TechXpats Podcast

By Stephen Penny

One or more expats who talk all things tech on a semi-regualr basis. We cover all aspects of tech that interest us and catch our eyes. We also feature guests, a startup segment, and tips for expats.... more

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The podcast currently has 76 episodes available.

TechXpats Podcast episodes:

March 31, 2016 066 - There's no exciting Ken
We're back after the Easter break with all the latest news and our thoughts on last week's Apple event!
Show Notes:
- Microsoft: Windows 10 has over 270 million active users
- Ubuntu's bash and Linux command line coming to Windows 10
- Android pay coming soon to Europe
- KLM and FB Messenger
- Facebook gives up on Blackberry
- Tidal 3m subscribers, TLOP 250m streams
- Instagram updates
- Snapchat updates
- Soundcloud subscription
- Google makes Nik Collection free
- Google Maps adds Uber integration
- Foxconn finally buys Sharp
- FBI get in to the iPhone
- Apple event
- Apple Watch price drop and bands
- iPhone SE and iPad released. Next release on 4th
- iOS 9.3 update problems
- iOS 9.3 Safari freezes and crashes
- Night Shift / F.lux
- Calendar 366 for Mac
- Guillermo's Calendar 366 review
...more
1h 6min
March 17, 2016 065 - Algorithms for every one!
Steve managed to wake up in time from his nap to Skype with Ken and discuss this week's latest tech news!
Show Notes:
- PlayStation VR is $399, but here's how much you'll really pay
- PlayStation VR launch lineup has five slick Sony-made games
- New York Times, BBC and others inadvertently serve up dangerous ads
- McAfee uses web beacons that can be used to track and serve advertising to users
- iPhones vulnerable to malware right out of the box
- Apple News opens the floodgates
- Apple Events App Now Available on the Apple TV App Store
- Western Digital makes a $46, 314GB hard drive just for the Raspberry Pi
- Intel Unveils Impressive Skull Canyon Gaming NUC With Core i7, Iris Pro Graphics, Thunderbolt 3
- Twitter algorithm on by default
- Instagram algorithm!
- N for Nougat?
- 4 seas 1 family podcast
...more
54min
March 10, 2016 064 - Thingymajig
All the latest tech news and House Of Cards spoilers ... and 'thingymajig' is a technical term, I'll have you all know!
Show Notes:
- Flickr is now ....paid?!
- Google Photos update
- Google's AI bot proves Go victory was no fluke - it just won a second game
- Google tries to get jump on Apple with early release of new Android - sort of
- Google is offering $150 off a Pixel C-just $349 for Google's latest tablet
- Google Search travel-bot
- First Mac Ransomware Found in Transmission BitTorrent Client
- Pay up or else: Ransomware is the hot hacking trend of 2016
- Apple to pay 450m USD for eBook price-fixing
- Apple Obsoletes Mid 2010 15-Inch and 17-Inch MacBook Pros
- iPad accessories "leaks"
- Snowden: FBI's claim about unlockable iPhone is 'bulls***'
- SQL Server for Linux coming in mid-2017
- Man hacks Tesla firmware, finds new model, has car remotely downgraded
- Facebook buys Masquerade
- Review: Ulysses 2.5 for iPad and, now, iPhone
- House of Cards/Agario
- GoT official trailer
- Netflix VPN blocking
- Recommendation: Franz
...more
1h 10min
March 03, 2016 063 - Ken's got chills
Ken has recovered from a bad bout of flu to discuss the last couple of weeks tech news, including a few highlights from Mobile World Conference and much more.
Show Notes:
- The software equivalent of cancer
- FB exec arrested over Whatsapp
- WhatsApp beta testing on Android
- Foxconn to buy Sharp
- Apple launches Twitter support channel
- Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge
- Sony X-series
- Xiaomi Mi 5 - hands on
- Xiaomi Mi 5 - no global launch date yet
- 5G at MWC
- LG G5
- Facebook Reactions available globally
- FB Moments video support
- Spotify Fresh Finds
- Tidal Ditches Execs, Faces $5M Royalty Lawsuit
- AT&T to sell DirecTV online-no satellite dish or set-top box required
- New DisplayPort 1.4 standard can drive 8K monitors over a USB Type-C cable
- Slack takes on Skype
- HTC Vive
- Google I/O registration
- Netflix / VPNs
- American Crime Story
- Monopoly for iPad
- Noizio for Mac and iOS
...more
1h 10min
February 18, 2016 062 - 55 gallons of lube
All the latest tech news from the last week, including some great new apps and updates, and 55 gallons of lube (we promise it's kinda tech related)!
Show Notes:
- Tim Cook vs the FBI
- Cue and Federighi on The Talk Show notes
- Cue and Federighi on The Talk Show podcast
- Apple Pay coming to China and France
- Gmailify
- Outlook.com gets overhaul
- New Paypal app
- Twitter bug
- Record and share videos via DM in Twitter
- Twitter native GIF search
- Steve's Twitter blog post
- 1Password family plan
- FB Instant Articles for everyone
- Asics buys RunKeeper
- The world's cheapest smartphone ... runs in to some problems
- Department of Defence standardises on Windows 10, certifies Surfaces
- IBM wants to move blockchain tech beyond Bitcoin and money transfer
- Martin Shkreli: Douchebag extraordinaire
- Original 1977 Star Wars 35mm print has been restored and released online
- Recommendation: Update to Commuter Pro
- The Grid
- Hue beta
- RendezWho
...more
1h 1min
February 11, 2016 061 - Amazon's zombie apocalypse
Prepared at literally the last minute, but still all the latest, greatest and 'funniest' tech news from the last week!
Show Notes:
- New Twitter timeline being rolled out
- Twitter's Monthly Active User base shrank in Q4
- Yes, you can rely on Amazon's new game engine during the zombie apocalypse
- 1,500 Windows 3.1 shareware apps are now free, immortalized on your browser
- Windows 10 updates finally get some release notes
- Gmail to warn you if your friends aren't using secure e-mail
- Chinese tech firms entice Opera with $1.2 billion buyout bid
- 1Password Android update
- Multiple accounts in Instagram
- 'Huge' Number of Mac Apps Open to Hijacking From Sparkle Updater Vulnerability
- Dictation coming to Apple TV
- New Vevo Apple TV app
- Apple Music comes to Sonos
- iPhone error 53
- Tim Cook deletes his Super Bowl picture
- Philips Hue lights
...more
1h 3min
February 04, 2016 060 - 1 billion everything
Every one seems to have a billion something this week! All the latest news from the last couple of weeks as well as some great app and product recommendations!
Show Notes:
- Apple's biggest quarter ever
- Facebook and WhatsApp numbers
- WhatsApp's 1 billion users
- Gmail's 1 billion users
- Google reportedly paid Apple 1 BILLION to remain default search in iOS
- New Chrome for iOS is finally as fast and stable as Safari
- Yahoo will explore "strategic alternatives," cut workforce by 15 percent
- VMware Fusion, Workstation team culled in company restructure
- "Internet of Things" security is hilariously broken and getting worse
- Microsoft acquires SwiftKey
- The iPad Pro: the next step in computing's evolution?
- Under Armour's Gemini 2 sneakers make running smarter without extra baggage
- Fitbit attempts to win over fashionistas with new Alta wristband
- Mall CEO claims Amazon Books will open up to 400 physical storefronts
- No, Amazon probably isn't opening hundreds of bookstores
- At last! A Taylor Swift video game
- Day One v2 Released
- Airmail for iOS released
- Recommendation: Peel super thin iPhone case (20% discount vis this link)
- Recommendation: Winnergear Topaz iPhone screen
...more
1h 7min
January 21, 2016 059 - No Star Wars spoilers!
We round up the news highlights from the holiday/festive period and Ken gives us his TV recommendations!
Show Notes:
- Star Wars
- Amazon Fire tablet
- Netflix everywhere
- Netflix blocking VPNs
- Apple TV BBC iPlayer app
- iOS 9.3
- Hands-On With Apple's New Music Memos iOS App and GarageBand 2.1 Update
- Apple to Open iOS App Development Centers, Starting in Italy
- Foxconn Said to Offer About $5.1 Billion for Japan's Sharp
- Older IE versions dying
- CES winners
- Twitter (Mac) updates - Upgrade/Relay FM podcast
- NEST thermostat users left in the cold
- WhatsApp goes free (IAPs and business/enterprise on the way, most likely)
- Nielsen now has access to your Facebook conversations for TV ratings
- All things TV
- App Recc: Next Episode - Track the TV Shows You Watch
- House Of Cards
- Master Of None
- Making A Murderer
- Sherlock xmas/new year special
- Sherlock expo
- Elementary
...more
1h 4min
December 10, 2015 058 - See you in 2016
The latest news from this week in tech and the things we're looking forward to in 2016!
Show Notes:
- iOS, OS X and tvOS updates for all!
- Apple's new iPhone battery case
- Apple Maps used 3x more than Google Maps on iOS devices
- France may ban Tor
- Mailbox closed down
- Wired and Gizmodo both claim to have possibly found the creator of Bitcoin
- Microsoft updates Windows on phones without carriers screwing it up
- Yahoo could become Internet history
- This year in Twitter
- This year in Spotify - all your stats
- This year in Facebook
- This year in Apple
- Apple Watch 2 and increased app support
- Lark
- iPhone 7
- iPad Air 3
- HDR 4K TV
- Better handwriting note-taking apps for iPad Pro (Better app support in general)
- Notability
- Internet of thing / Home automation
...more
1h 6min
December 03, 2015 057 - 2015 round-up and review
A round-up of all our favourite things from 2015, as well as this week's tech news!
Show Notes:
- It's now illegal (again) to back up your own music in the UK
- Apple expands personal pickup to 6 more European countries
- Chrome for Android can reduce data consumption by up to 70%
- Chrome for iOS updated
- A VPN exploit may show some users real IPs
- vTech hack
- Adobe tells people not to use Flash
- The National Security Letter spy tool has been uncloaked, and it's bad
- Ballmer: Microsoft's cloud revenue numbers are "bullshit"
- Thunderbird "a tax" on Firefox development, and Mozilla wants to drop it
- The Samantha Bielefeld saga went a bit mental
- And then this...
Our purchases and highlights of 2015
SP: iPhone 6s
SP: Tweetbot (iOS and OS X)
SP: Testing - Mac ID / Pzizz / Outlook
SP: Content blocking - Ghostery / Crystal / 1Blocker
SP: Apple TV / Plex / Sharks Live
SP: Podcasts
SP: Audible
KL: MacBook (2015)
KL: Flashcard Hero
KL: Headspace
KL: Apple Watch
KL: Writing: DayOne, Evernote, Scrivener
KL: Apple Music
KL: iPad Pro and Apple Pencil
...more
1h 44min

FAQs about TechXpats Podcast:

How many episodes does TechXpats Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 76 episodes available.