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Buying Beer with Bitcoins, Google I/O Smorgasboard
Music, email, maps, TV channels, social networks, mobile phones, operating systems, web-browsers - Google seems to do it all. Has the company bitten off more than it can chew and what's it really good at? Plus, imagine buying a beer with the infamous digital currency, bitcoins. A bar in Berlin lets you do just that. Does this mean the wildly unpredictable currency has a role in our future economy after all?
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Recycling Your Tech, Is Viber the new Skype?
The majority of the 3 million computers bought in Australia each year will end up in the tip. However, there is an army of people recycling your computers and it’s a full on business. Plus, an app that will help you walk and text without stumbling into a wall. Seriously.
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Shodan, Lulzsec & Crowdsourcing Every Life Choice?
Can you imagine being able to control a crematorium, a powerstation or traffic lights somewhere out the world from your laptop? Welcome to the mysterious search engine Shodan. If Google is the search engine for web pages than Shodan is the Google of “things”. Also in this episode we examine the state of Lulzsec in Australia and experiment with the new crowdsourcing app SeeSaw
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PostSecret.com & How the NBN Compares to the Rest of the...
This week we compare how Australia's two proposed NBN options compare to broadband offerings around the world. Plus, did you realise that the worlds most popular ad-free blog is based on postcards? We talk to the enigmatic Frank Warren creator of PostSecret: where people send in artfully crafted postcards containing their deepest darkest & sometimes hilarious secrets.
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Are you being RATted? Predictive Analytics
Imagine websites that can predict the news. A phone that can tell where you will take a wrong turn. A boss who knows when you'll quit your job and... should I stop now? Is this getting creepy? We stare into the crystal ball of predictive analytics and predictive apps about to proliferate on mobile phones. Plus, why you might want to put some tape over your webcam when you're not using it. We explore the world of RATting.
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Labor NBN vs Coalition NBN & Flattr pays to Tweet
Is it broadband or is it fraudband? Everything you need to know about the Coalition’s plan for the NBN and how it stacks up against the Labor plan. Which works better for you? What’s better in the short term? What’s better in the long term? Also, can you imagine being paid for a great tweet or a clever blog comment? We talk to the Swedish tech company Flattr who are re-inventing tipping for the social media era. We also examine what lessons from that could be applied to online journalism....
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Facebook Home, Interactive Advertising, Wearable Mouse
Hate ads? Now it's voice-activated talking commercials: Advertising can be loud, garish, sometimes hilarious and occasionally breathtaking. But what would happen if it started talking back to you? We examine the new attempts and interactive voice-activated talking ads. Plus Facebook launching their own phones? Google branding their own laptops? Why are these well-known internet companies moving into hardware? And why have a mouse on your desk when you could wear a mouse on your finger? We...
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Overpaying for Software & Paid to Study
The high price of software: You might have noticed that there's been quite a bit of talk recently over how much your software costs. Apple, Microsoft and Adobe were all hauled down to Canberra last week for a 'please explain', but did anything worthwhile come of it? We talk to Choice Magazine about their unusual solution to unfair software prices. Plus, imagine all of your friends and family paying for you to study. We weigh up the pros & cons of an Australian startup that's offering you...
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Battle for Android Supremacy, Pheed: New Facebook?
Is Pheed the next Facebook? It’s been called the ultimate new social media network, it’s had high profile stars spruiking it and it’s already shot ahead of Facebook and Twitter in Apple’s App store ... so just what is Pheed? As android phone manufacturers compete furiously to produce the best on the market, what does it all mean for the smartphone of 2013 and beyond? And we look at PromiseLocker the Aussie start-up measuring personal, public and political promises and holding them all to...
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Remastering the Digital Mixtape, Freeloading
A new take on the mixtape: Remember the days when people lovingly compiled their favourite songs on cassette? Well, we cross to the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, to talk to two Aussie lads who are trying to reinvent the mixtape for a generation who've known only MP3s and streaming services. It uses the same technology as your paypass card and is a little bit of genius. Also, we talk to author Chris Ruen about whether the predominant culture of free content on the internet is...
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VFX Industry in Crisis, China Hacker, Tapestry
The decay of the special-effects industry: Rhythm and Hues, the company that won the Oscar for the stunning visual effect in the film Life of Pi, have filed for bankruptcy. We talk to veteran VFX artist Dave Rand direct from the depleted offices of Rhythm and Hues about why the US computer-generated effects industry may be in dire straits, despite making billions each year for Hollywood. Plus, we test out the android app designed to help seniors online. It simplifies email and then funnels...
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Playstation4, Mega Rebranded, World Startup Report
The world of start-up culture: How much harder is it to be a start-up technology company in Beijing versus Brisbane, Seattle or Sydney? We speak to the man who knows. Bowei Gai is the founder of the World Startup Report and he stops off in the studio during his round-the-world expedition to find the best in digital innovation. Meanwhile, the US government called the New Zealand outlawed file-sharing site Megaupload the most successful illegal pirate operation on the planet. We speak to the...
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James Dyson, Facebook Hacked, Songl
The technological home: Sir James Dyson has built a $2billion fortune out of applying new technology to reinvent familiar appliances like the vacuum cleaner and the hand dryer. Marc Fennell speaks with him about innovation and invention. But regardless of whether our vacuum cleaner uses cyclonic technology, most of us prefer Facebook to housework, with new research showing that 67% of all US internet users now use the social networking site.
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Zach Braff, Wearable Technology, Ecomobility
Death by internet: Just imagine waking up one day, turning on your computer to find out that you are dead, or at least that's the story spreading around the world thanks to a bogus news story. Comedian, star of the TV show Srcubs and world-class nerd Zach Braff on what it's like to be killed off by the web, the power of social media and how people in the public eye should use the internet. Plus, why put your phone in your pocket when you it could be on your wrist? We look at the future for...
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Exclusive: Sir Tim Berners-Lee Inventor of the Web
Facebook, Google, Twitter, YouTube, PayPal, E-Commerce, Wikileaks, Anonymous even LolCats would not exist without this man. In 1989 Tim Berners-Lee created the web and irrevocably changed the course of humanity. He's been speaking in Australia and gave his one and only broadcast interview to Download This Show. He talks about the Government's proposed data retention scheme, the National Broadband Network and more.
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Inside Warmest 100, VineApp, Facebook Graph Search
triple j’s Hottest 100 is the world's biggest music poll and an an annual tradition for millions of young Australians. So, how did a handful of geeky triple j fans use data mining to produce a website that predicted 92 out of 100 of the songs that would end up in the countdown? We also exmaine the brand new app Vine to see if it can do for video what Instagram did for photo-sharing. We also have a play with Facebook's new "Graph Search" which could well be the creepiest thing to happen to...
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2012: The Year in Tech, Spotify Aust's Kate Vale
Your techy year: What was the piece of technology -- software, website or gadget -- that most changed your life in 2012? We take on the year in technology. Plus, she launched Google in Australia and now she’s running the music streaming company Spotify Australia; we sit down with Kate Vale to talk killing iTunes and ask those curly questions about just how much money gets back to musicians.
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Taxi App Wars, 20 Years of SMS, Online Safety Tips
Taxi! As you struggle to successfully hail a cab this festive season, we look at the war of words between the taxi industry and new, unregulated taxi booking smartphone apps, and ask what’s best for consumers. We put taxi booking apps Uber and GoCatch under the microscope.
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Hunter Moore: Internet Villain? The Daily is Dead
As the sun bears down on the country we examine the complex challenges (both technical, financial) facing Solar Power in Australia and abroad. International roving reporter Jonathon Gifford @jonogifford reports from the Intersolar North America Trade Show. We also examine why Hunter Moore is the most hated man on the internet. We also mourn the end of Rupert Murdoch's highly publicised iPad-only newspaper The Daily. Was the problem the technology or the content?
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Facebook Hoaxes, Technology and Kids with Autism
Facebook frights: A copyright notice swept Facebook recently, with users attaching pseudo-legalese to their status updates in a misguided effort to prevent Facebook from owning or commercially exploiting their content. Why do Facebook hoaxes travel so far and fast? We also experiment with BitTorrent Live, which lets any content owner or publisher stream video to millions of people at good quality and with just a few seconds of buffering, for free or cheap. We also enter a technology lab in...
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The Team Behind New MySpace, Indoor GPS, AdBlocker
We meet the Chris and Tim Vanderhook: the two brothers who (along with Justin Timberlake) shelled out 35 million dollars to buy MySpace from Rupert Murdoch. Can they successfully launch the original social media sensation? We also chat to Ben Johnston from JosephMark: the Brisbane design studio tasked with the job of making it happen. They’ve done one interview with Australian media and it’s right here on Download This Show. Also: Imagine a $120 box that sits between your modem and your...
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Conroy's Cleanfeed, Games For Change, UN Net Grab
Cleaning up the web: Nearly three years since announcing the proposed mandatory internet filtering system Cleenfeed, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's scheme is dead. But what have they replaced it with and were we better off with Conroy’s old system? Meanwhile, we peek into the secret UN meeting that could radically change the way the net is governed, and take time out to ask whether games can truly change our minds and society.
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Dodgy In-App Purchases, Air BNB, Flesh Recognition
How Air BNB took couch surfing and turned it into a global travel business Have you ever opened up your credit card bill to realise that you’ve spent hundreds on apps that you never intended to? As the government crack down on unethical payment systems in smart phone apps we begin the naming and shaming with the dodgiest in-app purchases And speaking of dodgy...How would you feel about an app that crawls through your friends Facebook photos to find the shots of them in scantily clad outfits?...
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Violentacrez, Facebook Broken, Chinese Dating Apps
Love online: Finding the right partner in life can be hard; especially in China where a new generation of educated women are under intense social pressure to create all important harmonious families. We explore how Mobile Relationship Apps are affecting Digital Dating and indeed the social fabric of China. Plus, one of the world’s biggest trolls, Violentacrez, has been unmasked but is public shaming the answer to trolling?
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Copyright Infringement, Wikileaks, WotWentWrong
So, you just got a Copyright Infringement Notice from your internet company. How do you respond to it? What do Julian Assange and Rupert Murdoch have in common? They both believe in putting content behind paywalls apparently. And online hacktivist collective Anonymous is very angry about it. Also we examine possibly the world's creepiest dating site.
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Spotify Fail, Apps Stop Texting Driving, Facegifts
Don't text while driving: According to RACQ, mobile phone use reduces reaction time by 35 percent, effectively making you a drunk driver, even when using a hands-free kit. But what if you're too addicted and you need a little help to stop you from texting while driving? We go on the road to test out apps that will actually prevent you from texting while driving. Also, as Facebook launch their new online store, we examine how social media is changing the purchase process. And, has the Spotify...
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Ethical Pornography? Jason Silva, Zynga Disaster
What if every time someone watched online pornography God didn't kill a kitten, you didn’t go blind and no-one went to hell. Instead though you automatically donated money to help cure cancer or perhaps saved puppy dogs from being put down. That's more or less the idea behind Come4.org. Come4 is aiming to be a free, non-profit, crowd-sourced porn site that's trying to get off the ground with the help of Kickstarter-like funding setup Ulule. But in actual fact there is a booming industry of...
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Facebook Glitch, Shazam TV, Domain Aftermarket
What the hell happened to your Facebook “private messages”? Facebook users all around the world are adamant that their private messages have been made public. Facebook have forcefully denied any wrongdoing. So what has actually happened here? Shazam wants to be your Second TV Screen Chances are if you have a smartphone you've used Shazam. It's an app which can, given a few seconds of audio, tell you exactly what song you're listening to. Right now over a quarter of a billion people have...
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Google Seaview, iLost, Myspace, Berlin Startups
Who could turn a river into a lake, flatten entire citiesand invent islands out of thin air? Apple can! Or more specifically: their error-prone new map system can. Apple's new maps on the latest iPhone have become an international laughing stock for casually missing landmarks, bad graphics and misplacing towns. But what went wrong?This week's panelists Stilgerrian and Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson help us make sense of it.
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Which Online Protests Actually Work? 4G, Blu Ray
Can you really change the world online? From the Arab Spring to StopSOPA, Kony2012 to #StopTheTrolls, #SydneyRiots to #MuslimRage -- they’re very different campaigns that all relied on spreading their message online. So when does technology-fuelled protest actually work or not? Plus 4G. If you’re looking to buy a new smart phone you've probably seen ads for 4G-compatible devices. But just what is 4G? How does it compare with existing networks? And what is the current availability of 4G in...
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Torrent Tracking, iPhone 5, App.net and Wikibooks
If you use BitTorrent software then you can be pretty sure that you are being monitored. A team from Birmingham University in the UK led by Tom Chothia, ran software that acted like a BitTorrent client for three years and recorded all of the connections made to it. But who is behind all this tracking?And how can you protect yourself?
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What really happened to Charlotte Dawson?
The Australian media has been falling over itself to find an answer to online bullies and trolls. However, was the Next Top Model judge simply collateral damage in a bigger online war between two of the biggest meme generators on the internet: 9gag and 4chan? We talk to the University of Oregon's Troll Doctor Whitney Phillips in order to find out
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Cryptoparty, Digital Elections + Apple vs Samsung
Techno elections: As the battle for the US Presidency heats up, we examine how technology is shifting Elections: Datamining Electorates, Apps that are challenging election promises and, naturally, the role of Social Media. We also make sense of the Apple/Samsung patent infringement case; what does it mean for you? And we throw a Cryptoparty: a new event where you can learn how to protect and encrypt all of your digital activities. Foil hats not included.
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Facedeals, Google Fiber, Medium, Branch
Imagine walking into a random shop and before you even start to browse, your smartphone alerts you to personalised deals and special deals. Facedeals is a new marketing app that uses facial recognition cameras to scan your face as you walk by a participating shop. Plus: they popularised self-publishing with Blogger, then simplified the world to 140 characters with Twitter. Now we have two new websites – Medium and Branch – in what is claimed will be an “evolutionary leap” in online...
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Trapwire, Antileaks, VPN, Google vs Piracy
Global TV on demand: Want to stream TV from anywhere in the world right onto your desktop, regardless of whether your favourite international TV show websites are being geo-blocked? Well with a VPN you can just to it; it's a virtual private network that masks what country you're in. But is it actually illegal? Plus we look at the group trying to take down Wikileaks, the hacking group Antileaks.
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Kopimism: Church of Filesharing, Zynga, Facebook
Ctrl C and Ctrl V: We use these keyboard functions every day but could you turn the principals behind "Copy" and "Paste" into a fully blown religion? Welcome to the world of Kopimism, a Swedish-based congregation of file sharers who believe that copying information is a sacred virtue. Plus, should companies be held legally accountable for what comments their fans leave on their Facebook pages? The Advertising Standards Board seems to think so.
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Wikiwomen, Great Game Writing, Savi People
Are there enough women editing Wikipedia? Do video game writers get enough credit and we test out the new app that claims to make your smartphone contact details... well smarter.
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The Great Firewall of Russia, Knock-off Facebooks?
The Great Firewall of Russia. As the ever-cuddly Russian government plan to install new censorship laws we take a wide angle look as online censorship around the world. The online hacktivist collective anonymous have launched their own anti-paedophile task force. Are the masked avengers of internet culture really the best people to tackle child sex abuse? Plus we have a play with knock-off versions of Facebook.
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The Great Firewall of Russia, Knock-off Facebooks?
The Great Firewall of Russia. As the ever-cuddly Russian government plan to install new censorship laws we take a wide angle look as online censorship around the world. The online hacktivist collective anonymous have launched their own anti-paedophile task force. Are the masked avengers of internet culture really the best people to tackle child sex abuse? Plus we have a play with knock-off versions of Facebook.
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Australian Spy Laws, Andable and the Death of Digg
How do you feel about telecommunications companies storing your browsing data and phone records for two years? Internet service providers are stressed, users are concerned and potential data-mining hackers have giant dollar signs flashing. We find out exactly what it means for you. Plus shopping with social justice: we check into the new Aussie start-up Andable and explore whether people really do want to help out the third world while purchasing goods on-line.
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Would You Dob on a Pirate? Banking Via Facebook
Would you blow the whistle on someone you knew was pirating software? What if we offered you $20, 000? The Business Software Alliance is doing just that, paying informants for pursuable leads on businesses using pirated or unlicensed software. But is this a smart way to tackle piracy? Plus, forget all that posting and poking on Facebook; how about paying some bills? The Commonwealth Bank has demonstrated a beta Facebook banking application that will allow customers to do their banking...
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Is your e-reader reading you? Personalising News
You read the last novel in just seven hours but gave up on the next at page 88. Are you reading your e-reader of is it reading you? We examine how e-readers are mining your data and meet the publishing company using that information to revolutionize the book as we know it. Plus #WAYWIRE, a new news service combining social media and TV journalism in a way that aims to challenge old media outlets like CNN and create a news-discovery alternative to Twitter and Facebook.
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Google TV Box, Influence Economy, NutritionRank
Just how much money is your social media following worth? This week we examine the phenomenon of The Influence Economy. Plus we look at how Google & Sony have entered the battle to control the next generation of television sets. And we test out the new food evaluation site called Nutrition Rank.
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Putting AI to the test, Taxing IE7 & Mapple
What separates us from a machine? How far does a computer programme have to go before its behaviour can no longer be distinguished from that of a human. 100 years after he was born we examine whether Alan Turing's test for artificial intelligence is still relevant. Also Apple has given notice that it will no longer carry Google maps, but instead use their own built-in map service. Can Apple build a map service that does as good a job, or a better one, than Google has? Plus, which...
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Crowdsourcing Fashion Advice? OCD App & Passwords
"Does my bum look big in this?" Why irritate your loved ones with this question when you can put it to the entire internet. We explore crowdsourcing fashion advice websites Fashism and GoTryItOn. We also examine just how secure your password really is and meet the US Doctor who has developed an app to help OCD sufferers.
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Dr Internet, Stuxnet, Flame & Voting for Privacy
The Doctor is in; Dr Internet that is. We explore how people self-diagnose online with the new service Meddik. Is it such a healthy habit to get into? And we look at the war of cyber-terrorism that's raging under our noses with the Stuxnet and Flame viruses. Plus we attempt to understand why Facebook is asking for you to vote on their new privacy policy.
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Microsoft's SO.CL Network, QR Codes, Cyberbullying
Can you cure cyber-bullying with cyber-stalking? Meet the company that’s hired by schools to monitor their students’ social networks for bullying. But - does this technique create more problems than it solves? And, in the wake of the IPO of Facebook, Microsoft has quietly launched So.cl, its own social networking foray. Do we really need ANOTHER one?
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End of the Call Centre? Your data after death, DNT
How much do you hate being left on hold to the help desk? Is it possible to replace call centres, help desks and support lines with social media? An Australian company is trying to do just that. Plus, all the ways you can tell the internet to not track you online. And, what happens to your data when you die - all those passwords, banking records, your Facebook page?
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Pay For Facebook Status? Safe Sexting, Pirate Pay
When you look at your Facebook news feed, do you sometimes wonder why some posts hang around forever while others seem to disappear without a trace? Why has Facebook chosen to highlight certain people in your digital life? This week we consider Facebook's EdgeRank - it’s part-engineering, part-psychology and it connects over 800 million of us. Plus, you’ve heard of safe sex - well we're experimenting with safe sexting - and an app that aims to give some control over your risque images.
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Apps To Ease Cancer, Digital Radio and more
How much is your personal data worth? 3 years on we examine the future of digital radio? And we try out an app that's trying to ease pain for kids with Cancer.
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Zombies Run, Google Drive, Overpriced Software
When there’s no more room in hell the dead will help you loose weight. This week on DOWNLOAD THIS SHOW we talk to the app designers who are using zombies to make us fitter. With the launch of Google’s new hard-drive in the clouds ‘Google Drive’ we examine what truly makes a good drop-box service and more.
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Anonymous Music Service? Virtual Canadian Currency
The online hacktivist collective Anonymous have become famous for their online attacks that have pulled down the websites of everyone from the Prime Minister to the Russian space program. But now a few of their number have decided to move into the music business with a new social music platform called Anontune. Plus we examine the Canadian Government's launch of a virtual currency called MintChip and we ask what the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft is likely to do next in the...
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Apple v Amazon eBook racket, are comments bad?
Are you the type of person who can't wait to comment on a story you find on the web? We examine whether comment threads are actually bad for online media. And, as the US Government sues Apple and the publishing industry for alleged price fixing of eBooks, we ask whether a little bit of anti-competitive behaviour is precisely what's needed in order to save the publishing business. Meanwhile, the UK government is considering new spying laws to allow it access to Britain's emails, browser...
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Google Glasses, Pirate Bay, Connect Pink
The Pirate Bay is the most resilient website for accessing for pirated media. How has it managed to survive so long? We also take a gander at Google's proposed internet-connected eye glasses. Is it a likely reality or false advertising? And we look at Fairfax's rumoured new social media network Connect Pink, aimed at women in regional Australia. But you have to pay for it and do regional women need or even want their own social network?
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China's Weibos, Blackberry Death? Ambient Social
As China clamps down on its social media networks we examine the wider complexities of online networking behind the great firewall of China. Plus RIM; it's the company that literally invented the modern smart phone in the form of the Blackberry but what the hell has happened to them and why is the company staring into the abyss? Where did it all go so wrong? And the good the bad and the downright inappropriate in the world of ambient social apps (like the creepy 'Girls Around Me' app).
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A Tattoo as a ringtone? Disconnect me, Pair
Disconnect me, please. As Google's controversial new privacy settings take hold we talk to the team of ex-Googlers who are helping keep your data to yourself. How the app 'Pair' is helping long-distance romance blossom in the age of the App. Oh, and just what the hell is Nokia doing by patenting a vibrating tattoo?
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Netflix's (Un)Arrested Development, New Translator
Now the story of a beloved tv comedy that lost it's network and the one website that had no choice but to bring it back to life...it's Arrested Development. Also this week: can the website Netflix become the next HBO or Showtime and reinvigorate television? Plus, have Microsoft finally cracked the Universal Translator? And are we witnessing the beginning of the end for text messaging?
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Digital Job Interviews, Instagram, Social TV Apps
Applying for a job in the digital age? The rise of services like HireArt and TakeTheInterview are making it harder and harder to get away with lying on your resume and photos (dammit!). And, the rise of social photography: As the world's leading photo-sharing app Instagram prepares to launch its Android version (to go along with its 27 million iPhone/iPad users) we ask what the effect is on photography, photographers and on us. Plus, if television was always a social family activity, now...
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Speech Jam, Getting Rid of Keyboards, Siri Talks
Just think of the most annoying, talkative person you know. Now, imagine a gun that you could point at them that would automatically shut them up. Sounds like fun, doesn't it? This week we have a look at The Stutter Gun and examine its wider implications for anti-protest technology. Also, should we be phasing out the QWERTY Keyboard? Plus, Apple's voice recognition app Siri is about to get a lot more competitors: We interview a few prospective 'Digital Assistants' in studio. (It will be...
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NBN: Facts vs Fiction, Storify, Pinterest, Tablets
The NBN has become something worse than a political football, so this week we're separating NBN facts from fiction. Don't forget to have a say as well. Drop a comment below or visit our Facebook page (facebook.com/downloadthisshow) and tell us what YOU want to know about the supposed $50 billion project. We examine the rise of social curation with Storify and Pinterest and examine the effect it will have on journalism and retail. Plus the future of Tablet computing as we review a few of our...
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Targeted Marketing in your Womb, Digital Product...
How did an American department store predict that a 15 year old girl was pregnant before anyone else? We examine the strange and fascinating world of Predictive Analytics and Data Mining both in and away from the computer. We examine how the world of Pervasive Gaming is bleeding out of the screen and intro the streets. And Digital Product Placement - imagine all your favourite old TV shows with brand new brands inserted into them.
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Buy Drugs off the Web, Hack a New Arm, Kickstarter
Can you hack a new arm? We meet the man who has hacked Microsoft Kinect to help people who suffer from phantom limb syndrome. We slip into the Dark Web and go shopping on the infamous online pharmacy The Silk Road. Along the way we examine Bitcoin and the world of virtual currencies and whether they truly have a future. Plus how virtual pan-handling can give you one million dollars as we evaluate the world of crowdsourcing and Kickstarter.
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3D Printers meet pirates, Gamify, Batteries reborn
Can the principles behind computer gaming solve world hunger and untangle the GFC? We examine the quirky world of Gamification. Plus, what happens when you combine a 3D printer with the world's largest illegal downloading network? Hilarity, that's what. And If you're sick of your mobile phone running out of juice (and aren't we all?) Download explains the future of the cell phone battery. Plus we investigate whether Google has found the lost city of Atlantis.
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Grindr hacked, music subscription and Twitter censorship
It's the $4 billion industry that wants to see you get more sex. We examine the psychology and business behind Digital Dating in light of the gay hook-up iPhone app Grindr being hacked by a NSW teenager. And only in our second episode we declare that Radio is Dead! Long Live RDIO. Do music subscription services like Spotify and the newly launched RDIO mean a genuine competitor for iTunes? We also examine Twitter's decision to allow country-by-country censorship -- is it actually a good...
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Mobile payments, piracy and facial recognition
Imagine doing away with your password and logging on to a website using facial recognition technology. We also examine the possibility of your mobile phone replacing your credit card. And we wade though the numbers to find out just how much damage piracy is really doing to the entertainment industry. This week's guest panel includes Nick Ross, editor of the ABC's Games and Technology website and Patrick Gray, cyber-security journalist from Risky.Biz
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