Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News

NBN concedes consumer complaints are high, but continues to point the finger at retailers. Vodafone lets new contract customers walk without paying exit fees. Is your boss snooping on your LinkedIn habits? Special guests The Register's APAC editor Simon Sharwood and Finder.com.au's editor-in-chief Angus Kidman. Vertical Hold is brought to you by Linksys. Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News - podcast hosts @adam_turner and @alexkidman speak to Australia's leading technology journalists every Friday to get the stories behind the tech news of the week. verticalholdauaudio.libsyn.com facebook.com/VerticalHoldAU @verticalholdau

With Sony and Panasonic battling LG in the OLED space, will it be the future of TV? Will Disney's announcement that it's launching its own streaming service doom Netflix? Where did the godfather of the modern password go wrong? Special guest Pickr.com.au editor Leigh Stark. Vertical Hold is brought to you by Linksys. Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News - podcast hosts @adam_turner and @alexkidman speak to Australia's leading technology journalists every Friday to get the stories behind the tech news of the week. verticalholdauaudio.libsyn.com facebook.com/VerticalHoldAU @verticalholdau

Can NBN win the broadband speed blame game with Australia's ISP? Can Vodafone's NBN 4G fallback save homes in broadband limbo? Is this all moot with AI getting smarter every day?  Special guest Australian IT editor Supratim Adhikari.

Does Google's Wi-Fi live up to its lofty promises? Will Optus' billion dollar regional mobile spend rewrite the local mobile landscape? Will anyone miss Adobe Flash? Special guest The Australian's technology writer Chris Griffith. Vertical Hold is brought to you by Linksys.

Why did Game of Thrones melt Foxtel's streaming servers? Now that Google Home is finally here in Australia, was it worth the wait? Speaking of Google, will its reborn Glass finally find a home in the enterprise? Special guests 2SER's Nic Healey and finder.com.au's Angus Kidman Vertical Hold is brought to you by Linksys. Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News - podcast hosts @adam_turner and @alexkidman speak to Australia's leading technology journalists every Friday to get the stories behind the tech news of the week. verticalholdauaudio.libsyn.com facebook.com/VerticalHoldAU @verticalholdau

Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News - podcast hosts @adam_turner and @alexkidman speak to Australia's leading technology journalists every Friday to get the stories behind the tech news of the week. verticalholdauaudio.libsyn.com facebook.com/VerticalHoldAU @verticalholdau

Will Aussies tolerate the Netflix tax and a price rise? Why is Apple at war with Westpac? Should we be excited about Nintendo's mini Super NES? Special guest Australian Financial Review technology editor Paul Smith. Vertical Hold is brought to you by Alcatel. Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News - podcast hosts @adam_turner and @alexkidman speak to Australia's leading technology journalists every Friday to get the stories behind the tech news of the week. verticalholdauaudio.libsyn.com facebook.com/VerticalHoldAU @verticalholdau

Are we ready for Netflix choose your own adventures? Will Aussies volunteer to police NBN speeds for the consumer watchdog? Will the latest scams catch Australians unawares? 

The biggest news this week comes from the E3 Games shot in Los Angeles. We're joined by Matt Sainsbury from digitallydownloaded.net, and Fairfax Media's Tim Biggs, reporting live from LA as we pull apart the big announcements, dissect the hype and decide which games are worth getting excited about!

NBN's making changes to its pricing structure, but will this mean faster or cheaper broadband for Australians, or just a huge structural advantage for the established ISPs? Meanwhile, the long-mooted GST hit for any online purchase looks like it might be delayed for 12 months, but is it a decent idea in the first place? With Apple's WWDC just around the corner, we do some crystal ball gazing to work out what new hardware Apple might have to reveal. All this and more with our special guest, Macworld Australia editor Anthony Caruana!

Microsoft has unveiled its long-anticipated update to the Surface Pro family, simply dubbed the Surface Pro, but was it worth the wait? Meanwhile, it's also launching a subscription games service for Xbox One gamers called Xbox Game Pass, but has it been bypassed by PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch? All this and the IGEA's plea to the Federal Goverment for Australian games development funding in the latest episode, with special guest, technology writer for The Australian, James Tindale!

Is Google on a winner with its standalone Daydream VR headsets? Can the Google Home benchtop speaker beat Amazon Echo? Special guests Ausdroid's Dan Tyson and News Corp's Jen Dudley-Nicholson. Vertical Hold is brought to you by Alcatel.   Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News - podcast hosts @adam_turner and @alexkidman speak to Australia's leading technology journalists every Friday to get the stories behind the tech news of the week. verticalholdauaudio.libsyn.com facebook.com/VerticalHoldAU @verticalholdau

The Federal Budget has been handed down, but what impact will it have on the Australian technology scene? Meanwhile, Telstra has enabled Voice over Wi-Fi for iPhone users, but is this a godsend or a patch where users are expected to shore up shaky mobile networks? We're joined by finder.com.au editor-in-chief Angus Kidman for this week's show!

Microsoft's launching Surface Laptops and Windows 10 S, but who's lining up to buy them? Google goes on HTTPS security push. 

Google is pitching to fight a war against fake news, but can an algorithm and user notifications really fight the tidal wave of fake news? The NBN seems to stumble from one problem to another, with customers being disconnected from ADSL only to find the NBN won't talk to them either, but what can be done? Finally, are "free" services that sell your privacy worth using, and how can you keep yourself private online? We're joined by Macworld Australia editor Anthony Caruana for this week's episode! Vertical Hold is brought to you by Alcatel.

Is Samsung's Galaxy S8 the smartphone we've been waiting for? 

NBN is talking a big speed game, TPG's launching a fourth mobile network and there's plenty happening in the smartphone payments space, but will Australians care? We're joined this week by finder.com.au editor-in-chief Angus Kidman! Vertical Hold is brought to you by Alcatel. Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News - podcast hosts @adam_turner and @alexkidman speak to Australia's leading technology journalists every Friday to get the stories behind the tech news of the week. RSS: verticalholdauaudio.libsyn.com Facebook: facebook.com/VerticalHoldAU Twitter: @verticalholdau

Apple promises it cares about the Mac, ACCC vows to fight Apple in court over Error 53 repairs, NBN puts more homes in the too-hard basket. Special guest Matthew JC Powell, editor of PCMag.com.au. Vertical Hold is brought to you by Alcatel. Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News - podcast hosts @adam_turner and @alexkidman speak to Australia's leading technology journalists every Friday to get the stories behind the tech news of the week. verticalholdauaudio.libsyn.com facebook.com/VerticalHoldAU @verticalholdau