Motorola looks towards the future with its new Moto X smartphone; Foxtel offers you a way to watch pay-TV without the box or contract; and it’s true, we’re paying too much for electronics. This is The Briefing for Friday August 2nd, 2013.

And we’re back after a two-month hiatus. We’re moving to a Friday, so you can take this and listen when you are coming back from work.

Enjoy!

Host: Terence Huynh

Length: 8:12

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https://techgeek.com.au/2013/08/02/moto-x-finally-revealed-dual-core-cpu-4-7-inch-display-10mp-camera/

http://delimiter.com.au/2013/07/29/drastic-govt-measures-needed-it-price-hike-pulls-no-punches/

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/07/beating-the-australia-tax-how-the-parliament-plans-to-respond-to-it-rip-offs/

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/07/30/foxtel-play-launches-watch-pay-tv-without-the-contract-and-box/

http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/twitter-criticised-for-failing-to-respond-to-caroline-criadoperez-rape-threats-20130729-2qu8d.html

http://blog.uk.twitter.com/2013/07/we-hear-you.html

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/30/bradley-manning-wikileaks-judge-verdict

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/07/30/no-instagram-for-you-instagram-deletes-photos-uploaded-by-wp8-third-party-app/

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/08/01/instagram-restores-uploading-from-third-party-apps/

http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1293265/htc-warns-profit-slide-turnaround-prospects-bleak

http://www.gameplanet.com.au/news/g51f5a785e06e2/Zynga-loses-US-16m-in-three-months-as-user-base-evaporates/

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-31/zynga-sues-casual-sex-app-over-trademark-infringement.html

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/07/thailand-bans-using-bitcoin-in-any-way-local-startup-reports/

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/08/02/bbc-to-announce-the-next-doctor-on-monday/

This is The Briefing, a ten-minute-or-less podcast of tech news, for the week ending May 18, 2013. In this edition: Groups calls for more transparency over use of Section 313, France considers a tax on smartphones, and Google I/O news.

For those who missed out what The Briefing is, here’s a blog post explaining the show. Feel free to offer any suggestions, improvements and constructive criticism for our new show.

Host: Terence Huynh

Length: 4:44

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http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2013/s3761811.htm

http://delimiter.com.au/2013/05/16/global-eyes-are-watching-eff-condemns-australias-new-internet-filter/

http://delimiter.com.au/2013/05/15/interpol-filter-scope-creep-asic-ordering-unilateral-website-blocks/

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/05/16/google-brings-out-new-game-services-api-cloud-save-achievements-and-multiplayer/

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/05/16/google-launches-play-music-all-access/

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/05/16/google-reveals-41-new-features-for-google/

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/05/16/google-maps-get-a-massive-redesign-focuses-on-what-matters-to-you/

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/05/17/yahoo-eyes-tumblr-but-will-it-acquire-it/

http://allthingsd.com/20130517/yahoo-board-to-meet-sunday-to-consider-1-1-billion-all-cash-deal-to-acquire-tumblr/

http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/17/tumblr-is-not-impressed/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2013/05/17/tumblr-in-talks-with-yahoo-facebook-and-microsoft-also-said-to-be-circling/

http://allthingsd.com/20130515/apples-e-book-argument-deals-with-publishers-improved-competition/

http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/security-it/oops-google-search-reveals-private-telstra-customer-data-20130516-2jnmw.html

http://www.telegraph.co.

This is The Briefing, a ten-minute-or-less podcast of tech news, for the week ending May 11, 2013. In this edition: New Zealand government plans to end software patents, Zuckerberg’s new lobby group courts controversy, and Windows Blue confirmed.

For those who missed out what The Briefing is, here’s a blog post explaining the show. Feel free to offer any suggestions, improvements and constructive criticism for our new show.

Host: Terence Huynh

Length: 4:15

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http://www.forbes.com/sites/reuvencohen/2013/05/08/new-zealand-government-announces-that-software-will-no-longer-be-patentable/

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/technology/fwdus-raises-uproar-with-advocacy-tactics.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/11/technology/teslas-elon-musk-leaves-zuckerbergs-fwdus.html

http://allthingsd.com/20130506/microsoft-confirms-windows-blue-update-coming-says-windows-8-passes-100-million-downloads/

http://techland.time.com/2013/05/10/windows-blue-preview-coming-next-month/

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/05/10/youtube-offers-paid-subscriptions-for-channels-will-you-pay-though/

http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/8/4314408/ea-confirms-10-percent-of-staff-laid-off-in-major-restructuring

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/06/business/nintendo-taps-smartphone-apps-for-console-boost/#.uy7rnkpycok

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/05/06/pirate-party-australia-announce-senate-candidates/

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/05/07/optus-telstra-and-tpg-big-winners-in-digital-spectrum-sale/

http://influencing.com.au/#!story/43134

This is The Briefing, a ten-minute-or-less podcast of tech news, for the week ending May 4, 2013. In this edition: Microsoft hit by lawsuit over Skype, eSports league caught Bitcoin mining on gamers’ computers, and Google in trouble in the UK over tax.

For those who missed out what The Briefing is, here’s a blog post explaining the show. Feel free to offer any suggestions, improvements and constructive criticism for our new show.

Host: Terence Huynh

Length: 4:03

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http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/2/4292976/intel-brian-krzanich-ceo

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57582349-38/microsoft-hit-by-patent-lawsuit-over-skype/

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57582167-93/despite-complaints-of-spamming-path-stands-by-its-apps-invitation-process/

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/341740,kogan-mobile-claims-victory-in-ispone-battle.aspx

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/05/esea/

http://gawker.com/massive-bitcoin-business-partnership-devolves-into-75-487857656

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/01/us-tax-uk-inquiry-idUSBRE94005H20130501

http://theweek.com/article/index/243497/why-cern-is-recreating-the-very-first-web-page

This is The Briefing, a ten-minute-or-less podcast of tech news, for the week ending April 27, 2013. In this edition: AFP arrest LulzSec leader, Microsoft set to reveal the next-generation Xbox, and Google loses key patent lawsuits against Microsoft and Apple.

Host: Terence Huynh

Length: 4:23

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-24/lulz-security-hacking-leader-arrested-in-nsw/4648134

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/04/27/livingsocial-hacked-50-million-customers-and-email-addresses-affected/

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/04/25/microsoft-announces-a-new-generation-for-the-xbox/

http://www.polygon.com/2013/4/26/4268782/next-xbox-drm-achievements-live

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/04/22/new-android-malware-found-can-bypass-app-verification-process/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/04/26/google-glass-has-already-been-hacked-by-jailbreakers/

http://www.fosspatents.com/2013/04/google-keeps-losing-itc-finally-tosses.html

http://www.fosspatents.com/2013/04/court-determined-frand-rate-for.html

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/04/22/jb-hi-fi-enters-the-ebook-business-with-now-books/

http://www.afr.com/p/technology/iinet_considered_merger_in_face_h9eTTlAarGYwkSGpXyNZzL

This is The Briefing, a ten-minute-or-less podcast of tech news, for the week ending April 20, 2013. In this edition: NBN speeds reach a gigabit, Google Glass tech specs revealed and Twitter Music is here!

Host: Terence Huynh

Length: 4:30

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http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/04/nbn-co-to-offer-1-gigabit-broadband-speeds-by-december/

http://support.google.com/glass/answer/3064128?hl=en&ref_topic=3063354

http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/15/4228962/google-glass-mirror-api-documentation

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/04/19/twitter-music-is-here-but-it-needs-a-bit-more-work/

http://ycorpblog.com/2013/04/19/355356/

http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/04/bitfloor-number-four-bitcoin-based-exchange-shuts-down-for-good/

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/04/20/telstra-introduces-no-lock-in-mobile-plans-data-sharing-plans-coming-soon/

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/16/us-oracle-security-idUSBRE93F1AK20130416

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57580191-94/nokia-reportedly-planning-5-inch-lumia-phablet/

This is The Briefing, a ten-minute-or-less podcast of tech news, for the week ending April 13, 2013. In this edition: The Coalition finally releases their NBN plans, Bitcoin troubles and We are Hunted is bought by Twitter – for what exactly?

For those who missed out what The Briefing is, here’s a blog post explaining the show. Feel free to offer any suggestions, improvements and constructive criticism for our new show.

Host: Terence Huynh

Length: 7:00

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-09/explainer-labor-and-coalitions-broadband-plans/4616818

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/breaking-news/coalition-makes-grand-promises-on-nbn/story-e6freono-1226615403725

http://delimiter.com.au/2013/04/09/coalition-releases-long-awaited-rival-nbn-policy/

http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/11/bitcoin-exchange-mt-gox-outage-ddos/

http://thenextweb.com/twitter/2013/04/12/twitter-music-site-code-reveals-app-will-feature-spotify-rdio-itunes-soundcloud-vevo-and-youtube/

http://thenextweb.com/twitter/2013/04/12/we-are-hunted-joins-twitter-shuttering-its-own-service-to-help-the-social-giant-go-music/

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/04/08/australians-to-get-quad-core-galaxy-s4-instead-of-eight-core-all-because-of-lte/

http://www.crn.com.au/News/339418,kogan-wins-first-move-against-ispone.aspx

http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/12/high.bills.generated.by.children.using.freemium.games.under.scrutiny/

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/12/us-blackberry-sales-idUSBRE93B0JG20130412

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323741004578415661035812902.html

This is The Briefing, a ten-minute-or-less podcast of tech news, for the week ending April 6. In this edition: Facebook reveals Home, France tries to pull a Wikipedia article, and Google forks WebKit for Blink.

For those who missed out what The Briefing is, here’s a blog post explaining the show. Feel free to offer any suggestions, improvements and constructive criticism for our new show.

Host: Terence Huynh

Length: 5:37

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https://techgeek.com.au/2013/04/05/facebook-home-its-not-a-phone-its-an-android-launcher/

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/04/05/htc-facebook-partner-up-with-htc-first-first-phone-running-facebook-home/

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57577790-93/google-parts-ways-with-apple-over-webkit-launches-blink/

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/04/04/opera-confirms-it-will-follow-google-and-ditch-webkit-for-blink-as-part-of-its-commitment-to-chromium/

http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/03/bitcoin-wallet-instawallet-hacked/

http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/4/4181726/bitcoin-exchange-mt-gox-says-technical-problems-are-ddos

http://thenextweb.com/asia/2013/04/04/anonymous-takes-control-of-north-koreas-twitter-and-flickr-accounts-defaces-websites/

http://blog.wikimedia.fr/dcri-threat-a-sysop-to-delete-a-wikipedia-article-5493

http://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/article/2013/04/06/la-dcri-accusee-d-avoir-force-illegalement-la-suppression-d-un-article-de-wikipedia_3155405_651865.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/article/2013/04/06/la-dcri-accusee-d-avoir-force-illegalement-la-suppression-d-un-article-de-wikipedia_3155405_651865.html%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3Dvdf%26rls%3Dorg.

This is The Briefing, a ten-minute-or-less podcast of tech news, for the week ending 23 March 2013. In this edition: Apple, Microsoft and Adobe face the IT Pricing Inquiry, Google brings out some Chromebooks and South Korea gets hit with a cyber attack.

Apologies for the lateness, but if you have read my Twitter account – you may have realised my schedule has been out of whack this weekend (hint: it has to do with laser tag).

Host: Terence Huynh

Length: 6:23

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https://techgeek.com.au/2013/03/22/microsoft-apple-adobe-face-the-it-pricing-inquiry-the-tldr-version/

http://www.zdnet.com/au/nbn-co-hits-3-month-delay-june-fibre-forecast-down-by-up-to-150k-7000012928/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21855051

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/03/20/south-korea-cyber-attack/

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/03/19/samsung-acer-chromebooks-now-in-australia-via-jb-hi-fi-and-harvey-norman/

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/03/21/google-brings-post-it-notes-to-android-with-google-keep/

http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/21/4132500/apple-two-step-verification-icloud-accounts

http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/22/4136242/major-security-hole-allows-apple-id-passwords-reset-with-email-date-of-birth

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/03/21/new-os-x-trojan-injects-ads-into-pages-browsed-by-chrome-firefox-and-safari-even-targets-apples-website/

http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2012-052923-1931-99

http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/21/4133428/is-google-building-a-smart-watch-of-its-own

http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/22/4134930/lg-rumored-to-be-building-its-own-smartwatch

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-19/samsung-preparing-wristwatch-as-it-races-apple-for-sales.html

This is The Briefing, a ten-minute-or-less podcast of tech news, for the week ending 16 March 2013. In this edition: Samsung reveals the Galaxy S4, Reuters staff member indicted for assisting hacking, and Google Reader gets the axe.

For those who missed out what The Briefing is, here’s a blog post explaining the show. Feel free to offer any suggestions, improvements and constructive criticism for our new show.

Host: Terence Huynh

Length: 6:37

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https://techgeek.com.au/2013/03/15/samsung-announces-the-galaxy-s-iv/

http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/14/4106720/samsung-appoints-two-new-co-ceos-following-galaxy-s4-launch

http://www.businessinsider.com/htc-interview-about-samsung-galaxy-s4-2013-3

http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/16/4112988/apple-stays-on-the-defensive-with-new-iphone-promotional-campaign

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/03/14/google-reader-killed-in-latest-spring-cleaning-effort/

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/15/thomson-reuters-matthew-keys-idINDEE92E0EV20130315

http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/15/4109568/cyber-blogger-brian-krebs-ddos-attack-police-raid

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/03/15/dropbox-acquires-white-hot-mobile-email-client-mailbox/

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2013/03/11/flash-in-windows-8.aspx