Geeks Interrupted

Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Encryption hack downplayed by SIM card maker Gemalto [The Age] Twitter has tripled the size of its team handling abuse reports [The Guardian] Australians harass George Brandis as the true cost of metadata retention is revealed [The Age] Metadata retention laws will pass as Labor folds [SMH] Woolworths inks deal with eBay to drive online/offline sales [SMH] News.com.au Launches On Youth App Snapchat [B&T] Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge announced [News.com.au] Huawei unveils its first Android Wear smartwatch [Engadget] Pebble takes on Apple Watch with a new Kickstarter that's raised over $5 million in less than a day [BGR] Finally, A Wearable That Lets You Charge Your Gadgets By Jerking Off [Gizmodo Australia] Here are Apple's new, diverse emoji [Mashable] Apple's new 'diverse' emojis are not diverse enough [The Age] Apple to hold March 9 event ahead of watch's April release [The Age] Apple Wat

Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Special Guest: Anthony Agius. Show Notes: Anthony Agius [Reckoner] Optus switches on customers' global roaming automatically [The Age] NSW Police Officers Will Use The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 On The Streets To Tackle Crime [Gizmodo Australia] Tony Abbott Wants To Cancel The 2016 Census [Gizmodo Australia] Keeping data vital to fighting child pornography: Tony Abbott [SMH] Police insider slams proposed metadata laws [News.com.au] Exclusive: police insider speaks out on mandatory data retention [ABC Radio National] How Australian ISPs Will Start Busting Users For Piracy [Gizmodo Australia] HTTP/2 standard has been finalized, paving the way for a faster Web [Neowin] What Is HTTP/2? [Gizmodo Australia] SIM card maker to investigate claims of hacking by NSA, British spy agency [The Age] Telcos face mass SIM card recall after spy agencies' encryption hack revealed [SMH] Apple will fight iOS bugs with first-ever iOS Public

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: GameLoading: Rise Of The Indies [Kickstarter] Uber offers to share transportation data, create jobs in exchange for regulation in Australia [ABC News] South Australia wants driverless cars on its roads [iTnews] Gyde this: Aussie brothers Andrew and Scott Julian aiming for the Google of streaming video [The Age] Hackers rob US and global banks of millions in one of the largest heists ever [The Verge] Samsung's Smart TV Privacy Policy Raises Accusations Of Digital Spying, So What's The Deal? [Gizmodo Australia] Samsung's smart TVs are inserting unwanted ads into users' own movies [The Verge] Google and Mattel announce the next generation View-Master powered by Cardboard [Ausdroid] Google Maps finds its way to a 10th birthday celebration [BetaNews] Reuters: Apple may be working on a self-driving car after all [The Verge] Apple becomes first company to reach market value of $700b as smartphon

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Why It's So Hard To Get Apple, Google And The Rest To Pay Enough Tax In Australia [Gizmodo Australia] MCG to have high-speed wi-fi by the end of 2015 [The Age] Uber Australia Is Delivering Kittens For You To Love And Hold Today In Six Different Cities [Gizmodo Australia] PR experts warn Uber kitten stunt could come back to bite the company [mUmBRELLA] Uber Geelong delivers kittens to homes and offices in the region as part of Lort Smith Hospital #uberkittens fundraiser [Geelong Advertiser] Fairfax inks partnership with Huffington Post [The Age] Why Arianna Huffington is bringing Huffington Post to Australia [SMH] Australian Government Cyber-Security Video Is Painful To Watch [Gizmodo Australia] Twitter CEO admits fault in failing to deal with trolls and abuse [The Age] Under Armour Has Acquired MyFitnessPal and Endomondo [The Next Web] Burlington, Vermont Runs on 100% Renewable Energy [Cl

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Ruslan Kogan promises half-price groceries with Kogan Pantry, has Coles and Woolworths in sights [The Age] Robots are processing your Catch of the Day orders this Christmas [The Age] No CHOICE but to 'HideMyAss' for global content access? [iTWire] File-sharing site The Pirate Bay back online with reports of 'staff' rifts [The Age] Jay-Z takes on Beats and Spotify with acquisition of music-streaming services Tidal and WiMP for $56M [VentureBeat] Twitter finally delivers group messaging and video [Engadget] AOL To Lay Off About 150 People, Mostly In Sales; Folding Joystiq, TUAW Into Engadget [TechCrunch] GOOGLE: Glass Didn't Have The Impact We Had Hoped For [Business Insider] Apple announces record profits, earnings, and iPhone sales [Six Colors] 7 biggest revelations from Apple's historic earnings call [Cult of Mac] Apple's $80.3 million Australian tax bill revealed [SMH] Ghostbusters Offi

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Australian websites offline as Melbourne IT struggles with migration of 350,000 customers [The Age] Australia's internet lags behind despite NBN [The Age] Telstra's supercharged 4GX network in 1,000 new towns and suburbs [Telstra Exchange] Telstra security codes introduced after lax ID checks exposed [The Age] Melbourne vigilantes claim to expose paedophiles in Tinder experiment [The Age] Man dies after three-day internet gaming binge [The Age] Microsoft to deliver free upgrades to Windows 10 [CNET] Apple Pay May Launch Internationally By March [Gizmodo Australia] Apple Says App Store Billings Up 50% In 2014. Total Of $25BN Now Paid To iOS Devs [TechCrunch] Apple Watch will reportedly go on sale in March [The Verge] Absolutely Fabulous movie WILL happen in 2015 - 20 years after Jennifer Saunders started writing script [The Mirror] Stephen Fry marries boyfriend Elliot Spencer [The Age] All

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Target Australia Pulls GTA V Due To Depictions Of Violence Against Women [Kotaku Australia] Target's Grand Theft Auto V Ban Leaves Us With No-One To Blame [Kotaku Australia] Games aren't just for kids any more. By pulling Grand Theft Auto from stores Target sets the medium back [The Guardian] Professor Stephen Hawking warns development of artificial intelligence could mean end of human race [ABC News] Mark Zuckerberg defends free Facebook, fires back at Apple and Ello [Engadget] Twitter releases improved tools for reporting abuse and harassment [The Verge] Meet Google's ambitious new CAPTCHA that makes it easier to prove you're human [The Next Web] New Windows 10 leak shows desktop Cortana in action [Digital Trends] $350 Million Lawsuit Filed Against Apple After Company Deleted Competitors' Songs from iPod [CraveOnline] Apple loses appeal to trademark 'app store' in Australia [SMH] Apple

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Intertwined - The Game [Neon Tales Blog] NBN Co announces first rollout map for Coalition's multi-technology NBN [The Age] NBN satellites to allow for in-flight Wi-Fi on Qantas and Virgin [SMH] Airline passenger stuck with $1300 Wi-Fi bill [The Age] NBN Co to charge thousands for fibre-on-demand broadband connections [The Age] Westpac, Seven fund Australian social network Nabo [AFR] ACORN launched to call out Australian cybercrime [ZDNet] 'Australia Post' delivery scam holds PCs to ransom [The Age] Hack at Sony Pictures shuts computer system [LA Times] After Huge Hack, Fury And Other Unreleased Sony Films Leak On The Web [Gizmodo Australia] Sony Pictures investigating possible ties between hackers and North Korea [The Verge] GoPro is Reportedly Launching a Line of Personal Drones [The Next Web] This is the most amazing drone we've seen yet [YouTube] CBD 'attacker' identified on Facebook [

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Google, Telstra trial balloon internet in Queensland [iTnews] Australia rejects electronic voting - are US elections rigged? [iTWire] Banks using social media to assess loan applications [ABC News] Uber exec Emil Michael threatens to dig dirt on company critics, unleashing torrent of criticism [The Age] Uber Executive Is Uber Jerk, Suggests "Digging Up Dirt" On Female Reporter Who Criticized Company's Sexist Practices [The Mary Sue] Snapchat launches Snapcash to let you pay friends through the app [The Next Web] Did Snapchat Just Accidentally Monetize Nudes? [Motherboard] Google tests subscription service for ad-free websites [CNET] Sony Drops Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs Movie, Universal May Take Over [Mac Rumors] App Store swaps 'Free' download buttons with 'Get' label [Cult of Mac] Apple Just Revealed Lots More Info About the Apple Watch [TIME] Oscar- & Tony-Winning Director Mike Nich

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: New Melbourne domain names become available to the public in Australian first [ABC News] Telstra to send real-time SMS to ease bill shock [The Age] Online piracy websites set to be blocked [SMH] Internet Pirates Always a Step Ahead , Aussies Say [TorrentFreak] I tried to watch Game of Thrones and this is what happened [The Oatmeal] Ellen Pao steps up as Reddit chief executive after Yishan Wong quits over board dispute [The Age] Spotify CEO lashes back at Taylor Swift, says Spotify has paid music industry over $2B [VentureBeat] Taylor Swift's label hits back at Spotify by disclosing streaming royalties [The Verge] Dave Grohl enters the Spotify debate, says he "doesn't fucking care" [The A.V. Club] YouTube announces Music Key subscription service, starting at $7.99 per month [The Next Web] Microsoft patches two-decade old Windows flaw [WA Today] Microsoft shocker: Open-source .NET, free Vis

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: February date set for iiNet's court battle over Dallas Buyers Club [SMH] Uber urges Australian transport ministers to support app in open letter [ARN] South Park, Uber and Public Choice Economics [YouTube] Taylor Swift Pulls All Her Albums From Spotify [Re/code] Taylor Swift defends pulling her music from Spotify [The A.V. Club] Bono: Tech start-ups the new rock bands and Spotify good for music [The Age] German publisher caves to Google News after massive traffic drop [The Verge] WireLurker cyber malware targeting Apple iPhones poses threat to customers worldwide [ABC News] iMessage and FaceTime Ranked as Most Secure Mass-Market Messaging Options [Mac Rumors] Apple and Google engineers are trying to make emoji more diverse [The Verge] Christian Bale Won't Play Steve Jobs After All [The Next Web] Anonymous Apple Store employee shares tricks for getting the best service possible [Techly] 'T

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Mandatory data retention legislation hits the Australian parliament [ZDNet] Australian Federal Police: We Could Use Metadata To Prosecute Pirates [Gizmodo Australia] Australia Post Has Launched A US Freight Forwarding Service [Gizmodo Australia] Sexting Without Consent Is Now Illegal In Victoria As Of Today [Pedestrian TV] Six months on bail - for being sent spoof video of a 'tiger' having sex, that was really a man in a tiger suit [The Independent] Telstra 4GX: All you need to know [News.com.au] Older wireless microphones to become illegal [SMH] $30 Gets You The Australian Edition Of Cards Against Humanity [Kotaku Australia] Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo crashes, 1 dead [CNET] An International Space Station Resupply Mission Just Exploded Soon After Launch [Motherboard] Redditmade is Reddit's new crowdfunding site [The Verge] Why Whirlpool's smart washing machine was a dumb idea [The Age

Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Apple Pay works in Australia [Beau Giles] Twitpic's last-minute deal with Twitter keeps your old photos safe [Engadget] iiNet vows to fight threatened legal action over customers' illegal downloads [ABC News] Telstra, Optus not worth chasing in Dallas Buyers Club piracy crackdown [SMH] Tinder to introduce paid premium service - but will users swipe right? [Techly] How hookup apps and the internet are changing sex work [The Age] Paralysed man walks again after cell transplant [BBC News] Deezer Acquires Talk Radio App Stitcher [The Next Web] Retailers are disabling NFC readers to shut out Apple Pay [The Verge] Apple and Android fanboys unite to boycott NFC payment blocking [Cult of Android] Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak joins UTS [The Age] Don't Try Bending the iPad Air 2 at Home [Mashable] Your iPhone 6 could commit suicide if you ignore it [Cult of Mac] Rainn Wilson To Produce Comedy Starring Five Vin

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Commonwealth Bank working to combine tap-and-go cards with Opal transport ticket [The Age] Gold Coast film convention told movie pirates put a million Aussie jobs at risk [Gold Coast Bulletin] Harvey Norman named world's top short sell [Canberra Times] ATO to issue thousands of staff with iPhones and iPads [SMH] Ireland closing a tax loophole that saved billions for Apple, Google, and Facebook [The Verge] Apple and Facebook are now paying for women employees to freeze their eggs [The Verge] Google launches Nexus 6 Android smartphone with 6-inch display, available to pre-order October 29 [The Next Web] Google's Nexus Player Hasn't Passed FCC Certification Yet, 'Out Of Inventory' On The US Play Store [Android Police] Apple officially announces 18% thinner 'iPad Air 2' w/ Touch ID & gold color option [9to5Mac] Apple says iPad mini 3 will start at $399 with pre-orders starting tomorrow [9

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Australians demand faster internet speeds [AFR] Telstra is best, but even worst Australian mobile networks not bad by European standards [The Age] Cricket Australia beefs up digital offering with Accenture [SportsPro] Greens place ads on gay hook-up app Grindr ahead of 2014 state election [The Age] "The Mindy Project" Is Advertising on Tinder with Fake Profiles [Valleywag] Spies can access my metadata, so why can't I? My 15-month legal battle with Telstra [The Age] Episode 64: Three Thousand Terabytes A Month [Reckoner] Thousands of Snapchat images reportedly leaked online [The Age] Apple Invites Media to October 16 Event: 'It's Been Way Too Long' [Mac Rumors] iOS 8 Is Apple's Least Successful Update In Years [Gizmodo Australia] Twin Peaks will return, fulfilling Laura Palmer's 25-year prophecy [The Age] Paul Feig explains his vision for a female-led 'Ghostbusters' [Entertainment Weekly]

Phil Edwards and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Jacqui Lambie's Most Ludicrous Quotes, Seamlessly Inserted Into 'Ghostbusters' [Junkee] Reserve and Pick Up [Apple] Telstra Is Turning Its Payphones Into Wi-Fi Hotspots [Gizmodo Australia] Apple, Google Likely To Face The Senate Over Alleged Tax Dodging [Gizmodo Australia] Fairfax Releases App For Google Glass [B&T] Facebook apologizes to gay community, alters identity policy [CNET] The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 'Gapgate': Overblown or Serious Issue? [Newsweek] Is getting your hair stuck in the iPhone 6 the ultimate first world problem? [News.com.au] Microsoft's next OS is Windows 10, will ship later in 2015 [Engadget] Google threatened with $100m lawsuit over nude celebrity photos [The Guardian] Apple expected to hold iPad & Retina iMac event on Oct. 16 [AppleInsider] Reservations for Apple's iPhone 6, 6 Plus in China reportedly hit 2 million in first 6 hours [AppleInsider] iPhone 6 and 6 Plus p

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: FBI blasts Apple, Google for locking police out of phones [The Washington Post] FBI and Police Departments Endorse Apple's Full Device Encryption [Daring Fireball] Terror laws clear Senate, enabling entire Australian web to be monitored and whistleblowers to be jailed [The Age] Vodafone reveals plans to store users' online activity [iTnews] Why The Bash Shellshock Bug Could Be Even Worse Than Heartbleed [Gizmodo Australia] Everything you need to know about Ello, the latest trendy social network [The Next Web] Free Windows 9 Upgrades for Windows 8 Users? [PCMag] Some iPhone 6 Plus Owners Accidentally Bending Their iPhones in Pockets [Mac Rumors] iPhone 6 Plus Bending Limits Tested in New Video [Mac Rumors] Consumer Reports tests suggest iPhone 6 'bend-gate' a bit overblown [VentureBeat] Apple responds to bent iPhone 6 complaints, all nine of them [Engadget] LG Foolishly Used An IPhone To M

Phil Edwards and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Goat Simulator, the bizarre and hilarious indie video game, is now on Android and iOS [The Next Web] Commutr [Edward Huynh] Twitpic says it won't be shutting down after all [The Verge] Joan Rivers promotes iPhone 6 from beyond the grave [Mirror] Optus Is The First Aussie Telco To Switch On Next-Gen 4G [Gizmodo Australia] Telstra Hits Back At Optus' Next-Gen 4G Claims [Gizmodo Australia] T-Box era ends ahead of pay TV overhaul [SMH] Roku's New StreamCo-Branded Boxes Are Weirdly Coincidental [Gizmodo Australia] Alibaba IPO makes it worth $231 billion, more than Amazon and eBay combined [Engadget] Episode 565: The Story Of Alibaba [NPR: Planet Money] Google's Nexus 9 is made by HTC and coming very soon [The Verge] Google follows Apple to lock itself out of devices [iTnews] Google Officially Launches Android One In India With Three Phones Starting At Rs. 6299, More Countries Coming Soon [Android Police]

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Tinder settles with former exec over sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit [The Verge] Reddit user made famous off celeb nude photos wants his privacy back [The Verge] Community TV bid for SBS channel rejected [SMH] Community TV hits back against Turnbull's ratings argument [TV Tonight] ACCC won't block TPG's fibre-to-the-basement rollout [Computerworld] Australian Art Director Named 'Australia's Biggest Wanker' By Reddit [Mashable] Twitter testing 'buy' button on tweets [SMH] Demand for Apple iPhone 6 crashes all major Australian telco website ahead of September 19 launch [News.com.au] Planhacker: Every Australian iPhone 6 And 6 Plus Plan From Optus, Telstra, Virgin Mobile And Vodafone [Lifehacker Australia] Apple's decision to give its customers U2's new album for free is confusing a lot of people [The Next Web] Apple reportedly spent more than $100 million on the new U2 album [T

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