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THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the effect Brexit has so far had on the British tech industry -- from company perspectives, the stock market, startups, consumer spending, EU mobile phone roaming rates and more. If you're wondering, "How has tech fared so far after Brexit?" this is not the worst place to start. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian fight the slow British technology news week and discuss how well the BBC's Micro Bit computer is doing as it lands on consumer retail shelves; also, BT Mobile ramps up its competitive offering amidst its takeover of EE, and in the process of adding iPhones and Android smartphones to its roster of products it also seems to have enabled the oft-requested tethering feature for tablets and laptops; and in addition to a rumour that Apple is going to built grap...
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate is joined for a special feature by Toni Myer's, award-winning director of ambitious IMAX films shot from space, including Hubble 3D and Space Station 3D. She joins the show to talk about the technology she used to shoot her latest film, A Beautiful Planet, which was the first to be captured digitally aboard the International Space Station. Back in the studio with Ian, discussions centre mostly on Three's decision to try implementing online ad-blocking at the netw...
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the Government's pledge to bring 10Mbps internet to all -- no matter how remote and in the middle of nowhere you are. But how will this be achieved? And how does this latest promise, delivered after the Queen's Speech, compare to previous promises along similar lines? Also discussed, the BBC's closure of the iPlayer loophole and how the 2017 introduction of that closure could be implemented. We also talk about the revenue made from sales of music ...
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate returns to the Tech's Message State of Podcasting series, this time exploring advertising in podcasts and how to make money from them. To explain a variety of methods that have proved successful is Olly Mann, broadcaster and host of award-winning podcast Answer Me This!, plus The Modern Mann, Guardian Tech Weekly and The Media Podcast. His most popular show, Answer Me This!, has 130,000 monthly listeners and has been highly successful as a commercial podcast by u...
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate is joined by CNET.com senior editor Andrew Hoyle. On the occasion of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's 90th birthday we look back at her royal relationship with technology over the decades, from 3D broadcasts to podcasting. Plus Android is in the European Commission's spotlight for alleged antitrust abuses. And as a drone is reported to have struck a passenger airliner upon its descent into London's Heathrow airport, we look at how mega-retailer Amazon has been dragg...
British dog owners must now legally chip their dogs or face a fine, plus listeners can enjoy a spot quiz about the animals of the world some people feel the need to chip; plus we go hands-on with Huawei's flagship new P9 smartphone and discuss its features and feel; and is Barclays' late move to support Apple Pay a welcome decision? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian are joined by CNET.com's Andrew Hoyle to discuss and assess Apple's 9.7-inch iPad Pro. Assessments include: - Apple's performance claims may even be an understatement - The iPad Pro 9.7 inch A9X CPU runs at 2.23GHz vs the 12-inch's 2.24GHz - The smaller Pro has half the RAM (1.92GB) of the bigger Pro (3.89GB) - Graphical power of the iPad Pro 9.7-inch is more than double the iPad Air 2 - The rear camera performance is near-identical to the iPhone 6s rear ...
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss Samsung Pay joining Android Pay and Apple Pay (and maybe LG Pay) in the UK NFC payments marketplace; and Ofcom wants to make ditching your phone network easier (and cheaper); plus in Oblong News we examine the new iPad Pro and iPhone SE and how they stack up on first impression against the competition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the UK's Budget 2016 and its impact on the tech sector, including 5G, sharing economy support via tax breaks, the Institute for Coding competition, driverless lorries and cars, a new Broadband Investment Fund, the intention to work with the ‘New Bank Start-up Unit’, and more. If you want a 20-minute explainer about everything tech and digital in this year's budget, this is the episode for you. Plus we discuss Sony and Microsoft's openness to havin...
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss whether it matters that the UK, amongst other countries, has potentially got a less powerful octa-core CPU in its Galaxy S7 phones while other regions get a more robust quad-core version. Plus what does a "fear of the number four" -- tetraphobia -- possibly got in common with this situation, and the consumer technology world in general? Could it explain why Samsung has released phones with eight processing cores rather than four in some regions? P...
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and CNET's Andy Hoyle discuss the BBC's plan to close the iPlayer loophole that allows people without a UK license fee to watch catch-up content for free; plus the little-known ebook reader business (in the UK, at least) Nook is pulling out of the British market; and in our major feature section we discuss the future of the photography world in an era dominated by increasingly impressive smartphones. Where do we go from here in the imaging world? How are SLRs inf...
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss our highlights from Mobile World Congress: the LG G5, and the HTC Vive. But in more detail we discuss how virtual reality, which stole the MWC show this year, is helping change many other areas of science, entertainment and medicine. These include travel simulators, use in crime scene investigations, sex and pornography, pain relief and other psychological treatments, post-war PTSD therapy for soldiers, training for Nasa astronauts, relief from fe...
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss mobile network Three's decision to start offering ad-blocking at the ISP level to a potential 9 million UK subscribers; Samsung unveils it's new Galaxy S7, S7 Edge and Gear 360 VR devices and we get a first hands-on look and report our findings and opinions; plus Nate gets his Uber account hacked and manages to cancel the thief's journey as he's still riding with his driver -- but what happened next? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss Transport for London's worries over Twitter's decision to change the social network's timeline to a non-chronologically-ordered format; plus the UK's videogame industry hits a new peak value of over £4 billion; and what biotech-meets-science movement in food has got the American egg industry so panicked -- and what could this mean for British consumers or businesses? WIRED feature writer Olivia Solon joins the show to explain all. Hosted on Acast....
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate is joined by CNET.com's Andrew Hoyle. They discuss the news that Microsoft has bought UK-based startup SwiftKey for a reported $250 million. What might this mean for Xbox and Windows, they wonder? Plus, Europe's top court is looking into whether linking to any webpage or online content without permission could be in breach of the law. Yes, linking. Against the law. One to watch. Plus, Ian Livingstone of Eidos and Tomb Raider fame, is opening two free schools in t...
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the news that Bluetooth audio is no longer a terrible way to listen to music (or, in other words: Nate buys a pair of really good Bluetooth headphones and discovers 10 years of hating Bluetooth was about three years too long). Plus BT gets EE's network officially in a done-and-dusted deal for £12.5 billion, and we discover just how much combined distributed network resources are required to know some big websites offline in 2016 (clue: it's 500Gbp...
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the rumours surrounding Apple's possible iPhone 5Se scheduled to launch in April; plus in messaging news, WhatsApp goes free and ditches the ad-funded model in favour of business-to-consumer money-making tactics; and as the global war of VPNs as a way to circumvent users accessing Netflix or iPlayer catalogues when they're out of the country, the EU and UK governments begin to seriously ponder legislating to ensure citizens can access Netflix or i...
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the news that Netflix will soon attempt to ban users from using VPN services in the UK to access US Netflix, as well as all other overseas catalogues. Plus 1990s classic bot-'em-up Robot Wars is to return to British screens. We reminisce a little bit about Matilda and Sir Killalot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss everything worth talking about from their time covering CES 2016, including the weirdest fridges, drones and robotic assistants, Netflix, virtual reality and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the rumour that Apple's next iPhone 7 will dispense with the traditional headphone socket; also, that O2 is rumoured to be testing web ad-blocking software that would halt or change advertisements before they reach your smartphone; and BBC Three is to move online from February 2016. What does this mean for the future of the channel? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss Adele's reluctance to let fans stream her music, even on paid-for platforms such as Apple Music; plus Sky launches its vision of next-gen UK television: SkyQ. But what is it? And is this really the revolution we've been asking for? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the launch of the BBC Store, which Auntie hopes will help it deliver over a billion quid back to the Beeb by selling current and archived TV series to UK and global viewers; plus with Apple's launch of the new Apple TV, are we finally in a new era of television innovation? Nate has been using one for a few weeks and finds a lot to enjoy -- as he has the iPad Pro, which he and Ian discuss their first impressions of. Plus CNET.com Senior Editor Andr...
This week Nate and Ian discuss The Sun newspaper’s decision to drop its online paywall after two years of imposing fees on users wishing to read content online; plus as the European government’s decision to kill mobile phone roaming charges from 2017, we debate whether this is good for the continent’s users, and whether the UK’s potential departure from the Eurozone could affect British rights to free roaming once the law comes into force. In a discussion segment Nate and Ian are briefly joined ...
This week Nate Lanxon talks to Philippa Warr, an eSports expert and writer for Rock Paper Shotgun. Twenty-seven million people last year watched the live world championship final of Riot Games's ultra-popular eSport videogame League of Legends; in contrast, this year's FA Cup final was watched by seven million on the BBC. But 2015's League of Legends world championship is being held in part at London's Wembley Arena and it too is being broadcast by BBC. It's time we check in with eSports to see ...
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate talks to full-time professional technology podcaster Tom Merritt. The topic? Paying for podcasts. Why have people started paying for some podcasts on a regular basis? What has the service Patreon done to help this? Is podcasting a sustainable business possibility for independent content creators? And how should podcasters manage the increased audience responsibility crowdfunding presents? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the UK companies building wireless 'turrets' to shoot nuisance consumer drones, or UAVs, out of the sky by scrambling the communications link to their operator's control unit; and as Harry Potter's entire original run of novels is re-released in enhanced and interactive format for Apple's iBooks store, we talk to family technology expert Andy Robertson to see whether modern parents - and indeed their children - are asking for novels in such forms....
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian are joined by Robert Llewellyn (Red Dwarf, Fully Charged, Scrapheap Challenge) to discuss the state of the UK and European electric car industry, in particular how it evolves after Tesla's announcement of the Model X and the diesel engine emissions scandal. Also discussed is Amazon's ban on Apple TV and Google TV sales in its store, Virgin's move to offer 200Mbps broadband in the UK; and Ian reviews the Google Nexus 6P smartphone after it's recent announc...
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the new Apple iPhone 6s in their review, including how the new Live Photos feature is perhaps more impressive than even Apple let on in its announcement; and how is Wi-Fi calling changing mobile phone usage in the UK? We'll go some lengths to answer that and let certain British networks know what they need to do better to up their game against the competition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
