Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News

Why is Epic also taking on Google as well as Apple in its battle to free app stores? Can Peloton change the way Aussies get fit with their high-tech bikes? Special Guest Age/Byteside writer Alice Clarke (@Alicedkc) Vertical Hold is brought to you by Aussie Broadband – changing the game with their award-winning network and Australian based support. 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. verticalhold.com.au facebook.com/VerticalHoldAU @verticalholdau

How could the Online Safety Bill censor Australians and change the way we use the internet? What are Non-Fungible Tokens and why are people paying millions online for digital art? Guest ZDNet AU cybersecurity correspondent Stilgherrian @Stilgherrian - Vertical Hold is brought to you by Aussie Broadband – changing the game with their award-winning network and Australian based support. 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. verticalhold.com.au facebook.com/VerticalHoldAU @verticalholdau

Were there any winners in the battle between Facebook and the Australian Government? Was Disney+'s Star Hub worth the wait? Guests @findercomau editor-in-chief Angus Kidman (@gusworldau), @Byteside editor Seamus Byrne (@seamus) and @TVBlackbox viewer advocate @SteveMolk. Vertical Hold is brought to you by Aussie Broadband – changing the game with their award-winning network and Australian based support. 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. verticalhold.com.au 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.

NBN co announces new FTTP upgrade suburbs, Telstra ditches everything but prepaid direct debits and StarLink brings competition to the satellite broadband space in Australia -- at a cost. Special Guest Jen "Hard Quiz Champ" Dudley Nicholson from News Corp (@jendudley) Vertical Hold is brought to you by Aussie Broadband – changing the game with their award-winning network and Australian based support. 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. verticalhold.com.au facebook.com/VerticalHoldAU @verticalholdau

Why have NBN's HFC cable connections ground to a halt? Why is Telstra ditching free live sports in favour of Kayo? Guest ZDNet Australia editor Chris Duckett (@dobes) - Vertical Hold is brought to you by Aussie Broadband – changing the game with their award-winning network and Australian based support. 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. verticalhold.com.au facebook.com/VerticalHoldAU @verticalholdau

Listen Vertical Hold is brought to you by Aussie Broadband – changing the game with their award-winning network and Australian based support. Subscribe What would an Australian Internet look like without Google? As CBS pivots in the streaming wars, will Paramount+ be enough to see off Netflix or Disney's incoming Star streaming service? We're joined to talk all the latest news in the world of streaming - from 10 All Access becoming Paramount+ to the very imminent arrival of Disney+'s more mature-focused Star Hub in Australia with TV Blackbox expert Steve Molk! We also catch up on Google's threat to remove search from Australia with  ZDNet's Asha Barbaschow. Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News - podcast hosts Adam Turner and Alex Kidman speak to Australia's leading technology journalists every Friday to get the stories behind the tech news of the week.

Vertical Hold is brought to you by Aussie Broadband – changing the game with their award-winning network and Australian based support. Subscribe! It's a week where the big players -- locally and internationally -- aren't exactly happy with where Australian tech legislation appears to be heading. Facebook's finally speaking up -- and out against -- the digital media code, while simultaneously trying to claim that it somehow doesn't do business in Australia. Yeah, that is as weird as it sounds. Meanwhile, Google's conducting "experiments" with how it shows Australian news content, but is this just innocent search research, or something more sinister? In the telco space, the spectrum auction is imminent, but not everyone is lining up with quite the same intentions. Telstra wants an open auction with a winner-takes-all methodology, but TPG and Optus want guaranteed spectrum to aid in competition. Who's in the right when it comes to public spectrum -- and does the reality of the comm

Listen! Vertical Hold is brought to you by Aussie Broadband – changing the game with their award-winning network and Australian based support. Subscribe! This week we're off to Las Vegas for CES 2021! Except that, well... we're not. Because nobody is, thanks to this rotten pandemic. Instead, CES went "all digital", which meant we could stay in Australia and still enjoy everything from amazing new TVs to rollable phones to... the wellness toilet. Yeah, it's a thing. Meanwhile, Twitter was just the first of many companies to formally ban US President Donald Trump from using its service, opening up discussion around terms of use, social media obligations and "free speech". What will all of this mean for online social media discourse in Australia? It's a huge, huge week in tech news, with Samsung not only launching new TVs and whitegoods at CES 2021, but also hosting its own virtual show in Galaxy Unpacked, formally announcing the Galaxy S21 series and Galaxy Buds Pro headphones. A

How have podcasts evolved to embrace storytelling? How will Spotify and Hollywood shape podcasting's future? Special guest The Feed co-anchor,  Download This Show host and podcast creator Marc Fennell Vertical Hold is brought to you by Aussie Broadband – changing the game with their award-winning network and Australian based support. Subscribe For our final show of 2020, we're chatting in-depth with Marc Fennell about the past decade's history of podcasting and where the format is headed in the future. Marc has extensive history in the podcasting medium, with shows such as the award winning It Burns for Audible and Stuff The British Stole for the ABC, as well as Download This Show and more media gigs than we'd be able to name! Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News - podcast hosts Adam Turner and Alex Kidman speak to Australia's leading technology journalists every Friday to get the stories behind the tech news of the week.

What can we expect from Disney in 2021? How will direct-to-streaming change the game? Has digital TV delivered on its promises? Special guest TV Blackbox's Steve Molk (@SteveMolk) Vertical Hold is brought to you by Aussie Broadband – changing the game with their award-winning network and Australian based support. 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. verticalhold.com.au facebook.com/VerticalHoldAU @verticalholdau

Vertical Hold is brought to you by Aussie Broadband Subscribe today! It's a big week in tech news -- rare for this late in the year -- as Apple unveils its high-end, high-cost AirPods Max headphones. Can they justify their asking price, why are they missing an audio cable, and what's up with that rather suggestively shaped carrying case? Meanwhile, the rumour mills are working overtime with strong suggestions that we'll see the next generation of Samsung Galaxy S phones a lot earlier than we might have thought in 2021. What's in store for Samsung Galaxy S21 fans in mid-January? Our special guest this week is Pickr editor Leigh Stark. Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News - podcast hosts Adam Turner and Alex Kidman speak to Australia's leading technology journalists every Friday to get the stories behind the tech news of the week.

NBN Co's made applying for a full fibre upgrade quote pretty free and easy -- but far from inexpensive. Why is it so expensive -- and should you wait for the "free" fibre upgrade coming? Meanwhile, the Government is also touting its new "Herald" framework to improve the COVIDSafe app -- but will it improve performance enough? Special guests ZDNet Australia journalist Asha Barbaschow (@ashabeeeee) and ZDNet Australia editor Chris Duckett (@dobes) Vertical Hold is brought to you by Aussie Broadband. 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. verticalhold.com.au facebook.com/VerticalHoldAU @verticalholdau

Streaming services are spending up big on sports rights, but what will that mean for Aussie sports fans? As new telcos emerge with the promise of "green" credentials, what does that actually mean? Special guests TV Blackbox's Steve Molk (@SteveMolk) and Finder Editor in Chief Angus Kidman (@gusworldau) Vertical Hold is brought to you by Aussie Broadband. 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. verticalhold.com.au 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.

Optus is buying amaysim and launching a budget brand, but what impact will that have on cheap mobile plans? We're getting "Open Banking" in Australia -- but what does that really mean? Special guests Finder Editor in Chief Angus Kidman (@gusworldau) and Global Fintech Editor Liz Barry (@beelizabeth)

Where will NBN roll out fibre upgrades first, and what will you need to do to qualify? Can Vodafone win the Australian 5G wars with a fixed 5G service? Special guest Whistleout managing editor Alex Choros (@a_choros) - Vertical Hold is brought to you by Aussie Broadband. 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. verticalhold.com.au facebook.com/VerticalHoldAU @verticalholdau

How (and why) would the US DOJ actually split up Google, and what would that look like? In the battle of the cheap streaming dongles, should you buy Google's Chromecast or Amazon's Fire Stick Lite? Special guest Finder Editor in Chief Angus Kidman (@gusworldau) Vertical Hold is brought to you by Aussie Broadband. 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. verticalhold.com.au facebook.com/VerticalHoldAU @verticalholdau