361 Podcast

This week we tackle another '1 question, 3 answers', combining requests from listeners who asked for advice on reading, books and the written word.

Ben, Ewan and Rafe each give their best answer... …

This week the team discuss:

• The state of voice assistants and the devices we use at home.
• How Amazon's Alexa, Google's Assistant and Apple's Siri perform and their strengths and weaknesses.
• The fut…

This week we tackle another question in our new '1 question, 3 answers' format. Combining requests from several listeners who asked for advice on:

Wearable devices that don't look masculine?

A gre…

This week the team discuss:

• Subscription services from XBox to washing machines and Volvos to magazines, we look at how many firms are experimenting with providing their services as subscriptions.
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This week we tackle another question in our new '1 question, 3 answers' format. Long-time listener @martineyles asks:

I see lots of rollout of 5G going on, but there are still populated areas where…

This week the team discuss:

• Apple's early-Autumn (OK, 'Fall') announcements including their new Fitness+ service and One bundle (plus some new iPads and Watches).
• The things we've crowdfunded and k…

This week we tackle the first question in our new '1 question, 3 answers' format. Twitter user @monkeyandweasel asks:

Will Fortnite (Epic) win against Apple, and what will be the impact?

Ben, Ewa…

We're back and as we start our 19th season (and is it 8th or 9th year...?) the team discuss:

• How robots, clever sensors and AI are revolutionising some unexpected industries
• Taking health and fitne…

It's the last episode of the season and in an extended episode the team discuss:

• Why we're abandoning out Tik Tok trial and the ongoing concerns with the platform's approach to privacy.
• The apps (a…

This week, in addition to Rafe Blandford's pet duck (please use the official #duckfollowup hashtag for follow-up), the team discuss:

• Apple's annouced Macs running on its own ARM-based chips dubbed …

This week the team discuss:

• Follow-up on photo back-up, Disney+, budget syncing, news, 'good' screens and more.
• Ewan's success with 'photo healing' on his iPhone and iPad that enabled him to 'fix' …

This week the team discuss:

• Listener follow-up on robot vacuum cleaners (including finding one under your hotel bed), mobile banking and a cool personal finance app recommendation.
• How we - definit…

This week the team discuss:

• Using the excellent Watchsmith app to customise the Apple Watch beyond Apple's built-in widgets (called complications). How can you use layouts that change during the da…

Many thanks to Mark, the Audio Wrangler, our editor for the last 5 years. Here's to the next 5 (and sorry for all you put up with).

This week the team discuss:

• The best microphones for video confe…

This week the team discuss:

• Amazon Echo accessories. Amazon's range looks baffling from the outside, including gaming buttons and a microwave oven. What do they make, why and is any of it any good…

The team celebrate 9 years of podcasting together and discuss:

• Ben's (ongoing) smart lighting disaster. How Philips Hue hasn't turned out to be the perfect smart lighting solution, a serious (known…

This week the team discuss:

• The networking and connectivity challenges of setting up a home office. What can you do if your new desk has terrible WiFi coverage or you need something faster, but don…

This week the team discuss:

• Ewan's new job and his family's move to Oman. Turns out he could find somewhere less convenient than Denmark to live.
• How we've upgraded our workspaces to equip them for…

This week the team discuss:

• A German artist's (successful) attempt to 'hack' Google Maps traffic data with a cart of 2nd hand phones, tricking the mapping service into reporting a traffic jam on an…

This week the team discuss:

• Why everyone should have a robot vacuum cleaner, the difference between radar and camera-based navigation and how to choose. Also virtual walls, cameras that can spot pe…