NZ Tech Podcast

This week includes further interviews from CES 2013 culminating in a chat with Microsoft Podcast manager Rob Greenlee. Featured from CES were AMD, LG, Panasonic, MPowerd, NZ’s Ben Bodley of Teknique and Samsung Asia President and CEO Gregory Lee.

Running time : 1:47:22

Paul Spain is joined by Nate Dunn and Dan Hesson to discuss topics including Ransomware, the upcoming Blackberry Z10 and Sony Tablet Z. Paul, Nate and Dan also attended Kim Dotcom’s launch of Mega.co.nz and share some opinions and experiences with Mega.

Running time : 0:52:44

Paul Spain visits the Dotcom Mansion and along with other TV, print and online media he spends some time with Kim Dotcom to learn more about Mega.co.nz and related sites such Megakey and Mega Movies. Refer to Paul’s article on Mashable.com for his impressions of the visit.

Running time : 0:49:45

Paul Spain delivers further interviews from CES 2013 – covering Slingbox (and its relevance to NZ), Toyota self-drive car tech, Ubuntu Mobile, Qi Wireless charging, NZ’s Fusion Electronics and finally a word with Xzibit (Rapper, Host of MTV’s Pimp my Ride).

Running time : 0:45:23

Paul Spain is joined this episode by Nick MacAvoy and Bill Bennett to discuss Southern Cross Internet price cuts, a UK startup launched by Kiwis called Newsflare and a lot of topics from CES incl Autonomous cars, Pebble watch, Sony Xperia Z and Tactus.

Running time : 0:49:45

At CES Paul Spain hears about an electronic fork that helps you lose weight (Hapifork) and a new music streaming service (RaRa). We also hear about Lenovo’s new Windows 8 products and Sony’s waterproof phones, 4K OLED TV and a camera with a projector.

Running time : 0:37:22

We start 2013 at Startup Debut ahead of CES (formally the Consumer Electronics Show) in Vegas. Paul Spain meets founders of a new start ups including social tool Chnl.it, Leonar3Do 3D sculpting, List Sanity, Simul TV, Focus @ Will, and Zephyr Games.

Running time : 0:39:23

Paul Spain is joined this episode by Sam Irvine (GM at Freeview) and Sim Ahmed (Idealog and Stoppress). Topics incl: Fairfax Trademe sale, LED/Laser projectors, Freeview, Quickflix, Nokia Lumia 820, Trademe on Panasonic TVs and a new Internet cable.

Running time : 1:14:18

Guests 2degree’s handset boss Tim Haywood, and PC World Reviews Editor Harley Ogier join Paul Spain. Topics incl: Telecom 4G trial and flat rate roaming, Google Nexus 4, Nokia Lumia 820, iPad Mini, Surface RT and Galaxy SIII Android 4.1 updates.

Running time : 1:11:35

This week we discuss the slim new iMac, Quickflix and Freeview news, new Android and Windows Phone releases, Igloo TV launch, Microsoft Surface Pro pricing and Internet service blackouts in Syria.

Running time : 0:58:54