All the latest tech news including previews of Windows 10, Office 2016 and Skype for business, Nintendo, iOS public beta, Apple TV, Facebook Messenger, the FREAK exploit, Android app submissions, Uber news and a new Blackberry tablet. Also, our thoughts on HERE Maps, Itsycal, Mailbird and Meerkat.

Show Notes:

- Using Windows 10 (tech preview)

- Windows 10 - free for pirates

- Microsoft launches Office/Skype 2016 previews

- Nintendo And DeNA Form Business And Capital Alliance To Develop Game Apps Featuring Nintendo IP For Smart Devices

- Apple launches public beta for iOS 8.3

- Apples venture in to TV

- Send money via Facebook Messenger

- HTTPS-crippling FREAK exploit affects thousands of Android and iOS apps

- Android app submissions now being reviewed

- Uber updates API, allows any app to be an Uber app

- Strong Security Raises BlackBerry SecuTablet Above Tablet Crowd

- HERE Maps for iOS first impressions

- App recommendation: Itsycal for OS X 

- App recommendation: Mailbird email client for Windows

Pricing correction: $6 per year, or $45 one-time purchase.

Andrea Loubier, Mailbird CEO - "I listened to the concern about security/privacy - we are encrypting everything and all data secure. Just to assure listeners have the correct info."

- App recommendation: Meerkat for iOS

A lot of focus on this week's Apple keynote featuring the Apple TV, Research Kit, iOS 8.2, the new MacBook and the Apple Watch. We also have other news on Amazon and Alibaba, Gigaom, a new Sony TV service, Google Calendar on iOS, Office 2016 for the mac, Nokia HERE maps, Aperture, and how to design your own custom Moto 360.

​Show Notes:

- Amazon opening a store within Alibaba

- Gigaom shuts down

- Sony to Roll Out New Internet TV Service this year

- Google Calendar for iPhone. It's about time

- Office 2016 for Mac preview available

- Nokia's HERE Maps finally returns to iOS

- Design a custom Moto 360

- Apple Notifying Aperture Users of Impending Removal From Mac App Store

- Apple Researchkit

- Apple TV price drop and HBO

- New Apple MacBook

- iOS 8.2

- Apple Watch

Mobile World Congress is upon us, so we have all the biggest and latest stories, as well as a few others.

​Show Notes:

- Samsung Galaxy S6 release date, news and features

- HTC's One M9 is official

- BlackBerry launches 5-inch touchscreen smartphone, announces slider phone

- Jolla launches Sailfish OS 2.0

- Mozilla is bringing Firefox OS to flip-phones and sliders

- Huawei new smart watch

- Our first look at LG's new webOS and Android Wear smartwatches

- THE NEW PEBBLE STEEL IS A FOCUSED VISION FOR SMARTWATCHES

- Google quietly backs away from encrypting new Lollipop devices by default

- Google+ officially splits into Photos and Streams

- Google confirms Android Pay

- Google Music now lets you upload 50,000 songs for free

- Google talks about offering its own cellular service

- "FREAK" flaw in Android and Apple devices cripples HTTPS crypto protection

- In major goof, Uber stored sensitive database key on public GitHub page

- Uber's first acquisition

- NEW CONNECTED CREDIT CARD AIMS TO SUCCEED WHERE COIN FAILED

- THERE'S NOW A FREE IPHONE APP THAT ENCRYPTS CALLS AND TEXTS

- Apple's next big event coming March 9

- OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 Public Beta With Photos App Now Available

- SanDisk stuffs 200GB into a microSD card for your phone

- Tinder Premium

- Ikea Qi wireless charging furniture

- Twitter will track phone numbers to fight trolls

Lots in store this week as we talk about Google challenge to Apple Pay, the Lenovo SuperFish debacle, NSA hacking SIMs, an ARM/IBM partnership, the new HTC One M9, a return for the BlackBerry Classic, Pebble Time, Microsoft's Band update, new OS X and iOS betas and emojis, Camel Audio, MacBook pro repairs, iTunes lawsuit, YouTube for kids, Google Inbox, and Game Of Thrones .... PHEWF!

​Show Notes:

- Google Teams up With 3 Wireless Carriers to Combat Apple Pay

- SSL-busting code that threatened Lenovo users found in a dozen more apps

- Save yourself from your OEM's bad decisions with a clean install of Windows 8.1

- SIM card makers hacked by NSA and GCHQ leaving cell networks wide open

- Internet of things starter kit unveiled by ARM and IBM

- HTC One M9 details and prices leak before release

- Blackberry Classic is making a return

- Pebble Time

- Microsoft's Band update puts an itty bitty keyboard on your wrist

- OS X 10.10.3 and iOS 8.3 Beta 2 Updates Introduce New Emoji, Skin Tone Modifiers

- Apple's response to Camel Audio buyout rumors

- Report: Apple will begin offering public beta builds of iOS soon

- Free repairs for MBP's with video issues

- Apple faces $533m iTunes patent payout

- YouTube for Kids is now available on Android and iOS

- Google Inbox for iPad, Safari and Firefox here. For work coming soon

- Recommendation: Game Of Thrones Ascent Facebook page (for online play and links to app stores)

News from every corner of tech this week, including Sparrow, Office, iWork, Facebook, Zynga, Touch ID, virtual and augmented reality, hacking around the world, Twitter analytics, LG smartwatch, Apple Car rumours, Sony smart glasses, Windows 10 phone, Dropbox, and Ken's thoughts on the Garmin Vivosmart.

Show Notes:

- Google kills Sparrow, one of Apple fans' favorite email apps

- Microsoft Office for iOS now supports iCloud storage

- iWork for iCloud Beta Apps Now Accessible Without an Apple Device

- Facebook now lets you choose who controls your account after you die

- Farmville company Zynga's annual results likely to show loss

- Some UK banks now allowing Touch ID to access apps

- Mattel's View-Master virtual reality headset holds promise, but needs work

- How "omnipotent" hackers tied to NSA hid for 14 years-and were found at last

- Twitter Says Its App Analysis Tool Is Quickly Catching On With Developers

- LG launches another Smartwatch Urbane

- What Apple Is Driving At

- Sony launching smart glasses

- Windows 10 phone preview available

- Dropbox file sharing (share sheet) now on iOS 

- First impressions / review: Garmin VivoSmart

- Bonus material: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyhrYis509A&spfreload=10

Steve, Ken, Anu and Guillermo are here to talk all thing tech, this week including BT and EE, Microsoft buying Sunrise, saving space on your iOS device, Samsung S6 and Loop Pay, OS X Photos, tweets in Google search, Google I/O, getting extra Google Drive storage, Samsung 'smart' TVs, 8k displays, Scribd, Twitter, Paper for iPad, Ubuntu, Uber, internet.org and some great recommendations!

​Show Notes:

- BT buys EE (UK)

- Microsoft acquires Sunrise app for 100m USD

- Save space on your iOS device 

- Loop Pay - rumoured to be coming on Samsung S6

- March 1st - new Samsung S device to be announced

- OS X 10.10.3 beta released with new Photos app

- We might soon be seeing tweets in Google search results

- Google I/O

- Get an extra 2gb of Google storage by checking your security settings

- Samsung smart TVs inserting ads into third-party apps 

- VESA publishes Embedded DisplayPort 1.4a standard that supports 8K displays

- Scribd Unveils 'Netflix for Comics'

- Twitter blames loss of 4 million users on iOS 8

- Paper makes iPad drawing tools free as it seeks to sell more Pencils

- Ubuntu smartphone offers alternative to apps

- Uber adds SOS button to its app

- internet.org goes live

- Recommended website: Product Hunt

- Recommended app: Goofy for FB Messenger (Mac)

- Recommended app: Sortd for Gmail (Chrome browser only)

A full house for show 20. Lots of talk of Google (earnings, Wallet, Earth Pro and Android), as well as the latest news from Samsung, Facebook, Office, Uber, Cyanogen, Outlook, Playstation, Spotify, OnePlus One, Apple Watch, Windows RT, Razor Blade laptop, Amazon and RadioShack, and the Raspberry Pi 2.

​Show Notes:

- Samsung profits continue to fall

- Facebook profits continue to climb

- Google misses earnings expectations

- Gmail/Google Wallet payments goes international

- Google Earth Pro is now free (from $400 a year)

- Office for Android tables out now - for free!

- Google and Uber Reportedly on a Collision Course

- Microsoft to invest in Cyanogen, which hopes to take Android from Google

- Android adware 'infects millions' of phones and tablets

- New version of iOS and Android Acompli - now Outlook

- Playstation teams up with Spotify

- OnePlus has a new OS

- Apple Asking Some Developers to Have Apple Watch Apps Ready by Mid-February

- Apple Insider info on the Apple Watch

- Windows RT is officially dead

- Razer's Ultimate Gaming Laptop Gets Even More Absurdly Powerful

- Amazon Is in Talks to Buy RadioShack Stores, Report Says

- Raspberry Pi 2 arrives with quad-core CPU, 1GB RAM, same $35 price

- Facebook will probably make you depressed

- Review: #iStubb

Some astronomical numbers mentioned as Steve, Ken and Anu talk about this weeks key financial reports from the big tech companies, as well as WhatsApp, Google, Android 5.0, Twitter, Microsoft and Windows 10, updates to iOS and OS X, Apple Watch details, BitCoin, the Blackphone, Megachat, and a couple of great recommendations.

​Show Notes:

- WhatsApp on the web

- WhatSim: WorldWide Chat

- Google Fibre

- Google mobile network

- Android 5.0 Lollipop rolls out further in Europe for HTC One M8

- Twitter introduces group messaging and video features

- Yahoo! reports mixed results

- EA revenue/shares up

- Microsoft profits fall

- Windows 10

- Hololens

- Microsoft Surface Sales Reach $1 Billion last quarter

- Apple Q1 2015 financials

- iOS 8.1.3 update

- OS X 10.10.2 update

- Safari and security updates for Mountain Lion and Mavericks

- Apple TV 7.0.3 update

- Apple Watch will ship in April

- Coinbase Opens First Licensed Bitcoin Exchange in the US

- Blackphone's super-secure communications app had serious flaw

- A more secure Skype alternative?

- App recommendation: Travel card reader (Android)

- App recommendation: Near Lock (Mac/iOS)

A full house this week to go through the news of the week - there's a lot of Google this week (Chrome, Translate, Glass, Project Ara, Lollipop), as well as Facebook, LastPass, 2014's worst passwords, Lightroom, the new Nintendo 3DS, Montblanc, Windows 10, and a couple of recommendations.

​Show Notes:

- Facebook is beginning to tackle hoax stories

- Google Chrome iOS update and last week's Translate update

- LastPass now available for the Mac (via App Store)

- 123456′ Named 2014's Worst Password of the Year

- Today's your last chance to spend $1,500 on Google Glass (19th Jan)

- Adobe releases Lightroom mobile for Android

- Project Ara: hands-on with Google's latest modular smartphone prototype

- Nintendo's new, more powerful 3DS launches in North America and Europe on February 13th

- Almost no one using Lollipop

- Montblanc's smartwatch competitor

- Windows 10 event: what to expect from the announcement

- Fake Boyfriend / Girlfriend App

- App recommendation: Wave calendar (iOS and Android)

Ken is still on his holidays and Emily is away, but Steve, Guillermo and Anu are here to catch up on the headlines from the last few weeks, including Blackberry, Google News, Instagram, WhatsApp, The (awful) Interview, Xiaomi, Apple policy changes, CES, new phones from Samsung and Microsoft, Google Translate, North Korea, Office for Android, and our recommendations!

​Show Notes:

- Back to basics for Blackberry

- Google News closes in Spain

- Instragram purges fake accounts

- Instagram now worth 35b

- WhatsApp - 700m users and 30b messages daily

- The Interview makes $15m

- Xiaomi sells big in 2014

- Apple now offers refunds in Europe within 14 days

- Apple pays out big time to devs

- Apple's charging of VAT in the EU

- CES

- Intel releases Broadwell chips

- Samsung finally releases a Tizen phone

- Microsoft makes Windows Phone more affordable with new Lumia 435 and 532

- Google rolling out major update to Translator app

- Apple pushes iOS 8.2 beta 4 to developers

- North Korea's OS X clone is now available to the public

- Office for Android tablets preview now available to download

- Jaasta E ink keyboard changes with your computer applications + languages

- Site recommendation: Lynda

- App recommendation: Deliveries

- App recommendation: Duet Display (Mac/iPad)