147: SpaceX Launches America, Microsoft Kills The File
Microsoft announces a new modular framework called Fluid that seeks to kill the concept of a ‘file’, SpaceX ubers Nasa crew members to the ISS, and could a new Twitter business model save the world? As always we cover all angles using audio clips from different sources so you get everything you need to know, […]
146: Spotify Buys Joe Rogan, Apple Glasses, Facebook Shops
Joe Rogan secures an exclusive licensing deal with Spotify for $100m+, more detaiils emerge on Apple’s rumoured AR glasses, and Zuckerberg announces Facebook Shops. As always we cover all angles using audio clips from different sources so you get everything you need to know, right here on the Naked Tech Podcast.
145: Facebook Buys Giphy, Apple Leaks, WFH Permanently
Apple’s AR glasses rumours, a permanent state of working from home, Facebook takes over another popular creation tool, Ubisoft goes to war with Google and Apple. And why we think Dave Filoni should take over Star Wars. As always we cover all angles using audio clips from different sources so you get everything you need […]
144: Baby Musk, Dark Patterns, Killed By Google
Hello to our listeners in Sweden! You guys are trending around these parts and we’re not quite sure how.. please tell us! Another thing trending (still) is Australia’s COVIDSafe contact tracing app and its ills. While Elon Musk continues to dominate the news cycle by having a baby, going on a podcast to talk about […]
143: Elon Meltdown, COVIDSafe App Teardown, Pandemic Drones
This week, Elon Musk walks the fine line between trolling the world and controlling the world with calculated tweets. Will he eventually go full Elon? Despite the Australian government not releasing the source code, the tech community have already conducted a teardown and reverse engineered the COVIDSafe app. What did they find? While ‘pandemic drones’ […]
142: Tax on News Content, Facebook takes on Zoom, MacBook Rumours
The Australian Government have seized this opportunity to not just roll out a contact tracing app with questionable optics this week, but also going HAM on the tech titans, as they seek to have our mainstream media compensated with payments from Google and Facebook for reusing their precious content. All the while Zuckerberg tries to […]
141: iPhone SE, Zoom Dramas, Contact Tracing App
If you had an inkling that technology fully permeates through modern society, you sure as hell do now, as we settle into a pandemic driven world of self-isolation. As it is, our longing to connect with one another is mostly satisfied through the internet and the scores of apps and services most of us have […]
140: Oscars, Being Cookied, Razr Fold Test
“The internet is your enemy but also your friend.” Yes, this pretty much sums up the Naked Tech Podcast as we delve into how we’re all being tracked by cookies (or are we?) and how the coronavirus is affecting the tech industry in surprising ways. We also get all caucus-y and break down the Iowa […]
139: Coming to Disney+, New Ways to Pay with Klarna
Super Bowl day means we get to watch a bunch of trailers for upcoming films and shows, including WandaVision and Falcon & Winter Soldier. What else is coming to Disney+, you may ask? Well we’ll list out some of our favourites. In tech news, Uber and Apple find ways to tackle the #coronavirus outbreak and […]
138: Microsoft’s New Browser, Apple Encryption Drama
Bit of a break in the tech event cycle and we get serious by chatting all things encryption and iCloud backups. Yay! We’ll tell you what the media isn’t and break down some of the mixed messages you may have been hearing from the press. We have also been trialling the new browser, Edge, by […]