Geeks Interrupted

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Labor to rethink support for data retention [The Age] ABC to close its shops across Australia in favour of push towards online retail [Brisbane Times] How GST changes, drop in dollar raise online shopping prices for Australians [The Age] Optus suffers major mobile network outage in NSW, Victoria and Tasmania [The Age] iiNet shareholders vote in favour of TPG Telecom merger [The Age] Twitter just removed your homepage wallpaper, and people are furious [Mashable] Twitter Is Using Copyright Law To Bust Joke Thieves [Gizmodo Australia] No Humans Allowed! Test 'City' for Driverless Cars Opens [Live Science] Uber Drivers Will Get Away With Sexual Assault [Taxi Council QLD] Apple Reports Q3 2015 Earnings of $10.7B on $49.6B Revenue: 47.5M iPhones, 10.9M iPads, 4.8M Macs [MacRumors] 5 worrisome stats from Apple's Q3 earnings report [VentureBeat] Bobbi Kristina Brown loses fight for life in echoes

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Taxi Commission ambushes UberX driver inside Melbourne courtroom [The Age] 'No hesitation' using Uber service, WA Premier says [ABC News] Labor will abandon its FTTP NBN policy [Delimiter] Traditionalist Abbott keeps BlackBerry as PM's department prefers iPhone [ZDNet] Mozilla blocks Flash as Facebook security chief calls for its death [The Verge] Someone spoofed Bloomberg's website and a fake article made Twitter's stock soar [VentureBeat] Spam email rate falls below 50 percent for first time in a decade [PCWorld] Google Is Hiring An SEO Manager To Improve Its Rankings In Google [Search Engine Land] Apple Launches A8-Based iPod Touch With 8MP Camera, Adds New Nano and Shuffle Colors [MacRumors] Apple celebrates #10YearsOfPodcasts on iTunes [iMore] Apple reportedly joins talks with cell providers to launch new 'e-SIM' cards [9to5Mac] Neil Young is yanking songs from streaming, 'the worst

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Ellen Pao Resigns as Reddit Interim CEO After User Revolt [Bloomberg] Small business, tax firms hit back at ATO tech troubles [The Age] NBN meets Turnbull's June 30 rollout targets [Delimiter] Telstra takes Warrnambool fire lessons to more sites [iTnews] OpenSSL promptly issues patch for 'high severity' bug [The Inquirer] Logitech to rebrand as "Logi," dropping "tech" from its name [Ars Technica] Adblock Plus Saves University 40 Percent Network Bandwidth [TechWeekEurope] Safari Content Blocker, Before and After [Daring Fireball] New York City asks Google Maps to discourage left turns [Mashable] Microsoft releases all-new Office 2016 for Mac to Office 365 subscribers [AppleInsider] Apple iOS 9 now available as part of public beta [The Age] Apple gives Greek iCloud users 30 days free service in light of financial crisis [AppleInsider] Greece is being cut off from the internet [Business Insi

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: ATO under fire as myGov, myTax site problems prevent lodging of returns [The Age] NSW taskforce to examine Uber-style ridesharing apps [Computerworld] Aussie ISP bakes in geo-dodging for Netflix, Hulu [CRN] Global Mode dead in New Zealand as ISP settles [ZDNet] Reddit revolts: subforums shut down in protest over AMA co-ordinator sacking [The Guardian] Facebook is talking with music labels, but why? [The Verge] YouTube Beware: Facebook Will Start Sharing Ad Revenue With Video Creators [Re/code] Google dev apologizes after Photos app tags black people as "gorillas" [Ars Technica] Apple Music launches to take on Spotify - and traditional radio [The Guardian] Universal Releases Official Full-Length Trailer for 'Steve Jobs' Movie [MacRumors] Diana Douglas Webster, Mother of Michael Douglas, Ex-Wife of Kirk Douglas, Dies at 92 [Variety] New-look SBS On Demand now offers 4,000 hours of content [

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Belle Gibson on 60 Minutes: no remorse and the lies kept coming [The Guardian] Australian senate passes controversial anti-piracy, website-blocking laws [SMH] How will Australia's anti-piracy law affect you? [SBS News] Identity thieves targeting apartments in Melbourne's west [The Age] The ACCC tells Telstra to cut wholesale internet prices [The Age] Dial-up is dead - here's all the things you're going to miss [SMH] Telstra's Nationwide Wi-Fi Network Is Now Called Air [Gizmodo Australia] Chinese tech firms fight over Wi-Fi router with 'pregnant women' setting [The Guardian] Gmail Officially Adds Undo Send, Turn It On Right Now [Gizmodo] Apple Says "We Hear You Taylor Swift", Will Pay Musicians During Free Trial [TechCrunch] Indie Labels Have It Drastically Wrong About Apple Music's Free Trial Period [Forbes] iOS 9 can delete and automatically re-download apps to make room for updates [Ars

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Special Guest: Rebecca Edwards. Show Notes: Changing the Facebook of news [Media Watch] Exetel dumps 400 heavy broadband users [iTnews] Primary-aged children accessed pornography at school [The Age] Credit card fraud up by one third in 2014 [The Age] Reddit bans 'Fat People Hate' and other subreddits under new harassment rules [The Verge] Twitter CEO Costolo steps down as growth pressure mounts [ABC News] Pornhub Wants Your Money To Make A Porno In Space [Gizmodo] Nokia had developed a gorgeous Apple Watch rival... but Microsoft still killed it [BGR] Everything from Apple WWDC 2015 in 12 minutes [YouTube] Everything Apple Announced at WWDC 2015 in One Handy List [The Next Web] Christopher Lee dies at the age of 93 [The Guardian] Foxtel to buy 15 per cent of Ten [Sky News] Milk company sues the ABC over The Checkout [The Age] 'Jurassic World' eats box office alive to set record [Yahoo! News] Somethin

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: The Hot Steaming Pod [iTunes] Commit to Community TV [Commit to Community Television] Catch of the Day escapes penalty over data breach [iTnews] Australia bucks global decline in public sector IT, technology spending [iTWire] NBN hits million premises mark [iTnews] Yahoo announces plans to kill off Maps, Pipes, GeoPlanet and PlaceSpotter APIs, and some regional sites [VentureBeat] US Air Force Uses 'Moronic' Selfie To Bomb ISIS Headquarters [Gizmodo Australia] Facebook is the biggest political news source for millennials [Mashable] Woman sues eBay, claims to own the sun [USA Today] Google shows what it knows about us in new privacy hub [The Verge] Windows 10 - Available July 29 [iTWire] What to expect from Apple at WWDC 2015 [MacRumors] The first products for Apple's HomeKit are available today [The Verge] Apple doesn't want to share your private details, says Cook [TechRadar] Star Trek's

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Rent-a-hacker site leaks Australian buyers' names and addresses [SMH] Woolworths becomes wholesale Telstra 3G supplier [CRN] Woolworths leaks $1 million of gift cards in massive data breach debacle [SMH] Police edit shooting victim's Wikipedia page [The Age] The 12 most important announcements from Google I/O 2015 [The Verge] Windows 10 Pricing And Sale Date Leaked [Gizmodo Australia] Cortana coming to iOS, Android, as part of Windows 10's embrace of every phone [Ars Technica] What Jony Ive's 'promotion' to Chief Design Officer really means [9to5Mac] A tiny string of text can disable iPhone Messages [The Verge] Apple has published its official workaround for Messages bug [Cult Of Mac] Woman unknowingly tosses a first-gen Apple computer worth $200,000 at a recycling center [The Next Web] Unless kids are working, coding should not be taught: Abbott [ZDNet] Vale John Pinder: Comedians pay tr

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Uber lashes out at ATO ruling, saying it deserves different tax treatment to taxis [The Guardian] Square opens Melbourne office [Computerworld] Square's Australian launch raises Sydney Vs Melbourne tech rivalry [AFR] Atlassian leads charge of start-ups abandoning Australia over tax [BRW] Global Tech Company To Call Melbourne Home [Premier of Victoria] Alexander Chung at Pause Fest 2015 - Can Australia become the next Silicon Valley? [YouTube] Spotify Introduces Video Clips, Podcasts, And Activity-Based Playlists [TechCrunch] Spotify Wants to Fill an Entertainment Gap That Isn't There [WIRED] Adult dating site hacked, exposing personal data and sexual orientation [Mashable] Apple Nixed Plans for Apple-Branded Television Set 'More Than a Year Ago' [MacRumors] Apple readies Transit subway, train + bus guides for iOS 9 Maps, deploys robots for indoor mapping [9to5Mac] Apple Introduces New iPh

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: #Lizzies: All The 2015 IT Journalism Awards Winners [Gusworld Blog] All the tech in Budget 2015 [iTnews] Hockey confirms Google, Netflix taxes [iTnews] Scott McIntyre sues SBS over sacking after controversial Anzac Day tweets [The Age] More consumers taking existing mobile phones to new plans to 'enjoy freedom' [The Age] Hacker admits hijacking plane mid-air [The Age] Verizon Buys AOL for $4.4 Billion [Re/code] Verizon's deal to buy AOL will make life uncomfortable for TechCrunch and Engadget [The Next Web] Ikea charges $1107 for a $1.99 kitchen accessory [The Age] Microsoft rules out free Win10 upgrades for pirate copies [iTnews] Microsoft confirms there will be 7 editions of Windows 10 [Mashable] 'Apple Music' service reportedly coming next month with a social network for artists [The Verge] Apple TV gets new channels in Australia, Europe and Japan [AppleInsider] PEOPLE Editors Preview

Phil Edwards and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.Show Notes:13th Annual Optus IT Journalism Awards finalists announced! [The Lizzies]Getting nominated for a lot of Lizzies [Gusworld Blog]Tesla already has 38,000 reservations for the Powerwall, but use case is narrow [Ars Technica]Cheaper mobile calls and text after ACCC slashes 'astronomical' wholesale fees [The Age]Australian Government Confirms Netflix Tax [Gizmodo Australia]Govt outlines planned telco tax for satellite, wireless NBN [iTnews]Uber joins bidding war for Nokia Maps [AFR]Attention, Walmart shoppers: We've created a futuristic transport truck [Gizmag]Snake's Returning to Smartphones but it Sounds Terrible [The Next Web]This Is Millennials' Most Embarrassing Secret [TIME]Windows Media Centre/Center dead, Xbox One to get DVR [iTWire]Windows 10 lets you flip a middle finger with emoji [The Verge]Apple Confirms 'Applebot' as In-House Web Crawler for Services Like Siri and Spotlight [MacRumors]Apple exp

Phil Edwards and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: What is The Button? And will it ever not be pressed? [The Guardian] Me and my metadata: How I beat Telstra after my 22-month legal battle [The Age] TPG pipes in a winner against NBN in court case [iTWire] Victorian govt to encrypt all police radios [iTnews] Dave Goldberg, Head of Web Survey Company and Half of a Silicon Valley Power Couple, Dies at 47 [The New York Times] Elon Musk unveils Tesla Powerwall batteries to 'change the world' [Mashable] Music streaming service Grooveshark shuts down [VentureBeat] Controversial anonymous networking app Secret to close down [The Guardian] Twitter's Stock Tanks After Its Earnings Leak... on Twitter [Wired] Meerkat adds Facebook support as it moves away from Twitter [The Verge] Google wants to buy your patents before the trolls get to them [Quartz] Watch John Oliver make fun of patent trolls on 'Last Week Tonight' [Business Insider Australia] Microsoft: With W

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Disgraced Whole Pantry app developer Belle Gibson admits her cancer was a lie [Tech Guide] There Could Be A Second Bid To Buy iiNet [Gizmodo Australia] Expect Fines If You Use Your Smartwatch While Driving [Gizmodo Australia] What do emoji reveal about YOUR country? [Daily Mail] Twitter Is Rolling Out Trends With Descriptions On The Web [Marketing Land] Jay Z goes on tweeting spree to defend his Tidal streaming service [Mashable] Man tears tendon after playing Candy Crush for weeks [BBC News] Sydney to be home to Microsoft flagship store [Computerworld] Google officially announces its mobile network service: Project Fi [9to5Google] Apple don't want no stinking Apple Watch fart apps [Cult of Mac] Stan and Netflix Are Owning The Australian Video Streaming Market [Gizmodo Australia] Telstra in talks with Netflix despite Foxtel stake [The Age] 'Galaxy Quest' TV Series in the Works [Variety] T

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: US Hid Spyware in Hard Drives by Western Digital, Seagate, and Others: Kaspersky [NDTV Gadgets] Listeners love it local: community radio by numbers [CBAA] Woolworths under fire for Anzac 'Fresh in our Memories' campaign [ABC News] Carrspace forced to protect staff from online abuse after Woolworths Anzac campaign [The Age] Fairfax Media news apps for Apple Watch will be a first [SMH] Police confirm car hacking is occurring in Australia [The Age] CEO cuts his own pay by 90% to give every employee a huge pay rise [The Independent] In 2017, Norway will be first country to shut down FM radio [The Verge] Cyanogen partners with Microsoft to integrate Bing, other MS services [Ars Technica] Apple's WWDC Will Kick Off June 8, Here's What To Expect [Gizmodo Australia] Apple bans selfie sticks from WWDC [Mashable] LA schools want refund from Apple over slipshod iPad project [CNET] Apple acquires sma

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Dallas Buyers Club slays iiNet in landmark piracy case [The Age] Internet pirates might pay only $20 compensation each to Dallas Buyers Club [SMH] Apple Australia, Google Australia And Microsoft Australia Are All Being Investigated By The Australian Tax Office [Gizmodo Australia] Double Irish arrangement [Wikipedia] Joe Hockey moves to add GST to music, movie and game downloads [The Guardian] NZ media companies order ISPs to stop 'global mode' access [ZDNet] Rights holders could get sites blocked without evidence [ZDNet] John Oliver Interviews Edward Snowden On 'Last Week Tonight' [Deadline] Apple Watch Review Roundup: The 'World's Best Smartwatch', But 'Not For Everyone' [MacRumors] Initial Apple Watch stock dries up in minutes, shipping times quickly jump to 4-6 weeks [AppleInsider] Launch day Apple Watch orders estimated at 1M in US, skews toward Sport model [AppleInsider] Apple Watch

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: April Fools 2015 Roundup [mUmBRELLA] The 11 best April Fools' gags of 2015 [The Verge] Fundraiser for pizzeria that won't cater gay weddings tops $1.1m [WA Today] Astor Theatre to close, and to reopen, as George Florence agrees to sell to Palace Cinemas [The Age] Infamous Australian teen hacker Abdilo raided by police [ABC News] Melbourne takes second stab at GPS bus tracking [iTnews] Google Maps catches 360-degree view of woman's size-K boobs [Daily Mail] NBN Co updates national construction plan [NBN Co] US operator of revenge porn website jailed for 18 years [The Age] Microsoft just turned 40, and it's actually looking pretty good [VentureBeat] Apple Confirms: No Walk-In Purchasing for Apple Watch [PCMag] Full House Reunion Series Fuller House Nears 13-Episode Netflix Order [TVLine] House of Cards returns for fourth series [The Age] 'Muppets' Revived at ABC With 'Big Bang Theory' Co-Cr

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: MiVue530 [Navman] Netflix says it can't do anything about Aussies accessing US site, while being coy on GST issue [mUmBRELLA] Australia passes data retention into law [iTnews] New Telstra Plans: Massive New Data Inclusions, Free Foxtel Presto [Gizmodo Australia] Telstra gives free data gift as Australians embrace video streaming [News.com.au] Better late than never: Melbourne's public transport good to go on Google [The Age] Everything Facebook announced during its F8 developer conference [VentureBeat] Facebook Turns Messenger Into a Platform, Allows Third-Party iOS App Integration [MacRumors] Facebook's Aquila Drone Will Beam Down Internet Access With Lasers [TechCrunch] Twitter launches streaming app Periscope as rival to popular Meerkat product [mUmBRELLA] Tom & Olly starting on Star FM (VB Ad Parody) [YouTube] Apple CEO Tim Cook Speaks Out Against Indiana's 'Religious Freedom' Law

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Belle Gibson US book launch for The Whole Pantry cancelled after concerns she faked cancer [SMH] Netflix won't charge Australians GST [The Age] Netflix Official Australian Pricing: This Is It [Gizmodo Australia] iiNet founder Michael Malone slams TPG offer, calls for board spill [The Age] Skyfii's Wi-Fi watching you shop in Westfield [The Age] Optus blames Apple iPhone 6 for rising phone, internet complaints [The Age] Uber fights criminal charges against ride share drivers nabbed in undercover sting [The Age] Girl tries to poison mother twice for taking iPhone [The Age] Thailand bans 'underboob' selfies [The Age] Upgrade to Windows 10 will be free for all users, even pirates, Microsoft says [The Age] Windows 10 upgrades will remain 'non-genuine' for pirates, Microsoft says [PCWorld] Microsoft scrapping Internet Explorer brand for new browser, starting with Windows 10 [The Age] Google team

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Cancer survivor, author Belle Gibson claims 'misdiagnosis' [ABC News] Refund calls over 'cancer survivor' Belle Gibson's book and app sales [The Age] Health blogger and app developer Belle Gibson hits back at 'bullying' critics [The Age] TPG Telecom to buy iiNet for $1.4b to become No. 2 in internet service delivery [The Age] Australian Video Game Classification Just Took A Huge Leap Forward [Kotaku] Twitter updates privacy policy to address revenge porn [Mashable] What Is Meerkat, And Should You Even Bother? [Gizmodo Australia] Twitter Chokes Off Meerkat's Access To Its Social Network [BuzzFeed] You Can Now Play Cards Against Humanity Online With Anyone For Free [Gizmodo Australia] Google's first ever retail location is a playground for tech lovers [Phandroid] Google announces new Chromebook Pixel [The Verge] Uber Sydney Blasts Registered Users, Asks Them To Complain To NSW Politicians [

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Guy Sebastian to represent Australia at Eurovision Song Contest [ABC News] Virgin Mobile to offer Australian first with data rollover [Techly] Telstra offers customers access to metadata for $25 [iTnews] London hospital prank: High Court backs authority's power to find 2Day FM radio presenters broke law [ABC News] Matt & Bruno: The Probe [iTunes] 'Worst app ever': Centrelink, Medicare apps slammed as 'truly awful' [Canberra Times] Charity money promised by 'inspirational' health app developer Belle Gibson not handed over [The Age] Fat-shamed Dancing Man to party with Moby, with Pharrell Williams' support [SMH] uTorrent Quietly Installs Cryptocurrency Miner, Users Complain [TorrentFreak] EA Shuts Down SimCity Developer Maxis [Kotaku] Fridge caught sending spam emails in botnet attack [CNET] WordPress Wins $25,000 From DMCA Takedown Abuser [TorrentFreak] What to expect at Apple's 'Sprin