Tech's Message
Tech's Message is the Webby Award-shortlisted, globally five-star-rated technology podcast from British journalists Nate Lanxon (Bloomberg, Wired, CNET) and Ian Morris (T3, Tom’s Guide, Gizmodo). Hear news & nostalgia inspired by the week's consumer technology developments, tightly and professionally presented with insight and irreverent humour.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 335
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2024
Budget 2016's Impact on UK Tech, From 5G to Driverless Cars
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the UK's Budget 2016 and its impact on the tech sector, including 5G, sharing economy support via tax breaks, the Institute for Coding competition, dr…
00:33:27 |
Sun 20 Mar 2016
TETRAPHOBIA! (Or: The Galaxy S7's Mysterious Octacore CPUs): TM 51
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss whether it matters that the UK, amongst other countries, has potentially got a less powerful octa-core CPU in its Galaxy S7 phones while other regions…
00:30:18 |
Sun 13 Mar 2016
NEXT-GEN SMARTPHONE CAMERAS ARE COMING plus BBC Closing iPlayer Loophole, Nook Dies - TM 50
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and CNET's Andy Hoyle discuss the BBC's plan to close the iPlayer loophole that allows people without a UK license fee to watch catch-up content for free; plus the li…
00:39:08 |
Sun 06 Mar 2016
TM 49: The 12 Uses For VR You Didn't Know About (From Porn to PTSD Therapy)
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss our highlights from Mobile World Congress: the LG G5, and the HTC Vive. But in more detail we discuss how virtual reality, which stole the MWC show th…
00:41:47 |
Sun 28 Feb 2016
TM 48: Three's ISP Ad-Blocking, Samsung Galaxy S7 and Gear 360 Review, Uber Hacks
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss mobile network Three's decision to start offering ad-blocking at the ISP level to a potential 9 million UK subscribers; Samsung unveils it's new Galax…
00:34:57 |
Sun 21 Feb 2016
![TM 47: Twitter Worries UK Transport Authority, 'BIG EGG' versus biotech [with Olivia Solon]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60ef2930d8163c264e619e76/60ef295e80765c001286b40e.jpg)
TM 47: Twitter Worries UK Transport Authority, 'BIG EGG' versus biotech [with Olivia Solon]
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss Transport for London's worries over Twitter's decision to change the social network's timeline to a non-chronologically-ordered format; plus the UK's …
00:32:48 |
Sun 14 Feb 2016
TM 46: Ex-Tomb Raider boss opens UK schools, SwiftKey to power Xbox
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate is joined by CNET.com's Andrew Hoyle. They discuss the news that Microsoft has bought UK-based startup SwiftKey for a reported $250 million. What might this mean for …
00:32:10 |
Sun 07 Feb 2016
TM 45: BREAKING NEWS: BLUETOOTH AUDIO NO LONGER TERRIBLE (and other news)
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the news that Bluetooth audio is no longer a terrible way to listen to music (or, in other words: Nate buys a pair of really good Bluetooth headphones…
00:31:15 |
Sun 31 Jan 2016
TM 44: iPhone 5Se 'Expected', WhatsApp Goes Free
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the rumours surrounding Apple's possible iPhone 5Se scheduled to launch in April; plus in messaging news, WhatsApp goes free and ditches the ad-funded…
00:27:03 |
Sun 24 Jan 2016
TM 43: UK Users Banned From US Netflix, Robot Wars Returns!
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the news that Netflix will soon attempt to ban users from using VPN services in the UK to access US Netflix, as well as all other overseas catalogues.…
00:25:10 |
Sun 17 Jan 2016
TM @ CES 2016: The Good, The Bad and The Refrigerators
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss everything worth talking about from their time covering CES 2016, including the weirdest fridges, drones and robotic assistants, Netflix, virtual real…
00:36:10 |
Sun 10 Jan 2016
TM 41: iPhone 7's Headphone Hole, O2's Mobile Ad Blocking
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the rumour that Apple's next iPhone 7 will dispense with the traditional headphone socket; also, that O2 is rumoured to be testing web ad-blocking sof…
00:27:48 |
Tue 08 Dec 2015
TM 40: Adele Says 'No' to Fans, Sky Says 'Yes' to 4K
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss Adele's reluctance to let fans stream her music, even on paid-for platforms such as Apple Music; plus Sky launches its vision of next-gen UK televisio…
00:37:57 |
Sun 22 Nov 2015
TM 39: BBC Store and Apple TV, Plus BlackBerry Priv Is 'Actually Great'
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the launch of the BBC Store, which Auntie hopes will help it deliver over a billion quid back to the Beeb by selling current and archived TV series to…
00:40:09 |
Sun 15 Nov 2015
TM 38: Who Copied Whom: HTC or Apple? Plus EU Roaming Dies!
This week Nate and Ian discuss The Sun newspaper’s decision to drop its online paywall after two years of imposing fees on users wishing to read content online; plus as the European government’s deci…
00:45:53 |
Mon 02 Nov 2015
TM 37: Why The BBC and Wembley Adopted eSport Game League of Legends
This week Nate Lanxon talks to Philippa Warr, an eSports expert and writer for Rock Paper Shotgun. Twenty-seven million people last year watched the live world championship final of Riot Games's ultr…
00:29:50 |
Sun 25 Oct 2015
State of Podcasting Pt. 1: Paying For Podcasts (With Tom Merritt of DTNS)
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate talks to full-time professional technology podcaster Tom Merritt. The topic? Paying for podcasts. Why have people started paying for some podcasts on a regular basis?…
00:24:55 |
Sun 18 Oct 2015
TM 35: UK Gets 'Anti-Drone Blaster', Harry Potter Reborn as Apple iBooks
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the UK companies building wireless 'turrets' to shoot nuisance consumer drones, or UAVs, out of the sky by scrambling the communications link to their…
00:36:11 |
Sun 11 Oct 2015
TM 34: WITH ROBERT LLEWELLYN | Tesla, Amazon Bans Apple, Nexus 6P Review
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian are joined by Robert Llewellyn (Red Dwarf, Fully Charged, Scrapheap Challenge) to discuss the state of the UK and European electric car industry, in particula…
00:48:08 |
Mon 05 Oct 2015
TM 33: iPhone 6s UK Review, Wi-Fi Calling Expands in Britain
THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the new Apple iPhone 6s in their review, including how the new Live Photos feature is perhaps more impressive than even Apple let on in its announceme…
00:41:42 |
Mon 28 Sep 2015
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