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The Big Tech Show

Irish Independent

Irish Independent Tech Editor Adrian Weckler hosts this award-winning business podcast which dives deep into the biggest industry advances and tracks the key movers and shakers behind the innovation. From interviewing Big Tech CEOs to investigations into how tech affects our working lives, the show has become Ireland’s most listened-to technology podcast.

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38:15

How to start-up effectively

The Big Tech Show ·

2019/10/04

Creating start-ups is hard. -- few of them succeed. This week, Adrian talks to two Irish co-founders, people at very different stages. Des Treanor is the co-founder of one of Ireland’s most successful ever start-ups, Intercom. Ian Kehoe is the co-founder of a new online media business company, The Currency. Both have different perspectives, motivations and challenges. Adrian asks both about particular issues that crop up and how they get over them.For more from the Big Tech show you can visit the

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63:10

Why battery life is the real reason to upgrade to the...

The Big Tech Show ·

2019/09/27

This week, Adrian reviews the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro Max. Although smitten by the new cameras on the updated handsets, he thinks that the unsung feature that will sell the iPhone Pro and iPhone Pro Max models is the impressive new battery life, up to five hours per day longer than last year’s iPhone X models. He’s joined by John Kennedy, former founding editor of SiliconRepublic.com and now editor of ThinkBusiness.ie, a business information platform run by Bank of Ireland. “After a week using

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45:07

Start up (and then what?)

The Big Tech Show ·

2019/09/20

This week, Adrian looks at some of the nuts and bolts of starting a company with a couple of entrepreneurs who have succeeded and failed several times.From choosing a place to work to asking for money from friends and family, Adrian gets the insights from Voxgig and Nearform founder Richard Rodger and serial startup activist Dave Cunningham.For more from the Big Tech show you can visit the show page at:www.independent.ie/podcasts/the-big-tech-show/The Big Tech show is in association with Magnet

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47:54

The 5G health scare is it real?

The Big Tech Show ·

2019/09/13

This week on the Big Tech Show, Adrian Weckler looks at 5G not from the point of view of speed or connectivity but health. It’s been an issue bubbling under, in rural areas especially, as to whether mobile phone radiation is safe.The regulators say it is but there are some campaigners who don't believe that is so. Are they mere conspiracy theorists or is there more to it?To find out, Adrian spoke to Tom Butler, Prof of Business Information Systems at UCC, who believes in the dangers, and Prof

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37:38

Is gaming addiction becoming a real problem?

The Big Tech Show ·

2019/09/06

This week, Adrian sits down with a specialist from St John Of Gods, Professor Colin O’Gara, who says he is seeing more and more people brought in for addiction to video games.Adrian asks Prof O’Gara about the scale and depth of the problem, its effects and how to diagnose it.The two also discuss possible treatments for the problem, including the kinds of medication prescribed.And Adrian asks Prof O’Gara to put the issue into context with established medical addictions, such as gambling, alcohol and

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31:10

When is 'unlimited' really limited?

The Big Tech Show ·

2019/08/30

This week, Adrian tackles the thorny issue of mobile and broadband operators which advertise "unlimited" services that actually have hidden limits.He sits down with the head of the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland (ASAI), Orla Twomey, to ask why that organisation allows such a misleading situation to exist.Orla tells Adrian that while the situation is being reviewed, there is a rationale for allowing operators to advertise unlimited services that have limits.See omnystudio.com/listener

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44:26

Find your way as a boss in a post-PC era

The Big Tech Show ·

2019/08/23

This week, Adrian sits down to find out what, if any, big ideas Dell Ireland's new country manager has.Mark Hopkins starts off defending some industry jargon before expanding into why he thinks tech will have a bigger impact on our education system.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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59:00

The National ID Card project is stopped in its tracks

The Big Tech Show ·

2019/08/16

This week, Adrian sits down for a long, in-depth discussion with Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon on why she stopped the government from making its Public Services Card into a national identity card through the backdoor.After years of controversy, this week her office ruled that the PSC card cannot be used as a necessary form of identification for services outside the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.The move effectively puts a halt to any plans the government had of

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50:19

With a no-deal Brexit, get ready for privacy chaos

The Big Tech Show ·

2019/08/09

After October 31st, will pensioners still be able to travel on a free pass around Ireland? Will online shops based in the UK be able to process customer information from Irish shoppers?It’s in serious doubt, says the guest on this week’s podcast, Castlebridge’s Dr Katherine O’Keeffe, an expert on data privacy.Adrian and Katherine go deep on why a no-deal Brexit spells chaos for many ordinary activities you wouldn’t have thought of.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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29:03

Privacy, please

The Big Tech Show ·

2019/08/02

This week, Adrian sits down with Cillian Kieran, who recently scooped €3.8m in seed funding for his privacy-focused software startup called Ethyca.The two discuss possible solutions to today’s privacy problems.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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38:28

The Eir debate

The Big Tech Show ·

2019/07/26

The Eir debateEir's audacious €1bn proposal for an alternative National Broadband Plan stirred up a nest of debate and dissent in recent weeks.One of the senior political figures who backs Eir is Timmy Dooley, Fianna Fail spokesman on Communications, Climate Action and Environment.He sat down with Adrian to explain why he thinks it's worth taking a risk on an Eir proposal and what he would do as a government Minister.Dooley also outlined why he is in favour of a new digital tax on online

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36:21

FaceApp - are we mugs to upload our mugs?

The Big Tech Show ·

2019/07/19

The fad of the week is FaceApp, which makes even the most cherubic youngster look like Gandalf.But we really helping ‘The Russians’ compile a giant facial database? Or is the current hysteria just this month’s instalment of the neverending moral panic around tech?Adrian Weckler and Fearghal O’Connor (deputy business editor for The Sunday Independent) discuss the issue from a political and technological perspective.The two also examine Instagram’s trial move in Ireland to remove ‘likes’ from

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29:19

Women in Tech: Jennifer Cox

The Big Tech Show ·

2019/07/18

Women in Tech is a new podcast series presented by Samantha McCaughren, Business Editor of the Sunday Independent.Samantha speaks to Irish women involved in tech who are dispelling myths and breaking down barriers.On this week's bonus episode, she meets Jennifer Cox, who is a CSM Associate Security Engineer with Tenable, an international cyber security company.With a background in theatre and media studies, Jennifer is not your typical STEM candidate and Samantha spoke to Jennifer about how and why

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34:17

Robot love

The Big Tech Show ·

2019/07/12

This week Adrian talks to Justin McLeod, the founder and chief executive of the dating app Hinge, which claims to be the fastest-growing such app in Ireland and the UK.As well as recounting his own dramatic love, McLeod talks about algorithms, safety, age verification and what works best for those using dating apps.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Women in Tech: Iseult Ward

The Big Tech Show ·

2019/07/11

Women in Tech is a four-part series presented by Samantha McCaughren, Business Editor of the Sunday Independent.Samantha speaks to Irish women involved in tech who are dispelling myths and breaking down barriers.On this week's episode, she meets Iseult Ward, co-founder of Foodcloud, the food waste distribution platform, that in just seven years has already distributed 22,000 tonnes of food, moving meals every 28 minutes and helping over 9,100 charitable groups in Ireland and UK.Samantha spoke to

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39:45

O taxi, MyTaxi: where art thou?

The Big Tech Show ·

2019/07/05

Hailo was a roaring success. Then, two years ago, it became MyTaxi. Since that happened, the company has had its struggles. Now, it’s rebranding yet again in a €3m move – to ‘Free Now’.Adrian Weckler has a candid chat with the company’s general manager, Alan Fox, about why the name change was necessary and whether technology can improve some of the issues the firm has faced.They also talk about future ideas, such as ‘surge pricing’ at busy times, as well as current features, such as a new €5

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Women in Tech: Ingrid Devin

The Big Tech Show ·

2019/07/03

Women in Tech is a four-part series presented by Samantha McCaughren, Business Editor of the Sunday Independent.Samantha speaks to Irish women involved in tech who are dispelling myths and breaking down barriers.On this week's episode, she meets Ingrid Devin, Director of Dell's Women's Entrepreneur Network which creates a forum for global women founders and CEOs to share best practices, build business opportunities, explore international expansion and access new resources.Samantha spoke to Ingrid

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Women in Tech: Vanessa Tierney

The Big Tech Show ·

2019/07/03

Women in Tech is a four-part series presented by Samantha McCaughren, Business Editor of the Sunday Independent.Samantha speaks to Irish women involved in tech who are dispelling myths and breaking down barriers.On this week's episode, she meets Vanessa Tierney, founder and CEO of Abodoo, the remote working platform that is seeking to empower and enable more remote working for people in Ireland and abroad.Samantha finds out how an illness forced Vanessa into thinking about remote working, how she

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43:33

Take it to the bank: AIB’s CIO comes clean

The Big Tech Show ·

2019/06/28

Is AIB considering facial recognition for when you walk into a branch?Adrian sits down for a wide-ranging chat with the CIO of Ireland’s biggest bank about its imminent plans.Tim Hynes also assesses the risk from ‘challenger’ banks such as Revolut, while asserting that AIB’s 200 physical branches still “wash their face”, even in an era where so many payments are going cashless.And the two talk in depth about security challenges that banks – and many major companies—face.Tim was also in studio to

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63:16

Are politicians helping or hurting tech in Ireland?

The Big Tech Show ·

2019/06/21

This week, Adrian’s guest is Fianna Fail’s spokesman for science, technology and research, Kildare North TD James Lawless.In a wide-ranging discussion, Adrian challenges James over Irish politicians’ apparent disconnection from tech issues which, at times, veers into illiteracy.From demanding passports for Facebook access to dithering over broadband rollouts, Adrian goes over some of the reasons why Irish politicians are often held in low esteem by the public on tech issues.Adrian and James also

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