Geeks Interrupted

Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Special Guest: Rob Amos. Show Notes: Milne pledges tough NBN Co board [AFR] Why Simon Hackett Is A Good Deal For NBN Co And NBN Fans Alike [Gizmodo Australia] NBN board member faces conflict dilemma [The Australian] Amazon hits Australian shores (kind of) [ABC] Amazon Australian Kindle Store: Everything You Need To Know [Lifehacker Australia] From $20m to $344m: Dick Smith for sale [The Age] Melbourne makes switch to digital TV [The Age] WikiLeaks publishes secret draft of Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty [The Verge] Trade deal could be bitter medicine [SMH] Snapchat rejected $3 billion buyout offer from Facebook: report [Reuters] Google reportedly tried to outbid Facebook for Snapchat with $4 billion offer [The Verge] Microsoft CEO candidate Stephen Elop said to consider selling Xbox business, killing Bing [The Verge] Apple Maps Significantly More Popular Than All Other iOS Mapping Apps, Including Google [Mac Rum

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Australian first - Free blanket WiFi in the Perth CBD [City of Perth] Cheap, legal options wouldn't stop Australians pirating [Delimiter] Telstra announces free calls to Philippines - Media Announcement [Telstra] Everpix, The Cloud-Based Photo Startup, Is Shutting Down [TechCrunch] Out of the picture: why the world's best photo startup is going out of business [The Verge] '.Catholic' Internet Domain Name Reserved By Vatican For Church Organizations Only [Huffington Post] Happy Ninth Birthday Firefox! [The Mozilla Blog] South Korean Authorities Admit They Are "Behind the Times" with Internet Explorer Laws [Softpedia] Bill Gates Unveiled Windows 30 Years Ago Today [Gizmodo Australia] Google Launches Helpouts, Paid Video Chats With Experts To Address Whatever Is Bothering You Right Now [TechCrunch] Google Ordered To Block Images Of Formula 1 Chief's S&M Orgy [Business Insider] Apple Rele

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: FAA officially approves using electronics during all phases of flight [The Verge] Adobe: Hacker attack much bigger than previously disclosed [NBC News] MPAA: Melbourne's Caribbean Gardens is a "notorious market" of piracy [TechGeek] 'Notorious' pirated DVD market pinpointed in Australia by US authority [The Age] Half a million NBN fibre connections in limbo [ITNews] Motorola reveals ambitious plan to build modular smartphones [The Verge] Bitcoin cashes in as its first ATM opens in Vancouver [The Guardian] On Facebook, a growing teenage wasteland [CNN] Yelp Reviewers Sue The Company Because They Think They're Employees [Business Insider] Google announces the Nexus 5 with Android 4.4, on sale today for $349 [Engadget] Google Android 4.4 'Kitkat': seven things you need to know [The Guardian] Google Glass 2 is coming, finally compatible with prescription glasses [Ars Technica] California Cop

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Telcos oppose ACCC audit plan [AFR] Real-time tracking for buses scrapped [The Age] Good call for telcos as complaints hit five-year lows [AFR] Aldi Mobile Halves Data Allowance On Unlimited Plan [Gizmodo Australia] Samsung fined $340,000 over faking negative web comments about competition [iDownloadBlog] Wikipedia: We have blocked 250 'sock puppets' for biased editing of our pages [The Independent] Tapbots and the State of Our Apps in iOS7 [Tapbots Blog] No one's forcing you to pay $3 for Tweetbot, so quit whining [Rant] [Today's iPhone] Tweetbot 3.0 For iPhone Is Here [andyblu.me] Everything You Need to Know About Today's Apple Event [Wired] Hands-on with GarageBand for iOS and OS X [Computerworld] Apple's got new products. What's missing? Surprises [Courier Mail] Marcia Wallace, voice of 'The Simpsons' Edna Krabappel, dies at 70 [Reuters] Lou Reed, Velvet Underground frontman, dies age

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: After 16 years, Microsoft finally exits ninemsn [Delimiter] Older people net savvy but web costs can leave them lonely [The Age] City set for free Wi-Fi trial, but lagging behind other capitals [The Age] Commonwealth Bank Adds NFC Payments To Android, iOS [Gizmodo Australia] Optus to refund $8.8 million for billing error [The Age] Media Temple users will soon be GoDaddy customers [The Verge] Twitter may launch a standalone messaging app, says All Things D [The Verge] Twitter to Kill Twitter Music App [AllThingsD] Tapbots and the State of Our Apps in iOS7 [Tapbots Blog] Apple sends invitations to October 22nd event: 'we still have a lot to cover' [The Verge] Apple finally finds new Head of Retail: Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts. Will begin in Spring 2014, run Online Stores too [9to5Mac] Apple iOS 7 lawsuit filed: man wants it removed from iPhone [BGR] No shock jocks for Ten's Wake Up show, j

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Sydney Monorail becomes Google office space [SBS News] Australians more concerned about privacy than ever before [SMH] Nightclub fined $15k for sending SMS spam to patrons [The Age] GraysOnline fined record $165,000 for spam [The Age] AGL faces $50k fine for door knocking [SMH] NBN rollout was too ambitious: Stephen Conroy [The Age] Shift thinking on NBN: Google boss [The Age] Panasonic reportedly ending plasma TV production by end of March 2014 [Engadget] Raspberry Pi microcomputer reaches 1 million made in UK [CNET UK] WiFi kettle allows you to boil water from bed [The Telegraph] NASA gets Web host offer during shutdown -- from Russian pirates [CNET] Amazon takes on PayPal, now offering Amazon login and pay service to online business [Engadget] Google will soon put your face, name, and content in its ads [Ars Technica] Apple to host iPad event on October 22nd, says All Things D [The Ver

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Oxford station OX105 stops broadcasting [RadioToday] Apple iOS 7 makes some users literally SICK. As in puking, not upset [The Register] Stop Looking at Your F***ing Phone Every 5 Seconds! [YouTube] Telstra Launches Shared Data Plans [Gizmodo Australia] Ziggy Switkowski appointed NBN Co exec chair [Delimiter] Petition: Get Simon Hackett onto NBN Co's board [Delimiter] Website crowd-funds NBN FOI request [The Age] Sunrise host Sam Armytage's mobile phone number shown on air - but was it a stunt? [news.com.au] FBI seizes underground drug market Silk Road, owner indicted in New York [The Verge] Adobe's network compromised: 2.9 million customer names, encrypted credit and debit card numbers, and source code [The Next Web] 1Password 4 for Mac arrives with shared vaults, 256-bit encryption and Wi-Fi Sync [The Next Web] Samsung forecasts record quarterly profit [BBC News] HTC posts first-ever qu

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Seven's The Man With The Biggest Testicles documentary grips viewers [News.com.au] Thodey says ispONE collapse is unacceptable [AFR] The AFL And Telstra Are Working On A Google Glass App [Gizmodo Australia] NAB breaks up with teller cash drawers [The Age] Revealed: UK secretly arrested 16-year old boy for world's 'biggest' DDoS-attack [RT News] Finally, we won't have to power off during takeoff and landing [Ars Technica] Western Digital refreshes MyBook external HDDs, offers 4TB for $180 [Engadget] Candy Crush May Be Worth More Than $5 Billion After Its Secret IPO [The Wire] @Horse_ebooks is a human performance [The Verge] Google Turns 15: Google Doodle Lets You Whack a Piñata (Plus: Fun Easter Egg) [Time] Android is five years old today [The Verge] iMessage For Android Sounds Great But It's A Serious Security Issue: Researchers Explain Why You Should Avoid it Like The Plague [Internation

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: TPG fibre plan challenges NBN [AFR] NBN board resigns [The Age] 'Grand Theft Auto V' sets record by earning $1 billion in just three days [The Verge] EB Games apologises over Gold Coast 'cocaine' stunt [The Age] BlackBerry to retreat from consumer market, lay off 4,500 employees [The Verge] LinkedIn sued by users who say it hacked email accounts, stole contact lists [The Verge] Google buys Bump to share anything between your phone and laptop [VentureBeat] Google To "Buy" 100% Of Electricity From 240 MW Texas Wind Farm [CleanTechnica] Fork in the road: Cyanogen raises $7 million to build a better version of Android [The Verge] Ballmer calls Google a 'monopoly' that authorities should control [The Verge] Punt Road brothel terraces for sale [The Age] Nigerian grad student uses magnets to 'prove' gay marriage is wrong [io9] Apple found to be using advanced Multipath TCP networking in iOS 7 [A

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: MacTalk hacked and defaced with message purported from Syria [TechGeek] Malcolm Turnbull gives thumbs down to fibre NBN petition [The Age] Kogan puts company up for sale [Delimiter] Twitter will become a public company, files for IPO [The Verge] Facebook mobile app video ads: will play automatically without sound [BGR] iPhone 5s: Telstra's Pricing [Gizmodo Australia] iPhone 5c: Telstra's Pricing [Gizmodo Australia] Vodafone Pricing: iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s [Gizmodo Australia] Optus rolls out new 4G network [The Age] NSW Police trials iPad minis for tickets [Delimiter] The Audio Cassette Turns 50 [Gizmodo Australia] In a Breathtaking First, NASA's Voyager 1 Exits the Solar System [The New York Times] Netflix Uses Pirate Sites to Determine What Shows to Buy [TorrentFreak] Justin Bieber hints he is up for Robin role in Batman v Superman movie [NME] J.K. Rowling is writing a new movie in the Har

Phil Edwards and Andy Blume are back in the studio with a roundup of the Apple Special Event which unveiled the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s on September 10th 2013. Special Guest: Rob Amos. Questions, Comments, Feedback and Suggestions are all welcome. Website - http://geeksinterrupted.fm Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/GeeksInterrupted Twitter - https://twitter.com/GeeksOnAir Voicemail - http://www.speakpipe.com/GeeksInterrupted If you enjoyed this episode head on over to iTunes and kindly leave us a rating, a review and subscribe.

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: All aboard the Google Monorail [AFR] Yahoo!7 breaks with Microsoft and Bing to partner with Google for search in Australia [AdNews] Retail giant H&M to open at GPO [The Age] Microsoft bans blogger Stilgherrian from TechEd conference [The Age] Election sees digital come of age [The Australian] The Liberal Party of Australia: Reconsider your plan for a 'FTTN' NBN in favour of a superior 'FTTH' NBN [Change.org] We Need The NBN [We Need The NBN] Apple iPhone event on September 10th is official, we'll be there live [The Verge] Microsoft buying Nokia's phone business in a $7.2 billion bid for its mobile future [The Verge] Android KitKat is the next version of Google's mobile operating system [The Verge] Samsung unveils Galaxy Gear smartwatch with 1.63-inch AMOLED touchscreen, built-in camera, 70 apps [Engadget] Samsung unveils the Galaxy Note 3 with larger screen, faux-leather back [The Ver

Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Special Guest: Rob Lloyd. Show Notes: Vodafone Launches New Red Plans, Hopes To Win Customers Back [The Age] "Stopping surveillance overreach": Greens unveil digital privacy policy [Delimiter] Kickstarter coming to Australia and New Zealand in near future [Polygon] SimCity on Mac is 'totally unplayable' [TUAW] E-book purchasers could get up to $3.06 per book in price-fixing settlement [Ars Technica] Apple's iPhone Trade-in Program Is Already Being Piloted, Here's How It Works [TechCrunch] Use Of Ad Blocking Is On The Rise [Forbes] AdBlock to Crowdfund Internet Ad Campaign [The Next Web] Avengers to face off with Spader [The Age] Sir David Frost, broadcaster and writer, dies at 74 [BBC News] Outbreak series planned by NBC [Den of Geek] Syfy orders 12 Monkeys TV pilot [Den of Geek] J.J. Abrams and Jonathan Nolan teaming up for HBO 'Westworld' pilot [The Verge] iView costs hitting ABC hard [TV Tonight] Something we

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Life After Kogan: Prepaid Deals Compared [andyblu.me] AFL looks to offer NBN services at football matches [ZDNet] Change of government. Do I still get fiber? [Reddit] Optus announces new options for international travellers [Ausdroid] Seven, Nine mull plan to stave off Netflix [AFR] Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer calls it quits, will leave within 12 months or when a successor is found [9to5Mac] Yahoo! overtakes Google in US [The Age] Mark Zuckerberg wants to bring the entire world online with Internet.org [The Verge] Pandora to Remove 40-Hour Free Listening Limit Ahead of iTunes Radio Launch [Mac Rumors] Apple's iTunes Radio attracts ads from major brands like McDonald's, Nissan & Pepsi [AppleInsider] Nearly A Year Later, Twitter Triggers Return to IFTTT With Official Support [TechCrunch] Ben Affleck Is Batman [Variety] Bryan Cranston Reported To Play Lex Luthor In Man Of Steel Sequel [P

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Coalition To Pledge $100 Million To Solve Mobile Blackspots [Gizmodo Australia] Will the NBN cost $94 billion? [The Age] Supporting Community Media [Australian Greens] 2013 Federal Election Sausage Sizzle Map [Election Sausage Sizzle] Australia needs "fair use" technology-agnostic copyright laws [Hydrapinion] Pledge your support for Fair Use copyright in Australia [Choice] Is JB Hi-Fi Planning To Launch Its Own Digital Distribution Service For Video Games? [Kotaku Australia] JB Hi-Fi Launches New Cloud Streaming Movie And TV Service [Gizmodo Australia] Elon Musk reveals plans for high-speed Hyperloop [The Verge] The Science of Hyperloop [YouTube] BlackBerry confirms it is considering going private [The Guardian] 20 injured at ill-conceived LG G2 promotional event [The Verge] Jafflechutes: crazy, stupid or inspired? Melbourne's first float-down eatery [Good Food] Single Tweet Sends Apple S

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Apple Offers USB Power Adapter Takeback Program [The Next Web] Apple to Significantly Improve AppleCare [Mashable] Apple to Unveil Next Generation iPhone on September 10 [Mac Rumors] Jobs (film) [Wikipedia] Bitcoin is real money, says US district court [The Verge] Facebook Warning For Mums [Essential Baby] Bank Failed to Read Contract, Loses in Court [Brisbane Times] SimCity for Mac arrives on August 29th [Engadget] Some Xerox Copiers Are Going Rogue And Changing Numbers For Fun [Gizmodo Australia] Wirelessly-charged electric buses start public route in South Korea [Engadget] Paper stripped from shelves [The Northern Daily Leader] Twitter Now Supports Two-Factor Authentication Via Its Android And iOS Apps [Lifehacker Australia] Bebo—yes, Bebo—announces triumphant return with cocky relaunch video [TechHive] Dick Smith Is Teaming Up With David Jones For New Stores-Within-Stores [Gizmodo Aus

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Vodafone Is Capping International Roaming Bills [Gizmodo Australia] Game Over For Mana Bar On Brunswick St [Fitzroyalty] GTA 5 first title in the series to receive R18+ in Australia [Polygon] Work to resume on Telstra pits [The Age] iiNet picks up Adam Internet for AU$60m [ZDNet] DoJ Issues Remedy in Apple E-Book Price-Fixing [The Next Web] Apple opens iMessage spam reporting tool ahead of iOS 7 [9to5Mac] Apple Says SVP Bob Mansfield "No Longer" on Executive Team [AllThingsD] Apple Store Offers Free Downloads Through Its iOS App [Mashable] President Obama vetoes Samsung patent ban on iPhone 4 and select iPads [The Verge] Yahoo acquires social browser company Rockmelt, killing all apps in less than a month [The Verge] Motorola's Moto X: 4.7" screen, 16/32GB memory, 24-hour battery, $199 customizable smartphone coming late August [The Next Web] Lost phone? Google's got an app for that, comi

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Turkish security researcher claims responsibility for Apple dev center hack [Engadget] HopStop App for Windows Phone Vanishes Following Apple Deal [Mashable] Apple reports Q3 2013 revenue of $35.3 billion: 31.2 million iPhones sold, iPad and Mac sales decline [Engadget] Apple: One billion iTunes podcast subscriptions and counting [Macworld] Google starts placing ads directly in Gmail inboxes [CNET] Google introduces Chromecast, a $35 HDMI streaming solution for televisions [Engadget] Code-breaker Alan Turing to be pardoned (finally) [CNET] Belkin ships WeMo Light Switch for $50, launches matching Android app [Engadget] Inquiry into IT Pricing [House of Representatives Committees] Kogan Mobile Putting All Its Prices Up [Gizmodo Australia] PIN or PIN? Visa, MasterCard seek ban on credit card signatures [The Age] 'Breaking Bad' actor Bryan Cranston hid in plain sight at Comic-Con wearing a H

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume, Daniel Olivares and Ceri Kidby-Salom are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Midnight Juggernauts - Memorium [YouTube] Google pitches online TV service to media companies [The Australian] Google scopes monorail carriage as possible meeting room [The Age] Moto X to be revealed on August 1st in New York City [The Verge] HTC One mini coming in August with 4.3-inch screen, LTE, and 'no compromises' [The Verge] Google Maps 2.0 hits the App Store, brings new iPad design, live traffic, and new Explore mode [iMore] Google+ social sharing analysis: lower than LinkedIn [BGR] Apple 'completely overhauling' developer site after intrusion [The Verge] Apple Maps: Locationary acquisition to improve Maps app in iOS [BGR] Apple reportedly acquires public transit and navigation firm HopStop [AppleInsider] Apple Launches Logic Pro X with Logic Remote iPad Companion App [MacStories] VLC For iPhone And iPad Is Back In The App Store [Lifehacker Australia] Microsoft ru

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume, Daniel Olivares and Ceri Kidby-Salom are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Creating The Geeks Interrupted Podcast [blog.andyblu.me] Reece Elliott, Online troll jailed after threat to kill children [The Age] NBN Co Head Mike Quigley Is Quitting [Gizmodo Australia] Competitive gaming recognized in U.S. as a pro sport [Polygon] Crew building Apple Store discover 15th century hospital [TUAW] Apple marks five years of the App Store with ten free apps, special store section [iMore] Court rules Apple fixed ebook prices, led an illegal conspiracy [Gigaom] Microsoft announces massive company-wide reorganization [The Verge] How to learn how to dance in a year [Kottke] 'Ender's Game' distributor asks boycotters to look beyond Orson Scott Card's anti-gay views [The Verge] What if Pixar's films are all part of one epic, apocalyptic narrative? [The Verge] Jeff Daniels Says 'Dumb and Dumber To' Shoots in September [/Film] Netflix Arrested Development Season 2