Matt Egan takes us where no other pod has dared gone before (September 2000) and asks Digital Arts Editor Neil Bennett if anyone cares that Nokia is rereleasing the famous 3310. Is it cool to rock one now?Then Techworld Audience Development Editor Christina Mercer lets us know that the future is already here with self driving drone taxis. Would you hitch a lift round Dubai on a massive quadcopter? Finally Deputy Editor at Macworld David Price ruminates on Apple's forecast foray into the world of snackable media content - will it challenge Netflix or try to buy it?

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Techworld Editor Charlotte Jee conducts the tech orchestra this week, trying to get a tune out of this cold, creaking week.Online Editor at Computerworld UK Scott Carey lets us know all about Snapchat's upcoming IPO, billions of dollars, and the gang comes to the realisation they'll perhaps never understand what it's for.Then Senior Staff Writer at PC Advisor Henry Burrell recaps on Google and LG's launch of Android Wear 2.0 and ask - frankly - is it a big deal?Finally Acting Editor at Macworld UK David Price discusses Apple's rumoured plans to move manufacturing to India, which inevitably moves us on to Tech Trumps.

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Momentous scenes as the pod celebrates its Golden Jubilee. Matt Egan is joined by some very special guests to congratulate the gang on the milestone while indulging in some points based tech quizzing.Join Chris Martin, Charlotte Jee, Dom Preston and Henry Burrell to recap questions from pods gone by with a new twist, and have a long hard think about what tech will be 50 more episodes from now. The prize? A small bronze jug. Obviously.NB. May not actually be 50 minutes, sorry.

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Matt Egan hosts as we delve into the tech headlines of the week.Senior Staff Writer at PC Advisor Henry Burrell talks the gang through the latest on Samsung's upcoming smartphone and why it's been delayed, plus another brand comes back from the brink.Online Editor at Techworld Tamlin Magee then explores the strange but true story of Silicon Valley billionaires buying private islands with underground bunkers in case everything really does go Pete Tong.Finally Staff Writer at Macworld UK and PC Advisor Dominic Preston talks us through the frights of the latest Resident Evil game while everyone agrees they can be more terrifying than most horror films.

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Host Matt Egan clips us round the ear and tells us to listen up as we chat yet more tech and then some other stuff about tech.Consumer tech editor at PC Advisor Chris Martin lays down his definitive opinion after he went hands on with the Nintendo Switch this week, and why the company really should have had their star plumber ready in time for launch.Tamlin Magee, Online Editor at Computerworld UK then takes us through the odd goings on at Davos, and whether or not the elite can identify with what tech actually means to real working people.To round us up, Acting Macworld UK Editor David Price explains why app prices are going up in the UK for iOS users, and why it might - might - not be UKIP's fault. Sort of.

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The first pod of 2017 explodes into view like your hangover on January 1st with host David Price probing the panel on its blurry eyed take on tech in the New Year.Ashleigh Macro, Engagement Editor of PC Advisor and Macworld UK returns to the pod to recap the expected and unexpected tech of 2016. Will Apple and Amazon reign supreme?Then Chris Martin, Consumer Tech Editor at PC Advisor, hot off the plane from CES in Las Vegas to discuss what was hot and what was really not at the largest tech show in the world. To top it off with some New Year optimism is pod debutant Tom MacAulay, Online Editor at Computerworld UK to let us know all the good (but mainly bad) things we can expect in warfare tech in the next decade.

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This week David Price is in the presenter chair for the jolliest tech podcast of the year. David is joined by Miriam Harris, staff writer at Digital Arts, to talk about the design trends set to shape 2017.Then online editor at Techworld Scott Carey runs through the hottest tech gifts this Christmas, including games consoles, VR, Amazon gadgets and Star Wars merch (14:30).Finally, staff writer at PC Advisor Dom Preston makes his UKTW debut to chat about the latest Star Wars movie, Rogue One, which includes spoilers (29:00).This is the last UK Tech Weekly podcast of the year. Thank you for listening and we will be back in 2017 to chat about the hottest tech topics all over again.

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Host Henry Burrell leads the team into a tangle of nitty gritty tech topics in the penultimate pod of the year.Macworld UK Acting Editor David Price tells us why Apple and Nintendo very nearly scored a home run with Super Mario Run, but just missed out.The team, led by Charlotte Jee, Editor of Techworld then tackle Amazon's latest endeavour to solve first world problems (provided you live in Cambridge) (13 mins).Tamlin Magee, Online Editor at Techworld then leads us onto the sticky topic of defining extreme terror online and which big companies have a responsibility to police the Internet (27 mins).

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This week Henry Burrell is in the presenter chair and he has brought puns, sing-songs and tenuous Field of Dreams references. First up is producer Chris to discuss the Fitbit acquisition of fellow wearable maker Pebble and why owners are sad. Then online editor at Techworld Tamlin Magee is discussing the Met Police's decision to upload their body camera footage to the cloud and why this could be problematic (12:00).Finally, fellow online editor Scott Carey runs us through the Amazon Go news and how the retail giant is trying to pull off the technology behind its 'just walk out' shopping experience (24:00).

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Join host David Price for a dive into all things tech: Round 43.Things go mobile as Senior Staff Writer at PC Advisor and Macworld UK Henry Burrell tells us why Sky getting into the market is a big deal. Quad-play ahoy.Then fellow Senior Staff Writer Lewis Painter (14 mins) tells us why No Man's Sky is still making the headlines, this time for making stuff up. How far have companies taken false advertising in recent years?Third up is Techworld editor Charlotte Jee (25 mins) to talk about how the government has perhaps avoided taking responsibility when it comes to sex-ed and instead suggested it ban sexting - is that even possible?Listen on to find out.

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