Speaking In Tech #334 - JEDI Masters

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11/05/19 • 34 min

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

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Speaking in Tech #333 - Becoming Superman

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

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Speaking in Tech #335 - Responsibility

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?