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  • 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
  • Optus Free Data Streaming, Pinterest Buys Instapaper & Leslie Jones Website Hack | Episode 166
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    Schoolgirl porn ring back online [News.com.au]
    Uber gets green light to operate in Victoria [The Age]
    Uber $2 fee: Why should we pay for the taxi industry's refusal to adapt? [The Age]
    Optus Is Offering Free Data-Free Netflix And Spotify Streaming [Gizmodo Australia]
    Telstra announces free Netflix, Stan, Presto on mobile plans [Delimiter]
    Telstra extends free Netflix, Stan & Presto offer to Home Broadband plans [DeciderTV]
    Try PlayStation VR for yourself at Westfield [CNET Australia]
    Pinterest acquires Instapaper, which will live on as a separate app [TechCrunch]
    These Charts Show That Pokemon Go Is Already in Decline [Bloomberg]
    BuzzFeed divides its news and entertainment divisions in company-wide reorganization [The Hive]
    Apple forced to issue a global update of iOS after the discovery of sophisticated malware [News.com.au]
    1 hr 36 min
  • CloudFlare Claims Australian Bandwidth Most Expensive, Apple's Major Retail Changes & Gawker To Shut Down | Episode 165
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    Blendle's Micropayments Model Will Test Whether You'll Really Pay A Few Cents for News [Wired]
    Readability Is the Middleman Nobody Needs [ReadWrite]
    Victorians face 'trip tax' to compensate taxi drivers as government prepares to give Uber the green light [The Age]
    Police investigate pornographic website targeting Victorian schoolgirls [The Age]
    'Bunch of geeks': Pokemon Go players told to stay away from Melbourne golf course [The Age]
    Netflix may have to delay shows for Aussie users [iTnews]
    'Sick feeling': Lord Mayor not hopeful of recouping defrauded money [Brisbane Times]
    Telstra, Optus network fees among world's highest: Cloudflare [iTnews]
    Windows falls to 0.6 percent share in the smartphone market [BetaNews]
    ACCC Won't Grant Aussie Banks' Collective Bargaining For Apple Pay Straight Away [Gizmodo Australia]
    Apple Introduces Major Retail Changes, Including New Pro-Level Positions and Credo [MacRumors]
    Lou Pearlman, Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync Svengali, Dead at 62 [Rolling Stone]
    Gawker.com to shut down next week [KSNV NBC Las Vegas]
    'Mr. Robot' renewed for Season 3 on USA Network [Mashable]
    Japanese PM Shinzo Abe Warped Into Rio's Closing Ceremony Dressed As Mario [Pedestrian.tv]
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    1 hr 42 min
  • Census Fail, Facebook Vs Adblock Plus & Seven Eyes Presto Exit | Episode 164
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    Uber legal in Queensland from September 5, Premier announces on Facebook [Brisbane Times]
    The fallout from Australia's spectacular census failure will be felt for years [Business Insider Australia]
    Govt could chase IBM for damages over Census failure [iTnews]
    Telstra's $3 billion backyard blitz to defend its home turf [SMH]
    Adblock Plus has already defeated Facebook's new ad blocking restrictions [The Verge]
    Journalism: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver [YouTube]
    Universal search on Apple TV goes beyond US services with Australia's Stan [AppleInsider]
    Tim Cook Discusses His Job, Apple's Long-Term Future, AI, Virtual Reality, and More [MacRumors]
    Kenny Baker, the Actor Who Brought R2-D2 to Life, Passes Away [Star Wars]
    Darth Vader returns in new Rogue One: A Star Wars Story trailer [The Verge]
    Seven tipped to pull out of Presto [AdNews]
    Something we mentioned in the show but missing in the Show Notes? Let us know via our Contact Page.
    Questions, Comments, Feedback and Suggestions are all welcome.
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    1 hr 39 min
  • Victoria's First Uber Rank, Facebook To Suppress Clickbait & Suicide Squad A Box Office Smash | Episode 163
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    Melbourne Grammar video scandal: alumnus shocked by year 12 'rate-your-date' video [The Age]
    'Debacle': Xenophon calls for Census to be postponed [SBS News]
    Victoria's first Uber 'rank' opens at Avalon Airport [The Age]
    Facebook tweaks the News Feed to show you less clickbait [VentureBeat]
    Olympic Committee bans press from releasing GIFs [Engadget]
    Tinder's threesome rival 3nder protests lawsuit with bizarre socks campaign [CNET]
    This guy has swiped right on 200,000 women, without much success [The Independent]
    Safe driving: Tesla autopilot drives owner suffering pulmonary embolism to ER [RT News]
    Windows 10's Anniversary Update is now available [The Verge]
    Water pistol emoji replaces revolver as Apple enters gun violence debate [The Guardian]
    Judge wipes out patent troll's $625M verdict against Apple [Ars Technica]
    Apple launches high-reward bug bounty program [iTnews]
    Seven scores an Olympics win - breaks digital record for streaming [AdNews]
    Channel Seven slammed over 'woeful' Olympics streaming [The Age]
    Suicide Squad tops the US box-office as fans ignore critics' mauling [The Age]
    'Star Wars': ABC in talks for TV series [Entertainment Weekly]
    A bar owner in the UK has built a Faraday cage to stop customers using their phones [ScienceAlert]
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    Questions, Comments, Feedback an...
    1 hr 42 min
  • Aussie Banks To Fight Apple Pay, Verizon Buys Yahoo & ABC SVOD Partnerships | Episode 162
    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 banks want to force Apple to open up NFC [iTnews]
    Nick Xenophon calls for curbs on teen gambling in eSports video games [The Age]
    ABS forced to defend Census website security [iTnews]
    Uber is selling its China business to dominant local rival Didi Chuxing [The Verge]
    Uber is planning on investing $500 million to map the world's roads [The Verge]
    NIST declares the age of SMS-based 2-factor authentication over [TechCrunch]
    Verizon to Buy Yahoo's Core Business for $4.8 Billion [Variety]
    Apple has sold over 1 billion iPhones [The Verge]
    'Carpool Karaoke' Series Coming Exclusively to Apple Music [The Hollywood Reporter]
    Apple backs Australian marriage equality [The Age]
    Pocket Casts 6 brings dark mode, multitasking, and more to the iOS podcast player [9to5Mac]
    MTV Launches 'Classic' Channel Dedicated to 1990s [Rolling Stone]
    ABC should partner with Netflix to raise revenue, says Michelle Guthrie [The Guardian]
    Seven officially launches Olympics app with $20 premium upgrade option [Mumbrella]
    Something we mentioned in the show but missing in the Show Notes? Let us know via our Contact Page.
    Questions, Comments, Feedback and Suggestions are all welcome.
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    1 hr 38 min
  • Delimiter Editor Quits Again, Milo Yiannopoulos Permaban From Twitter & Comic-Con 2016 Trailers | Episode 161
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    This Crazy Ghostbusters Scene May Have Cost Over a Million Dollars [io9]
    Brighton Grammar expels students who created vile Instagram account [The Age]
    School children charged with sexting offences [The Age]
    Delimiter editor Renai LeMay quits, calls for expressions of interest in brand [Mumbrella]
    Australian Communications and Media Authority Publish Pokemon GO Safety Tips [Press Start Australia]
    Milo Yiannopoulos, rightwing writer, permanently banned from Twitter [The Guardian]
    Double Standards: Leslie Jones' Racist Twitter History [Breitbart]
    Twitter opens up applications to become "Verified" to everyone [Ausdroid]
    Unilever Buys Dollar Shave Club for $1 Billion [Fortune]
    Amazon Drive Is Offering Unlimited Storage For $8 A Month [Gizmodo Australia]
    Japan Will Make Its Last-Ever VCR This Month [mental_floss]
    France: Windows 10 collects 'excessive personal data', issues Microsoft with formal warning [BetaNews]
    Apple hit with class action lawsuit for replacing devices w/ refurbished units under AppleCare+ [9to5Mac]
    Garry Marshall Dies: 'Happy Days' Creator & 'Pretty Woman' Helmer Was 81 [Deadline]
    Brie Larson (Finally) Confirmed As Captain Marvel [Deadline]
    Wonder Woman Official Comic-Con Trailer [YouTube]
    Justice League Official Comic-Con Trailer [YouTube]
    Doctor Strange Official Trailer 1 [YouTube]
    Kong: Skull Island Official Comic-Con Trailer [YouTube]
    King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Official Comic-Con...
    1 hr 41 min
  • Telstra's Technology Rebrand, Planet Of The Apps & Our Ghostbusters (2016) Review | Episode 160
    Phil Edwards and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Special Guest: Mark Macdowell.
    Show Notes:
    Secure Messaging Scorecard [EFF]
    Telstra wants to re-brand as a tech company [Business Insider Australia]
    Vaya updates their data plans, now with a monster 30GB for $65 - now that should get you catching all the Pokèmon on the go [Ausdroid]
    Australia Now Has a Cyber Minister [Gizmodo Australia]
    Nintendo Classic Mini Revealed: Coming In November [Press Start Australia]
    Microsoft wins landmark appeal over seizure of foreign emails [Reuters]
    Pokemon Go sends kids to notorious gay beat [News.com.au]
    Open casting call posted for Apple's 'Planet of the Apps' reality TV show [9to5Mac]
    Rumor: Apple latest bidder for Formula 1 race series [AppleInsider]
    "Ghostbusters" Sequel "Will Happen" Says Sony [Dark Horizons]
    "Star Wars Story" Films Skip Opening Crawl [Dark Horizons]
    iView Is Now Streaming Every Live ABC TV Channel [Gizmodo Australia]
    A Rick and Morty VR game is coming to the HTC Vive [The Verge]
    China Embraces Kenny G as 'Going Home' Music [Rolling Stone]
    Ghostbusters (2016) [IMDb]
    Something we mentioned in the show but missing in the Show Notes? Let us know via our Contact Page.
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    2 hr 24 min
  • Electronic Voting In Australia, Pokémon Go Nuts & 50 Years Of Play School | Episode 159
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    'Mind-blowingly awesome' Telstra phishing scam detected [CIO Australia]
    Customers slugged a 'Telstra tax' of up to 92 per cent despite ongoing network troubles [The Age]
    Vodafone Is Showing Off Its Network By Broadcasting A Live Radio Show [Gizmodo Australia]
    The ACCC Is Deciding The Future Of ADSL Regulation [Gizmodo Australia]
    FBI Recommends No Charges For Hillary Clinton In Email Server Case [NPR]
    Pokemon GO's unexpected side effect: injuries [The Age]
    Pokemon Go player finds dead body in Wyoming river while searching for a Pokestop [BBC News]
    Australia is ready for electronic voting, says internet industry body [CNET Australia]
    Apple To Launch First iOS Developer Academy In October At University Of Naples [Tech Times]
    Apple will double 'iPhone 7' minimum storage to 32GB [AppleInsider]
    Street View car arson suspect says he felt Google had been 'watching' him [The Guardian]
    Play School celebrates 50 years of children's entertainment [Sunshine Coast Daily]
    I have to vent. I watched the new ghostbusters last night. [Imgur]
    Chris Evans quits as main host of BBC's Top Gear [ABC News]
    The 10 most complained about ads of 2016 (so far) [The Age]
    Something we mentioned in the show but missing in the Show Notes? Let us know via our Contact Page.
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    1 hr 42 min
  • Guvera Confirms Local Redundancies, Tesla's Autopilot Accident & Derryn Hinch Claims Senate Seat | Episode 158
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    5 Melbourne Podcasts You Need To Be Listening To [Triple M]
    IBM announces national cybersecurity facility in Canberra [Delimiter]
    Telstra announces network investment after months of issues for customers [EFTM]
    Telstra outage brought down banks, hospitals, airline [ZDNet]
    Guvera confirms local redundancies, downplays employee concerns about entitlements [Mumbrella]
    Tesla under investigation after first Autopilot-related death [Engadget]
    Tesla driver killed while using autopilot was watching Harry Potter, witness says [The Guardian]
    Twitter adds stickers for photos and lets you search them like hashtags [The Verge]
    Facebook Is Shutting Down Its Paper News Reading App [Fortune]
    Spotify Accuses Apple of Using App Store Approval Process as a 'Weapon to Harm Competitors' [MacRumors]
    Apple Slams Spotify, Says App Already Violates App Store Rules [BuzzFeed]
    Apple Ignores the Real Issue in Response to Spotify Complaints About App Store Rejection [The Mary Sue]
    Apple reportedly in talks to acquire Jay Z's Tidal music service [The Verge]
    Apple granted patent for way to stop iPhones from taking photos at concerts or sensitive locations [9to5Mac]
    'Lost in Space' reboot ordered by Netflix [Entertainment Weekly]
    Jessica Williams Exits 'The Daily Show' To Headline Comedy Series [The Huffington Post]
    Derryn Hinch claims Senate seat [TV Tonight]
    YouTube Has Nuked The Dash Cam Owners Australia Channel [Gizmodo Australia]
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    1 hr 39 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…