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We cover a range of subjects this week, including Nokia selling their awesome mapping service ‘Here’ to German carmakers, a gold plated ‘Cecil the lion’ inspired HTC phone and why bacon tastes oh so good. Facebook is literally taking off and Dave Grohl responds to the cries of a 1000 Italian musicians to come play in Italy. This and much more on episode 26 of The Lazy Couch. Episode 26. Recorded Wednesday 5 August 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download episode 26 (mp3) Show notes OnePlus draws a crowd in Time Square | The Verge Top Gear’s Clarkson, Hammond and May sign Amazon Prime deal | The Guardian Nokia sells Here maps business to carmakers Audi, BMW and Daimler | cnet Researchers mount successful attacks against TOR | MIT news You can honour Cecil the Lion by buying $2,500 gold plated HTC M9 phone | Bestmobs Amazon starts charging $5 for Dash Buttons to make ordering a cinch | Geekwire Apple’s music deals allow for new Beats stations at any time | The Verge Netflix announces its new ‘unlimited’ maternity and paternity leave program | TechCrunch Microsoft revamps Outlook on the web | VentureBeat Leaked images of new Samsung Galaxy Note 5 | Droid Life Twitter may be a takeover target but Google unlikely to take it over | re/code Video: Facebook has completed the construction of ‘Aquila’, a full-scale drone/aircraft to deliver internet to remote areas | Zuckerberg’s Facebook Facebook ‘Live Events’ could command a truly global audience | Wired Watch 1,000 musicians perform Foo Fighters’ Learn To Fly | Triple M The complex molecular medley that makes bacon taste so good | BBC Future Japanese distillery Suntory will send its whisky to age in space | Mashable 18 things revealed in the ‘Batman v Superman’ issue of Empire | Batman News Outro: Elders react to ‘Batman v Superman’ trailer | YouTube The post 26: Facebook Learns To Fly appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

This week, we return to normal programming after geeking out on Comic-Con news and all things Joss Whedon for a couple of weeks. We chat new Windows 10, new Moto X and OnePlus 2 phones as well as the rumoured new Samsung Galaxy Tab S. Netflix is going all in on Marvel superheroes and poor old Google+ just can’t take a trick. This and much more on episode 25 of The Lazy Couch. Episode 25. Recorded Wednesday 29 July 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download the episode Show notes Dancing in the dark at No Lights No Lycra (Newtown and Bondi) | nolightsnolycra.com Tape Festival – a podcast festival in NYC | tapefest.org Peter Wells’ love letter to podcasting | smh Windows 10 is here! | TechCrunch Hands on with the new Moto X Style/Pure | cnet Hands on with the new OnePlus 2 | Gizmodo Panasonic gives factory workers superhuman strength using an exoskeleton | geek.com Apple Music is a nightmare and I’m done with it -Jim Dalrymple | The Loop iiNet sale to TPG approved: four things you need to know | Smart Company Netflix confirms a new Marvel series every 6 months | syfy The great Australian TV delay: 2015 edition | Reckoner Chris Pine to star opposite Gal Gadot in ‘Wonder Woman’ standalone movie | Comic Vine Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab S should be a whole lot wider | engadget Why Google+ has to shrink to grow | The Verge Google officially ends forced Google+ integration with YouTube | Ars Technica Gmail messages can now self-destruct (with warning) | CNN Money Kelvin’s review: Smart Launcher 3 for Android | Google Play Store Microsoft Arrow Launcher for Android now in private beta | Android Authority Reaction video: NRL’s Marvel Superhero round | YouTube The post 25: Google Minus appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

In this week’s episode, Emily, our resident Joss Whedon expert, joins us to talk everything Buffy and all the wonderful series and characters found in the Whedon-verse. We also break down Marvel’s latest flick, Ant-Man and our new found respect for myrmecology. Episode 24. Recorded Wednesday 22 July 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download the episode Show notes The Man From U.N.C.L.E. – 5 minute trailer | YoutubeKelvin’s blog post about San Diego Comic-Con | thelazycouch.comAndroid M update | Android Pit‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ (1992) | IMDbRanking Joss Whedon’s projects – Top 10 | What CultureJoss Whedon filmography | IMDb‘Ant-Man’ (2015) | IMDbHow would Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man have been different? (spoiler) | Den of GeekPaul Rudd filmography | IMDbMichael Peña filmography | IMDb Follow our special guest – Emily Guterres | @emilyguterres The post 24: Ant-Man Special appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

It’s the San Diego Comic-Con 2015 special, where we break down the major trailers and announcements from DC Comics, Star Wars and so much more. It’s a great time to be alive.. for nerds. Episode 23. Recorded Wednesday 15 July 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download the episode Show notes Thanks to @NO_NAME_5442 to helping us out with our twitter handle! Thanks also to Maynard and Tim Ferguson for the mention on the intewebs – Check out their podcast Bunga Bunga Ellen Pao outed as Reddit CEO, co-founder Huffman steps in | tech.co Pluto really is a planet (probably) | ideas.ted.com Best moments of the Star Wars Comic Con panel | IGN on youtube Star Wars: The Force Awakens Comic Con behind-the-scenes reel | youtube Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice – Comic Con trailer | youtube Suicide Squad – Comic Con first look | youtube Cast of Suicide Squad flies in for the panel, then leaves | youtube DC Comics panels in full | The Verge Tom Hardy in Legend trailer | youtube Who is Negasonic Teenage Warhead? | Marvel Wikia X-Men: Apocalypse – The Four Horsemen revealed | Screenrant The Verge ‘draws’ the Warcraft Comic Con trailer | The Verge Who isn’t at Comic Con? | Variety Ash vs Evil Dead – official trailer | youtube Heroes Reborn – official trailer | youtube Comic Con announcements that are actually about comics | Boing Boing Paul Feig tweets first look of all female Ghostbusters | A.V. Club The post 23: Spring Break For Nerds appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

There is a lot to look forward to for the rest of 2015. There’s exactly 201 days left before the new X-Files series comes out, or you might be hanging out for the new Minecraft and Windows 10 later in the year. If you can’t wait til then, hear about the crazy pictures that Google robots are dreaming up and how Elon Musk is fighting to save us from said robots taking over our lives. Episode 22 is coming right up. Episode 22. Recorded Wednesday 8 July 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download the episode Show notes 201 days of X-Files and #XFilesRewatch | Ars Technica Women’s World Cup Final highlights, USA 5 – Japan 2 | YouTube Follow up: Periscope CEO lets slip name of Twitter’s new Project Lightning feature | The Telegraph Samsung and Oppo sued over bloatware in China | Android Authority The internet is officially too big | USA Today Minecraft for Windows 10 beta arrives on July 29th launch day | The Verge Zuckerberg says telepathy is coming after virtual reality | Popular Science Google’s frees its dream robots to run wild across the internet | The Guardian Elon Musk to save world from evil AI | BBC News The next Google Glass is ‘Enterprise Edition’, expanded testing later this year | 9to5 Google Google and Waze to trial ride-sharing in Israel with RideWith | Waze Blog Insight: Apple Stores revamping 3rd-party accessory selection with Apple-like packaging | Mark Gurman on 9to5 Mac Insight: Reddit moderators shut down parts of site over dismissal of Victoria Taylor | NY Times Reddit CEO Ellen Pao apologises | CNN Money Rumour: Fox and Marvel Studios may bring The X-Men and The Avengers together | MCU Exchange Marques Brownlee’s top 5 upcoming tech | YouTube WANT: Sony RX100 IV | DP Review WANT: GoPro Hero4 Session | GoPro Shop WANT: Amazon Echo review | cnet WANT: Japan responds to USA’s giant robot duel challenge | cnet WANT: iPad Pro rumours, possibly coming late 2015 | MacRumors Video reaction: ‘The Transporter Refuelled’ trailer | YouTube Bonus video reaction: ‘Creed’ trailer | YouTube The post 22: The Bloated Internet appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

21 episodes down. Can we legally start drinking now? This week, we try out the new Apple Music streaming service and tell you what it’s like to use for the first time. Microsoft has a fancy new wallpaper and Google keeps on trying crazy new projects. Meanwhile Facebook attempts to copy Snapchat (again) and Geoff really REALLY liked Sense8. This and more on episode 21. Cheers! Episode 21. Recorded Wednesday 1 July 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download the episode Show notes Fibre to the house | Internode Remember MEGA? | mega.nz Sydney Podcasting group | Meetup Flipboard magazines on the web | Flipboard Apple Music FAQ: Everything you need to know | iMore Apple Music will be available on Sonos speakers by end of year | 9to5 Mac How TRON inspired Windows 10’s moody new wallpaper | Wired Google ATAP’s Project Soli and Jacquard | Tom’s Hardware Closer look at Project Soli | YouTube Olympus AIR system | The Verge Rumour: Apple suppliers start making iPhones with ‘Force Touch’ | Bloomberg Rumour: iPhone 6S casing “leaked” | 9to5 Mac Facebook’s Snapchatty new photo uploader lets you overlay text | TechCrunch Facebook makes it easier to share links without leaving Facebook | re/code Google uses a robot to test lag on Android and ChromeOS devices | TNW Insight: Profile on Dropbox’s new COO, Dennis Woodside | Business Insider Insight: Paris confronts Airbnb’s rapid growth | WSJ Geoff’s review: Netflix’s ‘Sense8’ | IMDb Geoff’s tip: ‘Jumptuit’ allows you to search for content on all cloud services | TechCrunch Kelvin’s tip: Chrome profiles | support.google Bonus video reaction: ‘Masterminds’ official trailer | YouTube The post 21: Hardcore Whatever appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Rejoice! Taylor Swift single-handedly saves music! What should we get her to do next.. international diplomacy? We also check in on what the new Twitter experience will be like and explain how a certain Tyrannosaurus Rex got its arms. On the news front, we look at Tidal losing their CEO, The Rock fighting a gorilla, Twitter’s top secret project, how Twitter is killing Twitter to save Twitter, we review the indie film, Tangerine and much more! This episode is brought to you by the letter ‘T’. Episode 20. Recorded Wednesday 24 June 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download the episode Show notes Jamaica’s Deshorn Brown grabs on-pitch selfie with Messi | The World Game Follow up: Facebook can recognise you in photos even if you’re not looking | New Scientist Follow up: Jay-Z’s streaming service Tidal just lost another CEO | Business Insider Sizing up the suitors for Here, Nokia’s mapping service | TechCrunch Taylor Swift’s open letter/ultimatum to Apple | Tumblr Apple says it will pay Taylor Swift (and others) for free streams after all | re/code Oculus Rift inventor Palmer Luckey: VR will make distance irrelevant | re/code Lithium-ion batteries and the creation of the modern laptop | Ars Technica FitBit shares ‘surge’ at IPO, valuing the company at over $6bn | The Verge Twitter’s top secret project – Project Lightning | BuzzFeed (Mat Honan) Twitter is killing Twitter to save Twitter | Wired (David Pierce) Hololens demoed alongside Minecraft | Press Start NVDIA Shield TV – the best Android set-top box you can buy | Engadget Google finally drops emojis from search results listing | Search Engine Land Google announces plan to block revenge porn from search results | Rolling Stone Ewan McGregor: I’m up for a Trainspotting sequel | The Guardian Tom Holland to play the new Spider-Man and Jon Watts to direct it | Marvel The Rock will fight a giant gorilla in a ‘Rampage’ film | Engadget ‘Jurassic World’ | IMDb ‘Tangerine’ | IMDb Kelvin’s tip: Fully featured portable software system on your USB drive – PortableApps.com Video reaction for Kelvin: ‘Cuphead’ E3 2015 trailer Video reaction for Geoff: ‘The Peanuts Movie’ trailer The post 20: T-Rex with Arms appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

It’s another monster week in the world of tech, with Twitter going through some growing pains and YouTube getting serious about gaming. Speak of which, the E3 Conference landed this week and brought with it a shedload of new games and various people looking ridiculous in their virtual reality headsets. Episode 19. Recorded Wednesday 17 June 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download the episode Show notes Follow up: Behind the scenes at the final DARPA Robotics Challenge | The Verge Follow up: What happens to your $10 after you pay for Apple Music | re/code Follow up: Apple News curation will have human editors | 9to5 Mac Follow up: OS X El Capitan preview – a series of minor but welcome improvements | engadget Follow up: Google VP Neal Mohan not going to Dropbox | re/code Follow up: Netflix rolls out new design for first time in 4 years | VentureBeat The Wachowski’s new Netflix series ‘Sense8’ | IMDb Dick Costolo leaves Twitter as CEO and Jack Dorsey steps in | Quartz Twitter just became a messaging app | Wired LastPass gets hacked! | LastPass Blog Google tries to breathe new life into Android One | re/code The launch of YouTube Gaming to compete with Twitch | YouTube Blog Facebook launches ‘Moments’ – a private way to share photos with friends | FB newsroom How Facebook ate the $140bn hardware market | Business Insider Oculus Consumer Rift headset to ship in Q1 2016 | TechCrunch Oculus VR partners with Microsoft and Xbox One | VentureBeat The 6 most important E3 announcements from Bethesda | The Verge Microsoft unveils new Xbox One Elite controller | ArsTechnica Microsoft is bringing Xbox 360 games to the Xbox One | The Verge Xbox One game streaming to Windows 10 PCs | The Verge Sony’s VR push with Morpheus | Wired EA’s 6 most important announcements at E3 | The Verge Razer acquire Ouya | liliputing Final Fantasy VII – E3 2015 trailer | youtube **** The complete list of game trailers from E3 2015 **** | Gizmodo Kelvin’s tip: If your MacBook Air doesn’t power on, shake it like you mean it! | Apple Forums Kelvin’s tip 2: 2-factor authentication | wikipedia Video reaction: ‘Need For Speed’ gameplay E3 2015 trailer Outro video: STAR WARS: The Old Republic – Knights of the Fallen Empire – ‘Sacrifice’ trailer The post 19: You Look Rid-Oculus appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

In this week’s episode, we cover Apple’s big WWDC event and unpack all the new, and not so new, features that were announced as part of the keynote. Scully reminds us that The X-Files revival is REAL and DAPRA reminds us that robots will one day rule over us, mere humans. All that and more on episode 18 of The Lazy Couch. Episode 18. Recorded Wednesday 10 June 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download the episode Show notes Gillian Anderson’s ‘And so it begins…’ tweet from The X-Files set | @GillianA Alien love?? Jimmy Fallon makes a cameo in Jurassic World | youtube Emoji URLs may be the next big thing..? – www.✈️🎰💸.ws | Slate Spotify running | Spotify Yahoo to kill off a bunch of products including Pipes | Venture Beat Google’s Neal Mohan to move to Dropbox to head product | re/code Bill Hader’s Birdman-like WWDC intro skit | cnet Everything Apple announced at WWDC in one list | TNW Video: Apple’s WWDC keynote in 12 minutes | The Verge Apple to build high-speed network for fast content delivery | Bloomberg Business Spotify, Rdio et al respond to the Apple Music announcement | 9to5 Mac South Koreans win DARPA Robotics Challenge | BBC Video: Robot epic FAIL compilation | Facebook Video reaction: ‘The Martian’ trailer | youtube The post 18: Apple Music. Oh, Ok. appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

As FIFA falls, a bunch of tech companies attempt to take over the world by buying each other. Google announces a slew of new features for Android at their I/O developers conference. While ‘The Hoff’ returns with a hit new song to support the release of Kung Fury, a Swedish-Hitler 80s thriller. Episode 17. Recorded Wednesday 3 June 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download the episode Show notes Sepp Blatter resigns as FIFA president | ABC Online Dave Morin writes blog post about Daum Kakao acquiring Path | Medium What is Daum Kakao and why did it buy Path? | TechCrunch Twitter has held talks to acquire Flipboard | re/code Apple further legitimises augmented reality tech with acquisition of Metaio | Forbes Wunderlist joins Microsoft | Wunderlist Blog The Verge’s Google I/O keynote in 10 minutes | youtube Everything you need to know about Android M | Android Pit Google’s ‘Now on Tap’ is a bombshell | Bloomberg Google Photos – how Google solved our photo backup nightmare | The Verge Asus brings a choice of sizes to Android Wear with ZenWatch 2 | The Verge Google sells 17 million Chromecasts in 2 years | Variety Mark Zuckerberg announces research centre for artificial intelligence in Paris | Facebook Video: Kung Fury – Official 30 minute movie Music Video: ‘True Survivor’ – David Hasselhoff, Kung Fury soundtrack Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson to remake ‘Big Trouble in Little China’ | IGN ‘Big Trouble in Little China’ (1986) | imdb Interview with Chuck Palaniuk about Fight Club 2 | The Verge Tips & tricks: How to choose the best mechanical keyboard (and why you’d want to) | Lifehacker Video reaction: Introducing the Lily Camera, a selfie drone Lily Camera The post 17: Creepy, Very Creepy appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

We’re back! Did you miss us? We’ll fill you in on both our respective holidays away as well as all the big news that broke in the past month. Google plans to eliminate human driving by 2020 and is Spotify pivoting to be the next Netflix? We preview Supergirl and Minority Report TV series and much more on episode 16 of The Lazy Couch. Episode 16. Recorded Wednesday 27 May 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download the episode Show notes Follow up: Periscope comes to Android | The Verge Follow up: Early look at the new Google Photos app | Android Police When Stephen Fry met Sir Jony Ive, Apple’s new Chief Design Officer | The Telegraph Rumour mill: Google to buy Twitter? | Business Insider New Nexus devices in 2015 | Android Police Google’s plan to eliminate human driving in 5 years | Wired Autonomous cars will destroy millions of jobs and reshape the economy | Quartz Cortana to come to iOS and Android | Blogging Windows Australian Netflix customers hit by ‘excessive’ billing error | SMH The science behind Netflix’s first major redesign in 4 years | The Verge Video and podcasts coming to Spotify | Wired Spotify’s tricky pivot – Getting passive listeners to watch video | WSJ Australian audio app – Omny Video: Supergirl on CBS – first look Why Supergirl might actually have it all | Moviepilot Fox officially plans Minority Report TV series | Engadget Batman and Batmobile spotted on Suicide Squad set in Toronto | Yahoo! Movies Risk of Batman vs Superman not being a success | Forbes DC Cinematic Universe for Suicide Squad news | Facebook Mad Max: Fury Road – current tomatometer rating 98% | Rotten Tomatoes Marvel’s Daredevil – current tomatometer rating 98% | Rotten Tomatoes Tips & tricks: When to charge batteries | reddit Video reaction: DC’s Legends of Tomorrow trailer The post 16: Back For Good appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

We’ve had a vision – The Lazy Couch is now your one and only weekly dose of tech news, movies and internet culture. This week we chat about what the hell is happening with Foursquare, Apple making more money, Jared Leto’s new look as The Joker and we review ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’.. twice. You didn’t see that coming, did you? Episode 15. Recorded Wednesday 29 April 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download the episode Show notes First NRL game in 107 year history to be suspended due to weather | Fox Sports Follow up: Microsoft CEO, ‘Satya Nadella’ | wikipedia Follow up: The Lazy Couch on Stitcher.com Dennis Crowley takes another stab at explaining Foursquare | Steven Levy on Medium Emoji hashtags to takeover Instagram | Mashable Apple’s Q2 earnings report – $58bn revenue | iJailBreak Say hi to Google Fi Google Maps hides an image of the Android robot urinating on Apple logo | The Guardian Jared Leto reveals Joker look in Suicide Squad movie | smh ‘Fast and Furious 8′ confirmed for April 2017 | Huffington Post Watch first full trailer of ‘Attack on Titan’ | The Verge ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ | imdb Supermovie (Marvel, DC, Fox, Sony) timeline until 2020 | Comics Alliance Video reaction: Jonny Depp’s ‘Black Mass’ trailer Introducing the selfie arm | The Verge The post 15: Act Like a Robot appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Rain-mageddon v mobilegeddon. Batman v Superman. It’s all happening here at The Lazy Couch as we break down all the nerdy movie news and the trailers that came out during the week. We join the rest of the internet by shedding nostalgic tears of joy at the sight of R2-D2 and life-mates, Han Solo and Chewbacca, coming back home. This episode is 100% certified GEEK. Episode 14. Recorded Wednesday 22 April 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download the episode Show notes The freaking #sydneystorm! Follow up: Sony announces Google Cast-enabled speakers and A/V receivers 50 years of Moore’s Law | Intel Mobile games overtake console in TV ad spend in 2015 | Gamasutra First Microsoft flagship store outside of North America to land in Sydney | Microsoft News Better presentation of URLs in Google search results | Google webmaster blog Google ‘mobilegeddon’ | Business Insider Android Wear’s biggest update ever takes aim at Apple Watch | The Verge Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 edge review | Anandtech ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ teaser #2 ‘Star Wars: Rogue One’ plot details revealed | The Guardian ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’ teaser Frank Miller’s ‘The Dark Knight Returns’ comic book | Wikipedia Ryan Gosling to star in ‘Blade Runner’ sequel | Deadline ‘Fantastic Four’ official trailer ‘Jurassic World’ trailer #2 ‘Terminator Genisys’ trailer #2 How to reduce VR sickness? Just add a virtual nose! | Wired Outro: Honest trailer – Batman v Superman The post 14: Chewie, Do You Bleed? appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Regrets. Leakage. Cows. And Chun-Li. It’s just another day in the office here at The Lazy Couch – as we cover the latest in tech news and the world of super-heroes. Hear Geoff’s thoughts on trying on the Apple Watch and binge watching Daredevil on Netflix. While Kelvin barely survived moving house during the week but still turned up to record.. albeit a day late. Episode 13. Recorded Thursday 16 April 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download the episode Show notes Power over Ethernet (PoE) | Wikipedia What living with an Apple Watch is really like | Joanna Stern for WSJ Netflix regrets unlimited iiNet and Optus deal | ZDNet Telstra doubles national Wi-Fi trial with 1,500 new hotspots | ZDNet Game of Thrones leaking | ars technica Yahoo rumoured to be in talks to buy Foursquare | TechCrunch Timex Datalink – the world’s first smartwatch.. from 1994 | GeekWire Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference starts June 8th | The Verge Google’s self-driving cars avoid cows and other hazards | Slash Gear DC Comics’ Wonder Woman movie already has a new director | The Verge New Spider-Man confirmed as Peter Parker in high school | comicbook.com Olivia Munn joins ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ cast as Psylocke | Variety Kelvin’s review: Nuzzel – super easy way to see news from your friends Geoff’s review: Daredevil – binge viewing on Netflix Gif reaction: That ‘Cat Goalkeeper’ Video reaction: Marvel’s Ant-Man 2nd trailer Outro: Age of Ultron trailer lip dubbed by kids The post 13: Epicentre of Stability appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Plenty of Apple news this week as we ‘gear’ up for the Apple Watch launch, but Google is not to be outdone with its Chromebit announcement amongst other things. We break down John Oliver’s interview with Edward Snowden and celebrate the incredible opening weekend for Fast and Furious 7. This and so much more on Episode 12 of The Lazy Couch.   Episode 12. Recorded Wednesday 8 April 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download the episode Show notes Furious 7 becomes the third highest grossing opening film of all time | Box Office Mojo Follow up: Coolest Cooler – 2nd biggest Kickstarter campaign ever | YouTube Follow up: Google, Apple, Microsoft buying up .sucks domains | MarketingLand Apple confirms no walk-in purchases of Apple Watch, pre-orders start 5:01pm on Friday | PC Mag Apple employees will get 50% off Apple Watch, 1000+ apps submitted | 9to5 Mac Apple acquired search startup Ottocat to power ‘Explore’ tab in the App Store | TechCrunch Guided tour videos for Apple Watch | apple.com New Apple TV will not support 4K video streaming | BuzzFeed Apple to release iMac 8K according to LG | AppleInsider You can now run Android apps on a Mac or PC with Google Chrome | The Verge How to run ARC Welder app and track down APKs | PC World Russia reportedly pays trolls to write good reviews about its YotaPhone | The Verge Android creator Andy Rubin launches Playground Global | WSJ Photos and auto-backup come to Google Drive | CNet Microsoft’s new Atom-based Suface 3 out in May | ZDNet Google’s Chromebit turns any TV into a Chrome PC | Gizmodo Intel Compute Stick mini PC now available for pre-order | liliputing John Oliver travels to Russia to interview Edward Snowden | The Guardian Video: Oliver vs Snowden Kelvin’s tip: Adjusting the exposure on iOS camera | igeeksblog Kelvin’s review: Paul Walker’s brothers helped to finish Furious 7 | Cinema Blend Geoff’s review: The Returned on Netflix | imdb App review: Dubsmash Video Reaction: Selfie shoes Video Reaction: Ryan Reynolds addresses the Deadpool PG-13 rating The post 12: Dic Pic Program appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

In this jam-packed episode, we cover Facebook’s F8 developers conference and Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of the future – It somehow involves Morpheus teaching us all about the fabric of reality itself. Salesforce and other tech giants are making a stand against pro-discrimination laws and pop artists are fighting for their right to make $millions$ off the rest of us. This and a whole lot more in episode 11 of The Lazy Couch. No joke. Episode 11. Recorded Wednesday 1 April 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download the episode Show notes Follow up: Pebble Time’s Kickstarter raised more than $20m, smashes record | TNW Follow up: HERE by Nokia now on iOS iiNet blames Telstra for slow Netflix connection speeds | SMH Video: Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook F8 keynote in 3 minutes Video: Facebook F8 day 2 keynote and their big bet on virtual reality Video: The ‘McGurk Effect’ Basel world coverage | SMH Emvio’s smartwatch will tell you when you’re stressing out | Engadget New York Times rolls out one-sentence stories on Apple Watch | NYT Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff takes stand against Indiana’s anti-gay law | recode Tim Cook: Pro-discrimination ‘religious freedom’ laws are dangerous | Washington Post Sony Pictures acquires Robotech screen rights, plans a movie franchise | IGN Ryan Reynolds tweets Deadpool costume | @VancityReynolds Batman’s new costume allows Ben Affleck to move his neck | SMH Masi Oka joins ‘Heroes Reborn’ to reprise Hiro Nakamura role | Deadline Jay-Z buys Tidal streaming service and has a bonkers press conference | Gawker Review: Periscope app Play Pacman on Google Maps Video Reaction: Who plays The Trickster on The Flash? The post 11: Amen Fishbump appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Netflix is finally here and The X-Files comeback is now official. It’s a huge week of newsworthy geekiness here at The Lazy Couch and we’ve got all the latest in the world of tech and pop culture covered. Tune in to our milestone 10th episode and let us know what you think! Episode 10. Recorded Wednesday 25 March 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download the episode Show notes Geoff’s Fantasy Movie Draft results: Furious 7, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Transporter Refuelled, Ted 2, SELF/LESS, Pixels Portal by Arubixs – Flexible wearable smartphone | Indiegogo Apple patent suggests haptic feedback could replace physical keyboards entirely | stuff.tv The history behind Nintendo’s flip-flop on mobile gaming | engadget Tesla’s Model S will plan trips along charger routes | engadget Facebook makes it possible to send money between friends | SearchEngineJournal Butterfly Twists buys 100 domain extensions, creates customised site for each | MarketingLand e.g. butterflytwists.ninja, butterflytwists.cat, butterflytwists.pink Music labels are pressuring Spotify to limit free streaming | The Verge It’s official – The X-Files is coming back | Grantland Netflix finally launches in Australia and New Zealand | B&T Joint Review: Motion Tennis Cast (Screencasting Android game) Tips & Tricks: New Android feature keeps your phone unlocked while it’s in your pocket YouTube: Piven or Piv-Out on Jimmy Fallon Video Reaction: Mission Impossible Rogue Nation teaser trailer The post 10: Put-In or Put-Out appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

The Lazy Couch live Meer-streams this week’s episode! Hello to the 11 people that watched! They would have seen us discuss the latest in Marvel and DC Comics news, as well as what went down at SXSW in Austin, Texas during the week. We also review the new ‘Nutshell’ app and a top down shooter game called ‘Sky Force 2014’. Episode 9. Recorded Wednesday 18 March 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download the episode Show notes Happy Pi Day (3.14.15)!! | wikipedia OPPO mobile (Malaysia) TLC on Meerkat! Marvel to bypass Comic Con, DC to dominate | inquisitr Rian Johnson to direct Star Wars episode 8 | The Guardian Apple to launch Android device trade-in program | 9to5 Mac Live streaming app, Meerkat explodes at SXSW | Marketing Land 5 things to note at SXSW | USA Today Commercialisation of SXSW | The Verge AeroMobil flying car set to take off in 2017 | engadget ‘Furious 7’ premieres at SXSW, vale P. Walker | Variety .sucks domain is almost here | Marketing Land SXSW’s creepy virtual sex talk is everything wrong with VR hype | The Verge Prezi launches ‘Nutshell’ app to turn photos into mini-movies | TechCrunch Kelvin’s Review: ‘Sky Force 2014’ game Kelvin’s Review: ‘Batman, Death of the Family’ on Comixology Interactive Game: Google Feud Video Reaction: Wake up to Eggs with ‘Bacon’ The post 9: The Stream Is Over! appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

We cover the big announcements from Apple’s ‘Spring Forward’ event held during the week – The Watch and a blingy gold MacBook were the highlights and we’ll tell you if we’ll be rushing to pre-order them in April (or not). We also take a look at Joseph Kahn’s short fan film on the Power Rangers and the new Daredevil series coming to Netflix. Episode 8. Recorded Wednesday 11 March 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download the episode Show notes 55% of teens & 41% of adults use voice search more than once a day | @NeilHoyne – Head of Customer Analytics at Google Bionic heart in humans in 6 years | abc.net.au Google’s Play revenue surpasses iOS in Germany | App Annie Relive Apple’s Spring Forward March 2015 event | apple.com Australian pricing for the Apple Watch | apple.com Here’s your next GOLD MacBook! | Gizmodo Every announcement from Apple’s Spring Forward event | IGN POWER/RANGERS (unauthorized fan film by Joseph Kahn) | Vimeo The weird and wonderful career of Joseph Kahn | Grantland Detention (2011) | imdb Chrome’s latest release tries to replicate Windows 8 | ZDNet Trailer for Marvel’s Daredevil (a new Netflix series) | YouTube The post 8: We Got Stonemilked appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

It’s Mobile World Congress week and we break down all the big announcements from the main players – Samsung, Sony, LG, Motorola and Huawei. We also celebrate the life that was – Vale Mr Spock. Episode 7. Recorded Wednesday 4 March 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download the episode Show notes Star Trek (2009) | imdb New superhero ‘Vision’ in Avengers poster | The Verge Bradley Horowitz is now running Google+ | TechCrunch Google+ is splitting up | ReadWrite Apple to ship 7.5m Watches | NY Times iOS 8.2 could see public release next week | MacRumors Mobile World Congress from Barcelona Relive Samsung’s Galaxy S6 Unpacked event | engadget Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge first impressions | MKBHD review Ikea’s new furniture can charge your phone wirelessly | The Verge Sony’s VAIO replacement is the ultrathin Xperia Z4 tablet | The Verge Video: LG Watch Urbane LTE | The Verge Motorola debuts the new Moto E | TechCrunch Valve’s VR headset is the HTC Vive, and it’s out of this world | The Verge Huawei just made the best looking Android Wear watch yet | ReadWrite Bjork’s new video for ‘Stonemilker’ — link removed Leonard Nimoy’s ‘To boldly go’ monologue The post 7: Live long and podcast appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

We’re back with episode 6 after a week’s break! Geoff breaks down the Oscars while Kelvin previews the new Chromebook Pixel and Pebble Watch. Did Sir Jony Ive design the new Star Wars lightsaber? Apple may well be building a car and we think that’s good. This and much more.. Episode 6. Recorded Wednesday 25 February 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download the episode Show notes Video: Lady Gaga sings ‘Sound of Music’ at the Oscars The man behind Oscars’ title sequences, Henry Hobson | Slate Henry Hobson’s Vimeo channel Video: ‘Make a film with iPad’ ad from Apple Chromebook Pixel 2 is coming | OMG! Chrome! Android Lollipop let’s you tweak settings with voice commands | Engadget New Pebble Time watch | Kickstarter ‘Domain’ Android app goes material design | Domain Tech Blog Apple getting into the car business? | Gigaom Jason Calacanis predicts Apple will buy Tesla for $75bn Mac OS X 10.10.3 pre-release includes new ‘Photos’ app | MacRumors Apple’s new racially diverse Emoji’s | TheNextWeb Ara should feature Sennheiser audio thanks to Phonebloks partnership | Pocket-lint Jony Ive and the future of Apple | The New Yorker Kelvin’s review: Android OTG cable Reaction video: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. trailer The post 6: Blame Jony Ive appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

As Australia enters the ‘subscription video on-demand’ era, we test drive the 3 main players – Stan, Quickflix & Presto – in preparation for the upcoming domestic launch of Netflix. We also celebrate Google Maps’ 10th birthday and tell you why Spider-Man joining The Avengers matters. Did you see Pharrell do beat poetry at the Grammys? Find out what went down in our longest episode yet! Episode 5. Recorded Wednesday 11 February 2015. Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download the episode Show notes Video: Leigh Sales takes down Tony Abbott on 7:30 Report post-Spill Video: Pharrell Williams’ amazing performance of ‘Happy’ at The Grammys Ten years of Google Maps | Recode Computer scientists generate a self-aware Super Mario that can learn and feel | IFL Science Spider-Man to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe | Marvel Hands on with new ‘Photos’ app on Mac OS X | MacWorld Apple is making its first Android app | Business Insider Streaming Video On-Demand wars in Australia: Stan | Quickflix | Presto Sneak peak: ‘Better Call Saul’ Kelvin’s review: Sennheiser Momentum headphones | 5 stars Video: Sennheiser factory tour in Hanover, Germany Kelvin’s review 2: Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 | 3 stars Reaction video: Furious 7 The post 5: Stan by me appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

We’ve gone through arguably the biggest weekend of sport. In this episode, we cover the news, explore the phenomenon that is ASMR, the Dell Venue 8 7840 and much more. On the movies front, Geoff reviews The Interview while Kelvin tells you what he thinks of Kingsman: The Secret Service. Recorded Wednesday 4 February 2015 Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Show notes Asian Cup Finals highlightsSuper bowl XLIX highlightsGoogle Now opening to third parties List of all Gooogle Now apps and services Google Earth Pro now freeHow new version of Android workHTC misses deadlineMicrosoft injects $70 millionDell Venue 8 7000ASMRMonument valley in numbersTangerine, the movie shot using an Apple iPhone5sJurrassic World updateThe InterviewKingsman: The Secret ServiceHola app extensionFavourite SuperBowl Ad – Clash of clans app The post 4: They forked it appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Clippy was years ahead of its time and it turns out that Microsoft totally owns the future. You didn’t see that coming, did you? We dissect the amazing Windows 10 announcement and take a deeper look into the company’s inventor extraordinaire (and his outstanding hairstyle) and more. Subscribe and tune in weekly for all the latest tech and pop culture happenings from Sydney and all around the world. Recorded Wednesday 28 January 2015 Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Show notes Cadel Evans retires from stage racing Follow up: Get ready for the ‘Brontobyte’ Microsoft’s Windows 10 event in 8 minutes | The Verge Cortana leads feature packed Windows 10 update | Mashable Alex Kipman: The man behind Microsoft’s ambitious vision for the future of computing | Business Insider Microsoft’s HoloLens broke my brain! | VentureBeat Google to launch Project Ara pilot in Puerto Rico later this year | TechCrunch Apple reports record first quarter records ‘Stan’, an all you can eat streaming service, launches with 30-day free trial in Australia All-female ‘Ghostbusters’ reboot will arrive July 2016 | The Verge Twitter’s new group direct messaging and mobile video service Geoff’s review: Plantronics’ Backbeat Go 2 wireless earbuds Kelvin’s review: Serial podcast Reaction video: Fantastic 4 trailer The post 3: YOLO for HOLO appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Will Google Glass survive? Will you be looking up cat videos from Mars? What the hell is a ‘zettabyte’ anyway?? All these questions and more will be tackled in our big 2015 predictions episode. Subscribe and tune in weekly for all the latest tech and pop culture happenings from Sydney and all over the world. Recorded Wednesday 21 January 2015 Contact iTunes | subscribe | email | twitter | web Download the episode Show notes Follow up: Sign up to register for the Japanese Robot Restaurant popping up in Sydney News: Google Glass is retired from Google X and moves to the Nest division News: XiaoMi Note comes with high-end audio News: Elon Musk wants to build a space internet CNET’s top 5 tech upgrades in 2015 BBC News asks a panel of ‘experts’ on what 2015 will look like The zany 2015 predictions from news.com.au Babolat Play – Tennis racquet that tracks your swings and syncs with you phone Pizza Hut to make a ‘vegemite pizza’ for Australia Day Ashton Kutcher’s Lenovo ad SCHWING – Wayne’s World inspired pop up bar in Sydney The post 2: You had me at quinoa appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

It’s our first REAL episode! We chat all things CES (Consumer Electronics Show) that just happened in Las Vegas, including the disappearance of Michael Bay and all the usual hits and misses. Recorded Wednesday 14 January 2015 Contact Email – [email protected] Web – http://www.thelazycouch.com Twitter – @tlc_podcast Subscribe – http://www.thelazycouch.com/feed/podcast Show notes New web host running WordPress – zuver.net.au Apologies to the great @wippa ‘International’ CES comes and goes Samsung’s TV event got pretty weird // The Verge Is it a skateboard, is it a Segway? It’s a IO Hawk Garmin’s new smart watch – fenix 3 Fuel3D’s selfie scanner – the “3delfie” Will it bend? – LG G flex 2 phone Drone racing, drone fighting, shotgun vs drone – fun at the Drone Rodeo Google’s play at the connected home – Google Cast Buy a fake Apple Watch for $27 at CES // Mashable Montblanc enters the wearable market with the e-strap Japanese robot restaurant is coming to Sydney // Concrete Playground New trailer – Avengers: The Age of Ultron The post 1: Game of drones appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

In our final beta episode before officially launching the podcast, we try out a fresh news segment, briefly preview CES and what our tech setup is going to be in the new year. We also ask the question “are we living in a simulation?” Recorded Monday 5 January 2015 Show notes 00:00 // SEO’ing the name – Lazy Patch, ‘The Lazy Couch’ laptop stand 02:10 // Follow up: decision to go with WordPress for the blog 04:50 // News: Netflix cracks down on VPN and proxy pirates 06:20 // News: The Verge previews CES and the future will be ‘wearable, autonomous and always connected’ 08:40 // News: Acer announces 15” ChromeBook 09:50 // News: Scientists play God with man-made cosmos – visualising the simulation 11:20 // News: What Back To The Future Part II got right and wrong about 2015 12:20 // News: The ‘12 Monkeys’ TV remake will sync with your light bulbs 13:50 // News: Telstra rolls out 4GX network in the new year 14:50 // What Google will be working on in 2015 – Copresence, Project Ara, Google owns an airport 21:00 // Our personal tech setup in 2015 24:00 // Kelvin’s review: Lcamera – A camera app using the new camera2 API in Android Lollipop 25:30 // Geoff’s review: Marvel’s Contest of Champions 27:50 // Clock web app that uses the time as the hex code for its background – ‘What colour is it?’ The post Beta 0.3: Still looks fake appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

We have a new name! In this second beta episode, we chat about the highs and lows of the year that was and what we got our parents for Christmas. Also, soundboard music! Recorded Tuesday 30 December 2014 Show notes 00:00 // Christmas gifts review – Fitbit Flex, Sony SRS-X3, Kelvin’s “slusheeee!!” vine 03:10 // New name for the podcast! “The Lazy Couch” 07:40 // Follow up: Google maps uses more data than Apple maps 08:50 // Follow up: Pebble Watch review – Nav Me app 14:00 // 2014 highlights – comet landing, iPad Mini 2, Touch ID, Chromecast, NSW wins Origin, Pebble 22:20 // 2014 lowlights – QI charging, Android face recog, deterioration of mass media on tech reporting 26:30 // Netflix coming to Australia 29:30 // @jameswhite on Vine The post Beta 0.2: His name was James Wang appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.

Our very first beta episode that only came about while testing out the new Blue Yeti microphones. There was no prep and no editing whatsoever. Recorded Tuesday 23 December 2014 Show notes 00:00 // Intro and set up – Blue Yeti microphones 02:10 // How to record – Audacity 05:00 // Naming the podcast and origin of “The Deeks” 07:20 // Pebble Watch and Android Wear SDK 08:40 // The “Gwatch” – LG G Watch 10:10 // Fitness bands – Fitbit 15:40 // Show format discussion 18:20 // Android 5.0.1 update 20:00 // GPS talk – Nokia Here maps Links libsyn | subscribe | mp3 The post Beta 0.1: Is this thing on? appeared first on Naked Tech Podcast.