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  • Episode #68: 7th July 2014
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    New Victorian taxi rules are Uber cool [iTWire]
    Watchdog takes on Spreets [iTWire]
    WTF Story of the Week: Eat Pray Tweet [#eatpraytweet]
    Facebook tinkered with users' feeds for a massive psychology experiment [The A.V. Club]
    Sheryl Sandberg apologizes for Facebook's News Feed experiment: 'we never meant to upset you' [The Verge]
    Facebook emotion study breached ethical guidelines, researchers say [The Age]
    Former exec sues dating app Tinder for sexual harassment [SMH]
    Google Buys Songza [TechCrunch]
    Google Is Shutting Down Orkut, Its First Effort at Social Networking [WSJ]
    Emojli, the first emoji-only social network (smiley face?) [CNET]
    Apple to cease development, support of pro photo app Aperture [Ars Technica]
    Hi-res image of Photos for OS X [ApertureExpert]
    Apple hires Patrick Pruniaux, VP of Tag Heuer Sales and Retail, for iWatch marketing [9to5Mac]
    'Community' to Return for Season 6 on Yahoo Screen [The Wrap]
    Will Netflix launch in Australia, or not? [Delimiter]
    Village Roadshow confirms Netflix is coming to Australia [ZDNet]
    Netflix is already giving schedules the flick [The Age]
    To Be Takei trailer celebrates the eclectic career of George Takei [The A.V. Club]
    To Be Takei Official Trailer (2014) George Takei Documentary HD [YouTube]
    Something we mentioned in the show but missing in the Show Notes? Let us know via our Contact Page.
    Songs We...
    2 hr 3 min
  • Episode #67: 30th June 2014
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    Vodafone customers break download record after weekend of unmetered data [SMH]
    Telstra, Optus and Vodafone slash Apple iPhone, Samsung Galaxy S5 prices [The Age]
    RSVP, Oasis find their perfect matches with online dating merger [The Age]
    Bar, restaurant and cafe owners outraged over PIN-only law [SMH]
    Todd Carney sacked by Cronulla Sharks over picture showing him performing a lewd act at a urinal [ABC News]
    Tax Office confirms myGov accounts mandatory for electronic tax returns [SMH]
    Microsoft Offers MacBook Air Owners $650 Trade-In Value Towards Surface Pro 3 [Mac Rumors]
    Google Begins Testing Domain Registrations [The Next Web]
    Google strikes back at the big screen with Android TV [Engadget]
    Adventure Time - Lemongrab [YouTube]
    You can now literally have sex with your iPad [The Verge]
    USB charger is prime suspect in death of Australian woman [The Register]
    Second knock-off USB charger explodes [The Age]
    How To Tell If Your Charger Is Safe To Use In Australia [Gizmodo Australia]
    (Alternate) DuckTales TV Intro [YouTube]
    KIDS REACT TO DUCKTALES [YouTube]
    R&B singer Bobby Womack dies [The Age]
    North Korea Officially Labels Franco, Rogen's 'The Interview' An Act Of War [Pedestrian TV]
    LaBeouf 'caught peeing on restaurant wall' [Irish Examiner]
    2 hr 1 min
  • Episode #66: 23rd June 2014
    Phil Edwards and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    NSW cracks down on Uber ride-sharing [The Age]
    iiNet's Steve Dalby To Village Roadshow: 'It's Not Our Job To Stop Online Infringers' [Gizmodo Australia]
    How one cable in remote WA brought down Vodafone and a system error crashed Optus [SMH]
    System error brought down Optus network [TechGeek]
    Vodafone makes it right - free data all weekend [TechGeek]
    Delimiter is closing: Founder LeMay joins the Greens [The Vine]
    Facebook "back up to 100 per cent" after half-hour outage [CNET]
    This Video Shows A Day In The Life Of DDOS Cyber Attacks [TechCrunch]
    China attack Facebook [YouTube]
    Amazon Announces 'Fire Phone' With 3D 'Dynamic Perspective' Interface, 'Firefly' Object Recognition Engine [MacRumors]
    Amazon Fire Phone hands-on [YouTube]
    iOS 8 beta 2 comes with native Podcasts app, brings QuickType keyboard to iPad, more [Appleinsider]
    Your keyboard is about to get 250 new emoji [Cult of Mac]
    Apple Is Reportedly Planning Multiple Versions of iWatch [The Next Web]
    Apple Recruiting Pro Athletes to Test iWatch's Fitness Capabilities [MacRumors]
    Game of Thrones piracy war: Choice says Foxtel has itself to blame for illegal downloading of hit show [ABC News]
    CHOICE opposes online pirating [Choice]
    @MolksTVTalk [Twitter]
    Techwebcast Episode 294 [Tech Webcast]
    Why Ozzy Man Hates Foxtel [YouTube]
    Seven Nabs NFL Broadcast Rights
    2 hr 3 min
  • Episode #65: 16th June 2014
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    Kids swear live on air during community radio station break-in at Fitzroy Crossing [ABC News]
    iiNet lashes out at online piracy crackdown [The Age]
    Woolworths smashes Windows and switches to Chrome OS [iTWire]
    Rejoice! Facebook has freed the nipple [Essential Baby]
    Google Wants To Collect Your Health Data With 'Google Fit' [Forbes]
    Google to Buy Skybox Imaging for its Satellites [The Next Web]
    Happy Picard Day! [Star Trek]
    Ransom-taking iPhone hackers busted by Russian authorities [Naked Security]
    Apple turns up its advertising push with plans for 1,000-person internal agency [Engadget]
    Apple Begins Rejecting Apps That Offer Rewards For Video Views, Social Sharing [TechCrunch]
    Apple Cracking Down on Fake App Store Reviews [Mac Rumors]
    Rik Mayall: British comedy actor, famed for hit sitcom The Young Ones, dies aged 56 [ABC News]
    Jim Keays of Masters Apprentices has died, aged 67 [The Age]
    Spot the Dog author Eric Hill dies at age 86 in California [The Age]
    Casey Kasem: US radio personality and voice of Shaggy dies at 82 [ABC News]
    Dumb and Dumber To trailer: Stupid, tasteless, and utterly hilarious [SMH]
    Dumb and Dumber To - Official Trailer Premiere [YouTube]
    Netflix is rebooting 'Magic School Bus' as a computer-animated show [The Verge]
    A Place to Call Home gets axe...
    2 hr 5 min
  • Episode #64: 9th June 2014
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    Paid a visit to the team at Geeks Interrupted at 94.1 FM 3WBC [YouTube]
    Winning the mobile data war [The New Daily]
    Big banks stare down senior police over tap-and-go [The Age]
    Desktop disaster: So bad Vic Police use home PCs [Delimiter]
    Queensland paedophiles to reveal Facebook and Twitter details to police [Brisbane Times]
    'Super computer' first to pass Turing Test, convince judges it's alive [The Age]
    IPv6 2nd Launchiversary [World IPv6 Launch]
    8 huge new features in iOS 8 that Apple didn't talk about today [The Verge]
    Apple's latest acquisition could make Maps more social [Cult of Mac]
    Apple Introduces Lightning Cable MFi Specifications for Headphones [Mac Rumors]
    RIP Doc Neeson, Legendary Frontman Of The Angels [Pedestrian TV]
    Louis CK Talks Piracy In Australia: "The Whole Country Does It!" [CraveOnline]
    Got A Spare $20k? George RR Martin Will Write Your Grisly, Grisly Death [Pedestrian TV]
    Who Am I? [TinSnail]
    Something we mentioned in the show but missing in the Show Notes? Let us know via our Contact Page.
    Songs We Played:
    Breakwater - "Release The Beast" [YouTube]
    Cold War Kids - "Miracle Mile" [iTunes]
    The Naked And Famous - "Hearts Like Ours" [iTunes]
    Nirvana - "About A Girl [MTV Unplugged]" [iTunes]
    Elton John - "Philadelphia Freedom" [iTunes]
    2 hr 2 min
  • Special Episode - WWDC 2014 Keynote
    Phil Edwards and Andy Blume are back in the studio with a roundup of the WWDC 2014 Keynote which unveiled OS X Yosemite with continuity features, iOS 8 with iCloud Photo Library, HealthKit, HomeKit & Swift.
    Questions, Comments, Feedback and Suggestions are all welcome.
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    1 hr 1 min
  • Episode #63: 2nd June 2014
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    Which Geeks Interrupted Host Are You? [Online Quiz Creator]
    Australian Apple iDevices hijacked, held to ransom [The Age]
    Queensland Likes Uber... No Wait, They Hate Uber [Reckoner]
    Mr Squiggle creator Norman Hetherington honoured with Google doodle [SMH]
    Cards Against Humanity is coming to Australia, seeking submissions for local edition [TechGeek]
    Google Chromecast Finally Lands In Australian Stores [Gizmodo Australia]
    Melbourne gets its first bitcoin ATM [The Australian]
    A Dogecoin Mercedes Might Race In Aussie-Rules NASCAR [Jalopnik]
    Advertising executive and Gruen Transfer panellist Todd Sampson joins Fairfax Media board [The Age]
    Google Reveals Its Self-Driving Cars [The Next Web]
    Apple buys Beats for $3 billion [Cult of Mac]
    'Beats Music' to Remain on Android and Windows Smartphones [Mac Rumors]
    Apple to Bolster iTunes Radio With Localized Ads, Content [Mac Rumors]
    Apple to live stream 'exciting' WWDC keynote for everyone to watch [9to5Mac]
    WWDC 2014: What Apple Announced [Mac Rumors]
    Apple's smart home plan rumored to be a boring certification program [Engadget]
    Ann B. Davis, 'Brady Bunch's' Alice, Dead at 88 [Yahoo TV]
    Maya Angelou, poet, author dies at 86 [SMH]
    Nine to pump $65m into net movie service [The Australian]
    Spicks And Specks Axed Before Rebooted Series Finishes [Tone Deaf]
    2 hr 2 min
  • Episode #62: 26th May 2014
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    Uber pledges to pay $1700 ride-sharing driver fines in Victoria [The Age]
    Telstra to create one of the world's largest Wi-Fi networks [Telstra]
    Telstra to launch public wi-fi network [ITNews]
    EBay hit by cyber attack, urges users to change passwords [SMH]
    Facebook Adds TV and Music Identification to its Mobile Apps [The Next Web]
    Microsoft announces the Surface Pro 3: A 12-inch tablet that replaces your laptop [VentureBeat]
    Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Announced, Aims To Replace Your Laptop [Reckoner]
    Google overtakes Apple as world's most valuable brand for 2014 [The Verge]
    Apple neglects to renew SSL certificate, breaks Software Update in the process [Macworld]
    Apple to fix iMessage bug that causes ex-iPhone users to lose their texts [Engadget]
    After jury verdict, Apple seeks Samsung sales ban and retrial for more damages [The Verge]
    Apple's Beats buyout may be delayed by complicated negotiation process, culture clash [The Verge]
    Vale Doug Jordan [3CR Community Radio]
    Network Ten cuts jobs; axes Wake Up, early, morning and late news programs; finances in 'parlous' state [ABC News]
    Edgar Wright Exits Marvel's 'Ant-Man' Over Creative Differences [Deadline]
    Queen Announce Australian Tour With Adam Lambert [Pedestrian TV]
    Something we mentioned in the show but missing in the Show Notes? Let us know via our Contact Page.
    Songs We Played:
    Electric Six - "Danger! High Voltage" [iTunes]
    2 hr 1 min
  • Episode #61: 19th May 2014
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    Hilarious Retro Game Lets You Play As Glorious Leader! Kim Jong-un [Gizmodo Australia]
    Relevant To My Interests: How Budget 2014 Impacts Australian Tech [Reckoner]
    Video game funding axed in federal budget [SMH]
    Australian Community TV And Radio Dodges The Budget Bullet [Gizmodo Australia]
    Thousands of pensioners left without home phone services [The Age]
    Hello kitty: Australia's first cat café to launch in Melbourne [SmartCompany]
    CAT CAFES in Japan! 猫カフェに行ってみました♥ [YouTube]
    The joke that kept Rocky Horror fans waiting for five years [The Independent]
    Australia Post will deliver your online purchases six days a week in 2015 [MMGN.com]
    ANZ customers left in the lurch as goMoney app goes down [The Age]
    Optus left customers' mobile voicemail accounts exposed [The Age]
    Apple and Motorola agree to drop lawsuits against each other, work on patent reform [Engadget]
    Apple Being Sued Over Phone-Switching iMessage Issue [MacRumors]
    European court: Google must yield on personal info [Bloomberg Businessweek]
    Pedophile, politician, and unpopular doctor among those who want Google to forget them [VentureBeat]
    Sir Jack Brabham, three-time Formula One world drivers' champion and icon of world motorsport, dies aged 88 [ABC News]
    Legendary Alien Artist H.R. Giger Has Died At 74 [io9]
    It's Official: 'Two And A Half Men' To End Next Season [Deadline]
    2 hr 1 min
  • Episode #60: 12th May 2014
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    A message from the Head of Virgin Mobile, David Scribner [Virgin Mobile]
    UberX Drivers Fined In Melbourne [Gizmodo Australia]
    Community radio 'will die a slow death' if audit cuts adopted [The Age]
    Australia needs community radio [The Guardian]
    Optus IT Journalism Award finalists announced [The Lizzies]
    TuneIn tries reinventing itself as a social network for audio [Engadget]
    iClarified - Apple News - Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee Suffers Major Heart Attack [iClarified]
    Web host gives FCC a 28.8Kbps slow lane in net neutrality protest [Ars Technica]
    Man Tried To Marry His MacBook In Apparent Effort To Discredit Same-Sex Marriage Proponents [The Huffington Post]
    Faking a leak: How some dude on a toilet crapped out last week's hottest Apple rumor [Cult of Mac]
    Apple in Talks to Acquire Beats Electronics for $3.2 Billion [Mac Rumors]
    Dr.Dre & Tyrese Announce Apple Buying Beats For $3.2 Billion! [YouTube]
    BEATS BY DRE | The Checkout | ABC1 [YouTube]
    Apple PR chief Katie Cotton retiring after 18 years [The Verge]
    Katie Cotton [Daring Fireball]
    The developer behind iMessage leaves Apple for a messaging startup [The Verge]
    NBC Cancels Community [TIME]
    Which TV Shows Have Been Renewed, Which Have Been Canceled, And Which Ones Are We Waiting To Hear About [BuzzFeed]
    The First "Gotham" Trailer Introduces Young Poison Ivy, Catwoman, Penguin, And (Of Course) Batman [BuzzFeed]
    Jeremy Clarkson On His 'Last Warning' At The BBC [Gizmodo Australia]
    2 hr 2 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…