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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.

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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.

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37: 2G Tuesdays

This week, we break down YouTube’s new ad-free subscription model with YouTube Red and tear down the final Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer. There’s also news on IBM, Google and Facebook, as well as a preview of Marvel’s ‘Jessica Jones’ series soon to drop on Netflix. Episode 37 starts now.

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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.

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30: Give us a …

This week, we talk dirty to Siri and start a campaign to bring the new Nextbit Robin phone to Australia! It’s our longest episode yet, and we also preview the Apple iPhone event, chat all things Google including their new logo and all the Android updates, as well as the civil war breaking out between Steve Rogers and Tony Stark. This and more on episode 30 of The Lazy Couch.

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27: ‘GIF’ as in ‘Geoff’

This week, we examine Google’s transformation into Alphabet and what it may mean for the rest of us. Netflix continues make waves and the Lexus hoverboard is real! There is also a whole swag of movie news including details on new Blade Runner, new Bad Boys and new Ghostbusters. This and much more on episode 27 of The Lazy Couch.

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26: Facebook Learns To Fly

We cover a range of subjects this week, including Nokia selling their awesome mapping service ‘Here’ to German carmakers, a gold plated ‘Cecil the lion’ inspired HTC phone and why bacon tastes oh so good. Facebook is literally taking off and Dave Grohl responds to the cries of a 1000 Italian musicians to come play in Italy. This and much more on episode 26 of The Lazy Couch.

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20: T-Rex with Arms

Rejoice! Taylor Swift single-handedly saves music! What should we get her to do next.. international diplomacy? We also check in on what the new Twitter experience will be like and explain how a certain Tyrannosaurus Rex got its arms.

On the news front, we look at Tidal losing their CEO, The Rock fighting a gorilla, Twitter’s top secret project, how Twitter is killing Twitter to save Twitter, we review the indie film, Tangerine and much more!

This episode is brought to you by the letter ‘T’.

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19: You Look Rid-Oculus

It’s another monster week in the world of tech, with Twitter going through some growing pains and YouTube getting serious about gaming. Speak of which, the E3 Conference landed this week and brought with it a shedload of new games and various people looking ridiculous in their virtual reality headsets.

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17: Creepy, Very Creepy

As FIFA falls, a bunch of tech companies attempt to take over the world by buying each other. Google announces a slew of new features for Android at their I/O developers conference. While ‘The Hoff’ returns with a hit new song to support the release of Kung Fury, a Swedish-Hitler 80s thriller.

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