Wed, 8 January 2020
This week, Melissa (@solutiongeek) and Peter (@PeterSmallbone) are joined by Tara Kelly (@TKtechnow), CEO and Founder of Splice Software (@SPLICESoftware). The trio talk about Google's tax woes, Amazon's initiatives to help homeless people in Seattle - as well as the startup scene in that city, Sonos's controversial new trade-in process, using AI for breast cancer diagnosis, LibreOffice's first decade, how Splice Software can help customers and more! 00:00 Christmas, waxworks and Star Wars 02:24 Introducing Tara... and a bit more Star Wars 03:39 Google's Double Irish and Dutch Sandwich are off the menu 08:15 Gimme shelter, Amazon 12:47 Seattle's stupendous startups 16:45 Sonos says 'brick me' 27:11 AI is best for breast 33:40 LibreOffice chalks up ten years 36:23 Tara talks Splice Software 48:24 Next week's plans
Direct download: 340.mp3
Category: Technology
-- posted at: 12:15pm EDT
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Tue, 24 December 2019
In the second of a very special two-part episode, Peter Smallbone (@petersmallbone) reports on the world of tech startups at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin 2019. Please note this is a live event recoring and audio quality will be affected by that. 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:10 Innovative apps for NASA and others with Charlie Regis (@CharlieRegis), Co-Founder, Styliff Tech (@stylifftech / https://styliff.com) 00:06:19 Wearable technology to prevent industrial injuries with Matthew Hart, Founder, Soter Analytics (@SoterAnalytics / https://www.soteranalytics.com) 00:15:57 Software development for cloud computing, mobile apps, IoT and BLE with Grzegorz Kapusta (@gkapusta), CEO and Piotr Herstowski, Business Development Lead, Polidea (@polidea / https://www.polidea.com) 00:22:33 Data labelling for AI with Lars Wulfken (@wulfskin), VP Product, Canotic (@canoticai / https://canotic.com) 00:33:01 Hyperlocal video streaming with Christian Walther, Director Product, Joyn (@JoynDeutschland / https://www.joyn.de) 00:36:51 Automated cloud security with Manuela Ticudean, Co-Founder, Cyscale (@cyscale / https://www.cyscale.com) 00:42:14 Financial wellbeing with Alexander Brouwer (@alexanderbrwr), Founder and CEO and Veronica Fresneau (@verofresneau), Head of Marketing and Communications, Vive (@Vive_App / https://www.viveapp.com) 00:49:18 Winners of Startup Battlefield announced!
Direct download: 339.mp3
Category: Technology
-- posted at: 3:00am EDT
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Wed, 18 December 2019
In the first of a very special two-part episode, Peter Smallbone (@petersmallbone) reports on the world of tech startups at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin 2019. Due to the nature of live recordings, this recording will have background noise. 00:00:00 This might be a very short podcast… 00:01:16 A brain/computer interface with Daniëlle Tump, Software Developer and Product Manager, MindAffect (@mindaffect_bci / https://www.mindaffect.nl) 00:08:41 Social media for entrepreneurial minded students with Ronan Liedmeier, Co-founder, Studentup inc (@studentupinc / https://studentup.com) 00:17:03 ‘Doubling the performance of display ads’ with Mahesh Murthy (@maheshmurthy), Founder, Rad Ad (@raddotad / https://www.rad.ad) 00:25:39 Extended reality for videogaming with Alberto Saldaña (@ASaldaNave), CEO and Edu Saldaña (@EduS_N), Exec Creative Director, Sons of a Bit (@SonsofaBit_Ent / https://sonsofabit.com) 00:32:37 Girls shaping the future with tech with Dora Palfi (@dorapalfi), Co-founder and CEO, imagiLabs (@imagilabs / https://imagilabs.typeform.com/to/lJRbFM) 00:36:06 ‘The world's most secure messenger’ with Paul Jung, CEO, Seal Communication (@sealmessenger) 00:39:16 K-Dance for K-Pop with Manhyung Han (@Manhyung), CEO and Founder, Kinetic Lab 00:43:34 Powering the smart home revolution with Vladimir Cillik, Chief Business Development Officer, Domotron (@DomotronHome / https://domotron.com) 00:47:21 ‘Instant ROI’ platform for e-commerce with Maciej Serafin, CMO, edrone (@edrone_me / https://edrone.me)
Direct download: 338.mp3
Category: Technology
-- posted at: 3:41pm EDT
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Tue, 10 December 2019
This week, Melissa (@solutiongeek) and Peter (@petersmallbone) discuss a record breaking Cyber Monday, the latest on Xerox's attempted takover of HP, leadership changes at Google, AWS's moves into Quantum computing, KPMG getting into Microsoft 365, US Department of Homeland Security increasing the reach of their facial recognition technology, Sprint's cybersecurity woes and more! 00:00 Peter has a job... finally 02:12 Christmas shopping tales 03:30 Cyber Monday is the new Black Friday 12:29 HP slaps Xerox 15:58 Google finally moves out of the garage 21:57 AWS is on a quantum journey 25:33 KPMG goes all in on Microsoft 365 28:07 DHS saves face 34:13 Sprint gets a bucketload of problems 38:01 Japan comes to Melissa 40:06 Peter goes to Berlin
Direct download: 337.mp3
Category: Technology
-- posted at: 11:18am EDT
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Tue, 19 November 2019
This week Peter and Melissa get together to discuss Mirantis taking on Docker Enterprise, Google getting into banking, Political attacks going cyber, politicians endorsing the opposition, Instagram’s new no-like test and more. 00:00 – Husky 02:00 – Kubernetes, more than 3 times fast 06:00 – Docker pulls an enterprise tea party 10:00 – Google Checking 15:00 – Labor keeps plugging through cyber attack 17:15 – Fake AI Friends 20:00 – Insta-nope
Direct download: 336.mp3
Category: Technology
-- posted at: 1:06am EDT
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Mon, 11 November 2019
This week, Peter and Melissa are joined by special guest Rick Fox, VP of Agency Associations and Networks at Vertafore (@Vertafore). Together they talk insurance tech, Xerox’s potential acquisition of HP, Uber Eats running Ads while Uber ignores jaywalking as a thing, Ring’s vulnerability and more. 00:00 – Aston Villa disappoints the kids 04:30 – The minnow swallowing the bass 10:30 – Ads: It’s what’s for dinner 16:10 - Uberbad design 22:50 – Autonomous minions 28:30 – Ring shares your wifi password with the neighbors 33:30 – Gov’ment Cookies 36:30 – What is Insurance Tech anyway? 44:00 – AI: your new actuary 47:30 – Social Media based insurance rates?
Direct download: 335.mp3
Category: Technology
-- posted at: 10:00pm EDT
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Mon, 4 November 2019
This week, Peter Smallbone (@petersmallbone) is joined by Mike Butcher (@mikebutcher), editor-at-large at TechCrunch (@TechCrunch). The pair discuss the Pentagon's $10bn cloud computing contract, WhatsApp suing NSO, a new Slack competitor, Twitter dumping paid-for political ads, the unintended consequences of Facebook allowing politicians to lie and of course the upcoming TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin event. 00:00 Intros 02:02 Microsoft's the JEDI master 07:02 NSOh-no 11:26 Slack overload? Take a Quill pill 15:44 Twitter won't take your money... if you're a politician 21:00 Zuck is hoist with his own petard 26:09 Ich bin ein Berliner! TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin: https://smlb.in/2PFjF9U @speakingintech
Direct download: 334.mp3
Category: Technology
-- posted at: 11:00pm EDT
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Thu, 17 October 2019
This week, Melissa and Peter discuss Libra's troubles, seeing through walls with Wi-Fi, Apple's u-turn over Hong Kong, Dyson's ditching of its electric car, Nobel prizes for batteries and more! 00:00 - Colds, conferences and certifications 08:10 - PayPal's a Libra leaver 12:03 - BoE's a Libra legislator 16:55 - Walls have eyes 20:55 - App tha Police 26:20 - Dyson pulls the plug on its electric car 30:29 - Prizes all round 33:12 - What next week holds
Direct download: 333.mp3
Category: Technology
-- posted at: 1:20pm EDT
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Wed, 25 September 2019
This week Peter and Melissa sync up to discuss Ransomware in New Bedford, Uber Layoffs, McDonald’s new AI related acquisition, Robot grocery store use cases, loot box legislation and more! 00:00 – Slinging Rockets 05:00 – Riding out the Hack 09:15 – Uber takes a dump 13:15 – The robot army comes for your kids 21:00 – Robo-finders 24:45 – Lucky Dips
Direct download: 331.mp3
Category: Technology
-- posted at: 2:04am EDT
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Tue, 10 September 2019
This week, Melissa (@solutiongeek) and Peter (@petersmallbone) discuss facial recognition in court, YouTube targeting kids, VMware's latest moves, Microsoft's acquisition of Movere, the latest AWS outage, falling server sales, a $14,000 gaming chair and more! 00:00 HashiConf is a-comin' to your town 02:27 All your face are belong to us 08:54 YouTube gets fined $170m... by a COPPA 15:43 VMware gets into Carbon Black and Kubernetes 19:13 You say 'Moov-eer' and I say 'Moov-air-eh' 23:00 AWS gives its services the day off for Labor Day 24:10 Servers are sooo last quarter 27:03 Who gets the electric chair? 29:58 What's on next week @speakingintech
Direct download: 330.mp3
Category: Technology
-- posted at: 11:01am EDT
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