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THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss ​the BBC's future moves to reinvent the iPlayer as a full-on TV service rather than just a catch-up system; they talk about why the UK won't for some time be following Norway's move to shut down its FM radio network (along with some history lessons about FM itself in our country); they look at how the European Commission's recent proposals for website cookies and ad blockers might affect you; and we examine the UK price of Nintendo's new Switch console and compare it to the last generation's consoles, including the Wii, to see how the Japanese company's strategy has shifted over the last decade. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate is joined by CNET.com senior editor Andrew Hoyle to discuss some of the trends from this year's Consumer Electronics Show. Regular co-host Ian Morris also calls in with a couple of reports about BMW's automated driving systems and LG's paper-thin television. In the news we discuss Tesla's move to wait a couple more before before driving up its prices in the UK; the NHS's decision to trial the startup health company Babylon's AI-assisted diagnosis tool; recent figures that show the dominance of digital and streaming services in the British entertainment landscape; and what we're going to be using voice-activated assistants like Amazon's Alexa for in our homes of the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss heir favourite stories from the year of 2016 and what they might tell us about tech in 2017. Tech's Message survey link: https://goo.gl/forms/fp9wxjhGOUI8diwV2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss how BT and Sky broadband customers may be affected by this week's reveal of a major Yahoo hack; plus the news that a 17-year-old boy was slapped on the wrist for the recent TalkTalk hack; how Super Mario Run performs on the London Underground (poorly); the launch of the BritBox TV streaming service for Americans hungry from British television shows; plus your emails and feedback. Tech's Message survey link: https://goo.gl/forms/fp9wxjhGOUI8diwV2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nate and Ian discuss the BBC iPlayer's move to support 4K Ultra HD content starting with Planet Earth II in HDR; plus Samsung's Galaxy Note7 recall process takes another turn in which the UK is being treated quite differently to the US; Sky gets approached for complete takeover by Rupert Murdoch, so we look at why and how this might affect the UK's media landscape and Sky's broadband and TV customers; and as Super Mario Run prepares to jump onto iOS worldwide, we look at how the game's always-on internet connectivity requirement might affect players in Britain. Plus your feedback and emails. Tech's Message survey link: https://goo.gl/forms/fp9wxjhGOUI8diwV2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tech's Message survey link: https://goo.gl/forms/fp9wxjhGOUI8diwV2 THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian (briefly) discuss the UK's Investigatory Powers Bill receiving royal ascent; the next move the movie and music industry is going to clamp down on illegal British downloading; how Jeremy Hunt thinks social media companies should prevent kids from sending sext messages; how MPs think websites should block porn for all unsuitable age groups; Sky's exciting new mobile phone network and why it could whip competitors into offering a comparable good deal with data allowances; plus your emails and feedback. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss news that the controversial Snooper's Charter is all but set to become law in Britain. We will discuss a broad overview of what this law means, how to protect yourself from it and of course warning signs all of us need to be mindful of in order to protect of right to privacy in future. We also discuss the slightly amusing story of the NHS reply-all fiasco that plagued the health service's email servers this week. And Amazon brings a Spotify rival to the UK, Plusnet launches a compelling budget mobile network and Three gets hacked. Plus a discussion of your emails. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss ​Tesco bank's hack, wireless broadband for Scottish islands, BT's next-gen fibre for mainland Britain, WHSmith's move to sell videogames again, and more. Plus your feedback and emails. Thanks for getting us to 150 reviews in the UK iTunes store! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss Virgin Mobile's move to offer 4G to its customers with a couple of intriguing features that separate it from the rest of the market; plus insurance group Admiral gets blocked by Facebook for trying to offer discounts to drivers that seem less risky based on what they post to social media. Plus great feedback from listeners moved to write in with their opinions about last week's show about letting UK residents roam on other networks when they have no signal from their own carrier. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss ​Apple's new MacBooks but also the coincidental price hike for existing models in the UK. (Ian has also written about Apple's price controversy this week.) Also discussed: BT's next-gen replacements for the iconic red phone boxes; proposals to allow British mobile phones to roam on other local networks when outside of their contracted coverage; and we discuss reasons why videogame store GAME's move to charge people to try PlayStation VR is not as bad as some blogs made it out to be. Plus your feedback and emails. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss Amazon's potential move into the UK broadband market; Sky's forthcoming move to being a mobile network in Britain; the news that Uber and other minicab drivers in London will have to pass an English text (and we have some sample questions to quiz you with); why the price of music streaming services in the UK might still be too expensive for many people; and drone racing comes to European television in 2017. Plus your emails! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON A SPECIAL TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian look specifically at how the UK consumer market was affected by Samsung's unprecedented recall of over two million Galaxy Note 7 handsets. What have our local networks been saying or doing to help the issue? How has the recall affected those in the UK who'd ordered a device? We'll hear from affected users, discuss Royal Mail's move to ban people from using its network to return phones to Samsung, how the recall has differed between the British Isles and the rest of the world; and we'll hear from fellow consumer technology commentators Stuart Miles, founder of Pocket-lint.com; and Rhiannon Williams, technology correspondent for the i newspaper. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss Apple's move to Battersea Power Station for its London operations. We look at the history of the derelict site and how it's been approached time and time again, unsuccessfully, for renovation. Will Apple have better luck? Plus the BBC iPlayer will soon require logins and links to license fee payers' registered postcodes in order to get a login. TalkTalk was fined a record £400,000 for lax security that led to the hacking of one of its customer databases. Google reveals its plans to build its own high-end Android smartphones under the Pixel brand, so we look at where these products fit in the rest of the UK's phone market. Plus what's going on with the Fling social network, which has been seen to delve into the realms of user-created smut. Tech's Message is a weekly audio download from London-based technology journalists Nate Lanxon and Ian Morris. Hear a discussion based on the week's most interesting UK technology news, and other irreverent takes on tech issues deemed important for British ears to hear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss ​the new proposals from the European Commission to bring in new laws to govern so-called “over-the-top” messaging services, such as WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. In short, it’s been suggested they should be subject to the same restrictions and scrutiny as telecoms operators. We explore what this could mean, should it ever come into force. We also examine the UK’s energy smart meters and how the technology will work (and, perhaps more importantly, how it’s going to cost or save you money). Plus brand new Apple Watch 2 rumours and your emails. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian hear stories of listeners who have had visits from the mythical vans driving around Britain catching TV users who don't pay a license fee; plus Virgin teases its 4K streaming service, Pokemon Go's UK revenues, Three expands its roaming service to many more EU countries, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the BBC closing the iPlayer license fee loophole, who it affects and how the Beeb plans to try to find those who circumvent it; plus we discuss the Olympics in 360-degree video; further price hikes in consumer tech thanks to Brexit; and plenty more, including hands-on time with the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, as well as your letters. Tech's Message is a weekly audio download from London-based technology journalists Nate Lanxon and Ian Morris. Hear a discussion based on the week's most interesting UK technology news, and other irreverent takes on tech issues deemed important for British ears to hear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the so-called "PokeRave" that took place for the first time in central London, where obsessive Pokemon Go fans gathered to compete for prizes and glory; and as the BBC switches on subtitling for its live broadcasts online, we look at how these speedy closed captions are produced; plus Amazon is bringing its strange grocery-ordered Dash gadget to Britain while simultaneously getting a partnership with the Government granted to test its delivery drones across the United Kingdom. All that, plus a review of the rebooted BBC Robot Wars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss ARM's sale to Japanese internet giant SoftBank and what it means for both companies and Britain; plus we take a special detour to Hyper Japan, the Japanese tech, culture, arts and media festival in London to discover what's on exhibit this year; and why are lamp posts becoming so exciting, and what's it got to do with Amazon and Cambridge? And also, sadly, prison? Also, the new Star Trek show is coming to Netflix in the UK, but not Netflix in the U.S. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss how Pokemon Go is sweeping the UK and what the launch has done in terms of initial download numbers across the country's mobile networks; also, in a special feature, we have not only a dramatic reading of a new Harry Potter chapter as written by artificial intelligence but also an interview with the AI's creator, Max Deutsch (read the rest on Medium); and the UK's driving tests are being trialled with a GPS navigation component and the government has launched an open consultation for how things like insurance should be dealt with in a post-human driverless car world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nate and Ian discuss Sky's decision to start blocking smut by default for new customers; plus as Care.data gets a final nail in the coffin friend-of-the-show Olivia Solon stops by to explain the past, present and future of the controversial health system; Pokemon Go goes live around the UK, but only certain countries have been able to catch the app so far; and in other news, Just Eat announces it'll start delivering food to Londoners by drone. All that and more... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the effect Brexit has so far had on the British tech industry -- from company perspectives, the stock market, startups, consumer spending, EU mobile phone roaming rates and more. If you're wondering, "How has tech fared so far after Brexit?" this is not the worst place to start. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian fight the slow British technology news week and discuss how well the BBC's Micro Bit computer is doing as it lands on consumer retail shelves; also, BT Mobile ramps up its competitive offering amidst its takeover of EE, and in the process of adding iPhones and Android smartphones to its roster of products it also seems to have enabled the oft-requested tethering feature for tablets and laptops; and in addition to a rumour that Apple is going to built graphics processors directly into its 5K monitors, we delve under the surface of 4K gaming talk around the kind of products a gamer looking into Ultra HD may be able to consider at the moment, right as Ian plans to jump into the 4K gaming world himself. Includes sound clips from the 1980s BBC learning production Making The Most Of The Micro. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate is joined for a special feature by Toni Myer's, award-winning director of ambitious IMAX films shot from space, including Hubble 3D and Space Station 3D. She joins the show to talk about the technology she used to shoot her latest film, A Beautiful Planet, which was the first to be captured digitally aboard the International Space Station. Back in the studio with Ian, discussions centre mostly on Three's decision to try implementing online ad-blocking at the network level, and Queen guitarist Brian May's new virtual reality headset, Owl VR. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the Government's pledge to bring 10Mbps internet to all -- no matter how remote and in the middle of nowhere you are. But how will this be achieved? And how does this latest promise, delivered after the Queen's Speech, compare to previous promises along similar lines? Also discussed, the BBC's closure of the iPlayer loophole and how the 2017 introduction of that closure could be implemented. We also talk about the revenue made from sales of music on vinyl overtaking the total generated via YouTube and similar services in the whole of 2015. Plus the Post Office closes its mobile service after just a year, and Android Pay launches in Britain. Unless you're with Barclays. Again. Because apparently Barclays hates mobile payments or something. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate returns to the Tech's Message State of Podcasting series, this time exploring advertising in podcasts and how to make money from them. To explain a variety of methods that have proved successful is Olly Mann, broadcaster and host of award-winning podcast Answer Me This!, plus The Modern Mann, Guardian Tech Weekly and The Media Podcast. His most popular show, Answer Me This!, has 130,000 monthly listeners and has been highly successful as a commercial podcast by using a combination of unique ads, back catalogue sales and one-off paid-for specials. His new show, The Modern Mann, takes a different approach: ask for beer money, and sell ads yourself. Olly will explain how these methods came about, how they can be used effectively, how advertising can be done badly in podcasting and how to avoid alienating listeners. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate is joined by CNET.com senior editor Andrew Hoyle. On the occasion of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's 90th birthday we look back at her royal relationship with technology over the decades, from 3D broadcasts to podcasting. Plus Android is in the European Commission's spotlight for alleged antitrust abuses. And as a drone is reported to have struck a passenger airliner upon its descent into London's Heathrow airport, we look at how mega-retailer Amazon has been dragged into the drone safety debate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

British dog owners must now legally chip their dogs or face a fine, plus listeners can enjoy a spot quiz about the animals of the world some people feel the need to chip; plus we go hands-on with Huawei's flagship new P9 smartphone and discuss its features and feel; and is Barclays' late move to support Apple Pay a welcome decision? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian are joined by CNET.com's Andrew Hoyle to discuss and assess Apple's 9.7-inch iPad Pro. Assessments include: - Apple's performance claims may even be an understatement - The iPad Pro 9.7 inch A9X CPU runs at 2.23GHz vs the 12-inch's 2.24GHz - The smaller Pro has half the RAM (1.92GB) of the bigger Pro (3.89GB) - Graphical power of the iPad Pro 9.7-inch is more than double the iPad Air 2 - The rear camera performance is near-identical to the iPhone 6s rear camera - The True Tone display is, ironically, a turn-off for some professional use cases - The "camera lump" on the back of the smaller Pro doesn't cause the tablet to wobble when flat - The quad-speaker setup makes a really big difference - The iPad Pro line is still better than the Android competition but in a different class to Microsoft's Surface and Surface line Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss Samsung Pay joining Android Pay and Apple Pay (and maybe LG Pay) in the UK NFC payments marketplace; and Ofcom wants to make ditching your phone network easier (and cheaper); plus in Oblong News we examine the new iPad Pro and iPhone SE and how they stack up on first impression against the competition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the UK's Budget 2016 and its impact on the tech sector, including 5G, sharing economy support via tax breaks, the Institute for Coding competition, driverless lorries and cars, a new Broadband Investment Fund, the intention to work with the ‘New Bank Start-up Unit’, and more. If you want a 20-minute explainer about everything tech and digital in this year's budget, this is the episode for you. Plus we discuss Sony and Microsoft's openness to having their Xbox and PlayStation networks interoperate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss whether it matters that the UK, amongst other countries, has potentially got a less powerful octa-core CPU in its Galaxy S7 phones while other regions get a more robust quad-core version. Plus what does a "fear of the number four" -- tetraphobia -- possibly got in common with this situation, and the consumer technology world in general? Could it explain why Samsung has released phones with eight processing cores rather than four in some regions? Probably not. But it was almost certainly why Nokia jumped from the 3xxx series to the 5xxx series, and from the N93 to the N95, and from the C3 to the C5; and why Psion released the Series 3 and Series 5 palmtops in the 1990s but never the Series 4; and why Canon, over in Japan, released the G1, G2, G3 and G5 cameras, but never a G4; and... You get the picture. Plus, a look at the week's UK tech news that doesn't involve superstitious conspiracy theories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and CNET's Andy Hoyle discuss the BBC's plan to close the iPlayer loophole that allows people without a UK license fee to watch catch-up content for free; plus the little-known ebook reader business (in the UK, at least) Nook is pulling out of the British market; and in our major feature section we discuss the future of the photography world in an era dominated by increasingly impressive smartphones. Where do we go from here in the imaging world? How are SLRs influencing smartphone design? Who's partnering with whom to make the next big thing in mobile imagine (hint: Leica and Huawei)? We'll discuss all this and more. Listen now! 782vptpu Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss our highlights from Mobile World Congress: the LG G5, and the HTC Vive. But in more detail we discuss how virtual reality, which stole the MWC show this year, is helping change many other areas of science, entertainment and medicine. These include travel simulators, use in crime scene investigations, sex and pornography, pain relief and other psychological treatments, post-war PTSD therapy for soldiers, training for Nasa astronauts, relief from fears of flying, training sports players, rehabilitating stroke patients, and giving public talks. And although some of this has been underway for two decades in research labs, the consumer availability of affordable devices means this is really just the beginning for virtual reality. 782vptpu Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss mobile network Three's decision to start offering ad-blocking at the ISP level to a potential 9 million UK subscribers; Samsung unveils it's new Galaxy S7, S7 Edge and Gear 360 VR devices and we get a first hands-on look and report our findings and opinions; plus Nate gets his Uber account hacked and manages to cancel the thief's journey as he's still riding with his driver -- but what happened next? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss Transport for London's worries over Twitter's decision to change the social network's timeline to a non-chronologically-ordered format; plus the UK's videogame industry hits a new peak value of over £4 billion; and what biotech-meets-science movement in food has got the American egg industry so panicked -- and what could this mean for British consumers or businesses? WIRED feature writer Olivia Solon joins the show to explain all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate is joined by CNET.com's Andrew Hoyle. They discuss the news that Microsoft has bought UK-based startup SwiftKey for a reported $250 million. What might this mean for Xbox and Windows, they wonder? Plus, Europe's top court is looking into whether linking to any webpage or online content without permission could be in breach of the law. Yes, linking. Against the law. One to watch. Plus, Ian Livingstone of Eidos and Tomb Raider fame, is opening two free schools in the UK dedicated to science, technology, engineering, arts and maths. This is great news for the next generation of STEAM students. All that, plus a major reason EA isn't being terrible will become clear this week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the news that Bluetooth audio is no longer a terrible way to listen to music (or, in other words: Nate buys a pair of really good Bluetooth headphones and discovers 10 years of hating Bluetooth was about three years too long). Plus BT gets EE's network officially in a done-and-dusted deal for £12.5 billion, and we discover just how much combined distributed network resources are required to know some big websites offline in 2016 (clue: it's 500Gbps). Also, iPad Air 3 rumours. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the rumours surrounding Apple's possible iPhone 5Se scheduled to launch in April; plus in messaging news, WhatsApp goes free and ditches the ad-funded model in favour of business-to-consumer money-making tactics; and as the global war of VPNs as a way to circumvent users accessing Netflix or iPlayer catalogues when they're out of the country, the EU and UK governments begin to seriously ponder legislating to ensure citizens can access Netflix or iPlayer catalogues when they're out of the country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the news that Netflix will soon attempt to ban users from using VPN services in the UK to access US Netflix, as well as all other overseas catalogues. Plus 1990s classic bot-'em-up Robot Wars is to return to British screens. We reminisce a little bit about Matilda and Sir Killalot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss everything worth talking about from their time covering CES 2016, including the weirdest fridges, drones and robotic assistants, Netflix, virtual reality and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the rumour that Apple's next iPhone 7 will dispense with the traditional headphone socket; also, that O2 is rumoured to be testing web ad-blocking software that would halt or change advertisements before they reach your smartphone; and BBC Three is to move online from February 2016. What does this mean for the future of the channel? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss Adele's reluctance to let fans stream her music, even on paid-for platforms such as Apple Music; plus Sky launches its vision of next-gen UK television: SkyQ. But what is it? And is this really the revolution we've been asking for? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the launch of the BBC Store, which Auntie hopes will help it deliver over a billion quid back to the Beeb by selling current and archived TV series to UK and global viewers; plus with Apple's launch of the new Apple TV, are we finally in a new era of television innovation? Nate has been using one for a few weeks and finds a lot to enjoy -- as he has the iPad Pro, which he and Ian discuss their first impressions of. Plus CNET.com Senior Editor Andrew Hoyle joins to discuss the BlackBerry Priv, the company's first Android phone -- and it seems to be hitting all the nails right on their heads. Could this mark the beginning of a return to BlackBerry in European homes and offices? With less than one percent of the UK smartphone market, it seems BlackBerry only has market to claim and the Priv seems to offer some real promise. But is it enough? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Nate and Ian discuss The Sun newspaper’s decision to drop its online paywall after two years of imposing fees on users wishing to read content online; plus as the European government’s decision to kill mobile phone roaming charges from 2017, we debate whether this is good for the continent’s users, and whether the UK’s potential departure from the Eurozone could affect British rights to free roaming once the law comes into force. In a discussion segment Nate and Ian are briefly joined by CNET.com’s Luke Westaway as they debate the recent argument that HTC “ripped off” the iPhone 6’s design for its new One A9 phone, or whether it was “Apple that copied HTC” - something the latter company believes is the case. But more to the point, regardless of who copied who, does it actually matter? Are all these phones basically fine and we all have a richer industry as a result? Find out both sides of the argument on this week’s Tech’s Message podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Nate Lanxon talks to Philippa Warr, an eSports expert and writer for Rock Paper Shotgun. Twenty-seven million people last year watched the live world championship final of Riot Games's ultra-popular eSport videogame League of Legends; in contrast, this year's FA Cup final was watched by seven million on the BBC. But 2015's League of Legends world championship is being held in part at London's Wembley Arena and it too is being broadcast by BBC. It's time we check in with eSports to see where we're at in terms of their acceptance by the mainstream, and how their popularity in Europe is developing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate talks to full-time professional technology podcaster Tom Merritt. The topic? Paying for podcasts. Why have people started paying for some podcasts on a regular basis? What has the service Patreon done to help this? Is podcasting a sustainable business possibility for independent content creators? And how should podcasters manage the increased audience responsibility crowdfunding presents? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the UK companies building wireless 'turrets' to shoot nuisance consumer drones, or UAVs, out of the sky by scrambling the communications link to their operator's control unit; and as Harry Potter's entire original run of novels is re-released in enhanced and interactive format for Apple's iBooks store, we talk to family technology expert Andy Robertson to see whether modern parents - and indeed their children - are asking for novels in such forms. Plus Microsoft's latest Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book laptop are released along with UK pricing so we take the opportunity to recap their features and determine whether they're worth the attention and price (clue: they are). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian are joined by Robert Llewellyn (Red Dwarf, Fully Charged, Scrapheap Challenge) to discuss the state of the UK and European electric car industry, in particular how it evolves after Tesla's announcement of the Model X and the diesel engine emissions scandal. Also discussed is Amazon's ban on Apple TV and Google TV sales in its store, Virgin's move to offer 200Mbps broadband in the UK; and Ian reviews the Google Nexus 6P smartphone after it's recent announcement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the new Apple iPhone 6s in their review, including how the new Live Photos feature is perhaps more impressive than even Apple let on in its announcement; and how is Wi-Fi calling changing mobile phone usage in the UK? We'll go some lengths to answer that and let certain British networks know what they need to do better to up their game against the competition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.