Geeks Interrupted

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  • PAX Australia 2016, Microsoft's Slack Competitor & Freeview Launches Live TV App | Episode 176
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    PAX Australia plays its cards right [SMH]
    MyRepublic wants you to lobby for a better NBN, launches unlimited gamer plans [CNET Australia]
    Foxtel launches fibre-to-the-premises NBN service [ZDNet]
    Amazon Shopping Is Coming To Australia [Gizmodo Australia]
    Adobe's New Audio Software Eerily Mimics Human Speech [Pitchfork]
    LastPass is now free across all your devices [Engadget]
    YouTube is still having trouble getting people to pay for YouTube [The Verge]
    Microsoft announces its Slack competitor - Microsoft Teams [The Next Web]
    Slack shows it's worried about Microsoft Teams with a full-page newspaper ad [The Verge]
    'Doctor Strange' Reigns Supreme With $240M+ Overseas/$325M+ Global; Gives China A Shot In The Arm - Intl Box Office [Deadline]
    'Back to the Future' Screenwriter Bob Gale Happy for Cubs, but Bummed a Good Joke Is Now Spoiled [The Hollywood Reporter]
    1 hr 36 min
  • Twitter Shutting Down Vine, Microsoft's Surface Studio & Stan Stands Strong In Streaming Wars | Episode 175
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    Australia's biggest data breach sees 1.3m records leaked [iTnews]
    Australian government invests AU$4.8m into revenge porn reporting tool [ZDNet]
    Telstra apologises for NBN outage that affected thousands [The Age]
    Telstra and Optus improve services complaints [CRN]
    Twitter is shutting down Vine [TechCrunch]
    Pornhub offers to buy Vine [CNET]
    Tesla's Electric Domination Moves Forward With Debut Of Beautiful Solar Shingles [Gizmodo Australia]
    Microsoft announces upgraded Surface Book with 16-hour battery life, for $2,399 [The Verge]
    Microsoft Surface Studio PC announced with "world's thinnest LCD monitor" [The Verge]
    Hacker who stole nude photos of celebrities gets 18 months in prison [The Guardian]
    Here's How Much Jail Time You'll Get for Destroying the Apple Store [Fortune]
    Apple's New MacBook Pro: Everything You Need To...
    2 hr 5 min
  • Vale Leslie Nassar, AT&T's $85B Buyout Of Time Warner & Deadpool 2 Loses Its Director | Episode 174
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    Samsung sets up exchange booths at airports to prevent the Note 7 from blowing up planes [The Next Web]
    Australian tech guru Leslie Nassar killed in hit-and-run [ABC News]
    Leslie Nassar [GoFundMe]
    'Tinder murder' trial almost derailed by juror's daily Instagram habit [Mashable]
    Technology giants look to tap into Australian content [AFR]
    DDoS Attack Snarls Friday Morning Internet Traffic [eWeek]
    AT&T will acquire Time Warner for $85.4B in content play [PCWorld]
    The Nintendo Switch is Nintendo's new home console, out March 2017 [Vooks]
    Apple plans to launch new Macs at an October 27 event [Recode]
    Report: Apple slams the brakes on electric Apple Car to focus on auto software [Macworld]
    AirPods review: Apple's promise of wireless wonder [The Age]
    Director Tim Miller, Ryan...
    1 hr 38 min
  • WhatsApp Cause Government Security Scare, Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Is Dead & Bob Dylan's Nobel Win | Episode 173
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    Pauline Hanson receives seat on NBN committee [ZDNet]
    Census meltdown played out in new FOI documents [SMH]
    MPs warned smartphone app messages could be released under FOI laws [ABC News]
    Telstra's fight to keep mobile network to itself [SMH]
    No one wants to buy Twitter [The Verge]
    Twitter to stream Melbourne Cup live [SMH]
    The New $5 Note Can Play Vinyl Records, Seriously [The Huffington Post]
    Brisbane Apple Store staff sacked in explicit photo sharing scandal [The Age]
    Samsung permanently stops Galaxy Note 7 production [ABC News]
    Samsung Note 7s are getting difficult to return [CNN Money]
    Qantas and Virgin ban troubled Samsung phone [ABC News]
    Coen Brothers to Write Internet Thriller 'Dark Web' for Fox [The Hollywood Reporter]
    1 hr 43 min
  • Facebook Marketplace, Google Pixel Launch Event & Foxtel Killing Off Presto | Episode 172
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    Yahoo Reportedly Spied on Millions of Users' Emails for the Government [Vice]
    High-speed travel is coming... fast [The Australian]
    Would you get behind the wheel of Australia's first self-driving car? [ABC News]
    Bureau of Meteorology launches simple-to-use weather app [ABC News]
    Samsung Note 7 replacement emits smoke on US plane: report [CRN]
    Samsung is suspending production of the Galaxy Note 7, says Korean news agency[The Verge]
    Man's Replacement Galaxy Note 7 Catches Fire, Samsung Accidentally Texts 'I Can Try And Slow Him Down' [Gizmodo Australia]
    Facebook Marketplace could be the new eBay [SMH]
    Pixel 'phone by Google' announced [The Verge]
    Here Are Telstra's Plans For The Google Pixel [Gizmodo Australia]
    Google's Daydream View Is A Super Soft, Super Light VR Headset [Gizmodo Australia]
    1 hr 38 min
  • NBN Ditches Optus HFC For FTTdp, Square Launches Contactless Reader & IMDb To Remove Actors' Ages | Episode 171
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    At Chobani, Now It's Not Just the Yogurt That's Rich [The New York Times]
    NBN Co dumps Optus HFC for FTTdp [iTnews]
    South Australia blackout: entire state left without power after storms [The Guardian]
    Telcos grapple with storm aftermath in South Australia [Computerworld Australia]
    Vodafone Hands Out 2GB Of Free Data After Nationwide Network Outage [Lifehacker Australia]
    Catching The Right Tram, At The Right Time [Premier Of Victoria]
    FREE Wi-Fi in Melbourne CBD (Finally) [Craving Tech]
    Square launches 'queue busting' Apple Pay reader in Australia [SMH]
    BlackBerry to stop making its own smartphones and will focus on software [CBC News]
    Swipe right for a sperm donor [Quartz]
    UK retailer leaks Google's Pixel phones in detail [Engadget]
    Google brings Cloud Platform to Sydney [iTnews]
    1 hr 45 min
  • Yahoo's Massive Hack, Twitter Up For Sale & Netflix Defends Australian Access To Content | Episode 170
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    Amazon Australia expansion set to shake up JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman [The Age]
    ABS claims IBM's botched geoblocking failed the Census [iTnews]
    Census 'completed by 95pc of households' as deadline looms [ABC News]
    Victorian police warn of harmful letterbox USB drives [ZDNet]
    Yahoo hit in worst hack ever, 500 million accounts swiped [CNET]
    What To Do With Your Hacked Yahoo Account [Gizmodo Australia]
    Twitter reportedly in talks with Google, Salesforce for potential sale [The Verge]
    Twitter's new, longer tweets have arrived [The Verge]
    Facebook Overestimated Key Video Metric for Two Years [Wall Street Journal]
    macOS Sierra is now live! Here's what's new [The Next Web]
    The Verge's Deputy Editor Chris Ziegler Was Secretly Working for Apple for Two Months [Gizmodo]
    Man arrested in connection with Pippa Middleton iCloud hack claim [The Guardian]
    1 hr 37 min
  • JB Hi-Fi Buys The Good Guys, Adblock Plus To Sell Ads & The 2016 Emmy Awards | Episode 169
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    Samsung is capping Note 7 batteries at 60% capacity [The Next Web]
    Samsung Australia restocks Galaxy Note 7 after battery problems [iTnews]
    Samsung crisis began in rush to capitalise on 'uninspiring' iPhone [SMH]
    Consumers want ACCC to monitor broadband speeds, industry doesn't [The Age]
    Senator Stephen Conroy resigns [Computerworld Australia]
    Govt denies plans to block retail sites that don't pay GST [iTnews]
    JB Hi-Fi buys The Good Guys [Appliance Retailer]
    Adblock Plus now sells ads [The Verge]
    Instagram now lets everyone filter comments using blocklists, will show friends' comments first [TechCrunch]
    'Bad people messed it up': misuse forces changes to New York's Wi-Fi kiosks [The Guardian]
    Google Street View blurs bullock's face in Cambridge [BBC News]
    Google Maps gets lane guidance in...
    1 hr 43 min
  • Girls In Tech Australia, Apple's IPhone 7 Event & Star Trek's 50th Anniversary | Episode 168
    Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Special Guest: Nathan Littel.
    Show Notes:
    Galaxy Note7 'explodes' in Perth hotel causing $1800 damage [The Age]
    Airlines ban Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 [Sky News]
    Repair, replace, refund? What to do about the Samsung Note 7 recall [CNET Australia]
    WA become fourth state to criminalise 'revenge porn' following NSW, SA and Victoria [Yahoo News]
    Girls in Tech to launch first Australian chapter [ABC News]
    Foxtel confirms NBN offering next month [ZDNet]
    The PS4 Pro: A stronger GPU, 4K & HDR support and more [Stevivor]
    The PlayStation 4 Slim Has Finally Been Announced [Press Start Australia]
    Twitter just turned DMs into a chat app [Engadget]
    Porn Site Hacked: Brazzers' Accounts, Users Personal Info Leaked Online [International Business Times]
    Everything Apple announced at today's iPhone 7 launch event [The Next Web]
    Apple Watch Series 2: Our Complete Overview [MacStories]
    1 hr 41 min
  • Telstra Shutdown Their 2G Network, Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Recall & Willy Wonka Star Gene Wilder Dies | Episode 167
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    Ban on excessive credit card surcharging begins for large merchants [The Age]
    Target pulls 'sexist' girls' shirt from stores [The Age]
    Telstra is preparing for the shutdown of their 2G network offering customers a new 3G phone [Ausdroid]
    Facebook fires trending team, and algorithm without humans goes crazy [The Guardian]
    SpaceX rocket explodes on launch site at Cape Canaveral [ABC News]
    It's Official: Samsung Recalls Galaxy Note7 Worldwide [Gizmodo Australia]
    Apple announces 'iPhone 7' September 7 event, Apple Watch 2 and MacBook Pros may be unveiled [9to5Mac]
    ANZ Expands Apple Pay Support to MasterCard in Australia [MacRumors]
    Apple will implement App Store improvements on Sept. 7 [Macworld]
    Apple's $14.5 Billion EU Tax Ruling: What You Need to Know [Bloomberg]
    Gene Wilder, 'Willy Wonka' Star and Comedic Icon, Dies at 83 [Variety]
    1 hr 37 min

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Geeks Interrupted is a weekly 2-hour tech show broadcasting live from the studios of 94.1FM 3WBC in Box Hill near Melbourne, Australia. Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Mark Macdowell discuss the latest…