Start Up
Tech news from Australia and abroad, with Mashable reporter/tech extraordinaire Johnny Lieu and FBi's Lucy Smith.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 64
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2017
31.05.17- Massive Push for Aboriginal Flag Emoji and New Zealand Has Entered the Space Race
It’s National Reconciliation Week, and if you’ve been getting involved on social media you might have noticed an absence in the Aboriginal flag emoji department. Good news is we could be one step clo…
00:09:58 |
Tue 30 May 2017
17.05.17- WannaCry Ransomware and MP3's are Dead... Kinda
A computer virus called Wannacrypt, or WannaCry, infected thousands of computers around the globe on Friday. It’s a piece of self-replicating ransomware, which makes users pay money to decrypt their …
00:12:12 |
Tue 16 May 2017
10.05.17- No One Wants to be a Facebook Moderator and QR Codes are Cool Again
Facebook has been under fire recently for failing to remove extreme content quick enough — specifically relating to Facebook Live where deaths have been broadcast and recorded. In response to these i…
00:11:44 |
Tue 09 May 2017
03.05.17- Metadata Mayhem and Fyre Festival's Instagram Influencers
Australia had it's first metadata breach when the Australian Federal Police admitted last Friday it had illegally accessed the call records of a journalist. What does this mean for us? How much infor…
00:15:02 |
Tue 02 May 2017
26.04.17 - Wiring up your brain and LinkedIn kicking goals
Tech giants including Elon Musk's Neuralink are trying to connect your brain to computers. LinkedIn is a quiet achiever in the social media world.
Wed 26 Apr 2017
19.04.17- Instagram stories killing snapchat and the death of smartwatches
Instagram stories are killing snapchat. Oh and remember how excited we were for smartwatches? Well it seems like they're pretty much doomed.
Wed 19 Apr 2017
5.04.17- New Facebook Feeds and Hateful Youtube Ads
Facebook has started testing an entirely new feed with a subset of its users. Users may have woken up over the weekend checked their facebook feed, and noticed a new rocketship in their features? Wha…
00:13:06 |
Tue 04 Apr 2017
29.03.17- Government Wants to Look at Your WhatsApp Messages and AirBnB Are Becoming Your Travel Agent
The UK government wants there to be no place for terrorists to hide, including on WhatsApp :: AirBnB are hitting the tour industry with 'Trips' feature, getting a step closer towards becoming your tr…
00:06:56 |
Tue 28 Mar 2017
22.03.17- Youtube Restrictive Labelling Backfires and Snapchat Gets a Sporting Show
Youtube has always been a place to 'Broadcast Yourself' especially in the LGBTQ+ community, but over the weekend some of their content was suddenly deemed inappropriate. Several LGBTQ vloggers - Rowa…
00:11:59 |
Tue 21 Mar 2017
15.03.17- Elon Musk is Solving South Australia's Energy Woes and A Vibrator Company Has Been Collecting Your Data
Yesterday, Tesla's Vice President for energy products Lyndon Rive (who is Musk's cousin) said the company could build enough battery storage capacity with its Powerwall 2, to solve lingering energy s…
00:10:59 |
Tue 14 Mar 2017
1.03.17- Nokia 3310 Reboot and Facebook Reacts Impacting Your Feed
At the Mobile World Congress, Nokia showed three new Android phones, but the one that got the most attention was the rebooted Nokia 3310, which is essentially a lowly, cheap feature phone... but... i…
00:10:44 |
Tue 28 Feb 2017
22.02.17- More Uber Drama, No More Youtube Ads
Less than a month since ride-share company Uber faced a heavy wave of backlash that led to the #deleteuber hashtag - since publishing. According to an essay by a former Uber engineer the company has …
00:10:38 |
Tue 21 Feb 2017
15.02.17- ARIEL BOGEL'S LAST SHOW: Twitter's Anti-Abuse Filter and Snapchat Goes Public
Ariel Bogel says her last goodbyes to Start Up and introduces Mashable Tech Reporter Johnny Lieu, who will be taking the reigns every Wednesday from now on. Twitter adds anti-abuse feature, then remo…
00:14:45 |
Tue 14 Feb 2017
08.02.17- Facebook Livestream Breaches Copyright & Silicon Valley VS Trump
Two Aus men may be facing legal action after they streamed a highly anticipated boxing match on FB Live. (Danny Green v Anthony Mundine on Foxtel). Both streams attracted tens of thousands of viewers…
00:13:53 |
Tue 07 Feb 2017
01.02.17- #DeleteUber and Australia is a Lab Rat For App Developers
The hashtag #DeleteUber has been spreading on social media amid protests against Trump's Muslim travel ban. The ride hailing service was accused of "strike breaking" in New York Saturday, while other…
00:12:04 |
Tue 31 Jan 2017
25.01.17- Encrypted Texting App and An All Female Ride Sharing App
Following Trump's expression of interest in data collection, an encrypted texting app has been designed so you can safely message on your smartphone without the messages content being intercepted and…
00:11:42 |
Tue 24 Jan 2017
18.01.17- Winkd- A LGBTQI Dating App
Lucy and Ariel spoke with Diana Kalkoul and Neda Robat-Meily, the girls behind Winkd- a new LGBTQI dating app scheduled to launch at Mardi Gras.
00:14:55 |
Tue 17 Jan 2017
14.12.16- Trump meets Silicon Valley and the most popular topics on Facebook and Twitter in 2016
President Elect Donald Trump invites Silicon Valley tech leaders to Trump Tower, what do they talk about? Plus the role of technology in 2016: the influence on the US Election and the birth of trends…
00:12:13 |
Tue 13 Dec 2016
7.12.16- Medibank's VR experience for hospital patients and Amazon Go launches in Seattle
Medibank ventures into the Virtual Reality world with an experience designed to relax hospital patients and allow them to escape their hospital environment. Amazon launches a physical store in Seattl…
00:10:03 |
Tue 06 Dec 2016
30.11.16- Facebook's Gable Tostee and Warriena Wright discussion group and Apple Pay versus Australian Banks
What happened when Gable Tostee started posting in a 'true crime' Facebook group dedicated to the investigation of the death of Warriena Wright? Plus: Australian banks reach out the ACCC to let them …
00:13:33 |
Tue 29 Nov 2016
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