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BBC Tech Tent

The latest technology and business news, presented by Rory Cellan-Jones.

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Tech Tent 60: Mobile World Congress 2015

BBC Tech Tent ·

2015/03/06

Samsung and Huawei launch a new flagship phone and a smart watch. Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai on why his company is making little impact in phones and wearables. John Chen of Blackberry insists he can turn around the company but admits "nothing is sacred" in deciding whether to continue making handsets. Plus the impact of mobile tech in Africa with our special guest Dr Precious Lunga from the telecoms provider Econet Wireless. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with Leo Kelion and Dave Lee from the BBC Online

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Tech Tent 59: Financial Tech

BBC Tech Tent ·

2015/02/27

Claire Cockerton of Innovate Finance tells us how tech firms are set to change banking. And reporter Michael Koloki goes spending mobile money in Kenya. Evan Sharp, founder of Pinterest tells us why he finds the aggression of Silicon Valley a distraction. And we meet a robotic contract lawyer. Also, the week's landmark ruling by US regulators on "net neutrality". Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with Zoe Kleinman and Dave Lee from the BBC Online tech desk.

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Tech Tent 58: An unwelcome addition to your PC

BBC Tech Tent ·

2015/02/20

Security researcher Marc Rogers outlines how Lenovo stands accused of jeopardising its PC users' online security. Tech founder and British government adviser Martha Lane-Fox hits back at President Obama's claim that America created and perfected the internet. Plus should you photograph all your food? Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones with special guest Judith Clegg, founder of the tech consultancy Takeout, who was recently named among Europe's 50 most inspirational women in the tech business.

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Tech Tent 57: Don't talk in front of the TV

BBC Tech Tent ·

2015/02/13

Samsung's voice-controlled TVs raise worries over privacy as the company warns owners against holding "sensitive" conversations in front of the sets. Kevin Rawlinson visits the Basque Country to try out a handful of language translation apps, and we speak to Luis Von Ahn, the creator of the language-teaching service Duolingo. The UK takes a big step towards trialling automated driverless cars as part of public transport systems in two cities, and announces proposals for the future regulation of

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Tech Tent 56: A "Golden Age for Surveillance"

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2015/02/06

Phil Zimmermann, the creator of PGP email encryption software tells us we live in a golden age of surveillance for police and spies. Justin Parfitt of HeyLetsApp says online reviews would be much more useful if negative comments were banned. Advocates of "Net Neutrality" score a victory. And Melanie Sevcenko reports on a voice-controlled format for electronic books. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with special guest Ian Maude from Enders Analysis, and Fiona Graham and Dave Lee from the BBC Online

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Tech Tent 55: Chip and Skin

BBC Tech Tent ·

2015/01/30

Presenter Rory Cellan-Jones visits a new high-tech building in Stockholm, Sweden, where he has a microchip implanted in his hand that functions as security pass, gives you access to your computer and printer, and lets you pay for things in the work cafÃ©. What do Apple and Facebook's blazing financial results tell us about the companies and the balance of the World economy? Amid worries about whether we can trust companies with increased gathering of our health data, we hear one view on how we

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Tech Tent 54: Hacking and security special

BBC Tech Tent ·

2015/01/23

Hacking is making headlines like never before - whether it's done by activists pushing a cause, criminals stealing money, or governments covertly waging electronic war - the threat is centre-stage. We speak to Dr Gabriella Coleman of McGill University, Montreal, Canada on who the hackers are and how their profile is changing. Cybersecurity expert Professor Alan Woodward of the UK's Surrey University helps us analyse the threat from criminal and state-sponsored hackers. Also, does this week's

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Tech Tent 53: China comes calling

BBC Tech Tent ·

2015/01/16

Xiaomi - dubbed âChinaâs answer to Appleâ - launches new mobile devices including a flagship model seen as critical to the companyâs ability to tackle the US market. We hear from the company's Vice President of International, Hugo Barra. In the wake of the terrorist shootings in Paris last week, attention has again fallen on the ability of violent jihadists to communicate and coordinate attacks online. We quiz Doug Leeds, the CEO of Ask.com, which owns the Q&A social network Ask.fm, on

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Tech Tent 52: What happens in Vegas?

BBC Tech Tent ·

2015/01/09

The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is where the tech companies present the gadgets and gizmos on which they'll be pinning their hopes during the year. Rory Cellan-Jones and guests assess whether and why anyone needs the automated cars, drones, wearable health devices, and internet-connected appliances that the tech companies are trying to sell. With technology analyst Carolina Milanesi from Kantar WordPanel, and Zoe Kleinman and Leo Kelion from the BBC Online tech desk.

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Tech Tent 51: Tech Trends for 2015

BBC Tech Tent ·

2015/01/02

What will be the big tech trends in the coming year? Rory Cellan-Jones brings together Dave Coplin from Microsoft UK, Nicola Millard from telecoms giant BT, and Stuart Miles from the website Pocketlint to ask them.

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Tech Tent 50: Tech Tent Quiz of the Year

BBC Tech Tent ·

2014/12/26

Rory Cellan-Jones hosts the BBC Online Tech desk and BBC TV's Click in a quiz of the year's big technology stories. With Zoe Kleinman and Dave Lee from the Tech Desk and Jen Copestake and LJ Rich from Click, and Carolyn Rice keeping score.

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Tech Tent 49: Stranger than Fiction

BBC Tech Tent ·

2014/12/19

Sony Pictures pulls a major new movie because of a cyberattack and online threats, but who carried out the hacking that led them to cancel it? Microsoft reveals a real-time voice translation tool for Skype users, and we give it a try. Gavin Andresen from the Bitcoin Foundation tells us the real potential for the technology in the coming year. And researcher Antonio Espingardeiro on how toys are bringing robotics into the home. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with Dave Lee and Jane Wakefield from

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Tech Tent 48: Lessons in Tech

BBC Tech Tent ·

2014/12/12

Google pulls its news service from Spain. We learn the basics of programming for the global Hour of Code with help from British schoolchildren. The Nobel Prize for Physics was collected this week by scientists who invented blue Light-Emitting Diodes. We speak to Dr Stephen DenBaars from the University of California Santa Barbara research team that did the work, about the future for LED technology. The Web's creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee tells us that telecoms operators who insist they must charge

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Tech Tent 47: Artificial Intelligence Special

BBC Tech Tent ·

2014/12/05

Professor Stephen Hawking warns of the threat to mankind from artificial intelligence. Neil Jacobstein of California's Singularity University, AI expert Ben Medlock of SwiftKey, and the music producer and tech investor Will.i.am give us their take. 23andMe wants to make genome sequencing cheap enough for individuals to discover their likelihood to develop diseases. We ask its CEO Anne Wojcicki why private companies should be trusted with this most intimate of personal data? Presented by Rory

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Tech Tent 46: Transatlantic Tiff

BBC Tech Tent ·

2014/11/28

Google and Facebook come under attack from European politicians. Is Europe's love affair with US tech over? Not everyone who starts a tech firm makes millions and changes the world. We attend a funeral for startups. And how do you gather medical data from an Ebola treatment room? Plus, the Indian smartphone app for calling an auto-rickshaw that promises faster and cheaper rides. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with special guest Professor Ian Brown of the Oxford Internet Institute, and Zoe

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Tech Tent 45: Nokia calls back

BBC Tech Tent ·

2014/11/21

Jack Dorsey co-founded Twitter, can he repeat his success with his current venture, the payments company Square? What's going on at Nokia? Just months after Microsoft bought their phone business, the Finnish giant has unveiled a tablet computer under the Nokia name. So what did Microsoft get for its money? We ask Sebastian Nystrom, Head of Products at Nokia Technologies. Plus, Vinod Kumar, the CEO of India’s Tata Communications discusses the challenge of bringing the next billion people online

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Tech Tent 44: Breakup Songs

BBC Tech Tent ·

2014/11/14

Mark Williamson of Spotify talks to us about losing Taylor Swift from the service. How the mobile internet is having a profound effect on doing business in Africa. Alison Van Diggelen meets women entrepreneurs from Kenya and Jordan sharing ideas with their Silicon Valley counterparts. Celia Hatton reports from Beijing on China's 'Singles' Day' online shopping extravaganza. And Mike McCue,the founder of Flipboard on the future for the publishing and newspaper industries. Presented by Rory

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Tech Tent 43: Ireland - the technology island

BBC Tech Tent ·

2014/11/07

The Dublin Web Summit confirms Ireland's tech cluster status. But how much of that is down to favourable tax arrangements for technology companies? Also, we take you inside the exclusive F.ounders conference in Midleton, County Cork, where we talk about the latest tech with John Sculley, former CEO of Apple and business author, Ankur Jain, creator of contact management app Humin, Jess Lee of Polyvore.com, and Yoni Assia of financial tech company eToro.

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Tech Tent 42: Social Media's growing pains

BBC Tech Tent ·

2014/10/31

Twitter plans to carry more advertising, but will users put up with it? We ask Adam Bain, the company's Global VP of Revenue. What kind of tech industry is there in North Korea, a nation in which internet access is blocked for ordinary citizens? The BBC's Steve Evans finds out. And we discuss hacker culture and the Anonymous collective with anthropologist Gabriella Coleman who has written a book about the movement. Our special guest is Victoria Richardson, worldwide mobile payments expert from the

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Tech Tent 41: Money and Diamonds

BBC Tech Tent ·

2014/10/24

Apple, Google, and other companies want us to use our phones to pay for goods. But do shoppers actually need, or want, the technology? In the week that Apple launched its Apple Pay service in the US, we speak to leading venture capitalist Saul Klein, who is backing several crypto-currency and digital wallet startups. You might be forgiven for thinking that diamonds are for fine jewellery or cutting tools, but we hear from Ambika Bumb, founder of Bikanta Corporation how they could soon be used to

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