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  • NBN Tax, Microsoft Surface Laptop & Foxtel Seeks To Block More Piracy Sites | Episode 196
    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:
    Govt to introduce legislation for broadband tax [iTnews]
    Telstra and Optus off the hook as ACCC recommends no change to mobile roaming [ABC News]
    Victorian government pledges AU$25m for mobile, broadband, Wi-Fi coverage [ZDNet]
    'Revenge porn': one in five report they have been victims in Australian survey [The Guardian]
    Facebook hiring 3000 to stop murders and violence being streamed live [The Age]
    Microsoft unveils $999 Surface Laptop running Windows 10 S [The Verge]
    Window 10 S devices can be upgraded to Windows 10 Pro for $49 [The Verge]
    Amazon Prime Video may finally be coming to Apple TV [iLounge]
    Major apps abandoning Apple Watch, including Google Maps, Amazon & eBay [AppleInsider]
    Gymaholic - Your workout and progress tracker [iTunes]
    'Flying Doctors' star Val Jellay dies from pneumonia, aged 89 [Th...
    1 hr 41 min
  • AFP Metadata Breach, Facebook & Google Tackle Fake News & Netflix Hacker Threat | Episode 195
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    The Australian Federal Police Accessed Journalist's Metadata Without A Warrant [Gizmodo Australia]
    Telcos slammed for selling $200-a-month phone plans to people on welfare [SMH]
    Reddit is putting limits on subreddit customization, and users are worried [The Verge]
    Facebook and Google Are Testing Tools to Fight Fake News [Adweek]
    Apple Music's Original TV Plans Now Include Potential Shows and Videos From J.J. Abrams and R. Kelly [MacRumors]
    Musical.ly syncs up with Apple Music [Recode]
    Netflix Is Spending Some Serious Money On Scorsese's Latest Gangster Epic [Esquire UK]
    'Orange Is The New Black': Hacker Says He Stole New Season, Demands Ransom From Netflix [Deadline]
    Netflix Hacker Also Claims Theft From ABC, Fox, IFC, National Geographic [Variety]
    'Roseanne' Revival in the Works With Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Sara Gilbert [Variety]
    Richard Wilkins celebrates 30 Years at Nine [TV Tonight]
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    Questions,...
    1 hr 38 min
  • EBay In GST Standoff, Plastc Smart Card Folds & Monkey Magic Reboot | Episode 194
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    This $400 appliance that squeezes juice out of a bag appears unnecessary [Ars Technica]
    TPG savaged in $1b sell-off after mobile network plans revealed [The Canberra Times]
    Volkswagen just got slapped with the largest fine for automakers [NBC News]
    eBay threatens to block Australian shoppers over GST [The Age]
    IT'S OFFICIAL: Amazon is taking on retailing in Australia with a 'vast selection' and 'fast delivery' [Business Insider Australia]
    Plastc swiped $9 million from backers and just completely vanished [The Verge]
    Facebook releases timeline of Cleveland shooting videos [TechCrunch]
    Apple apologizes to users for mistakenly saying their paid iCloud subscription was cancelled [AppleInsider]
    Apple Hires Top Google Satellite Executives for New Hardware Team [Bloomberg]
    iTunes Podcasts Now Called Apple Podcasts [The Mac Observer]
    1 hr 36 min
  • TPG Builds Its Own Mobile Network, Burger King Ad Hijacks Google & Rage Turns 30 | Episode 193
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Special Guest: David Johnson.
    Show Notes:
    TPG takes on Telstra, Optus, Vodafone as Australia's fourth mobile network operator with $1.26b spectrum acquisition [CRN]
    Happy 'National Get a VPN Day' - data retention is official [CNET Australia]
    Samsung Pay comes to Westpac customers [iTnews]
    Burger King ad to activate Google Home backfires [Sky News]
    Instagram Stories hits 200M users, surpassing Snapchat as it copies its AR stickers [TechCrunch]
    Could Apple Buy Disney? Wall Street Revives Rumor of Mega-Deal [Variety]
    Apple Receives Permit From California DMV to Test Self-Driving Cars [MacRumors]
    Qantas store mistakenly sells Apple computer at $4000 discount [9News]
    Did Qantas have the right to cancel orders on Apple computers after its pricing blunder? [9News]
    Guitarist J. Geils Dead at 71 [Rolling Stone]
    'Chappelle's Show' Comedian Charlie Murphy Dies at 57 [Entertainment Weekly]
    Star Wars: The Last Jedi: a breakdown of the...
    1 hr 34 min
  • ACCC Takes Apple To Court, IoT Garage Door Bricked & Vale John Clarke | Episode 192
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    Fake blogger Belle Gibson faces jail if she fails to pay $30k [ABC News]
    ACCC takes action against Apple over alleged misleading consumer guarantee representations [ACCC]
    ACCC to monitor Australia's broadband performance [ACCC]
    NBN cable rollout delayed as HFC 'false activations' leave homes offline for months [The Age]
    Cracking The Code [Four Corners]
    Facebook takes new steps to stop 'revenge porn' images from spreading [The Age]
    IoT garage door opener maker bricks customer's product after bad review [Ars Technica]
    New Pebble update allows watches to keep working once online servers go dark [The Verge]
    Hackers Can Easily Hijack This Dildo Camera and Livestream the Inside of Your Vagina (Or Butt) [Motherboard]
    Apple pushes the reset button on the Mac Pro [TechCrunch]
    Apple ditching Imagination Technologies GPU...
    1 hr 41 min
  • YouTube Ad Boycott, Banks Lose Apple Pay Fight & DVDs Still Selling Strong | Episode 191
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    April Fools 2017: All The Online Gags And Pranks [Gizmodo Australia]
    AFP raid on Conroy's office was 'improper interference' [ABC News]
    Virgin Australia to begin inflight wi-fi trial in April [iTnews]
    World's biggest solar + battery storage plant ready to build in SA [Renew Economy]
    NBN Co brings 100/40Mbps speed tier to fixed wireless [iTnews]
    YouTube ad boycott could cost Google parent Alphabet $US750m [ABC News]
    This is the Samsung Galaxy S8 [The Next Web]
    The Galaxy S8's facial scanner can, unsurprisingly, be tricked with a photo [The Verge]
    It's over: Banks lose Apple Pay fight [iTnews]
    Apple's iOS 10.3 update can reclaim as much as 7.8GB of available storage [AppleInsider]
    Wi-Fi Calling and VoLTE Expand to O2 and Other Carriers on iOS 10.3 [MacRumors]
    Apple seemingly ends support for 32-bit devices with iOS 10.3.2 [AppleInsider]
    1 hr 35 min
  • Qantas Delays In-Flight Wi-Fi, Twitter Considers Premium Model & The Future Of Star Wars | Episode 190
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    Google called in to scrub politicians' mobile numbers from the internet [The Age]
    Qantas cancels launch of free inflight wi-fi [iTnews]
    Equity crowdfunding bill passed, but proprietary companies still excluded [AFR]
    UK minister says encryption on messaging services is unacceptable [Reuters]
    Twitter considers paid membership option [BBC News]
    Apple Unveils Special Edition (PRODUCT)RED iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus [MacRumors]
    Apple Debuts New 9.7-Inch iPad With A9 Chip to Replace iPad Air 2, Starting at $329 [MacRumors]
    Apple's iPhone 8 Said to Feature 'Water Drop Design' in Homage to Original iPhone [MacRumors]
    Man dies after charging his iPhone while using it in the bath [9to5Mac]
    Sesame Street introduces new muppet with autism [ABC News]
    Reality TV Contestants Isolated For A Year Found Their Show Was Axed [Uproxx]
    Disney Chief On The Future Of "Star Wars" [Dark Horizons]
    Something we mentioned in the show but missing in the Show Notes? Let us know via our Contact...
    1 hr 37 min
  • 500 Startups Melbourne, Spying Vibrator Data Lawsuit & Nine Launches 9Podcasts | Episode 189
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    Aussie telcos need to rein in their call centre liars [SMH]
    Blogger Belle Gibson may have been delusional when faking brain cancer: court [ABC News]
    ATM use hits 15-year low as tap-and-go payments surge [iTnews]
    Silicon Valley accelerator 500 Startups launches in Melbourne [ZDNet]
    Qantas launches start-up accelerator programme [iTWire]
    Russian hackers targeted just one Yahoo employee in order to breach 500M accounts [BGR]
    Vibrator Maker To Pay Millions Over Claims It Secretly Tracked Use [NPR]
    Mobile bill shock declining, but consumers still pay hundreds for excess charges [The Age]
    Six Months After Launch, Developer Excitement Over iMessage Apps is 'Fading' [MacRumors]
    Apple gives indie gamers a permanent home on the App Store [TechCrunch]
    Rock 'n' Roll Legend Chuck Berry Has Died at 90 [Slate]
    Nine looks to...
    1 hr 33 min
  • Elon Musk's South Australian Battery Deal, The WikiLeaks CIA Release & Footrot Flats Creator Dies | Episode 188
    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:
    2STP Authenticator [Apple App Store]
    Census chiefs unprepared for website crash, FOI documents show [ABC News]
    Amazon shares data with Arkansas prosecutor in murder case [The Big Story]
    Elon Musk: 'I'll fix South Australia's power in 100 days or its free' [Yahoo News]
    Optus threatens disconnection to sign up NBN customers and fast-track HFC cable shutdown [The Age]
    Theatregoers fleeced by invalid Book of Mormon tickets on resale website [ABC News]
    WikiLeaks releases thousands of 'Vault 7' documents, reveals CIA's 'entire hacking capacity' [ABC News]
    Facebook 'fails' to remove sexual images of children and reports BBC to police for raising issue [The Telegraph]
    Tinder is testing a secret version of the app for the rich, famous and hot [Mashable]
    Study reveals whopping 48M Twitter accounts are actually bots [CBS News]
    A python breeder made an Emoji snake [Business...
    1 hr 43 min
  • Carly's Law To Target Online Child Predators, Snapchat's IPO & TiVo Australia Dead | Episode 187
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    Cloudbleed data leak flaw wasn't exploited: Cloudflare [iTnews]
    The Australian Government Introduces 'Carly's Law' To Protect Children Online [Gizmodo Australia]
    Coding typo caused massive AWS outage [iTnews]
    Snap surges in its stock market debut - and its 20-something founders are multibillionaires [Business Insider Australia]
    Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Loses Bonus And Stock Award Over Security Breach [NPR]
    iPhone 8 probably won't ditch Lightning for USB-C after all [Cult of Mac]
    TiVo issues death warrant for Aussie personal video recorders [SMH]
    YouTube unveils YouTube TV, its live TV streaming service [TechCrunch]
    Cheeky 'Deadpool 2' teaser offers nothing butt fun [CNET Australia]
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    Questions, Comments, Feedback and Suggestions are all welcome.
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    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…