Malcolm Turnbull announces his grand ‘innovation’ plan to bring Australia into the 21st century, Dropbox kills Mailbox and Carousel apps, and we discuss our favourite films and TV shows for the year – as we start to reflect on a massive 2015 in the world of technology and pop culture.
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Breaking news: Bitcoin creator is Aussie?
That’s right. In this news bulletin, we quickly go through what we know so far. One of the creators of Bitcoin is allegedly Australian businessman, Craig Wright. Gizmodo and Wired were the first to break the story.
Read more here:
- Gizmodo | This Aussie Says He And His Friend Invented Bitcoin
- Wired | Bitcoin’s Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius
- Guardian | Who is Craig Wright and how likely is it that he’s behind bitcoin?
- Sydney Morning Herald | Police raid home of suspected Bitcoin mastermind
- The Australian | Alleged bitcoin founder cops a raid
41: Transhumanist Wager
We tackle the big issues this week with the trends emerging in online sales during Thanksgiving/Black Friday and take a deep dive into the politics of transhumanism. What does it mean to be human? What happens when we no longer need our biological bodies? How will we be ready? On the news front, Alibaba dominates the headlines, while Zuckerberg announces that he’s giving his wealth away. Amazon refuses to let up on their drone delivery proposal and Yahoo refuses to die. Bless.
40: Spreading the Disease
Trying to work out which tablet slash laptop to get in time for Christmas? We’ve got you covered as we examine the good, the bad and ugly of all the new Apple and Microsoft devices and their accessories. We also tear down the differences between the Xbox One and PS4 for all your gaming needs this summer. There’s also news on Yahoo, Uber, Samsung.. and is Netflix working on a Lost In Space reboot? Find out on episode 40 of The Lazy Couch!
39.5: P is for Payments
..and we’re back. This week, we cover Google’s Nexus program and Geoff tells us about his experience with going Android. Apple Pay has arrived in Australia and we chat about the potential future of paying for goods and services with your smartphone. There’s also news on Tinder, Google search results showing you apps that you don’t have installed, and we say goodbye to Rdio. This and much more on episode 39.5 of The Lazy Couch podcast.
38: JJ for Jar Jar
In this week’s episode, we say hello to Optus, Candy Crush and Google and GM getting into bed together. However, we say goodbye to Grantland and Sunrise, that amazing calendar app. We also feature JJ Abrams answering questions from the godfather himself George Lucas and much much more.
36: Marty’s Underpants
Happy Back to the Future Day couchers! This week, we celebrate this momentous occasion with a very special BTTF episode, as we reflect back on the history and pageantry of one of most-loved trilogies of all time. Which actor almost got the part of Marty McFly before Michael J. Fox stepped in? What does 9/11 have to do with BTTF?? Find out on episode 36 of The Lazy Couch.
35: A Croaky Welcome
Dell buys EMC in the biggest tech acquisition of all time! While Foxtel, Medium and Uber announce new business models to get more of yo’ money. We break down Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of a scary future and warn you about Australia’s mandatory metadata collection that officially began during the week. There’s also coverage of the ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ special at GRAPHIC 2015 in Sydney and so much more on episode 35 of The Lazy Couch.
34: The Grand Slam of Keynotes
Is Microsoft cool again? This is the unexpected question we ask after the Redmond tech giant threw down the gauntlet with the announcement of the new Surface Pro 4, as well as a brand new laptop-turned-slate-turned-laptop – the Surface Book! There are some changes at Twitter with Jack Dorsey taking charge and the roll out of its curated simple news feature, Moments. We also have some Transformers news and a whole lot more on episode 34 of The Lazy Couch.