Paul Spain is joined by Parkable co-founders Toby Littin and Brody Nelson to hear about Parkable's startup journey and recent success with Meta, as well as tech news from the week, including:

• NZ Aerospace Summit 2022
• Teens dump Facebook for TikTok
• iPhone’s record market share
• Amazon’s ‘Rings’ ratings
• Quantum computer qualms

Jo Hilson (thl) joins Paul Spain to discuss thl digital’s response to a changing tourism environment, review Amazon Echo Show 15 and Oppo Find X5 Pro and talk about this week’s tech news, including:

·       Fresh strawberries in winter thanks to NZ vertical farming

·       M2X's management system makes transport more efficient

·       Meta’s customer service division to help those who have lost accounts

·      SpaceX and T-Mobile plans to boost mobile coverage in the US

·       NASA cancels Artemis 1 rocket launch

We continue the celebration of the 2022 Hi-Tech Awards. Paul Spain talks with David Downs (Chair of NZ Hi-Tech Trust), Brooke Roberts (Co-Founder and 3EO of Sharesies) and Greg O'Grady (Chief Executive of Alimetry), as they share their experiences and insights.

Paul Spain is joined by Savannah Peterson (Founder & Chief Unicorn at Savvy Millennial) to review what's happening in NZ's technology sector and its future, plus the top space and tech news from this week, including:

Rocket Lab to self-funded mission to Venus to seek out life

NASA’s Voyager mission 45 years on

New Zealand Aerospace Summit

New York’s speed limiter trial

How some features on our devices can give us real peace of mind

Up and coming New Zealand Tech companies

NASA’s sonification of a blackhole

Paul Spain is joined by Mark Duncan (Cyclone Computers) and Andrew Fox (Aruba) to talk about the latest cyber security insights, as well as discussing some of this week's tech news, including:

• Invenco's $120m+ NZD sale to US firm
• Google Cloud to open NZ Cloud region
• Disney's subscriptions overtake Netflix
• Amazon buys IRobot Vaccum company
• Man sues Google after losing $800,000 in cryptocurrency
• Driverless taxi's cause traffic jam in San Francisco

On this special episode we celebrate and learn from three winning companies in the 2022 Hi-Tech Awards. Paul Spain talks with Chief Executives Graham Grant (Seequent), Clare Bradley (Agrisea) and Milan Cooper (First AML) to gain insights and inspiration from these award winning companies and their leaders.

Paul Spain and Bill Bennett discuss some of this week's Tech news from New Zealand and around the world, including the following:

Vodafone NZ's new virtual network play

NZ's Invisible Urban Charging looks to install 6000+ EV chargers in Florida

Intel's revenue loss

Samsung Galaxy's 'repair mode' hides personal data

Nanogirl Labs launches “Creator Project”

275m people lose key internet services due to Indonesia's licensing rules

Declining smart phone sales

Paul Spain is joined by Renee Mateparae (Spark NZ), to discuss Spark's recent rural trial of 5G mmWave, and fast speed connectivity.

• Tech giants sign NZ online safety code
• SpaceX breaks annual record of launches... in July
• Ford’s workforce cuts and EV expansion
• Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg face deposition about Cambridge Analytica
• Chess robot injures 7yr old opponent's finger
• Didi’s $1.2B fine
• Baidu's new self-driving taxi in China
• Flaws in GPS tracker enable “life-threatening” hacks

Paul Spain and Stephen Phillips (Snyk), discuss tech news of the week and how Snyk are helping developers to create safe and secure code.

• NZ mobile tower sales
• NZ's Authsignal a handy tool for developers
• Europe to limit speed on all new cars
• Beijing residents vs COVID surveillance
• Honda's security flaw makes some cars vulnerable to theft
• Jail time and tougher penalties for online insults as Japan tackles Cyberbullying
• Chinese-state sponsored blockchain org slam cryptos as ponzis

Paul Spain is joined by Gerard Quinn, Director of UC Centre for Entrepreneurship, to discuss tech news from around the world, and how UCE are helping future entrepreneurs and innovators begin their journey.

• NASA's Capstone Mission launched by Rocket Labs
• Wellington's Qual IT's offshore sale
• US and UK to share biometric data for border control
• MI5 and FBI warn of China's 'Immense' threat
• A billion Chinese citizen details leaked
• Starlink's satellite internet service for boats
• Dutch university makes profit from returned ransomware pay out