IMDb Archie Rose Distillery in Rosebery | archierose.com.au Captain America: Civil War – full trailer | youtube Batman vs Superman – sneak peak | youtube Feature #1: Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Singles Day in China Thanksgiving/Black Friday online sales hit $4.5bn | TechCrunch The top 10 tech purchases in the Black Friday sales | TechGuide Cyber Monday beat forecasts with a record $3bn in sales | TechCrunch China’s Alibaba breaks Singles Day record as sales surge | BBC News: Amazon has a new drone delivery video – 8 details worth noting | Washington Post Zuckerberg’s love letter to his new daughter, announces Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | FB Note Bill Gates and a group of elite investors to fund clean energy tech with Breakthrough Energy Coalition | VentureBeat Raspberry Pi Zero – the $5 computer | raspberrypi.org Yahoo board to consider sale of core internet business | WSJ Fast food giant Jollibee is coming to Australia | Mashable Feature #2: Transhumanism (H+) Interview with U.S. presidential candidate Zoltan Istvan | Singularity 1 on 1 podcast Ray Kurzweil’s wildest prediction – Nanobots will plug our brains to the web by the 2030s | Singularity Hub Zoltan Istvan and his Transhumanist Party | wikipedia Transhumanist Party Australia | loomio What’s that sound? Caleb and Nathan in Ex Machina | youtube The post 41: Transhumanist Wager appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Trying to work out which tablet slash laptop to get in time for Christmas? We’ve got you covered as we examine the good, the bad and ugly of all the new Apple and Microsoft devices and their accessories. We also tear down the differences between the Xbox One and PS4 for all your gaming needs this summer. There’s also news on Yahoo, Uber, Samsung.. and is Netflix working on a Lost In Space reboot? Find out on episode 40 of The Lazy Couch! Episode 40. Recorded Monday 23 November 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 40 (mp3) Show notes Discussion #1: iPad Pro vs Surface Pro 4 vs Surface Book vs MacBook Air Australian comparisons | Gizmodo Surface Pro 4 pricing | Microsoft Store Australia Surface Pro 4 accessories | Microsoft Store Australia Surface Book pricing | Microsoft Store Australia Apple Pencil teardown proves you shouldn’t use it for your next pencil war | TNW Apple investigating unresponsive iPad Pros after charging | Mac Rumors News: Yahoo won’t let users with ad blockers use their email | Business Insider Uber Health – “The Uber will see you now” | Buzzfeed Samsung Gear VR now available to order in the US | Ubergizmo Netflix reportedly rebooting Lost In Space | The Verge Discussion #2: Xbox One vs Playstation 4 PS4’s outselling the Xbox one by almost 2-to-1 | Techradar Bundles and pricing | JB Hi-Fi PS4 vs Xbox One – which is better? | Techradar PS4 has more online Star Wars Battlefront players than Xbox and PC combined | Dual Shockers The post 40: Spreading the Disease appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

..and we’re back. This week, we cover Google’s Nexus program and Geoff tells us about his experience with going Android. Apple Pay has arrived in Australia and we chat about the potential future of paying for goods and services with your smartphone. There’s also news on Tinder, Google search results showing you apps that you don’t have installed, and we say goodbye to Rdio. This and much more on episode 39.5 of The Lazy Couch podcast. Episode 39.5. Recorded Thursday 19 November 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Audio: Download episode 39.5 (mp3) Show notes Nexus 6P review | Trusted Reviews History of Google’s Nexus program | Wikipedia Tinder and Match goes IPO | Yahoo Finance Tinder CEO Sean Rad’s awkward interview | Evening Standard Why Rdio died | The Verge New Huawei battery can charge to 48% in 5 minutes | The Guardian Google can now stream apps to your phone | The Verge Square prices IPO at just $9 per share, valued at $2.9bn | Fortune Apple Pay switched on in Australia, but only for Amex | SMH The post 39.5: P is for Payments appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

In this week’s episode, we say hello to Optus, Candy Crush and Google and GM getting into bed together. However, we say goodbye to Grantland and Sunrise, that amazing calendar app. We also feature JJ Abrams answering questions from the godfather himself George Lucas and much much more. Episode 38. Recorded Tuesday 3 November 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube YouTube: Audio: Download episode 38 (mp3) Show notes Why teens love PewDiePie so much, the biggest YouTube star in the world | Business Insider PewDiePie defends YouTube Red | Tumblr New Apple TV review | Gizmodo Optus snatches English Premier League rights from Fox Sports in Australia | SMH ‘Candy Crush’ maker King sold to Activision Blizzard for $5.9bn | ft.com Nintendo’s first smartphone game is ‘Miitomo’, out in 2016 | Vooks Microsoft to shutdown Sunrise mobile calendar app | TechCrunch Goodnight and thank you, Grantland | The Atlantic Chrome OS is here to stay | Google Chrome Blog General Motors and Google to team up on autonomous cars? | The Motor Report Facebook tests ‘Local Market’, a dedicated martketplace community powered by Facebook Groups | TechCrunch Instagram builds its own version of Snapchat live stories | re/code George Lucas asks JJ Abrams about Darth Vader’s grandchildren | YouTube Star Trek beaming back to small screen for new series | The Guardian Marvel’s Moon Knight being prepped for a Netflix series | Daily Super Heroes Reaction video: ‘Preacher’ trailer | MTV news The post 38: JJ for Jar Jar appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

This week, we break down YouTube’s new ad-free subscription model with YouTube Red and tear down the final Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer. There’s also news on IBM, Google and Facebook, as well as a preview of Marvel’s ‘Jessica Jones’ series soon to drop on Netflix. Episode 37 starts now. Episode 37. Recorded Wednesday 28 October 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube YouTube: Audio: Download episode 37 (mp3) Show notes Yahoo! stream offers new horizons for NFL | SB Nation Microsoft Surface Pro 4 teardown | ifixit Google’s second OnHub router is built by ASUS | engadget IBM nearing acquisition of weather.com’s digital and data assets | WSJ Nexus 5X and 6P phones now available for pre-order in Australia | Google Australia Blog Google brings podcasting to Play Music | re/code ‘The Message’ podcast | Official Facebook’s ‘2G Tuesdays’ slow down internet for employees | Time Meet YouTube Red, a subscription service for ad-free YouTube | YouTube Blog The world’s highest-paid YouTube stars of 2015 | Forbes ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ official trailer | YouTube Marvel’s ‘Jessica Jones’ trailer: it’s dark, it’s haunting, it’s perfect | Vox ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ and ‘Alien’ sequel to shoot in Australia | Variety The post 37: 2G Tuesdays appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Happy Back to the Future Day couchers! This week, we celebrate this momentous occasion with a very special BTTF episode, as we reflect back on the history and pageantry of one of most-loved trilogies of all time. Which actor almost got the part of Marty McFly before Michael J. Fox stepped in? What does 9/11 have to do with BTTF?? Find out on episode 36 of The Lazy Couch. Episode 36. Recorded Thursday 22 October 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube YouTube: Audio: Download episode 36 (mp3) Show notes ‘Back to the Future’ | Wikipedia The hoax that changed the future | Buzzfeed Fun facts about ‘Back to the Future’ | USA Today How to celebrate BTTF Day | upvoted BTTF predicts 9/11 | YouTube Back to the future in ACTUAL 2015 | YouTube The post 36: Marty’s Underpants appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Dell buys EMC in the biggest tech acquisition of all time! While Foxtel, Medium and Uber announce new business models to get more of yo’ money. We break down Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of a scary future and warn you about Australia’s mandatory metadata collection that officially began during the week. There’s also coverage of the ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ special at GRAPHIC 2015 in Sydney and so much more on episode 35 of The Lazy Couch. Episode 35. Recorded Thursday 15 October 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube YouTube: Audio: Download episode 35 (mp3) Show notes New Microsoft Store to open in Sydney on Thurs 12 November | Microsoft Blog Inside the creation of the Microsoft Surface Book | Mashable Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Australian pricing | JB Hi-Fi Dell acquires EMC for AU$92 bn – a tech record | Business Insider Viber is more popular on smartphones than Snapchat or Whatsapp in Australia | mumbrella Foxtel unveils triple-play bundle as streaming competition heats up | mumbrella William Shatner introduces Foxtel Broadband | YouTube Taking Medium to the next level | Medium Blackberry CEO John Chen wants to sell 5 million phones a year | The Verge Uber is unleashing a delivery service, Uber Rush | Business Insider Mark Zuckerberg interview at Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Fair | YouTube Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews Edward Snowden – chats about metadata | StarTalk Radio VPNs and you – an intro to covering yourself online | The Reckoner Creating the apocalypse – George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nico Lathouris in conversation | GRAPHIC Lex Luthor goes viral at New York Comic Con with free wifi | blastr The strange saga of ‘Steve Jobs’ the movie | Hollywood Reporter The Wasp will headline the new Ant-Man sequel | io9 The post 35: A Croaky Welcome appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Is Microsoft cool again? This is the unexpected question we ask after the Redmond tech giant threw down the gauntlet with the announcement of the new Surface Pro 4, as well as a brand new laptop-turned-slate-turned-laptop – the Surface Book! There are some changes at Twitter with Jack Dorsey taking charge and the roll out of its curated simple news feature, Moments. We also have some Transformers news and a whole lot more on episode 34 of The Lazy Couch. Episode 34. Recorded Wednesday 7 October 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web | youtube Download episode 34 (mp3) YouTube:   Audio only:   Show notes The Lazy Couch now on YouTube! | YouTube How to turn off auto-renewal of Apple Music subscription | Tech Radar Confirmed: Jack Dorsey is the new CEO of Twitter | VentureBeat Twitter launches ‘Moments’, its simple tab for browsing the best tweets | The Verge Apple acquires Perceptio, a startup developing AI tech | Bloomberg Business Interbrand’s top 100 global brand rankings for 2015 | Interbrand Queensland taxi chief encourages acts of violence against Uber drivers | The Guardian Android 6.0 Marshmallow now available on all Nexus devices | Android Blog Google takes stake in messaging startup Symphony Communication Services | WSJ Google patents hologram enabled Google Glass | Android Authority Microsoft Windows 10 devices event in 9 mins | The Verge HoloLens – Project X-Ray demo | YouTube Everything announced at the Windows 10 event – Band, HoloLens & Project X-Ray, Lumia 950 & 950XL, Continuum, Surface Pro 4, Surface Book | IGN Transformers 5, 6, 7 & 8 confirmed by Hasbro | comicbook.com Everything you need to know about Transformers Devastation | IGN GRAPHIC Sydney this weekend | SOH.com PODCON 2015 | splashthat.com The post 34: The Grand Slam of Keynotes appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Kelvin returns from the U.S. to bring us news of the geek occupancy of San Francisco over the past couple of weeks. We also examine the new line of Nexus devices by Google, the new Tesla Model X car, and all the Oculus announcements you would ever hope to hear about. You thought you had a busy week? Try being Mark Zuckerberg where he smooched with President Xi and later with Prime Minister Modi, while convincing the U.N. to connect the world in the same week. This and much more on episode 33 of The Lazy Couch. Episode 33. Recorded Wednesday 30 September 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download episode 33 (mp3) YouTube:   Audio only:   Show notes Dreamforce: The massive carnival of geekery that eats San Francisco | Wired Twitch stars and fans gather in SF for first ever Twitch-Con | Mercury News Wi-Fi Assist: The iOS 9 iPhone feature you should probably turn off | SMH Atlassian files for American IPO, expects to float by year end | IBT Canberra takes the lead in regulating Uber as NRMA urges others to follow | The Guardian Evernote CEO announces job cuts and more focussed product | Evernote Blog 2015 Nexus line is out – 6P, 5X, Pixel C and new Chromecast | Google Blog Google Keep finally arrives on iOS | TNW Tesla’s Model X is here and it’s awesome | Wired Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Oculus Connect 2 keynote in full | Twitch Star Wars 360 video – must watch! | Facebook   The post 33: Life of Zuck appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

On episode 32, while Kelvin is away on assignment, Geoff is joined by friends of the show, Pete and Chris. Topics include iOS 9, the ad-block-alypse and the future of education. We ask the hard-hitting questions like.. will Sydney ever become smart enough to be a genuine tech hub? And just what IS steak made of anyway? Join us for this special ‘future 2045’ episode of The Lazy Couch. Episode 32. Recorded Wednesday 23 September 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download episode 32 (mp3) Show notes “The great vaporising meteor due in 2015” predicted by John Lithgow in 1996 | YouTube The best iOS 9 features you don’t know about yet | The Verge iOS 9 Emoji changelog | Emojipedia Welcome to hell: the slow death of the web | The Verge ‘Peace’ ad-blocker app withdrawn from the App Store | BBC Newsbeat Marco Arment’s blog post – ‘Just doesn’t feel good’ | marco.org Facebook’s Instant Articles are finally rolling out big time | Mashable Super funds back biggest-ever Australian tech venture fund worth $200m | Fin Review Interview: Wyatt Roy, newly appointed Minister of Innovation | Lateline Why the Australian Technology Park in Sydney is a national issue | BRW Build a school in the cloud – Sugata Mitra’s TED wish | TED Scientists are convinced mind transfer is the key to immortality | Vice Motherboard Review of ‘Her’ by Ray Kurzweil | Kurzweil blog Report: Technology tipping point and social impacts | World Economic Forum Apple commits to autonomous electric cars and be ready by 2019 | news.com.au ‘Straight Outta Compton’ | IMDb Suge Knight on Jimmy Kimmel | YouTube 2Pac – 1994 interview | YouTube The post 32: What is.. steak? appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

This week, we break down Apple’s September event where they announced new iPhones, a bigger iPad, a new Apple TV, as well as some updates to the Apple Watch. We’re also joined by our newest TLC member, BB-8, who brought us some Star Wars news and the tale of how Geoff took on Force Friday and lost. There is also IFA news from Berlin and much more on episode 31 of The Lazy Couch. Episode 31. Recorded Thursday 10 September 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download episode 31 (mp3) Show notes Jarryd Hayne makes the 49ers roster and 7mate to show every game | USSDU Successful TLC campaign to bring Nextbit Robin phones to Australia | @scroyle Apple ‘Hey Siri’ event recap – Apple Watch, iPad Pro, Apple TV, iPhone 6s & 6s Plus | Wired Logitech unveils CREATE smart keyboard for iPad Pro | 9to5 Mac IFA Berlin 2015 recap | Techradar Sony’s Xperia Z5 family includes world’s first 4k smartphone display | engadget Intel’s Skylake CPU family includes an unlocked laptop chip | engadget Samsung Gear S2 hands-on | Ars Technica The best Star Wars loot from Force Friday | Gizmodo Star Wars Force Friday a $1 billion boon for retailers | Forbes The post 31: Force Touch Friday appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

This week, we talk dirty to Siri and start a campaign to bring the new Nextbit Robin phone to Australia! It’s our longest episode yet, and we also preview the Apple iPhone event, chat all things Google including their new logo and all the Android updates, as well as the civil war breaking out between Steve Rogers and Tony Stark. This and more on episode 30 of The Lazy Couch. Episode 30. Recorded Wednesday 2 September 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download episode 30 (mp3) Show notes ‘Interface’ exhibit at The Powerhouse Museum (Museum of Applied Arts & Science) | Powerhouse Museum Edgar Wright’s eulogy to Wes Craven | Edgar Wright blog Oliver Sacks, neurologist who wrote about the brain’s quirks dies at 82 | New York Times Grab your paypal.me name now | PayPal.me What was your first computer post | Instagram Preview of Apple’s September iPhone event | macrumors Apple TV rumours | 9to5 Mac Data retention and the end of Australians’ digital privacy | SMH Netflix is losing more Hollywood movies, but that’s ok | re/code Presto goes HD! | cnet Update to Netflix vs Stan vs Presto vs Quickflix | techradar Google’s new logo and branding | Google blog Google OnHub router review | Ars Technica Android Marshmallow’s fancy new boot animation | Phandroid Amazon Underground aims to make Android apps free | The Guardian Mirrativ lets you live stream on Android devices | WSJ Android Wear now works on iPhones | Google blog Sony is crowdfunding a smart watch with a dumb face called WeNa | engadget Nextbit Robin – the smarter smart phone | Kickstarter BlackBerry ‘Venice’ slider phone leaks | CrackBerry New Star Wars teaser clip on Instagram featuring Finn | Instagram New Captain America promos reveal who’s on what team | Cinema Blend IFA Berlin 2015 preview | The Verge Newtown King Street Crawl this Sunday | King St Crawl Video Reaction: ‘Concussion’ trailer | Youtube The post 30: Give us a … appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Say ‘Hey’ Jarryd Hayne. Go you good thing! The Hayne Plane has well and truly taken off and we’re loving the ride here at TLC HQ. Keep it up maaaaate. This week we also celebrate the 20th birthday of Windows 95 and the ‘Start’ button. We asked Matt Perry and Jen Aniston to come in and record a cyber sitcom! In other news, Youtube gets a little Twitchy, you can now Whatsapp at work, and Elon Musk’s Hyperloop can actually be a real thing. This and more on episode 29 of The Lazy Couch. Episode 29. Recorded Wednesday 26 August 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download episode 29 (mp3) Show notes Jarryd Hayne stars again for the SF 49ers in preseason game against Dallas | ABC News AFL Grand Final eve is now officially a public holiday in Victoria | Herald Sun Follow up: Apple says only 1 in 5 people have quit Apple Music | ZDNet Follow up: Google joins Facebook in trying to prevent IAMAI from taking strong anti-Zero Rating stand | Medianama YouTube Gaming is here | Ars Technica MaSsan – the king of Hearthstone on Twitch | Liquipedia Whatsapp Web is now available for iPhone users | The Verge All hail UNSW’s robot soccer world champions | Youtube So Elon Musk’s Hyperloop is actually getting kinda serious | Wired Windows 95 is 20 years old this week | The Verge Ashley Madison hackers speak out | Vice Motherboard Radio hosts Fitzy and Wippa tell woman live on air her husband had Ashley Madison account | The Guardian First look at 38 new Emojis coming in 2016 | Elle Marques Brownlee teases the new Nexus 5 | twitter Selfie promises 5-megapixel front-facing camera for new Nexus 5 | TechnoBuffalo Microsoft opens public beta of Cortana on Android | ZDNet This is how technology will create a smarter San Franciso – #sfciti | Youtube China’s e-commerce leader Alibaba is going Hollywood | investors.com Review: Mission Impossible Rogue Nation | Rotten Tomatoes Video Reaction: ‘The Last Witch Hunter’ trailer | Youtube The post 29: World’s 1st Cyber Sitcom appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

This week, we forget a bunch of names of actors and movies! We also take a look at the corporate culture at Amazon, what the next big thing is at Apple and explore the possibility of entering ‘the matrix’ at a new gaming centre in Melbourne. There’s also news from Disney’s D23 Expo and a whole lot more on episode 28 of The Lazy Couch. Episode 28. Recorded Tuesday 18 August 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download episode 28 (mp3) Show notes Jarryd Hayne’s amazing debut for the SF 49ers | Fox Sports Robert Scoble’s random video of Taylor Swift’s shout out to ‘tech’ | Facebook Vale ‘Route 29 Batman’ | The Washington Post Follow up: The one chart that explains Alphabet | Business Insider The 6 most announcements from Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5 event | The Verge Inside Amazon: Wrestling big ideas in a bruising workplace | New York Times Jeff Bezos responds to attack on Amazon’s employment practices | TNW Documents confirm Apple is building a self-driving car | The Guardian Nextbit, a new smartphone manufacturer by former Google, HTC employees | cnet Atlassian’s proposal to save Australian Technology Park | BRW Immersive VR gaming centre opens in Melbourne | engadget Google’s Project Sunroof | YouTube Disney’s updating Star Tours for The Force Awakens & bringing Iron Man to theme parks | Polygon Jurassic World director Coling Trevorrow to direct Episode IX | Geeks of Doom New Star Wars details | The Guardian Marvel’s D23 Expo recap | comicbook.com Rhonda Rousey wants to be Captain Marvel | mic.com Sun 23 Aug: Space Jam – four astronomers talk stars, galaxies and black holes | Time Out The post 28: Money Did They Grab appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

This week, we examine Google’s transformation into Alphabet and what it may mean for the rest of us. Netflix continues make waves and the Lexus hoverboard is real! There is also a whole swag of movie news including details on new Blade Runner, new Bad Boys and new Ghostbusters. This and much more on episode 27 of The Lazy Couch. Episode 27. Recorded Wednesday 12 August 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download episode 27 (mp3) Show notes Follow up: Netflix in Australia – a drama unfolding | LinkedIn Google to reorganise as ‘Alphabet’ | The New York Times ‘G is for Google’ | abc.xyz The easter egg in Larry Page’s Alphabet letter | Wired Prediction of ‘Alphabet’ from 12 months ago | Reddit I rode the Lexus hoverboard in a skatepark in Spain | The Verge Tesla’s robotic metal snake charger is for real | TechCrunch Singapore’s MyRepublic to enter Australia and resell NBN | ITWire Ryan Adams to record 1989 cover album – Taylor says she will pass out | Pitchfork GIFs are the new emojis as they take smartphones by storm | The Guardian Inside the failure of Google+ | Mashable The Man From U.N.C.L.E. interview with Guy Ritchie and Henry Cavill | TimeOut Fantastic 4 director Josh Trank claims studio meddling in deleted tweet | Polygon Anti-privacy group hits indie creators for using the word ‘pixels’ | TorrentFreak The Cobbler (2014), starring Adam Sandler | IMDb Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling confirmed for Bladerunner 2 | Venture Capital Post Ben Affleck to star in 3 stand alone Batman movies | Den of Geek Bad Boys 3 & 4 set for 2017 and 2019 | ScreenCrush Bill Murray set to appear in Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters | Empire Graphic 2015 | Sydney Opera House The post 27: ‘GIF’ as in ‘Geoff’ appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.