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  • Season 2 Episode 6 - Facebook ditches news in Australia, Dogecoin is all the hype and Apple computers being hacked

    Today Australians woke up to find that all news articles had been removed from the platform, this is Facebook's strategy to put pressure on the australian government for their new news rules.

    Doge Coin has had some recent hype after Elon Musk tweeted his support for the meme coin.
    Apple's new M1 chipset has been under cyber attack as developers race to release their software on the new architecture. 


    From today's podcast: 

    SMH on Facebook's withdrawal of news: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/wrong-unneccessary-and-heavy-handed-treasurer-slams-facebook-s-news-restrictions-20210218-p573oo.html

    Techmeme Ride Home: https://art19.com/shows/techmeme-ridehome

    Dogecoin: https://www.news.com.au/finance/markets/what-is-dogecoin-and-what-is-behind-rise-of-this-joke-cryptocurrency/news-story/8a3e3b5d00a878ce9644d813e245e5f2

    Apple Hacks: https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/apple-m1-chip-has-now-got-hackers-coding-native-malware-this-is-how-you-can-save-your-macbook-1770425-2021-02-18

    26 min
  • Season 2 Episode 5 - Is this the end of DLSR Cameras?

    This week on the podcast, we catch up on the news with Amazons new CEO to take over the top job in the coming months and Spacex Starship goes boom with a rapid unscheduled disassembly.

    With our guest speaker Johnathan returning to the podcast with his new Samsung S21 we talk about the current landscape of cameras and why anyone would still buy a DLSR camera.

    From today's podcast:

    Amazons new CEO: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/feb/02/andy-jassy-amazon-new-ceo-cloud-computing

    Spacex Starship: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/02/spacex-starship-sn9-explodes-on-attempted-landing.html
    Samsung S21: https://www.samsung.com/au/smartphones/galaxy-s21-ultra-5g/?cid=au_pd_ppc_google_f1h21-s_launch_none_text_none_none&gclid=Cj0KCQiAgomBBhDXARIsAFNyUqN1t1Q5dVRCstHnjWrRHbEkLhYQm7lwGYWuZBTpEm0NT_m0ZwQMNn4aAjFqEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
    Red Camera Display: https://www.red.com/productcategory/Displays
    MKBHD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLm68qbNjkU&ab_channel=MarquesBrownlee
    Sony: https://www.sony.com/electronics/professional-smartphones/xperia-pro?cpint=XPERIA-PRO
     

    30 min
  • Season 2 Episode 4: The long awaited Tesla Plaid is finally here, Google Threatens to leave Australia & it might be time to finally dump WhatsApp

    This week on the podcast we start off with the long await for Plaid update to the Tesla Model S & X. They have make some interesting design choices with their updated interior and as usual the specs are ludicrous!

    Google has threatened to withdraw their products from the Australian market as the battle over the future of news heats up.
    Users are leaving Whatsapp in droves and switching to Signal as the company deepens its roots with their parent company Google. 


    From today's podcast:

    Tesla: https://www.tesla.com/en_au

    Alternatives to Google: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/if-google-does-pull-its-search-engine-out-of-australia-there-are-alternatives_1
    Google's Open Letter to Australia: https://about.google/google-in-australia/an-open-letter/
    ACCC vows to pursue Google's ad dominance: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-28/accc-pursues-google-ad-dominance-facebook-tech-giants-news-code/13098804
    Signal vs iMessage vs WhatsApp vs Facebook Messenger: https://9to5mac.com/2021/01/04/app-privacy-labels-messaging-apps/
    Wired article on WhatsApp: https://www.wired.com/story/whatsapp-facebook-data-share-notification/
    6 Alternatives to WhatsApp: https://yourstory.com/2021/01/whatsapp-alternatives-secure-private-messaging-apps

    43 min
  • Season 2 Episode 3: CES wrap up & the latest from Samsung

    This week on the podcast we wrap up our coverage of CES for this year with some of our final thoughts and predictions for next years event.

    Samsung released their new lineup of Galaxy devices including their updated Flagship lineup, new Smart Tags and the upgraded Galaxy Buds Pro.

    From today's Podcast:
    CES: https://digital.ces.tech/
    Samsung event in 12 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLIqVMd7yAY&ab_channel=TheVerge
    Samsungs official Page: https://www.samsung.com/au/

    34 min
  • Season 2 Episode 2 - CES 2021 & Upcoming Projects

    Some great new tech from CES 2021 has been announced with LG showing off their new line up with a rollable phone and tv. Samsung gave us a look into the future with a robot butler and a new vacuum which will be available later this year and Nvidia finally drops the RTX 3000 series for laptops. 

    Also in this episode we give some hints into some up coming project we will be working on throughout the year.


    From today's episode:
    Rollable TV: https://www.lg.com/global/lg-signature/rollable-oled-tv-r

    Rollable Phone: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/01/lg-claims-its-rollable-screen-smartphone-is-coming-early-this-year/


    Samsung Robots: https://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-ces-2021-robots-will-clean-your-house-and-pour-you-a-glass-of-wine/

    Nvidia RTX 3000 Series Laptop: https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/12/22226544/nvidia-rtx-3080-laptops-gpus-ces-2021

    21 min
  • Season 2 Episode 1 - Predictions for 2021

    2021 is on track to be another big year for tech with of rumours already making some bold claims about the latest and greatest gadgets.

    Once again rumours have been circulating about the possibility the infamous Apple Car... Should we expect any official new yet?
    There has been confirmed leaks that Apple is in the final stages of their foldable phone development, will this be the big break for foldable devices?
    Cinemas have taken a hit with COVID, will streaming services finally take over?

    From today's podcast:

    Elon Musk - https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55578403#:~:text=Elon%20Musk%20has%20become%20the,had%20held%20it%20since%202017.
    CES 2021 - https://digital.ces.tech/
    Apple Car - https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-car/
    Foldable iPhone - https://mashable.com/article/apple-foldable-iphone/
    MKBHD Phone Awards - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6_t26Q9aVM&ab_channel=MarquesBrownlee

    49 min
  • Back for 2021

    Welcome back to TechTite Podcast,


    We will be back to weekly episodes and have a some great content in the pipe line.

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    See you all next week!

    4 min
  • Episode 15 - The latest and greatest from Apple & GoPro

    Another big week of releases in tech, Apple held their annual event where they released the new Apple Watch series 6 and SE.

    The 8th iteration of the Ipad was announced with big hardware updates and to no surprise they also announced yet another subscription bundle service.

    GoPro also announced the latest generation of their action camera, being the Hero 9 Black. This most recent iteration has some great new features but leaves some users wanting more.

    From this week's podcast:


    Apple Event: https://www.apple.com/apple-events/

    Event Summary: https://www.cnet.com/apple-event/

    GoPro Hero 9: https://gopro.com/en/au/shop/cameras/hero9-black/CHDHX-901-master.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwtZH7BRDzARIsAGjbK2YXtGlp3HAtva6IG1SbgKG49CpA8gX61b7waqf22NCz5iAWoNme9c8aAusBEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds


    Hero 9 Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZIsnwgkDFY&ab_channel=TheVerge

    35 min
  • Episode 14 - Nvidia RTX 3000 series & the new Samsung Z Flip

    Nvidia has released the next generation graphics cards being the 3000 series.

    We discuss the big improvements from the previous generation, the specs and why you should make the upgrade.
    Samsung held their annual hardware event last week. One of the big releases being the new Z Flip phone. What improvements did they make from last year? and is it finally worth investing in foldable devices?

    From this week's podcast:

    Nvidia 3000 series GPU: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/introducing-rtx-30-series-graphics-cards/

    Samsung Z Flip: https://www.samsung.com/au/smartphones/galaxy-z-flip/?cid=au_paid_ppc_google_galaxy-z_ongoing_ao_bloom_text_none_none&gclid=CjwKCAjw19z6BRAYEiwAmo64LRM3D9huZZLK0CuHyupmWdHfsb1xU_1guhcabAqm5aDbjZmP2re_pRoCbqEQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

    MKBHD video on the Surface Duo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJyxwIGdl8Y

    32 min
  • Episode 13 - Epic Games taken on Apple while Google faces off with the Australian Government

    This week we talk about yet again more turmoil between the big tech companies and governments.

    Epic games has taken an aggressive stance against Apple's 30% cut in the App store, what does this mean for gamers and what could the possible outcome be?
    Meanwhile here in Australia, you may have noticed a pop up in Google about stating "The way Aussies use google is at risk". Listen to this week's episode to learn more about the ongoing battle between Google and the Australian Government.

    From this week's podcast:

    Epic Games VS Apple: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/25/21400362/newsletter-apple-vs-epic-protracted-legal-battle

    Google's announcement: https://about.google/intl/ALL_au/google-in-australia/an-open-letter/

    Australian Government's Letter: https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/response-to-google-open-letter

    31 min

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