Speaking in Tech

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)

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

This week Josh, Peter and Melissa discuss Google's new leadership, a new Blackberry acquisition, Microsoft's VDI acquisition, Alexa's court order and more!

00:00 - New Phone Fails 09:00 - GOragle 17:00 - Blackberry's Billions 22:00 - Year of VDI 27:00 - Murder Testimony aaS

This week Josh, Peter and Melissa join forces to discuss Comcast's attempt to swipe more content, Uber's fatal autonomous vehicle collision, Air taxis and Google's latest assistant demo.

00:00 - The guys got robbed 10:00 - Comcast tries to outdo the Mouse 16:00 - It's not a bug, it's a false positive 23:00 - Can't figure it out on the ground? put it in the air! 27:30 - AI takes another job you hated 38:00 - Who do you want to be next?

This week Peter and Melissa discuss Microsoft's new Skype and Cortana policy, VMware's potential acquisition, another major security breech, Politicians killing facial recognition and more.

00:00 - Changes 02:15 - Human overlords for AI 09:15 - Your biometrics - pwned 17:00 - Politician profiling 21:15 - The snake eats itself 28:00 - These clicks are jacked!